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STANDARD PRESORT RESIDENTIAL U.S. POSTAGE CUSTOMER ECRWSS PAID PERMIT NO. 82 Blue Ridge WOODSTOCK, VA Since 1984 & LEADER Loudoun JANUARYToday 2016 Randall Sets High Mark As Mayor Kwasi Fraser Announces The New Board Chair His Bid For Re-Election – By Andrea Gaines Purcellville Mayor Kwasi is enormous pressure to grow Fraser has announced that he the town by hundreds of acres, At times fun-loving but never deviating will be seeking a second term and the upcoming election from a strong sense of bipartisan purpose, as mayor. The Purcellville will determine the future of new Board of Supervisors chair Phyllis town election for mayor and Purcellville.” Randall has made it very clear how she three town council seats is Fraser continued, “We still hopes the diverse body will conduct itself Tuesday, May 3. Mayor have much more to accomplish. in the months and years ahead, and how she Fraser said, “I am humbled With continued citizen input plans to lead it. by the outpouring of support and support, committees of In a ceremonial swearing in at Lansdowne Randall is sworn in. while serving my first term as volunteers, experienced staff Resort on January 2 – the first time in county Securing the chairmanship last year mayor. Granted, it has been and the strength of our local history that Republicans and Democrats campaigning on a distinctly bipartisan tough at times to get winning businesses, our goals can took their oath of office together – Randall platform – and cutting through the county’s votes on council that reflect our Mayor Kwasi Fraser become reality. I ask for your struck quite a tone ... and the cheering Democrat vs. Republican rancor with quite citizens’ will because I have but dedicated support to fulfill audience loved it. the adept political knife – Randall is by all one vote, but I am committed to fulfilling these goals and to bring our shared vision to “I not only find it illogical ... I find it accounts – literally and figuratively – taking their vision for our town. The vision is to fruition so that Purcellville can maintain its unwise” that Democrats and Republicans her role as chair very seriously. guide Purcellville to being a more fiscally integrity as a great place to live, to work, to have traditionally taken their oaths of office After thanking outgoing board chair Scott conservative, transparent government and raise a family, and to do business. It is with separately, said Randall. “We are one county” York for his long years of service – and to implement strategies to obtain optimal these goals in mind that I am running for and “We are one board,” she repeated over paying special homage to her campaign staff value from our existing assets rather than re-election and ask for your vote for Mayor and over. “We are in office to serve the people and her family – Randall turned quickly to seeking inconsistent and uncharacteristic of the Town of Purcellville in the May 2016 and we should do it together.” Continued on page 30 growth outside our borders. Currently, there election.” Quiet Firebrand Kristen Umstattd Moves From Mayor’s Seat To BOS – By Andrea Gaines in the middle of the action. government allows her to be closer to the people As mayor of Leesburg for 7 two-year terms, she serves. “The higher up the ladder you go,” Kristen Umstattd’s Facebook page says a lot Umstattd brings a wealth of good feelings with notes Umstattd, “the less contact you have with about who she is as a person, a politician, and a her to her new seat on the Loudoun County Board the individuals in your district. At the local level, woman. Energetic. Engaged. Productive. And, of Supervisors, which she assumed on January 1. you have a greater chance to make life easier and fun. In that race, Umstattd was outspent by her more enjoyable” for constituents. In a recent entry she highlights a news article opponent, Will Estrada by more than two to one, On the specific issues facing Loudoun County, about a teacher at Frederick Douglass Elementary yet won almost 60 percent of the vote. however, while Umstattd is extremely grateful School, singled out over the holidays for her She is certainly popular. But, while one Facebook for opportunities she enjoyed as Leesburg’s generosity towards her students by the Ellen fan recently compared her to the celebrated fictional mayor – describing it as “a true honor” and DeGeneres Show. character in one of our country’s most beloved films “more fun than any other office could be” – she In another she reassures concerned citizens – George Baily in It’s A Wonderful Life – Umstattd looks forward to broadening her horizons. about a police investigation into shots fired near is earnestly modest about herself. And, she is also For example, working on school funding issues a residence in Leesburg. very clear on what the move from the mayor’s as a member of the BOS is one of the things she Umstattd at a Fall 2015 event for And, when Umstattd herself appears in any chair to a seat on the county-wide Loudoun County seems anxious to tackle. Said Umstattd, “Once veterans with Marine Jim Kuiken of the many photos posted there she is almost Board of Supervisors will mean. my daughter had graduated from the Loudoun and his service dog, Freedom. always wearing sneakers – on the move and right She believes that, in general, serving in local Continued on page 20 PROPANE COSTS TOO MMUUCCHH!! This Winter is the Ideal Time to Make the Switch. 540-687-3608 “So very happy we switched to Hunt Country. My only regret is that we didn’t do it sooner. How “I have been buying propane from Hunt Country for about a year now. 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