For decades, Purcellville leaders had worked to preserve and enhance the town’s status as the economic and social hub—and de facto capital—of western Loudoun. Today, the town is going in a very different direction with inexplicable determinat…
Every decade or so it seems our local political parties increasingly chase fringe agendas that simply are lost on the core electorate. Now with one pox-on-both-of-your-parties candidate already out of the box, 2023 could be one of those years.
As county supervisors open this season’s budget talks, they again are faced with a proposal to invest local tax dollars to provide services the state government is grossly underfunding.
We’ve asked several times about the inexplicable push by county government leaders to unionize the public workforce: How will collective bargaining improve services, increase operational efficiencies, or benefit residents and businesses?
It’s not uncommon for the Purcellville Town Council to reject or ignore the advice of its expert advisors—from its finance team to its utility consultants to management gurus, and, of course, the town’s own staff. It’s a flawed culture that t…
Four months ago, the Purcellville Town Council was provided with an independent management report that laid out recommendations to reset the council-staff relationship—replacing feelings of frustration and paranoia with a commitment to trust,…
This week the Loudoun County Planning Commission launched its review of the draft zoning ordinance. It comes after years of debate to develop a new countywide general plan and then after a couple more years of work by the county staff and a p…
