LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LETTER — First responders should get vaccines first
To The Editor: The recent announcement that the active faculty and staff of Longwood University would begin receiving COVID-19 vaccinations this week appears to have ...
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LETTER – A different view of the ‘Prodigal Son’ parable
To the Editor: “All that is mine is yours,” Luke 15:31. This is the end to the parable of the Prodigal Son. It is here ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 6:00 am
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LETTER – How is Good supporting Trump helping us now?
Residents of the 5th Congressional District: In order for democracy to succeed, citizens must be informed and engaged. We have to vote and then educate ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 6:00 am
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LETTER – GOP is fading into insignificance
To the Editor: Unfortunately Del. C. Matthew Fariss sometimes follows the standard Republican line of conspiracy theories and accompanying lies. There is no plan by ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 6:00 am
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LETTER – Is it possible to be realistic and not political?
To the Editor: I would like to comment on state Republican Frank Ruff’s editorial on, “What will 2021 look like?” I think the theme is ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, January 13, 2021 6:00 am
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Letter — We have traded freedom of democracy for socialism
To the Editor: I think of the Bible’s parable of the Prodigal Son, who wasted his fortune in a far country. Finally, when he had ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, January 8, 2021 6:00 am
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Letter — Virtual meetings not cutting it in Buckingham
To the Editor: On Monday next, January 11, the Buckingham Board of Supervisors (BOS) will meet to conduct county business. There are two public hearings scheduled ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, January 8, 2021 6:00 am
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Letter — Contact supervisors about gold mining issue
To the Editor: Thanks to Alexa Massey for her Christmas Day article on the “Commercial prospecting” issue to be addressed at the Monday, Jan. 11, ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, January 7, 2021 1:47 pm
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Story was inspiring
To the Editor: What an inspiring story: Peyton Turner and Claire Tucker, with the help of Cumberland County Librarian Lisa Davis, established a lasting collection ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, January 6, 2021 6:00 am
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Letter — Chuck Smith earns support for AG
To the Editor: As we prepare for the 2021 election year, many of us, including myself, are still undecided on who we will support for ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, January 1, 2021 6:00 am
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LETTER — Support sought for school legislation
To the Editor: Thank you for printing the article “New Virginia laws seek to close ‘school-to-prison pipeline,’” published Wednesday, Dec. 16. I am writing to ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, December 25, 2020 6:00 am
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LETTER — Federal task force needed on election fraud
To the Editor: Edmund Burke, a member of the British Parliament in the 1700s, is famous for saying, “The only thing needed for evil to ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, December 25, 2020 6:00 am
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Letter — Good proves he was a bad choice
To The Editor: I wanted to scream or cry when I read the Saturday, Dec. 12 Washington Post and Huffington Post articles about Bob Good, ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, December 24, 2020 6:00 am
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LETTER – Money should have helped unemployed
To the Editor: I was surprised to read in The Farmville Herald that the Town Council decided to use the CARES Act money to pay ...
by Letters to the Editor, Monday, December 21, 2020 10:20 pm
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LETTER — Gender identification is up to God
To the Editor: Yesterday (Tuesday, Dec. 15) a supposed “science writer,” Zenni Jones, stated on social media that all children should receive hormone blockers until ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, December 18, 2020 6:00 am
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LETTER — Decorations bring great joy this season
To the Editor: Thank you to each and every person who took the time to decorate their houses and yards and spread joy and smiles ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, December 18, 2020 6:00 am
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LETTER — Thanks to all those who helped with ‘Christmas in America’
To the Editor: On behalf of Central Virginia Christian School (CVCS), I would like to publicly thank everyone who made “Christmas in America Lights and ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, December 18, 2020 6:00 am
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Letter – Supreme Court made right decision
To The Editor: After hearing the result of the Supreme Court’s decision not to take up the lawsuit filed by the state of Texas, I ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, December 16, 2020 6:00 am
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LETTER — Governor is woefully short of common sense
To the editor: The current governor of Virginia is a graduate of Eastern Virginia Medical School, an achievement that marks him as someone of higher-than-normal ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, December 11, 2020 6:00 am
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Sing joyful songs of praise
To The Editor: It is quite evident that the truth is a very hard pill to swallow, especially if you pledge affiliation to the immoral ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, December 9, 2020 6:00 am
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LETTER — Civil War should be remembered as a horrific time
To The Editor: I don’t know what a “white democracy” is and I don’t know what an “interracial democracy” is. I do know what a ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, December 4, 2020 6:00 am
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LETTER — Stick to the comprehensive plan
To The Editor: My name is Debra Branch and I live on 737 Warminster Church Road in Buckingham County. If a gold mine is allowed ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, December 4, 2020 6:00 am
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LETTER — Are property rights greater than human rights?
To The Editor: I have been attending Buckingham governmental meetings regarding exploratory drilling and mining. The issue of property rights have come up not only ...
by Letters to the Editor, Friday, November 27, 2020 6:00 am
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LETTER — Thank God the South lost the Civil War
To The Editor: Nov. 19 was the anniversary of Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address on Nov. 19, 1863. Let me sum up Lincoln’s short speech, ...
by Letters to the Editor, Thursday, November 26, 2020 6:00 am
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Just say no to mining companies
To The Editor: There’s gold in them thar hills… Well, maybe, but at what cost does that gold start jingling in someone else’s pocket? If ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, November 25, 2020 6:00 am
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Why do they drill if not to mine?
To The Editor: Will we be one of the less-than-5%? Thank you for Alexa Massey’s report on the Buckingham Joint Work Session on November 16. ...
by Letters to the Editor, Wednesday, November 25, 2020 6:00 am
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Wear a mask to protect our health care workers
To The Editor: The fate of our health care workers is in your hands. Those of you who choose not to follow the CDC guidelines, ...