Letter: Commissioners can take on additional tasks (9/8/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Your locally elected Commissioner of the Revenue is your first line of contact to assist you with both state and local tax issues. Consumer-friendly offices are staffed to… …
Letter: Morgan needs to step forward on autism bill (9/1/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We have tried, really, really tried, to win Del. Harvey Morgan’s support for the autism insurance bill in the General Assembly. At certain times in the past two… …
Editorial: Of teaching and testing (9/1/2010) - School is almost here. Pretty soon, the familiar yellow buses will be making their way up and down county roads, picking up boys and girls ready and eager (some more… …
Letter: Make the punishment fit the offender (9/1/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As a taxpaying citizen, I often read the crime blotter. I pay attention to names, repeat names and sentences that are nolle prossed or dismissed. Time after time,… …
Letter: SUV, truck owners can expect tax increase (9/1/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: When Mathews County residents receive their 2010 personal property tax bills in a few days, they may notice a difference in the evaluation of vehicles when compared to… …
Letter: Writers entitled to own opinions, not own facts (9/1/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This requests that the Gazette-Journal adopt a new policy for the acceptance and publication of letters to the editor. Publishing the untrue rants of every political extremist may… …
Letter: Shining a light on our Hometown Treasures (9/1/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Many thanks for publicizing the unique museums that Mathews and Gloucester have that highlight the proud history of these counties. It often takes out-of-town visitors to reveal the… …
Letter: Political courage often is not politically smart (9/1/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: A house divided against itself cannot stand, President Lincoln said in his 1858 bid for the Illinois Senate. Some historians say he lost that bid because he took… …
Editorial: Hail the foremothers (8/25/2010) - "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." Well, sure… …
Letter: The case for dredging Put-In Creek (8/25/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: My wife and I love living in Mathews. My three (grown) sons were raised here and will always call this place home. I have worked here for 25… …
Letter: VIMS asking public to support failed program (8/25/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I write as a taxpayer, an active resource user and a concerned citizen of this state. No doubt, maintaining a steady stream of targeted public relations releases keeps… …
Letter: School funding issue motivated by politics (8/25/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The recent use of $400,000 in surplus money to make up a deficit in teachers’ salaries by the Gloucester School Board is being presented by some of the… …
Letter: Combining resources will ease budget woes (8/25/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The school funding issue has now festered for the past 30 months and counting, with the governing bodies on both sides of the house unable to compromise and… …
Letter: No unification between good and evil (8/25/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I was saddened to hear about the Christian Medical Missionaries murdered in northern Afghanistan within the month. Among those killed were Tom Little, an optometrist from New York,… …
Letter: Obama’s anti-Christian agenda (8/25/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Since Day 1, Obama endlessly uses his position to deny constitutional rights to Christians. One of many is making a mandatory law that all medical personnel must partake… …
Letter: Racism not tolerated by Tea Party movement (8/25/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: A letter written by S.J. Mehaffey in the Aug. 19 issue of the Gazette-Journal ("Tea Party invites hate speech by not marginalizing it") prompted me to write this… …
Letter: Tea Party promotes love, not hate (8/25/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I was stunned to read the comments by a fellow Gloucester citizen, S.J. Mehaffey, stating that the "Tea Party invites hate speech" and the nicest word (he) could… …
Letter: A movement to ban usury in Virginia (8/25/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: There is a grassroots movement taking hold across the state of Virginia, and we do not mean the Tea Party, but rather a bottom/up movement to ban usury… …
Editorial: Water for progress (8/18/2010) - These days, all the talk is about broadband internet. Without high-speed connections, it is said, there can be no business growth. A big push is underway in these counties to… …
Letter: County’s comp plan committee commended (8/18/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I want to thank you for your recent coverage of Gloucester County’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee’s efforts and to take this opportunity to thank the Steering Committee for… …
Letter: Conservatives and progressives share a love for America (8/18/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I find myself again responding to a letter in the Gazette-Journal. In July, I wrote my first letter to a newspaper. I had to. I responded to the… …
Letter: A need for nuclear deterrence (8/18/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: This past December, 41 Senators wrote President Obama and urged him to initiate a program for modernizing our nuclear arsenal. The senators tied their support for the START… …
Letter: Tea Party invites hate speech by not marginalizing it (8/18/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The NAACP recently announced that there were racist elements in the Tea Party. The Tea Party spokesman (I don’t think they use the term leader) stated that the… …
Letter: Reform does not threaten Medicare benefits (8/18/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Health care reform does not cut Medicare’s traditional, guaranteed benefits. It does reduce the extra dollars paid to private insurance companies offering Medicare Advantage. The overwhelming majority of… …
Letter: Free art program a success (8/18/2010) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The Bay School of the Arts and the Mathews County Woman’s Club sponsored a free, fun-filled week learning about "Art and Nature" for the children of our community.… …