OCTOBER 2017 Meadow Must Go Says HOA Couple Fights for Monarchs – by Andrea Gaines

14TH ANNUAL STANDARD PRESORT RESIDENTIAL U.S. POSTAGE PURCELLVILLE CUSTOMER PAID ECRWSS PERMIT NO. 82 TAG S L WOODSTOCK, VA A E Since 1984 Blue Ridge SEE PAGE 16 & LEADER LOUDOUN TODAYOCTOBER 2017 Meadow Must Go Says HOA Couple Fights For Monarchs – By Andrea Gaines

Home Owners’ Associations have quite a bit of control over how individuals manage their property. When differences of opinion arise, the HOA’s CC&Rs – Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions – usually settle the issue. Farmington neighborhood. But, for one couple – Michael and Sian The Pughs have lived on their 5.6-acre Pugh who live at the 27-year-old Farmington property since 2005. They are the third set on the Green development in Purcellville – of owners. The two property owners before a seemingly simple matter of a wildflower them maintained the two-acre meadow meadow has devolved into an expensive legal portion of the property in the same manner, challenge directed at the most fundamental allowing traditional meadow grasses, of property rights. Make the change we are wildflowers, and other naturally occurring demanding, says the HOA, or we’ll interfere and planted native species to thrive in a with the sale of your property. controlled manner. This is not a new issue for the HOA or the Michael and Sian Pugh Continued on page 22 Purcellville Halloween Block Party Oct. 28 Purcellville’s seventh annual free Halloween Block will be at 6 p.m.; six-year-olds to 12-year-olds at Party will be held Saturday, Oct. 28, from 5 to 9 p.m. 6:30 p.m.; all kinds of pets at 7 p.m.; 13-year-olds on 21st Street in Old Town Purcellville. The street to 17-year-olds at 7:30 p.m.; adults 18-years-old and will be closed to vehicular traffic and transformed into over at 8 p.m.; and group/family at 8:30 p.m. These Loudoun County’s largest Halloween Block Party. Last contests will be followed by judging for best overall year more than 5,000 people from across the county and costume, which will be awarded $500 cash. beyond attended the family-friendly event. Other events will include Howl at the Moon and Back again this year will be children’s entertainer Most Horrific Scream contests, balloon artists, and Mr. Knick Knack. He and his guitar will take the face painting. main stage at 5 p.m. Loudoun County’s Magic by Food vendors from Magnolias, La Dolce Vita Ryan will begin at 6 p.m. Gelatos, Tacos from Casa Tequila, and several others Halloween-themed games for the kids will include will be available on 21st Street from 5 p.m. on. The Rubber Rat Toss, Pumpkin Bowling, Pin the Nose Parking for the block party will be free throughout on the Witch, Pumpkin Tic Tac Toe, the Rubber Ducky the town. Race, and others. Every child will win a prize. For contest rules and more information, visit Seven creative costume contests will be judged for www.purcellvillehalloween.com; on Facebook go trophies and cash prizes. First place in each of the to Purcellville Halloween Block Party; or contact contests will be awarded $100; second place, $50; Michael Oaks or Kim Patterson, at Re-Love It, 540- and third, $25. Judging for infants to five-year-olds 751-0707, or by emailing [email protected]. Photo by Samantha Hagan

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– By Michael Oberschneider, harsh term to use, and even if it’s Psy.D. not entirely accurate, it appears that your son is struggling Dr. Mike, socially and behaviorally in Our son is in 3rd Grade and class this year. Based on what we’ve received two emails you reported, what’s happening from his teacher to inform us for him now is similar to what Dr. Mike that our son is misbehaving happened to him in First and in class. We were told that he Second Grade. is being “oppositional,” and when we Is it possible that both you and the asked for examples, the teacher said teacher are correct; that your son is that our son interrupts others (and exceptionally bright and that he also has her), talks out of turn, is pushy socially social and behavioral struggles? You and has trouble staying in line. Our write that your son is misunderstood son’s First Grade and Second Grade and that he “gets bored.” While it may teacher also said that he was difficult to be true that he acts-out when under manage in class, but my husband and I stimulated, he still needs to be able to just don’t see any of this at home. Our age appropriately manage his emotions son is off the charts intelligent, always and behaviors. gets top grading marks and he gets I think that you should consider a neu- bored in class. We’ve been telling his ropsychological evaluation for your son. teachers this for three years, but they get This sort of evaluation will help you to defensive with us. With back to school better identify why he’s experiencing night coming up, we’d appreciate your academic, social and behavioral uneven- advice. Upset in Loudoun ness in his functioning in the classroom, and it will provide you with a road map Dear Upset, to address any issues that are revealed No parent likes to hear someone via standardized and objective testing. say negative things about their child, It’s possible that your son has a especially teachers or other individuals processing problem(s) (e.g., attentional, who play an important role in their sensory, visual or auditory struggles), child’s life. “Oppositional” is certainly a Continued on page 29 OCTOBER 2017 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com 3 County Seeks Nominations Where Are Loudoun’s Biggest Trees?

This yellow poplar is the largest tree in Loudoun County and the third largest in the state.

– By Andrea Gaines Loudoun County is on a mission to update its official Big Tree Registry. And, Located in the very heart of the national our official urban forester, John Zuiker movement known as The Journey Through is reaching out to citizens who think they Hallowed Ground, Loudoun County has might know the location of one of these some of the most precious historic assets in ecological giants. ­ the United States. The Commonwealth of Virginia ranks Also here are some of nature’s most fourth on what is known as the National Big precious assets; big trees – some which rank as the largest in of their kind in the entire state. Continued on page 19

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Each Office Is Individually Owned And Operated. 4 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com OCTOBER 2017 Opinion: The Tax Party ­ – By Charles Houston quested to replace some textbooks. About property taxes. What a great deal! impact on traffic – about 7,500 new daily a month later the school system was closing In a county of 350,000 people, the trips on already congested roads. That’s just I Googled tax rates of Virginia counties its books on the expiring fiscal year. Guess added cost of a few new houses is hardly one medium sized building – and the pro- today and guess what … Loudoun is what? It was going to show a $2,000,000 noticeable. When it’s not “a few new growth crowd wants as many new buildings number one again. surplus! Perfect, those kids would get their homes” but a tsunami of houses, taxes and as possible. Might it be for their economic As I take in this news I wonder; what text books after all. Wrong! Rather than buy traffic get really, really bad. self-interest? is driving this? Is it really so great to be the books, or better, refund some taxes, the I admire the Board of Supervisors in Our leaders overlook this link between the wealthiest county in the country? Is school administration wasted it on iPads many ways and thank them for fighting tax commercial growth and the dramatic costs it so great to have an unemployment rate and other gizmos. Arrrgh! increases; I fault them for their fundamental of the residential development it causes. I that economists would say is too low? Is In 1999 or thereabouts Loudoun belief that growth is good. As your eyes see don’t like trendy phrases like “paradigm it so great to be one of the country’s fastest citizens grew tired of too much growth the changes in the scenery, growth is bad. shift,” but that’s what the Supervisors need. growing counties? and the high taxes it brought. Voters And, as the numbers show, growth is bad. I prefer archaic language, like “See growth No, it’s not great. rebelled, tossed out the old growth-is- When challenged on that point they say come. See taxes skyrocket.” Just over the Blue Ridge sits Clarke great Board and elected a slate of slow- they are focused on getting commercial Boston had its Tea Party. Loudoun County with a tax rate about half of what growth advocates. But the “let’s grow” development to offset the costs of the new needs a Tax Party. Scrap the developer-run we pay. mentality has reemerged. And that is the houses. They just don’t get it. A commercial Envision Loudoun ruse. Abolish the stooge We can thank our Supervisors – most of problem. On a microeconomic level, each office building the size of the Government Stakeholders Group. Get rid of AR-1 them – for taking a hard line on taxes. It’s a new house costs $1.62 in county services Center would pay $165,000 in property zoning and put all of western Loudoun front-page struggle for them every year but for every $1.00 it pays in taxes. Thus a taxes. Sounds good, right? But what the in the less dense AR-2 category. Protect somehow they manage to adjust the rates so house at Loudoun’s average $471,000 Supervisors and the development crowd the Transition Area. Get the Economic we’re not taxed into the stratosphere. But, value probably pays $4,000 in taxes and simply don’t understand is that commercial Development Department to work on in reality, we and the Supervisors don’t face consumes $6,500 in services. Every new development brings workers along with getting more data centers (which pay high a tax problem, but a spending problem. house is a loser for us taxpayers. it, and those workers living here cost taxes and have few employees.) Each year the county sends out a little It’s easy to see why. Given a statistician’s taxpayers far, far more than the taxes paid If the current Board doesn’t listen, well, graphic showing where the tax money goes. average of 1.5 children per family and the by the commercial building itself. Here’s in the next two years the Board is up for One department stands out: The school $11,000 a year it costs to educate each child, the math: That building would house about reelection. And, hopefully, there will be a system. It operates secretively, not even that house with 1.5 kids costs us taxpayers 500 workers. If only half lived in Loudoun, Tax Party ... at the voting booth. giving the School Board requested in- at least $16,500 in educational costs alone. the added tax burden would be $620,000, formation. When this year’s budget was A true econometric study would also add offset by the $165,000 of taxes paid by the Charles Houston developed office negotiated between the two Boards, the the increased expenses of other county building. Thus we get soaked $455,000 in buildings in Atlanta, and has lived in school system did not get $1,900,000 it re- services. At least that family pays $4,000 in new taxes. And don’t forget the building’s Paeonian Springs for 20 years.

Since 1984 Blue Ridge Letters To The Editor & LEADER LOUDOUN TODAY both staff and Stakeholders are looking at the number over to a campaign volunteer who PUBLISHER & EDITOR Envision potential development of 15,522 additional is now pestering me to vote for Democrat Valerie Cury Loudoun In Crisis housing units for a total of 18,324 new units Tia Walbridge. But it gets much more CREATIVE DEPARTMENT in the Transition Policy Area. This is like offensive knowing they probably got their Meredith Hancock, Layout/Design Dear Editor: adding the communities of Brambleton, hands on my phone number, possibly by ADVERTISING A year and a half into the process of Ashburn Village, Stone Ridge, and The abusing Freedom of Information requests. Sabine Bibb the reviewing and rewriting the Loudoun Broadlands, combined, to the existing TPA. The stories are popping up around the [email protected], 571 437-9953 County Comprehensive Plan, how is it This is unsustainable. Commonwealth; in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Tonya Harding going? After attending Envision Loudoun Residents of the Rural Policy Area students at JMU received a personalized text [email protected], 703 314-5200 public input sessions, Stakeholders should be especially alert. At Monday’s on their phone this week, appearing to be from Here’s How to Reach Us! Committee meetings, and talking with Stakeholder meeting, the “Working volunteers working on a local Democrat’s Email [email protected] Loudoun residents, I fear that the process Map” presented for discussion proposed campaign. Now people are wondering how or call 540-338-6200 of rewriting the Comprehensive Plan is annexation of three sections of the RPA they found their name and number in the first EDITOR: being highjacked with little regard to public into the TPA. Apparently, the Stakeholders place. Reports there indicate Democrats used (letters to the editor & press releases): oversight and review. FOIA to get at student directories. [email protected] Committee disregarded the Board of When the Envision Loudoun process Supervisors opinion that the “Rural Policy I read that in Roanoke, Republican SPECIAL EDITORIAL started, Loudoun residents were promised Area was off the table” for consideration Delegate Greg Habeeb got a text from his Andrea Gaines [email protected] transparency and feedback as the process during Comprehensive Plan review. Democrat opponent’s volunteer and that led went along. Two well publicized public Each new dwelling costs more in annual him to look at the law. This raises questions HOT NEWS TIPS: outreach sessions at various locations across operating expenditures than is taken in about this predatory texting, including the Valerie Cury, 703-943-8806, [email protected] the County were attended by hundreds of through tax revenues. One solution is higher legality of spamming individual’s personal people. According to people who attended, taxes. The other solution is to stop rampant cell phones. Whether it violates Virginia’s WEBMASTER: or Federal laws seems to be a gray area. [email protected] newspaper reports, and recorded comments of development and preserve the Transition those that attended the outreach sessions and Policy Area. It’s time to tell the Board of But do Democrat candidates even care? MAILING ADDRESS: commented online, there was overwhelming Supervisors that Envision Loudoun process When a volunteer for Walbridge texted me, PO Box 325, Purcellville, VA 20134-0325 support to leave both the Rural Policy Area is off the rails! I had already decided to vote for LaRock and Copyright 2017 Blue Ridge Leader & Loudoun Today. All rights reserved. and the Transition Policy Area alone. The Don Goff this solidified my decision. After responding Stakeholders Committee meeting on Monday, Willowsford to this text-happy volunteer saying I wanted @BRLeaderNEWS Sept. 25, the 26 Committee members and to be left alone, the person actually texted me staff discussed scenarios that increase density Walbridge Violating again to explain themselves – seems these across the TPA, especially in areas south of ‘volunteers’ simply don’t get it. We Welcome Your Letters To The Editor: My Privacy Submissions may be sent to Braddock Road. In the area to the west of My message to Ms. Walbridge is simple - [email protected], or via mail to, Lightridge Farm Road, staff recommended Dear Editor: please keep my cell phone private and stop PO Box 325, Purcellville, VA 20134-0325. adding 82 - 88 additional housing units. The texting me about your campaign. Please include your name, The audacity of the Tia Walbridge address and telephone number. Stakeholders proposed adding 749 units to the campaign is striking, as evidenced by Greg Keefer We reserve the right to edit submissions as necessary. same area, an 8-9 times increase from present their brazen violation of personal privacy. Purcellville Deadline for print edition is the third week of each month, or, online any time. density. In the southeast corner of the TPA, They have handed my personal cell phone Continued on page 29 OCTOBER 2017 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com 5 Virginia Gubernatorial Debate – Highlights Substance Vs. Style

Ralph Northam answering questions from the press post-debate. Ed Gillespie and his wife Cathy, post-debate fielding questions from the press.

– By Andrea Gaines Location: Capital One Headquarters, debate touched on the controversies grocery store. While his immigrant father Mclean, VA surrounding and the violent Aug. protests started life in the United States as janitor, Republican candidate Ed Gillespie and in Charlottesville and the Confederate with his family’s encouragement, he made Chuck Todd, NBC News Democratic candidate Ralph Northam Moderator: Monuments issue, it didn’t stay there. it to college and eventually, to the White Political Director and Moderator of faced off in their first televised debate in the Republican Ed Gillespie opened his House as a counselor to President George Meet The Press race for Governor of the Commonwealth of formal presentation of his candidacy on an W. Bush. Virginia on Sept. 19, moderated by Meet Hosted By: Northern Virginia economic note, pointing to what he saw as Gillespie, who comes to the race with the Press’s Chuck Todd, and hosted by Chamber of Commerce, the Schar the poor performance of the Commonwealth extensive policy credentials, praised his George Mason University and the Northern School of Public Policy & government at under the leadership of Democratic opponent Ralph Northam for his military Virginia Chamber of Commerce. George Mason University, NBC4 governor Terry McAuliffe. “Our growth service but said Northam’s economic With the country in a polarized mood, Format: Opening & Closing rate last year was six tenths of 1 percent, policies lack “a sense of urgency.” and the Commonwealth of Virginia seen th Statements and Timed Q&A making us 39 out of 50 states in economic In contrast, Northam, in his opening by many as symbolic of the ever-shifting growth,” said Gillespie. “The policies I statement, claimed credit for the economic loyalties of Republican and Democratic Panelists: Julie Carey, News 4 put forward,” he continued, would result progress that he, as the current Lieutenant voters, the debate was notable for its pretty Northern Virginia Bureau Chief, Aaron in the creation of more than 53,000 new, Governor of Virginia has helped inspire, clear presentation of where these two Gilchrist, anchor of News 4 Today, Dr. additional, full-time, good-paying private Democrat Northam referenced “record- candidates stand on the issues, rather than Mark Rozell, Dean of the Schar School sector jobs across our commonwealth. setting ... 215,000 new jobs [and] over than their campaigning style. That’s a 25 percent increase over current $16 billion [in] capital investment” created Moderator Todd, known for his sense of long debate away from crafty one-liners projections.” under McAuliffe. “Our unemployment fairness and matter of fact style kept things and focusing on substance, instead. Along the way, Gillespie told the story rate has gone from 5.4 to 3.8 percent,” moving, most of the time, steering the hour- While, early on in the evening, the of his background working in the family Continued on page 19 Mayor Fraser Hosting Stage View From The Ridge – Side Chat Oct. 11 Who Are You, Loudoun County? – By Andrea Gaines density east and the rural, low-density west – was targeted for development by pro- As the Board of Supervisors began the growth advocates, including the developer- Envision Loudoun effort – the multi-year dominated Envision Loudoun Stakeholder process designed to update and rewrite Committee. the County-wide Comprehensive Plan – Area residents – having failed to stop citizens were asked what they wanted to see approval of a massive, 135,000+ sq. ft. in the Loudoun County of the future. Who suburban-style Harris Teeter complex – are you, Loudoun County, our leaders and found their voice in the Transition Policy planners wanted to know. Area Alliance and a group called Loudoun In overwhelming fashion, and across Residents for Reasonable Growth. dozens of meetings and thousands of But, as LRRG noted six months comments, residents have said: “We are the ago, “The Transition Area Alliance is Transition Policy Area, the Rural Policy monitoring the process for development of Area, and the Suburban Policy Area ... We the New Comprehensive Plan and has seen Want to know more about the finances of the town, how about opportunities for are the successful growth management indications that the new plan is moving volunteering, or do you have an improvement idea that you would like to see? Purcellville strategy that supports a suburban east, a away from the current planning area concept Mayor Kwasi Fraser once again has an open discussion with citizens to address their transitional middle, and a rural west.” that includes the Suburban, Transition, and questions and embrace their ideas at the Carver Center, Wednesday, Oct. 11 – from from So why is our government not listening? Rural policy areas. These planning areas 7 to 8 p.m. In the past topics such as utilities, businesses, traffic, events and taxes have Early on in the Envision Loudoun process, have defined Loudoun for 15 years and been discussed. Come connect with others in the community and share your ideas. the TPA – a zoning buffer between the high- Continued on page 31 On the web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com 6 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com OCTOBER 2017

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One, I will direct the Secretary of Public BRL: What is your plan to reduce the Safety and Homeland Security to convene costs of health care for all citizens of the Secure Commonwealth Panel within Virginia? the first ten days of the Administration in order to fully evaluate the current state of RN: As a physician, I uniquely understand readiness and report on any vulnerabilities what’s driving the cost of healthcare in this and gaps in our public safety posture to country. It’s time to expand Medicaid in protect all Virginians. the commonwealth and extend coverage to 400,000 working Virginians. Every day that You can read my detailed public safety we don’t, we are not only leaving on the policy proposal at forALLVirginians.com. table but giving away to surrounding states BRL: What is your plan to reduce that we compete with, close to $6 million a the costs of healthcare for all citizens of day. Since January of 2014 we have given Virginia? away over $10 billion of the tax dollars that we send to Washington and we’ll never get Ed Gillespie EG: Virginia’s next governor will face Ralph Northam it back. It’s the right thing to do. Ed Gillespie is a small business owner, significant challenges in healthcare and Democrat Ralph Northam is a former former top White House and Capitol Hill social services. I will turn those challenges Virginia State Senator (Senate District 6, That’s why I have called for a Bipartisan aide, and the Republican nominee for into opportunities for reform and improved 2008-2014), and the current Lieutenant Joint Subcommittee, comprised of members governor of Virginia. health outcomes for Virginians. This begins Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia from both the Health Insurance Reform Gillespie grew up working in his parents’ with recognizing that Washington, D.C. – an office he has held since 2014. A native Commission and the newly formed HHR grocery store. The son of an Irish immigrant, will not solve our problems. son of the Eastern Shore, Northam is a Oversight Committee to address the concerns of rising healthcare costs, specifically for he started his career as a Senate parking lot The Health and Human Resources graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, vulnerable communities. Virginians should attendant and worked his way up to become Secretariat makes up more than 25 percent where he earned a bachelor’s degree in lead the country on innovations in health Counselor to President George W. Bush. He of Virginia’s biennial budget. I will ensure biology (1981), and served as president care that will raise quality and decrease became the first GOP chairman in 80 years Virginia works with our federal partners to of VMI’s honor court. He is a U.S. Army costs. As a native Virginian, former member to preside over his party’s winning the White remove barriers to permit Virginia to continue veteran, having spent eight years as an of the legislature and physician – I believe House, House and Senate. He is also a former to lead the nation in innovative solutions to active duty officer, rising to the rank of major. it is time we put common sense back into Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. ensure those Virginians most in need receive Northam has a medical background, earning improving the health care system and Gillespie has spent his career fighting for a helping hand on the path to self-sufficiency. his M.D. from Eastern Virginia Medical principles of limited, effective government School in 1984. He did his residencies at the work together to improve the health care and personal liberty that help make life BRL: How would you level the playing Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where experience for all Virginians. field in education so all communities – rich better and more prosperous for Virginians. he treated soldiers wounded in Operation BRL: How would you level the playing and poor – have the same opportunities? He is fighting to make sure that the American Desert Storm. He has also served as chief field in education so all communities – rich Dream his family has experienced continues EG: The proper role of government is neurological resident at Johns Hopkins and poor – have the same opportunities? to be in reach for future generations. not to guarantee equality of outcomes, but Hospital, as a private-practice pediatric RN: As a pediatric neurologist, I see He and his wife Cathy have three grown equality of opportunity. That means we neurologist and as assistant Professor of every day that there is power in every child. children, and they live near historic Mt. have a moral duty to ensure all children Neurology at EVMS. Northam currently There is so much learning potential in our Vernon in Fairfax County. have access to an excellent public school. lives in Norfolk with his wife, Pam, and two children before they get to kindergarten, Blue Ridge Leader: Virginians have As governor, I’ll work to make sure that all children, Wes and Aubrey. but if everyone doesn’t get access to early many public safety concerns – terrorism, students – no matter where they live – have Blue Ridge Leader: Virginians have childhood education, that’s what starts natural disasters, threats to our electrical the opportunity to reach their full potential many public safety concerns – terrorism, what I call the gaps between the haves grid, cyber security. What can you do as and ensure our high school and college natural disasters, threats to our electrical and the have nots. I was proud to lead our governor to help us prepare for them? graduates are career-ready on day one, grid, cyber security. What can you do as administration’s effort to secure a grant that prepared with skills for life. Ed Gillespie: Providing for public safety governor to help us prepare for them? gave us the power to expand pre-K education is an essential responsibility of government, As it relates to our K-12 education system, Ralph Northam: Being born and raised to 13,000 students and as governor, I’d like and one that must be addressed with the I will give our teachers greater freedom to in Virginia, and with Pam and I raising our to expand the opportunity to more of our utmost seriousness. As governor, I will innovate and work with parents to respond children here, we share many of these same children. coordinate efforts between our partners in to the unique needs of individual children. concerns. As an Army veteran and doctor, I BRL: Most US states, including several federal, state and local law enforcement Virginia students, teachers, and families have spent my life working to protect and of Virginia’s neighbors, do not tax to put in place policies that will combat will benefit from innovative solutions – serve others, and I consider that the most groceries. What is your position on this? dangerous gangs, including MS-13, reduce driven by technology – to more efficiently important job in serving as governor. That crime, and provide support for the brave deliver and monitor learning and teaching is why I was proud to support increasing RN: This November, voters have a men and women who selflessly serve their in the 21st century. pay and training for our police and sheriffs choice of two economic visions: there’s my opponent’s plan to cut taxes for the wealthy communities to make our Commonwealth I have put forward detailed policy in our last state budget, and why as a state at the expense of hard-working Virginians safer for ALL Virginians. Additionally, I proposals to improve our K-12 education senator I secured funding to study strategies versus my track record of growing the have earned the endorsement of the Police system and our higher education system to address rising sea levels in Virginia. economy and giving people the skills needed Benevolent Association and a majority of at forallvirginians.com. sheriffs from across the Commonwealth. There are 76 million attacks on the to fill new-collar jobs. BRL: Most US states, including several of commonwealth’s network each year, I will work closely with them to make As part of my vision, I’ve called for Virginia’s neighbors, do not tax groceries. and that’s why I’ve proposed a plan that Virginia safer and stronger. cutting the regressive grocery tax for What is your position on this? includes continuing to support increased Homeland security is a critical function penalties for cybercrimes, protecting the Virginians under a certain income threshold. EG: Virginia families are feeling the squeeze, of government. The Secure Commonwealth commonwealth’s IT infrastructure, and I’ve proposed creating a bipartisan tax our approach to economic development is and Resilient Panel serves to monitor and ensuring we have a trained workforce to fill commission to make our tax code simpler, antiquated and tired, and Virginia is losing coordinate the emergency preparedness of the 36,000 open, high-demand cyber jobs fairer, and fiscally responsible – and I government at all levels in Virginia. This Continued on page 23 right here – the most in the nation. Investing Continued on page 29 14 ELECTION SPECIAL • ELECTION SPECIAL - ELECTION SPECIAL • ELECTION SPECIAL October 2017

Candidates for Lt. GovernorVirginia and has a powerful voice to be an the needs of business on issues such as telemarketing, the use of personal advocate for important policies to make information, etc. things better in Virginia. I chose to run for Lieutenant Governor JF: In addition to being an attorney I because Virginia needs a strong voice who work with my wife running a dental practice, will put principle over party and get things and I have a first-hand understanding of done in the interest of all Virginians, and never the challenges of maintaining a business. quit working diligently to make Virginia a As Lieutenant Governor, I will work to well-managed state capable of earning top ensure that businesses have the resources rankings, such as being the best place to raise they need to succeed without overstepping a family or the best place to create jobs. the liberties of consumers to keep some information private. BRL: How would you strike the right balance between consumer privacy and In recent years we have seen too many the needs of business on issues such instances of security breaches on the part of as telemarketing, the use of personal both government and the private sector that information, etc. have left individuals’ private information Justin Fairfax exposed. People should have the right Jill Vogel JV: Rapid advancements in technology Democrat Justin Fairfax is a former to expect that anyone who collects their Republican Jill Vogel is a Virginia Senate are driving many changes to our society’s Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern personally identifying information will take Senator, representing District 27 which view of privacy, consumer protection, and District of Virginia who has served as responsible steps to keep it secure. Further, includes parts of Loudoun and surrounding the use of personal information. These Deputy Coordinator of the Northern Virginia even in the absence of any breach, many counties and the City of Winchester. She advancements also introduce a number of Human Trafficking Task Force and Deputy people have come to believe that marketers, was named Legislator of the Year by the cybersecurity challenges, as all too many of for the Major Crimes & Narcotics Unit. vendors, and solicitors are allowed access Virginia State Police, the Virginia Treasurers consumers have learned the hard way. He has worked in the legislative, judicial to more information about themselves than Association, the Commissioners of Revenue Government must strike that balance and executive branches of government. is appropriate. Association of Virginia and the Virginia Courts and make sure we are protecting personal Fairfax grew up in a disadvantaged I would support stronger consumer Clerks Association. She is a native Virginian information in a way which makes sense and neighborhood in Washington, D.C., but with protection and cybersecurity laws and nationally-known attorney, recognized as offers meaningful safeguards, but without the help of a supportive family – including designed to tighten up practices in this such by Washingtonian Magazine and other creating too much red tape or obstructing his grandparents and mother, who put area, accompanied not only by meaningful prominent periodicals. Vogel is a managing technological advancement or startup activity. all four of her children through college – partner at the firm Holtzman Vogel Josefiak regulations and oversight but also by strong With the data economy being an issue of he earned a degree in public policy from Torchinsky PLLC. She has held various legal penalties in instances of noncompliance. interstate commerce, state lawmakers have Duke University and a J.D. from Columbia positions in both government and the private I also believe that there should be more a limited number of options due to various Law School, where he served on the sector, including Virginia State Senator and opportunities to “opt-out” of inclusion in federal preemptions designed to create a prestigious Columbia Law Review. Fairfax Deputy General Counsel at the Department various databases than currently exist. uniform business climate throughout the is an attorney. He and his wife, Dr. Cerina of Energy. Vogel earned her B.A. from the nation, when state borders have started to Fairfax, D.D.S. own a dental practice and BRL: The Lieutenant Governor casts the College of William and Mary and her J.D. mean less in the age of e-commerce. live in Northern Virginia with their young tie-breaking vote in the Virginia Senate. If from DePaul University School of Law. Born son and daughter. elected, do you see this as giving you more and raised in the Shenandoah Valley, she is a I am open to a number of reforms which responsibility, more power, or both? wife, mother and business owner in addition build on the principle of consumer consent Blue Ridge Leader: What in your to State Senator, and active in volunteer and – that is, that each of us should have life experience motivates you to pursue JF: The Lieutenant Governor helps to civic organizations. She lives in Fauquier knowledge of and a say in how our personal public service? shape policy for the state. I take this task seriously and I see this as giving both County with her husband and children. information is used. Justin Fairfax: Economic security and responsibility and power. In instances Where adopted, disclosure should be opportunity the theme of this campaign, Blue Ridge Leader: What in your of ties, the Lieutenant Governor can meaningful and understandable, not buried and has played a large role in the story life experience motivates you to pursue determine what becomes public policy public service? in forty-two pages of legalese. of my own life. Growing up, I was not in this Commonwealth. However, my privileged with a large amount of money, campaign is not based on convenience Jill Vogel: Since I was young, I have Regulatory modernization is necessary to status, or power, but I was surrounded by or the consolidation of power. My first always had a passion for solving problems, keep pace with the changing environment, a supportive and loving network of family. priority is to ensure that Virginians have which drove my interest in public service. ensuring that companies which handle After my parents’ divorce, we came to live more economic security and opportunity. During my legal career, I had the opportunity large amounts of personal information take in inner-city Washington, DC with my I will work hard every day to give people to serve as Deputy General Counsel at the responsibility for securing that information, maternal grandparents. The strength of my the same shot and the same support that I U. S. Department of Energy, where among but in ways which do not interfere with the support network gave me opportunity, a was given, and, if elected, I will carry the other things, I was responsible for leading innovation we need from the technology high-quality education, family, faith, and responsibility to cast votes that work to a one-year regulatory review to ensure our startups which are critical in driving our hope; what I like to call spiritual wealth. support these efforts. regulations were appropriate and did not hurt economic growth. Rules should make sense My mom supported me and my three job creation, economic growth, or consumers. and be narrowly tailored to address actual BRL: One of many issues facing voters older siblings in ways that seemed beyond problems. is the cost of providing government The spirit of community involvement impossible. We were fortunate to escape the services and benefits, including in state runs deep in my family, so when I saw a Finally, the legislature must work with tragedies that devastated so many families tuition, to people living in the United Senate seat open up, I took the counsel of Virginia’s law enforcement community and and youth in our community during that States who have not complied with my family and my friends to welcome that with our Attorney General to ensure that our time. Because so many gave me spiritual immigration laws. What is your position? opportunity to serve. laws keep pace with technology and allow wealth, I feel I have a spiritual debt that I am those who break the law to be held accountable In Virginia’s Senate, I have worked on a determined to repay through public service. JF: I envision of a Virginia in which – particularly the cybercriminals who traffic broad variety of bills making Virginia a better I am committed to ensuring that others can everyone is welcome, everyone has in and profit from stolen information and place to live, work, and raise a family, and have similar opportunities, such as a college opportunity to succeed, and no matter where identity theft. Reducing the demand for stolen developed many relationships with my Senate education and economic security, no matter you were born or what your background you information is key to reducing the incentive to colleagues which help me get things done. their start in life. have a chance at the American dream. That steal it in the first place. BRL: How would you strike the right is why I oppose rescinding the Deferred Under our Constitution, the Lieutenant balance between consumer privacy and Continued on page 19 Governor presides over the Senate of Continued on page 19 October 2017 ELECTION SPECIAL • ELECTION SPECIAL - ELECTION SPECIAL • ELECTION SPECIAL 15 Candidates for Attorney General Leonard is doing in Chesterfield to help prescriptions, and eliminating federal those addicted to these substances. The restrictions on using Medicaid in residential bottom line is that it is time for action, not treatment settings. I’m also working with a just more convening and talking. And we bipartisan group of states attorneys general must bring people working on this issue to hold distributors and manufacturers together to utilize and maximize resources accountable for their role in this crisis. and start working immediately to help end My team and I have been working on this this growing epidemic. problem every day for nearly four years, BRL: One of the major challenges and we’re not going to stop because we in the criminal justice system is the are still losing too many treasured friends, proliferation of gangs. What is your spouses, siblings, children, and parents to number one priority on this issue? this epidemic. JA: Gang violence is increasing in BRL: One of the major challenges Virginia, particularly in Northern Virginia in the criminal justice system is the and the Shenandoah Valley. One of the proliferation of gangs. What is your top priorities of the attorney general is to number one priority on this issue? keep Virginia safe. We need to get serious MH: Education and prevention are key John Adams about the increase in gangs, and also work Mark Herring components of my anti-gang strategy, Republican John Adams is a descendant to keep Virginia’s children out of gangs to because once a young person decides Mark Herring, a Democrat, is the current of the Massachusetts family that gave us begin with. In fact, I recently spent the day to join a gang, it’s incredibly difficult Attorney General of Virginia. His election to the second and sixth Presidents of the with the Northern Virginia Gang Taskforce for them to walk away. My office has a that position in 2013 gave Democrats control United States – John Adams and his son, learning more about these very problems. comprehensive youth education program of that office for the first time in twenty-four John Quincey Adams. He has served as As a federal prosecutor, I worked with that includes anti-gang programming, years. Herring served in the Virginia State Sen- a federal prosecutor and as an Associate local, state, and federal law enforcement along with a documentary, “The Big Lie,” ate representing parts of Fairfax and Loudoun White House Counsel for President George to get violent criminals off our streets. that helps young people understand that Counties (District 33) from 2006 until 2014. W. Bush, and has also clerked for Supreme This included gang members through a all of a gang’s promises of wealth and He holds an undergraduate degree in foreign Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Adams collaborative program called Project Exile power are just lies. It’s also important to be affairs and economics – and an M.A. in for- attended Virginia Military Institute and was in the city of Richmond. Project Exile was tough on gang members who commit acts eign affairs – from the University of Virginia. honored as a Distinguished Graduate with a instrumental in lowering gang violence and of violence or bring deadly drugs into our He received his J.D. from the University of degree in economics (1996). After VMI, he the murder rate in the city. I believe this communities. My team and I have been Richmond School of Law. He was raised received his commission as a United States program was successful and one that we relentless in going after the gang members, in Loudoun County and was an attorney in Naval Officer, serving two tours. Following should look at as a model for addressing heroin dealers and traffickers, and illegal private practice in his hometown of Lees- military service, he attended the University the growing gang problems we are seeing gun dealers who threaten the safety of burg. Prior to his election to the Virginia of Virginia School of Law, earning his J.D. across Virginia. Virginia communities. We have put gang Senate, Herring served on the Loudoun Adams is currently in private practice at members who committed murder behind BRL: To protect vulnerable populations County Board of Supervisors and as the McGuire Woods LLP, Virginia’s largest bars for life and put away gang-connected such as seniors, veterans and children Town Attorney for Lovettsville. Herring law firm, where he chairs the Government heroin traffickers responsible for bringing the state’s attorney general needs to and his wife, Laura, have been married for Investigations Department. Born and hundreds of pounds of deadly drugs into the safeguard the public purse. What would 27 years and have two children – daughter raised in Chesterfield, Virginia, he and his you do to make sure tax payer dollars are Commonwealth. wife Lisa continue to live in the community, Peyton, 24 and son Tim, 21. spent as efficiently as possible? For our work alongside Virginia’s law where they are now raising four sons – Blue Ridge Leader: Drug-related enforcement community, we have even been Thomas, Daniel, Andrew and Henry. Each JA: As a Navy veteran, I have seen overdoses claimed the lives of 1,400 honored by the Virginia Gang Investigators of the boys attend the same Chesterfield people and companies go after our service Virginians in 2016. What innovative solutions Association. public schools their parents once attended. members and veterans to try to take would you spearhead to address this crisis? advantage of them. Consumer protection BRL: To protect vulnerable populations Blue Ridge Leader: Drug-related Mark Herring: I’ve made combating is a core function of the attorney general’s such as seniors, veterans and children overdoses claimed the lives of 1,400 this crisis a top priority as Attorney General office. As a former federal prosecutor, the state’s attorney general needs to Virginians in 2016. What innovative because I believe it is the most pressing I will protect Virginians by leading a safeguard the public purse. What would solutions would you spearhead to address public safety and public health crisis highly effective team of lawyers that will you do to make sure taxpayer dollars are this crisis? confronting Virginia. When I first started prosecute those who break the law and harm spent as efficiently as possible? John Adams: The heroin and opioid raising the opioid epidemic as a concern, we consumers. Under my watch, Virginia will MH: I’ve worked each and every day to epidemic affects communities all across had a hard time convincing people to pay be very inhospitable to those companies and keep Virginians safe and to defend the rights Virginia, and is only getting worse. Since attention, but now the epidemic is touching individuals who attempt to harm our citizens. of taxpayers, seniors, veterans and military my opponent, Mark Herring, took office, so many Virginians from all walks of life. One rising issue is spoofing – calls to cell families. I will continue and expand these fatal opioid overdoses have increased 66 I intend to continue my efforts to tackle phones that look like they are coming from a efforts in my second term. We have redoubled percent. As soon as I decided to run for this problem with a multifaceted approach familiar number. As attorney general, I will our efforts to protect Virginia’s children from attorney general I created a substance abuse that includes enforcement, education, take spoofing seriously and work to protect dangerous online predators. We’ve helped working group to help me understand the prevention, and legislation designed to Virginia consumers from these phone calls. put hundreds of child predators behind magnitude of this issue and put together save lives. I’ve implemented new law You can read more about how I will address bars, brought new technology to the fight a statewide policy proposal to address enforcement initiatives, strengthened this issue on my website. against child exploitation, and led a national, the crisis. In June, at the Chesterfield partnerships with the medical community, To the topic of spending tax payer dollars bipartisan effort to combat child exploitation. County Jail, I was joined by practitioners, and supported new recovery and treatment efficiently, something else I will not do I also expanded and reorganized my office’s law enforcement, and service providers efforts to further expand our response to this is hire outside counsel to represent the Consumer Protection Section to aggressively to announce my plan, which you can crisis. My team and I have worked more Commonwealth just because the issue is enforce Virginia’s consumer protection read on my website. It centers around than 90 cases against dealers and traffickers not something I agree with politically. This laws, provide exceptional customer service two things: stronger enforcement against involving more than 434 pounds of heroin is something Mark Herring has done, and it in resolving complaints and disputes, and those who seek to harm our children, and fentanyl, but I know there’s more work has cost tax payers hundreds of thousands provide robust consumer education to keep friends and communities by selling these to be done. That’s why I’ve called for new of dollars. The attorney general’s job is to Virginians from being victimized by fraud, drugs; and, more alternative sentencing laws to crack down on deadly fentanyl, Continued on page 20 Continued on page 18 and rehabilitation like what Sheriff Karl incentivizing alternatives to opioid 16 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com OCTOBER 2017

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Debate, continued from page 5 and-forth between the candidates hitting said Northam, “the lowest it’s been in nine on everything from Standards of Learning Fairfax, continued from page 14 years.” He also described his early life (SOL) test to workforce development. On growing up on a small farm on Virginia’s these two points both candidates manage to Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) to be available to everyone. It is in eastern shore. bring the issue around to their own personal program. We are a nation built by the interest of all members of the On the issue of the Atlantic Coast experiences with early childhood and high people who came to this country to community to take active steps to Pipeline, both candidates voiced support for school educational programs – Gillespie build a better life for themselves and prevent avoidable catastrophes such the project, with the proper environmental with autoshop, woodshop, and metal shop, their families. Immigrants are a crucial as homelessness, substance abuse, protections in place. Northam took a and Northam with small engine repair and part of the narrative of our nation, and and gang membership. These are more regional and national approach to the auto restoration. any attempt to erase that history is an exactly the sort of benefits that should pipeline decision, however, especially with Sequestration and the nation’s attack on us all. DACA participants be provided for everyone in our respect to the permits required and how preoccupation with the dysfunction on the should be welcomed to remain in this community, regardless of immigration that would be managed by the army Corps national stage entered this Gubernatorial country and in our community. They status or documentation. As Lieutenant of Engineers and Virginia’s Department of debate, as did President Trump’s proposed should also continue to qualify for Governor, I will work to ensure that Environmental Quality. Gillespie pointed travel ban, the Paris Climate Accords, in-state college tuition, as they have they are available to everyone who to the need for Virginia to have more healthcare, gang violence, immigration, previously. needs them. autonomy when to comes to devising an D.A.C.A., federal tax reform, the LGBTQ Driver’s licenses should be BRL: In one sentence ... What do energy plan of its own. But, both candidates community, Metro funding and other issues. available to all Virginians regardless of you love most about Virginia? positioned their answers in the context how As the debate entered its final minutes, documentation. Immigrants live and how best to support the state’s economy. moderator Chuck Todd, pleading with the JF: What I love about Virginia is work here. Ensuring that all drivers Taxes are a lighting rod issue here in candidates to keep their responses short and that all across the Commonwealth are licensed is a safety issue, as well Virginia, and on that point the debate did drawing quite a laugh form the crowd said: people from a variety of backgrounds as a crucial part of keeping a job and not disappoint. Todd posed this question “I’m gonna – you’re gonna – we’re gonna are coming together to stand up for supporting one’s family. to Gillespie, and Northam to respond as do this ... you guys ... if you can keep your our values; in a country that seems well. To Gillespie: “You have proposed answers to 60 [seconds] now instead of 90 Additionally, there are a broad range so divided it warms my heart to see a 10 percent across-the-board reduction in ... [please!]” of local benefits that are intended Virginians coming together. taxes for all Virginians as well as a rollback The debate ended with one-minute of business taxes. But according to the closing statements from each candidate. Vogel, continued from page 14 sanctuary cities and support a requirement nonpartisan Tax Foundation, Virginia is one Gillespie whose closing statement BRL: The Lieutenant Governor casts that employers verify the lawful status of the least taxed states in the country. Why focused on Virginia’s economy urged the tie-breaking vote in the Virginia Senate. of their workers. He has supported does Virginia need a tax break?” voters to take a long view, saying: “This If elected, do you see this as giving you the establishment of sanctuary cities Gillespie responded, “ ... we anticipate election is not just about the next four years, more responsibility, more power, or both? and declined to back an accountability and project, over the course of the next five it is about the next 30 years” emphasizing requirement designed to prevent businesses JV: While the tie-breaking vote gives the years, $3.4 billion in increased revenue the need to invest in Virginia’s economy. from breaking labor laws and cheating Lieutenant Governor a degree of power in coming into Richmond, into our treasury, “We’ve got to unleash entrepreneurship … legal workers and competing businesses by the Senate, the real strength of the office lies even with anemic economic growth like we’ve got to make sure that we improve hiring illegal workers, often under the table. we have here ... And, like I said, if our our public schools and we modernize our in the platform it offers for our Lieutenant The issue of the cost of government next governor does not address these transportation system.” He continued, Governor to be a strong voice for smart benefits is another area where we differ. challenges with the right policies and a “I will be a governor for all Virginians.” policy reforms which make Virginia a better On healthcare, I oppose a government- sense of urgency, we will fail our ... fellow Northam, while promoting a very different place to live, work, and raise a family. run, single-payer health care system, in Virginians.” set of policies, said that the future “is really We need a Lieutenant Governor with part because the $32 trillion price tag is Northam used the opportunity to caution about our children,” and what kind of a bold policy vision and the working too expensive for taxpayers. By contrast, against tax cuts as a threat to the educational communities they need to grow and prosper. relationships in the Senate which are so my opponent has endorsed Bernie Sanders’ system and the state’s need for infrastructure “This is all about taking Virginia to the next critical to getting things done. We need a plan for single-payer, and does not believe improvements, setting off a spirited back- level … We’re all in this together.” leader who will use her voice to highlight it is too expensive. key issues we face and bring people Trees, continued from page 3 together, building on common ground, My work writing budgets on the Senate to find solutions to the problems we face, Finance Committee has given me a deep Tree Registry, with between sixty-three champion. Really cool.” and use a steady hand to make Virginia the appreciation of the care we must use in and sixty-six National Champion Trees Officially – at least up until this point nation’s best-managed state. balancing competing demands for services, – trees that are the largest of their species – the largest tree in Loudoun County is such as education, transportation, and BRL: One of many issues facing voters in the United States. a Yellow Poplar. It is located on private public safety, with everything else we do, is the cost of providing government The state runs The Virginia Big Tree property – a private residence – and is while operating under the balanced budget services and benefits, including in state program, a registry of over 300 native, 102 feet high, 336 inches around, and has requirement of Virginia’s Constitution. non-native and naturalized species, main- a crown spread of 66 feet – the distance tuition, to people living in the United tained by the Department of Forest Re- from one end of the tree’s branches to States who have not complied with In many cases, when we say the money is sources and Environmental Conservation the other end. The tree is also the third immigration laws. What is your position? not there, it’s a matter of dollars and cents, not Republicans and Democrats. Every at Virginia Tech. largest in the state. JV: Every public college and university dollar comes from somewhere, and part As home to fifteen State Champions or Nominating a tree for the Loudoun in Virginia has a limited number of slots of being a well-managed state is ensuring Co-State Champions – champion being County Big Tree Registry is easy, and for in-state students. Those colleges should every dollar is spent where it does the most defined as the largest of a particular can be done through an online form at not be denying access to citizens for those good. species – Loudoun County is a power- www.loudoun.gov/BigTreeRegistry. limited slots by giving them to those here player on the big tree category, and with The www.loudoun.gov webpage also illegally. Virginia taxpayers support our BRL: In one sentence ... What do you forty-one trees on the Virginia state list. includes an interactive map that shows higher education system and they should love most about Virginia? But, is that Little Leaf Linden, that the general location of the county’s big have the first opportunity for in-state tuition JV: Virginia represents a shining slice Pin Oak, Virginia Pine, Red Mulberry trees and details about the tree, including slots. of what makes our country great, from our or Waxmurtle the biggest in the County? the name, height, circumference and rich history, to our natural beauty, to the Loudouners will soon know. crown spread. Immigration is one issue where my opportunity we offer everyone who calls our Since the call for nominations went Citizens are also free to contact opponent and I differ, and often on issues of Commonwealth home – it’s a great place to out, “The response has been crazy,” said Loudoun County Urban Forester John cost. I oppose giving limited slots to those live, work, and raise a family, because our Zuiker. “ ... we have about 45 trees to Zuiker at 703-771-5991 or by email at here illegally, while my opponent supports belief in the Virginia Way means we are measure. We measured a silver maple [email protected]. it, and has even suggested he would committed to leaving things better off for the other day that was almost a state Let’s preserve our ecological giants. make college free for those without legal presence. I oppose the establishment of our children. 20 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com OCTOBER 2017 From Six Stories Back To Three Downtown Returns To Three-Story Height Limits

– By Valerie Cury be like saying in Washington D.C. – the But Bledsoe said he didn’t understand “why the Washington Monument is this high – why The Purcellville Town Council, Sept. three-story language was needed.” Ogelman said that don’t we make all the buildings as high as 26, voted 5-2 to reduce the maximum the language made it unambiguous; one could build that?” building heights in the C-4 District, with Council Member Ryan Cool said, “This Council Members Chris Bledsoe and Doug more than three stories with only the 45-ft. height seat that I now occupy was previously McCollum voting against. restriction, without the three-story limit. occupied by an individual who voted in Said Vice-Mayor Nedim Ogelman, who support of the six-story height, and then supported the change, “We are going to the height limitation. The only exception the height measurement would be counted when people said they didn’t approve be making a very important vote today would be for publicly owned buildings and at average grade level. This could mean of six-stories during election season, his on height limits in the C-4 area … and places of worship. that a basement level or levels, below opinion changed. I ran in opposition to the judging from what people have said during Council Members Chris Bledsoe and grade, would not be counted – leaving the six-story height and remain so.” our election, what people have said during Doug McCollum, who did not support possibility for even more than four stories. The Town attorney said if the third floor our Comprehensive Plan process, and lowering the height limit, said they would Said Ogelman, “I would like the three was below the grade, ‘it would appear that public input, this will be an important support a maximum height limit of 45 ft. stories and not to exceed 45 ft. as the you would have a two-story building.” vote.” Ogelman had reviewed citizen input But Bledsoe said he didn’t understand language. The more vague the language is, Mayor Kwasi Fraser answered, “But it is provided during the Comp Plan process, “why the three-story language was the more we will put the interpretations on still three stories.” and said most citizens wanted three stories needed.” Ogelman said that the language our Zoning Administrator, and I am in favor Council Member Kelli Grim added, or fewer – with only 15 people out of 236 made it unambiguous; one could build of not having our Zoning Administrator “So, depending on the grade, if you only asking for four stories or more. In 2008, more than three stories with only the 45-ft. to not have to do anything like that. I am mention height – it could turn out four or based on developer advocacy, the Lazaro height restriction, without the three-story not in favor of flexibility, but in favor of five stories … So only saying 45 ft. does Council raised the building height limits in limit. “And, frankly, that’s the language specificity in what this document says … I not accomplish keeping it at a three-story the C-4 District to 65 ft. the citizens want, and I think we owe it am in favor of going as close as possible to height limit.” Council Member Kelli Grim made the to the citizens.” Bledsoe said the people what the rules were prior to 2008, because Ogelman concluded, “What people said, motion, and the Council voted on limiting he had been talking to didn’t mention a that is what citizens want.” Ogelman said in any information that I have looked at, the height to a maximum of 45 ft., and no height limit, and they didn’t want “detailed that the Dillon building and the Magnolias is three stories at the most.” He said that higher than three stories. The Council also architecture.” building are exceptional buildings and citizens didn’t mention feet. He said it’s removed the Zoning Administrator’s ability In some cases, if the language were only you can’t take their height as the norm. best to mention both standards to avoid the to grant administrative modifications to to refer to height without the story limit, “They are culturally distinct. “It would ambiguity.

Adams, continued from page 15 run for political office before. Instead, I have spent the majority of my professional represent the client – the Commonwealth career in public service and I have deep of Virginia. But Herring has refused to do legal experience that I believe will benefit so in multiple situations where Virginians all Virginians. Since law school, I have have chosen laws that conflict with clerked for a United States Supreme Herring’s political agenda. In addition, Court Justice (Clarence Thomas), been just last year, Herring was forced to use a Federal Prosecutor, and served as $200,000 of your tax dollars to settle Associate Counsel to the President of the a lawsuit against him after he fired a United States (George W. Bush). Most female assistant attorney general who recently, I have helped run a large law firm had complained that she was being paid representing many clients with complex less than her counterparts. and serious legal issues. In short, I believe BRL: What in your background I have the legal experience to be the best makes you particularly suited for the role possible lawyer for the Commonwealth for attorney general, and in promoting of Virginia. Whether it is advising senior the state’s law enforcement agenda? government officials, making difficult JA: We have some serious issues facing prosecutorial decisions, or representing the Commonwealth. Cities across Virginia Virginia in complex constitutional matters, are seeing a rapid increase in violent I have the experience to get the job done crime and gang activity. And, fatal opioid and keep Virginians safe. I have experience overdoses have increased 66 percent in working with law enforcement at all levels Gerry Pierce Virginia since Mark Herring took office. of government. I was honored to receive We need an attorney general who will get the endorsement of the Police Benevolent Over 25 years experience. serious about public safety. As a former Association. Most importantly, with me, Providing complete service Naval officer and federal prosecutor, as Virginians will know they have an attorney well as a volunteer fireman, I have first- general that is representing their interests, that includes the engine, hand experience working to make our not his own. generator, and transfer switch. communities safer. Public safety will be BRL: In one sentence: What do you a top priority of mine as attorney general love most about Virginia? Whether it is propane, and I have the experience to provide the JA: Virginia is where I was born, went leadership needed to bring law enforcement natural gas or diesel, to school from kindergarten through law and service providers together to get school, learned to fish, learned to cook, met Virginia’s heroin and opioid crisis under my wife, got married, served in the Navy, control and address the rise in violence we served as a prosecutor, had our four boys, We won’t leave you powerless. are seeing across the Commonwealth. and where we are raising our family – in I am not a politician and have never short, it is home. On the web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com OCTOBER 2017 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com 21

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Woody vegetation – the kind that, over time, would transform the land into forest – is bush-hogged on a regular schedule. The Pughs have worked diligently with local conservation groups to manage the land as certifiable meadow habitat. Birds, butterflies, beneficial insects, and small mammals – most of which disappear under the mower’s blade – thrive here. But, according to the HOA, Following the trend of eco-friendly despite the land being maintained this way landscaping, Virginia – which has, over for years, the meadow must be converted to a time, encouraged private landowners to lawn; and nothing will cure the situation short help conserve groundwater to minimize of mowing it down. surface water pollution and protect the Susan Abraham, a professor of landscape public purse – has sought to re-educate design at George Washington University water users, including private HOAs whose and the owner of a landscape company, says rules prevent homeowners from using rain that ecologically friendly design is the trend barrels, greywater, and certain kinds of with HOAs, today. Many of Loudoun’s plants and trees. most well-known developments – including Experts say that HOA CC&Rs must be Willowsford, River Creek, and Broadlands reasonable and flexible – able to change – are beautifying their landscapes, reducing with the times. And at least some of the mowing costs, and improving their Pughs’ neighbors feel the same way. stewardship of the land with more natural Farmington resident Emilie Towe, landscaping practices. called the HOA’s treatment of the Pughs Said Pugh, “In the last few years, the “completely ridiculous.” The meadow, Audubon Society, Loudoun Wildlife Con- noted Towe, is a long-term feature of the servancy, the Piedmont Environmental neighborhood, and defines it in many ways. Council, and others have made great strides It’s always been there, she says, and it is working with Homeowner Associations in wrong for the Pughs to have to spend tens Loudoun County to address environmental of thousands of dollars in court to defend it. concerns stemming from our rapid popula- Pugh himself echoes this sentiment. tion growth, and to install sustainable native “Since the lot was created (and before it landscaping.” was sold to the first homeowner), the back As a 2015 Audubon At Home Wildlife two acres have always been a meadow ... Sanctuary Ambassador Site Report on the We get deer, foxes, rabbits, hawks, all kinds Pugh’s two acres notes: “This meadow of butterflies including Monarchs (there’s provides a number of benefits to the lots of milkweed) ... The meadow is only local community. The native grasses and visible from our house, because it is all pollinator plants in meadows generally have shielded from public view by trees and the deeper root systems than conventionally contours of the land.” maintained lawns. This helps eliminate soil Pugh continued: “Our legal counsel compaction, and builds topsoil allowing tells us that this is a clear and outrageous more rainfall to be absorbed and helping violation of our property rights, and that to prevent flooding and erosion. The none of the covenants for Farmington on native plants in the meadow nurture and the Green give them the authority to do this. support beneficial insects, such as bees “Before filing the lawsuit, we pleaded and butterflies, which are important for with them multiple times to rescind the pollinating local crops, and home flower order, and they refused. Through three and vegetable gardens.” years of pre-trial negotiations, every single The Pugh’s have been fighting the settlement offer they have made requires battle for Monarch butterflies and other us to destroy the meadow on sale of the threatened bits of nature for a long time. property.” “In January 2014,” says Pugh, “ ... the HOA The Pugh’s court case is scheduled to sent us a letter demanding that we mow the go to trial in December, at which point the area to lawn level. We went to multiple couples’ expenses are likely to have grown meetings and protested, and while they did to more than $50,000. But, “ ... the Audubon decline to put a lien on the property or to Society has stepped up to recommend fine us immediately, they refused to rescind expert witnesses for the trial, and we’re the violation, and have informed us that if confident of our ability to win the suit,” we sell the property, the meadow must be said Pugh. “Sian and I have decided this is mowed as a standard suburban lawn before important enough to put the money at risk they’ll approve the transfer.” ... It is a shame that while other associations Continued Pugh, “The HOA board doesn’t focus on the environment, Farmington on have legal authority to force mowing the the Green is actively trying to destroy this meadow ... but they are also insured for 30-year-old wildlife refuge.” lawsuits and are forcing us to spend cash to The Pughs have published a video on defend our property rights while they work YouTube and Facebook that shows aerial with an insurance-provided attorney. The and ground-level photos of the meadow, result is that we either have to give up property and explains how they manage the property. rights that should run with the land, or put vast It can be found by searching on YouTube sums of money at risk.” for Mike’s Meadow Goose Creek. OCTOBER 2017 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com 23

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Maintenance-Free Nails ground to other states. We’ve got to turn things around. In March, I put forward the ‘Cutting Taxes for ALL Virginians’ Plan – the centerpiece of a sweeping, substantive agenda we will lay out this year to turn our economy around by emphasizing natural, organic economic growth instead of a top-down government approach that picks winners and losers with our taxpayer dollars. This plan cuts individual income taxes by ten percent across-the-board for the first time since the rates were established in 1972. The plan would diversify our economy by helping start-ups and scale-ups, and create more than 50,000 new full-time private-sector jobs. BRL: What in your life experience motivates you to pursue public service? EG: My father was an immigrant to this country; he was brought here as a boy from Ireland by my grandfather, who’d found work in America. My parents never went to college, but they insisted that I do. So I took out student loans and I worked my way through school at the Catholic University of America: waiting tables, tending bar, whatever it took. One of my jobs was as a Senate parking lot attendant, parking the cars of the staff that worked in the big office buildings on Capitol Hill. That led to a desk job inside one of those buildings, and eventually I worked my way to being Counselor to the President of the United States of America. From immigrant janitor to West Wing of the White House in two generations time. What a country. My father left a country where if you were born poor, you died poor – for something completely different. America, a place where we start out in life does Kim Patterson not determine where we end up. That is the promise we have to keep. That cannot – By Andrea Gaines Going to educational events is important be our past. It must be our future. I am running for governor to make sure that this to the Top Coat staff and they will be going American Dream continues to be in reach for future generations. Earlier this summer Re-Love It co-owner to Columbus Ohio to the Premier Beauty BRL: In one sentence: What do you love most about Virginia? Kim Patterson opened the new Top Coat Show for continuing education. Nail Spa on Main Street in Purcellville, in a The Top Coat Nail Salon – at 860 E. Main EG: With our vast natural resources, our fertile lands, our port, world-class building that long ago served as the Town’s Street in Purcellville – is open Tuesday colleges and universities, our natural beauty and historic landmarks, there’s much movie theater. through Saturday, by appointment. Call 703 to love, but my fellow Virginians, who I seek to serve are the best part of Virginia. “I really, missed doing nails,” said 297-7919, or you can book an appointment Patterson. “In a lot of ways, nails were my online: www.topcoatnailspa.net. first love.” Now, nails are a big business in the United States, with well over 7 billion in annual sales. And, in terms of business success in All Your Outdoor Yard & Patio Needs this category, Patterson has been doing nails for over 30 years and has experienced all, with many awards and accomplishments – including international recognition. She has acquired 45 trophies and was rated the top 10 in the United States. But, while splashy and trendy – and always offering something new – Patterson points out that this is a business which is, at its core, about personal relationships. And, that’s one of the reasons she loves it. “My nail spa is about meeting each woman’s particular needs,” said Patterson. Clients have personal goals for their nails, she says. “They of course want a polish that won’t chip the day after they leave the salon. But, they also want to maintain a particular length, and use a polish that stands up to their particular routine.” And, she says, “Getting your nails done is a social, get away for a time, event. Friends get their nails done together It’s girl time for the two of them, away from the rush.” Top Coat is an “organic, eco-friendly, natural nail spa.” This includes the use of “5-free” nail polish – products with zero formaldehyde, zero toluene, zero DBP, zero formaldehyde resin, and zero camphor. Patterson and her staff will pamper you with services that include the Moisture Pack Spa Manicure, the Anti-Aging Spa Manicure, the simple Spa Manicure, and all artificial nail enhancements. Top Coat also offers full body waxing for men and women, eyebrow and eye lash tinting, eye lash extensions, and more. 24 COMMUNITY OCTOBER 2017 Rowley To Perform At Carver Center October Events • Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, Oct 3. Through Oct. 27, 8:15 a.m. to 868 Estate Vineyards 8:45 a.m., Core and More. $67. • Thursday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Emma Rowley, a 22-year-old singer, Voter Registration Outreach - Office songwriter and recording artist from of Elections will be at Carver to check your Hamilton, will be performing live at 868 status and provide absentee ballots. Estate Vineyards, Saturday Oct. 7 rain or • Friday, Oct. 6, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Monthly shine. Join 868 Estate Vineyards as they Lunch and Movie: Fly Away Home host Emma Rowley and two of her local, Please pre-register for lunch by noon on musical friends (Abigail Flowers & Alex 10/5, by calling 571-258- 3407. Taughinbaugh) in celebration of her new • Tuesday, Oct. 10, 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Vickie Leigh and Marlene Kennan music to be released throughout the month Carver Center Advisory Board Meeting of October. They will each be singing their • Friday, Oct. 20, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., p.m. to 2 p.m., Inkle Loom Weaving. own original music in an intimate, acoustic Lunch Bunch, Market Table Bistro, $3 materials fee. setting on 868’s magically lighted stage. Lovettsville. Please sign up by Tuesday, • Tuesdays, Oct. 31 through Dec. 5, 9 Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy October 17. Bus cost: $4 (each diner a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Computers for pays for own meal and tip). the sunset while listening to the music. 868 Absolute Beginners. $48. • Wednesday, Oct. 25, 10:30 to 12 p.m., • Tuesdays, Oct. 31 through Dec, 5, Estate Vineyards will have their grill fired Book Club Monthly book discussions 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Email and up to serve Rowley’s favorite pig mac-n- led by Purcellville Library staff. Books Internet. $48. cheese as well as other delicious options. available on site. • Tuesdays, Oct. 31 through Nov. 14, 1 The musical acts will also have merchandise • Mondays and Wednesdays, Oct. 30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Inkle Loom Weaving. available for purchase at any point during through Nov. 29, 5:15 p.m. to 6 p.m., $3 materials fee. the show. Saturday, Oct. 7, at 868 Estate Body Sculpting. $75. • Fridays, Nov. 3 and Dec. 1 and Dec. 8, Vineyards with music from 6-8pm,14001 • Tuesdays, Oct. 31 through Dec. 5, 9 Beginner Watercolor Class. $15. Harpers Ferry Rd. Purcellville. a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Computers for • Mondays, Nov. 6 through Dec. 11, Rowley has performed on multiple Absolute Beginners. $48. 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Drawing Broadway stages in New York City and • Tuesdays, Oct. 31 through Dec, 5, Class. $30. has made appearances at Carnegie Hall and 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Email and • Wednesdays, Nov. 8 through Dec. 20, Nashville’s Bluebird Café to name a few. Internet. $48. 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Advanced She earned her degree in commercial music • Tuesdays, Oct. 31 through Nov. 14, 1 Beginner Watercolor. $30. Emma Rowley and songwriting from Belmont University.

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36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville, VA 20132 www.franklinparkartscenter.org 540-338-7973 ELLA AT 100! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 8:00 PM Join L’Tanya Mari and her sextet for a celebration of Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th. The acclaimed jazz vocalist will be paying tribute to the immortal Ella Fitzgerald, performing gems from Ella’s career of mainstay tunes such as “A Tisket, A Tasket,” “Mr. Paganini,” “Mack The Knife,” and infusing unusual approaches taken by Fitzgerald on tunes such as “Cotton Tail” that features violin and “Closer Walk with Thee,” a spiritual cherished by many and cov- ered by such notable country artists such as: Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline, and Randy Travis. The evening includes the exploration of different genres that Ella performed, which is why she was deemed the first lady of song and features stories about Ella Fitzgerald’s colorful life and career. Harry Appelman, piano; Steve Zerlin, bass; Leland Nakamura, drums; Dokune Oke, guitar; Micheal A. Thomas, trumpet; Aaron Malone, violin. Tickets: $30 Reserved Seating www.franklinparkartscenter.org

HURRICANE RELIEF CONCERT: THE WHITE HOUSE BAND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8 2:00 PM The White House Band is a 9-piece orchestra of musicians who are former military band members, all of whom have played at the White House. Tap your toes to jazzed-up versions of music ranging from Dixieland, Glenn Miller, and And There’s Weather Report, to some modern-day jazz , all, of which was first arranged and played for the Presidents MORE!

and their families and guests! You will never find a greater range of fantastic tunes spanning many COFFEEHOUSE: generations, performed so well and as entertaining. There might also be some fun Brooklyn Boy "inside" stories that also accompany the music! All ticket sales will go to support Readers Theatre presents this sto- the communities in Houston, TX or Florida who are rebuilding after devastating ry about an autobiography that sets a town on fire. hurricanes. Sponsored by The Friends of Franklin Park Arts Center and Loudoun 10/8 6:30pm $8/person

County Parks, Recreation and Community Services. YazooZazz Tickets: $20 Suggested Donation Jazz vocalist trio perform music of Call to Reserve 540-338-7973 1930-1950’s “sisters” groups. 10/25 8:00 pm $10/person OCTOBER 2017 COMMUNITY 25 Bravo! Franklin Park Celebrates 10th Season Franklin Park Arts Center idea and also ran really make a community. We’re proud the Lovettsville Community Center for a to get so much support from the Virginia time. He mother is an artist, and she’s always Commissions for the Arts, and proud to be treasured that personal connection to the arts. associated with all of the arts-related things in Speaking about Franklin Park Arts Center the area – The Western Loudoun Studio Tour, and how far it has come, Bracey said, “It even high school theater groups.” takes courage to work in the arts, whether “We’re still discovering,” says Bracy. you are an artist, a performer or a venue. It “Still discovering.” takes a leap of faith. Not everything is going to be a money maker. When you work for the For more information on the 10-10- government you’d like to feel you’re helping 10 Concert Series, which runs from to solve homelessness or another critical Sept. 2017 to May 2018, go to www. social issue. But, in many ways the arts do franklinparkartscenter.org.

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– By Andrea Gaines locally and even regionally – at the Kennedy Center, for example. Franklin Park’s Gold With an attitude that can only be described Star performance series opens with an Ella as dramatically infectious, Franklin Park Fitzgerald concert in October, and continues Arts Center is in major celebration mode this through the end of 2017 and into 2018 with fall, launching an exciting 10-10-10 Concert An Evening with Buddy Holly – featuring Series – ten shows, for just $10 each to mark Robbie Limon (November 18), The Fabulous the start of its 10th Season. An equally fun Hubcaps (December 9), Thomas Pandolfi – and dramatic Open House, to which the Chopin Music (February 23) and An Evening public is invited, will take place on Tuesday, with Mark Twain (March 3). Oct. 10 – at 10:00 a.m. of course. 10-10-10, says Bracey is built on idea LOUDOUN COUNTY ADULT DAY According to Franklin Park Arts Center of a classical and jazz series, with a twist. Manager Elizabeth Bracey, the 10-10- “We wanted to bring local groups and CENTERS 10 Concert Series, which kicked off in performers, connect with audiences with September and features classical and jazz music about every-day, human things and For Seniors with Physical Limitations or Memory Loss music, is designed to celebrate the visual also attract students – people learning to and performing art center’s 10th Season in play violin, for example.” a creative way. Education and outreach is part of the Our licensed Franklin Park, part of the Loudoun arts center’s mission, “our character,” said County Department of Parks, Recreation adult day centers Bracey. So, the 10-10-10 Concert Series provide: and Community Services, has developed is also designed to give people the chance quite a following with young audiences, to enjoy things like chamber music for the ! A safe, social featuring, among other things an engaging first time, at a reasonable cost. “I had never environment with set of puppet shows during the week. been exposed to a lot of chamber music,” therapeutic activities It is also well-known for its Gold Star Series. she explains. “But,” she said, “I found it to Sponsored by the Friends of Franklin Park, ! Respite for caregivers be just delightful!” needing support & this series features performances showcasing Bracey, who has worked in County and free time nationally recognized names, attracting an local government for 20 years, volunteered audience well-versed in what’s available with the people who gave birth to the ! Reasonable sliding scale fees

Offering engaging activities, individualized personal care, Calling All Artists To Paint nutritious lunch and snacks, exercise, medication administration, health monitoring and limited transportation. Holiday Decorations Open weekdays from 7:30AM – 5:30PM. Discover Purcellville, a community non-profit, is seeking Artists to donate their talent to paint Purcellville Ashburn Leesburg large holiday decorations. The finished decorations Carver Center (off S. 20th St.) (off George Washington Blvd.) (near Leesburg Airport) will be placed along Main Street and Old Town 200 Willie Palmer Way 45140 Riverside Parkway 16501 Meadowview Ct. Purcellville this holiday season for all to enjoy. 571-258-3402 571-258-3232 703-771-5334 Last year 85 pieces were displayed. Those will go back up along with 100 more that will be painted Video online at: www.loudoun.gov/adultday this year. Contact Michael 540-751-0707, or email Administered by Loudoun County Area Agency on Aging, Loudoun County Department of Parks, [email protected] for more info. Recreation & Community Services. 26 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com OCTOBER 2017

The Secret Life The Secret Life Of Pumpkins ... In The Kitchen Of Pumpkins Your Favorite Recipes,With A Twist – By Andrea Gaines hollowed-out pumpkin. Or, they cut off the top of pumpkins, removed the seeds, filled Pumpkin Soup: Pumpkins are not what they seem. They have the pumpkin with milk, spices and honey and secrets. Glorious, glorious secrets. The Main Ingredients: Butter, onion, carrots, fresh roasted pumpkin baked them in hot ash. The original, crust-free or canned pumpkin puree, sage, chicken or vegetable stock and cream/ First, pumpkins are a fruit. A “fruit of the vine,” pumpkin pie. as they say. A fruit of the vine in a family of plants salt and pepper. The Special Touch: serve the soup in a hollowed-out No wonder we love pumpkins. A colorful fruit – known as cucurbits – think cucumbers, melons, pumpkin topped with a dollop of sour cream topped off with a spoonful of sweet or savory, big or small, nutritious or medicinal squash, etc. And, they are quite varied, ranging in cinnamon-laced applesauce. – that can also be turned into a porch light for eager size from one pound to over one thousand pounds. trick-or-treaters. Second, while the classic Jack-o’-lantern Pumpkin Cheesecake: pumpkin is most often orange, pumpkins can be October 26 is National Pumpkin Day, and The Main Ingredients: Cream cheese, eggs, pureed pumpkins, white, red, yellow, tan, green – even blue. They October 21 is National Pumpkin Cheesecake cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, flour and vanilla. Special Touches: For the can be rough or smooth, ribbed or not ribbed. Day. We also love chocolate, so let’s toss this crust, substitute crushed ginger snaps for the traditional graham crackers, And, while used today to greet trick-or-treaters, in – National Chocolate Cupcake Day, October and spike your whipped cream topping with brown sugar. the fanciful lanterns were originally used to ward 18, which we have renamed, National Go Bare off evil spirits. Orange Chocolate Cupcake Day. Go Bare Orange Chocolate Cupcakes: Quite versatile, pumpkins are not just for eating, As we celebrate this beautiful month of October, not just for scary lighting. Native cultures used and the wonderful colors and temperatures The Main Ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, dark chocolate, pumpkins to remove freckles and to cure snake surrounding us, let’s also pay homage to the eggs and milk. Special Touches: In a word ... skip the icing and zing bites. pumpkin. See below for our ideas. The Secret Life things up with a little orange; add orange zest to your cupcake batter, Finally, while we think of pumpkins as the Of Pumpkins ... In The Kitchen. Fun adaptations and top your cupcake, not with plain old icing, but with a fresh or dried main ingredient in a sweet and savory pie of your favorite recipes with a twist. mandarin orange slice dipped in melted chocolate and finished off with a filling, the Pilgrims used pumpkins, not for the We wish you a Happy Halloween – and every shake of cocoa powder. filling, but for the pie crust itself. Or, they made sweet or savory, big or small, nutritious or a soup out of pumpkin flesh and served it in the medicinal, scary or not day – in between! OCTOBER 2017 On The Web at www.BlueRidgeLeader.com 27

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Letters To The Editor, continued from page 4 Roundabout Still Not Safe Dear Editor: The roundabout near the Purcellville Gateway has been in operation now, for well over a year. In spite of this, many people still do not understand how to use the roundabout and there are accidents that occur on a regular basis. For example, on Saturday Sept. 23, I saw at least 2 different accidents, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. With all the growth in Purcellville, maybe it would be a good idea to have a light instead of a roundabout, since many people in Loudoun County don’t know how to navigate traffic circles properly. Braden Bergman Purcellville

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View From The Ridge, continued from page 5 of land to open space, not to be developed. This is an area rich in natural habitat and have helped to create the uniqueness that is history, with woods and streams which Loudoun County.” need to be preserved for all of Loudoun’s CLASSIFIEDS For an area designed – not as the place for residents.” Loudoun’s overflow eastern development to As the Alliance goes on to say, “... go, but as a low-density buffer between the the discussion is not fully addressing suburban east and the rural west – the TPA the concerns voiced during the Envision continues to represent the biggest target for Loudoun public meetings. Concerns such RENTAL the County’s increasingly vocal recalcitrant as too much growth; lack of infrastructure developer community. including schools and roads; protecting Furnished 2 Bedroom Duplex For Rent - Brunswick near Marc TPA language was left out of the Envision the rural area; and lack of green space in Loudoun Vision Statement. TPA areas have suburban Loudoun ... The development of Short term opportunity month to month. Perfect for single been identified as representing the majority the New Comprehensive Plan should not occupancy. Rent: $1,100. Call: 540 338-9702. of “undeveloped land” in the County. And, be primarily focused on the unconstrained some want to absorb parts of the RPA into housing assessment needs and the prospect the TPA. of changing or eliminating the Transition These reversals have the potential to Policy Area for more growth. These are gut the current plan’s growth management concerns of the developers and builders ... “ strategy. As noted by LRRG: HELP WANTED Loudoun’s Board of Supervisors knows “In a watershed that is 60 percent forested, this. The Loudoun County Chamber of Com- treatment costs $29 per 792,516 gallons Large family practice in Loudoun County seeking FT LPN’s merce knows it. The Stakeholders Com- of drinking water. If the forested portion or MA’s for our new site located in the professional building at mittee, dominated by pro-growth interests, of the watershed drops to 10 percent, the knows this. And, the neighborhood groups drinking water treatment cost rises to $91 Stone Springs Hospital in Aldie, VA. We also have openings working to maintain the current plan’s sub- per 792,516 gallons.” in our Ashburn, Lansdowne, Cornwall and Purcellville offices. urban east, transitional middle, and rural “The TPA is home to 56 Species of west, know it, too. Greatest Concern, according to the Virginia Pediatric and or family practice experience preferred but Abandon the transitional middle, and State Wildlife Action Plan.” willing to train the right candidate. EHR experience highly the rural west is hit with a spill-over effect. “The runoff from one acre of paved And the plan that has protected Loudoun parking generates the same amount of recommended. We offer health, dental and vision insurance County’s most unique features begins to annual runoff as 36 acres of forest or 20 as well as direct deposit, 401k and many other benefits. unravel. acres of grassland.” Unleash that force and you get the And, maintaining the integrity of the Please send your resume to [email protected] or developer community’s idea of progress – current Comprehensive Plan’s three-part fax to 703-726-0804, attention Lisa. high-density residential areas, anchored by growth management strategy is about more strip malls and convenience stores, from than protecting nature. It’s about Loudoun east to west. It will take some time, but... showing that it has the will and capacity to Unleash that force, and you give up on be a national leader in planning and zoning. a County where small towns and villages, The most telling citizen sentiment powered by agricultural and tourist-based coming out of the Envision Loudoun is how economic innovation, happily coexist with residents who have lived here a long time measured growth. are experiencing a fleeting sense of place, The TPA includes the part of Loudoun and how expectant newcomers yearn to County that is west of the newer communities maintain it. of Ashburn, Broadlands, and Brambleton, When asked, “Who are you, Loudoun along with the new and more historic parts County?” citizens have overwhelming of Arcola. It includes the natural open area upheld the three-part, growth management and water resources that run along Watson strategy that supports a suburban east, Road, including parts of Goose Creek and a transitional middle, and a rural west, Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. saying: “We are the Transition Policy Area, As the Transition Policy Area Alliance the Rural Policy Area, and the Suburban website notes, “ ... communities were able to Policy Area.” build in this area by committing large tracts So why is our government not listening?

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