Letters to the Editor



Here's a Chance to Save More Ground 10/2/2006

Thanks for Preserving Your Battlefields, Virginia 10/2/2006

Our Battlefields Are a Remarkable Teaching Tool 10/2/2006

Kudos to Tricord for Helping Save Historic Pierson Farm 4/9/2006

Rezone to save more of Chancellorsville Battlefield 11/23/2005

Chancellorsville: Once a battlefield, soon to be serenityl 12/18/2005

Keep Orange's Character Rural 11/1/2005

Spotsy needs to preserve history; VDOT must respect it 09/13/2005

VDOT pulls a switcheroo on Spotsy bypass access 09/5/2005

Think preservation is a lost cause? Better think again! 04/12/2005

Chancellorsville preservation was splendid 03/6/2005

Thanks to many, battlefield land has been preserved 09/22/2004

Supervisors should protect history 08/25/2004

Spotsylvania Should Remove Mullins Tract from District 08/08/2004

Spotsy tourism would be hurt by fire station placement — 11/11/2003

If you think traffic gridlock is bad now, wait a few years — 11/9/2003

Dunn out of touch with Spotsy — 10/24/2003

No taxes? What about costs of rampant growth? — 10/24/2003

I'm worried about growth, so I'm voting for Hap — 10/22/2003

We must do what we can to save Chancellorsville 07/22/2003

Mullins, preservationists must set aside old spats 07/21/2003

Preserve historic areas in Spotsylvania County — 07/20/2003

Please do the right thing, preserve battlefield — 07/19/2003

Candidate Dunn is no friend to Spotsy residents — 07/16/2003

Focus on facts, not character assassination — 07/13/2003

Not all area land is 'hallowed' — 07/01/2003

Clean race needed in Spotsylvania board election06/27/2003

Meadows a heritage hero — 05/24/2003

Was Town of Chancellorsville a victory? You bet it was! — 05/23/2003

Chancellorsville victory stands on its own merits — 05/21/2003

Can sides find some common ground? — 05/17/2003

Chancellorsville victory was only partial at best — 05/07/2003

This is America, property rights count — 05/02/2003

Dogwood deceives about plan's outcome — 03/26/2003

Don't lose sight of land's worth — 03/23/2003

Quality of life demands thumbs down on 'Town' — 03/20/2003

Stick with the plan- approve Town of Chancellorsville — 03/20/2003

Let the people prevail: Say 'no' to Dogwood plan — 03/20/2003

Population boom not from children of 'natives' — 02/27/2003

When is enough enough, when it comes to stores? — 02/25/2003

Let's just draw a line to stop sprawl hereabouts — 02/25/2003

Let's stop Northern Virginia sprawl down here — 02/13/2003

Current Spotsy leaders should hit the road — 02/03/2003

Remember the holiday traffic jams? There's more in the future! — 01/09/2003

Dogwood 'proffers' aren't as good as they may seem -12/30/2002

County must calculate impact of Dogwood's 'Central Park Plus' — 12/27/2002

Dogwood plan is unpopular with many people — 12/23/2002

Dogwood should back up promises with money — 12/20/2002

Who is Spotsylvania County government serving? — 12/17/2002

Spotsylvania officials owe us residents answers — 12/11/2002

Will Chancellorsville be death knell of history? — 12/11/2002

Sandman weighed in on side of town proponents — 12/10/2002

Dogwood's numbers don't add up if you ask me — 12/06/2002

County has no use for faux 'sense of place' — 11/30/2002

First Luck Stone, now the Town of Chancellorsville — 11/29/2002

Town of Chancellorsville project not 'natural' growth — 11/29/2002

Make developers turn their boards into reality — 11/27/2002

Only thing missing from 'back room' meeting was the smoke — 11/26/2002

Make the Town of Chancellorsville a real, self-sufficient town — 11/22/2002

Save the Mullins Farm and save Spotsylvania — 11/21/2002

Most vocal supporters of Dogwood plan don't even live here — 11/20/2002

List of 'benefits' from Town of Chancellorsville is long — 11/19/2002

Plan will ruin historic land — 11/19/2002

Public hearing a waste of time — 11/19/2002

Ignore the commission, listen to people — 11/15/2002

Spotsylvanians know best what's good for county — 11/15/2002

Don't believe pretty drawings of Dogwood's Chancellorsville — 11/13/2002

Spotsylvania County now has its own 'Gang of Five' — 11/13/2002

Planning Commission guilty of a crime against the people — 11/12/2002

'Benefits' of development are higher taxes, crowded roads — 11/06/2002

Battlefield can be saved in Chancellorsville — 11/05/2002

County shouldn't trust Smith with upzoning — 11/05/2002

Development will desecrate battlefield — 11/05/2002

Dogwood's 'clustering' scheme will create many problems — 11/05/2002

Dogwood development will lead to higher taxes — 11/05/2002

Town of Chancellorsville would be a fine legacy — 11/05/2002

Development of Mullins Farm isn't already decided — 11/04/2002

Dogwood Development project would boost U.S. history — 11/04/2002

Bobs battling for supervisor seat — 11/02/2002

Even growth supporters gag on Dogwood project — 10/19/2002

Area's beauty being destroyed by too much development — 10/15/2002

'Outsiders' do contribute to Spotsylvania County's tax base — 10/15/2002

Town of Chancellorsville will overwhelm State Route 3 — 10/15/2002

Chancellor project will affect Orange — 10/13/2002

Spotsylvania bulldozing its tourist attractions — 10/10/2002

Current Chancellorsville residents need no service — 10/09/2002

Developers may soon be building on a desert — 10/04/2002

Developer has right to build at Chancellorsville — 10/03/2002

New 'town' would spawn ugly imitators elsewhere — 10/03/2002

Public waits to see if supervisors will do the right thing — 10/03/2002

Preserving battlefield is the better plan — 09/25/2002

Don't let outsiders, nontaxpayers sway Spotsy decision — 09/21/2002

Smith deserves praise, not condemnation, for his plan — 09/17/2002

The hallowed ground of every generation must be preserved — 09/17/2002

Let public vote on Chancellorsville Battlefield project — 09/16/2002

VDOT, public officials are allies in area congestion — 09/16/2002

Dogwood's numbers just don't add up — 09/13/2002

River provides water for new homes — 09/13/2002

Spotsylvania ready to "sell the soul of America" to developer — 09/07/2002

Dogwood should retreat from local battlefield — 09/05/2002

Town of Chancellor should feature casinos, it's such a big gamble — 09/04/2002

Supervisors trying to keep county among growth kings — 08/31/2002

Dogwood's 'history-themed' plans recall Disney fiasco — 08/29/2002

Preserve the somber significance of Chancellorsville battlefield — 08/29/2002

Voice from the past proves the worth of Chancellorsville — 08/28/2002

Developers rarely deliver on their Utopian promises — 08/27/2002

Trashing of our history by sprawl must come to an end — 08/26/2002

Dogwood Development's planned town looks alot like Woodbridge — 08/23/2002

Saving historic Idlewild, destroying 'place' a bad trade — 08/23/2002

Approving more homes in this area is crazy, not 'visionary' — 08/22/2002

Building on battlefield is akin to desecrating the World Trade Center — 08/22/2002

History will be lost if plan against battlefield goes through — 08/22/2002

Leave 'consecrated' Chancellor battlefield alone — 08/21/2002

We'll regret paving over our historic battlefields — 08/21/2002

New 'town' will destroy historic battlefield — 08/21/2002

Don't let Virginia turn into another Long Island — 08/21/2002

Will blighting hand of greed fall on battlefield? — 08/19/2002

Will next battlefield casualty be 'common man'? — 08/19/2002

History that's lost to asphalt can never be regained — 08/18/2002

Destroying battlefields will kill tourist industry — 08/18/2002

More houses equal more revenue a 'pipe dream' — 08/15/2002

Overdevelopment will turn Spotsylvania into a 'quagmire' — 08/15/2002

Supervisors must not change zoning for new development — 08/12/2002

Supervisors don't understand how to make tourism work — 08/10/2002

Hallowed ground of Chancellorsville must be saved — 08/08/2002

Build new 'Chancellorsville' elsewhere — 07/25/2002

   

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