Loudoun Now for May 12, 2016

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Rail Work

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Crews lay steel and concrete at the Dulles Metro Station this week. Construction has also begun on the future rail line off airport property, at the Loudoun Gateway station at Old Ox Road, with a planned opening of 2020.

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fter decades of planning, construction crews are at work building the first Metrorail station in Loudoun County.

Site clearing and excavation began

April 26 at the Loudoun Gateway stop, part of the $2.78 billion six-station Phase 2 project, extending the Silver Line from Tysons Corner to Ashburn. It will be another four years before residents can expect a train of subway cars to pass through the station every six minutes, but

the real estate business is already buzzing.

Moving In Rebecca Vittitow, a Realtor at Century 21 Redwood Realty, said Metro’s promised arrival already has homebuyers competing for new homes near the future

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Silver Line stations.

Westmoore, a housing development next to the Ashburn Station, advertises its neighborhood as “Loudoun County’s only Metro community.” Another development on the north side of the Dulles Greenway, Toll Brothers’ Moorefield Green, will also offer easy access to Metro.

“Metro is the big buzz right now,” she said. “I have a long list of clients who just want to be near a future Metro station.”

Some of Vittitow’s clients who purchased in Westmoore two to three months ago already have $30,000 worth of equity in their homes, she said. Some are buying just for the investment alone, she said.

One of her clients initially looked at buying in Arlington or Reston because he wanted to live near a Metro station and have access to night life, but ended up loving what Westmoore had—and will soon have—to offer. “They have townhomes with rooftop terraces and covered decks, plus access to Metro, so they’re making it totally like city living,” Vittitow said.

Eric Pearson and Chuck Smith, founders of fast-growing Pearson Smith Realty, made their Sterling-based business the first commercial tenant in Loudoun Station following the county’s Department of Economic Development, which also leased space there.

“Our brokerage is kind of built on recruiting top talent to help service our clients, so Loudoun Station being that kind SILVER LINE >> 16

Campaign Stop: Clinton Grabs Coffee with Loudoun Voters

BY DANIELLE NADLER A handful of Loudoun County families got to chat over coffee with Hillary Clinton on Monday.

The former secretary of state and leading Democratic presidential nominee held an invitation-only campaign event at Mug’N Muffin in Stone Ridge to talk about struggles facing middle class families.

Clinton took about a dozen questions from supporters in attendance—not one from the press. But Gabriel Saines, the 10-year-old son of Loudoun County Supervisor Koran Saines, asked the question on everybody’s mind: Why is Clinton running for president?

Clinton smiled at Gabriel and said,

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Gabriel Saines, 10, and his father, Loudoun County Supervisor Koran Saines (D-Sterling), talk with Hillary Clinton during her campaign stop in Stone Ridge on Monday.

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“Because I really want to make sure young people like you have the very best future in our country. That’s what I care about.”

She said it takes a good education system, access to quality health care and a competitive job market to make that happen. “We have to break down all the barriers that stand in the way of anybody having a chance to do that.”

About 20 people were invited to attend the event and ask Clinton questions.

Saines, Leesburg Vice Mayor Kelly Burk and candidate for Leesburg Town Council Evan Macbeth were among those present.

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ECHOworks May Have the Help You’re Looking For

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From left, ECHOworks program coordinator Alice Morales and ECHOworks CEO William Haney give U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) a tour of the nonprofit organization’s Leesburg facility Wednesday, May 4.

pany K2M. Five days a week, ECHO’s crews stay busy packaging K2M’s products for shipment and scanning and filing documents.

“It works very, very well,” said Dave MacDonald, K2M’s senior vice president of operations. “It’s a great partnership for both of us. We get the value of their contribution and they get to employ folks and do good work.”

He’s encouraging other businesses to evaluate what tasks ECHO workers would be suited to do. “I don’t think enough companies know or think through how they can look at their work requirements and engineer the work so the ECHO people could do it. We were able to match the right kind of work to the service that they can provide.”

Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) stopped by ECHO’s headquarters Wednesday to tour the facility and present Haney with a resolution passed in the U.S. House of Representatives commending him for

his work. She called the organization’s model a “win win” for both the clients and the companies they work for. The congresswoman recently helped ECHO renew its contract with the Federal Aviation Association. The nonprofit’s clients have been mowing the lawn at the FAA’s Leesburg campus since 1976.

Haney told Comstock he wants to maintain those longtime partnerships, like that with the FAA, while expanding to work with companies especially in eastern Loudoun and western Fairfax.

“If you could please spread the word,” he said to the congresswoman. “We’ll visit with companies and come out with a list this long with things we could do to help them.”

Learn more about the work ECHO does at echoworks.org. dnadler@loudounnow.com

United Airlines Celebrates 30 Years at Dulles connects so many capitals,” said Toby Enqvist, United Airlines vice president of Airport Innovation, Hubs, Domestic and International Line Stations. “It’s capital-to-capital service.”

Dulles has been an essential underpinning to Loudoun’s growth.

“Dulles, since the late 1960s, has been really the economic driver of Loudoun County, and that interdependence between our county economic development effort and airport has gotten stronger over the years, not weaker,” Leesburg Del. J. Randall Minchew (R-10) said.

“If you look at all the development in the whole Dulles corridor area, there’s a very large number of global corporations that either have headquarters or offices here, and the connections that the airport offers are a major driver of

BY RENSS GREENE

United Airlines staff members took a few minutes off during their hectic workday Monday morning to celebrate 30 years of hub service at Dulles Airport.

“United is the pivotal player here at Dulles Airport, so we’re very happy they’re celebrating their 30th anniversary, and we wish them 30-plus more,” said John E. Potter, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority president and chief executive officer.

United is the only major airline to operate a hub at the airport, serving as an anchor with the most flight activity of any carrier. On Monday, the airline had scheduled 224 arriving flights at Dulles and 227 departures.

“It’s a great hub, especially because it

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A photographer organizes United Airlines employees at Dulles Airport for a group shot in front of a United Airlines Boeing 767.

is one of the fastest growing and most prosperous parts of the country.” rgreene@loudounnow.com

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The Leesburg-based organization that connects adults with disabilities with businesses in need of reliable work is changing hands, and looking to expand its reach in the process.

ECHOworks, a nonprofit that cares for men and women with physical and mental challenges, is losing its chief executive officer next month. William Haney will retire after leading the organization for 33 years, and his hope is that more businesses will partner with ECHO to provide meaningful work for its clients.

“This population doesn’t have many choices throughout their life,” Haney said. “Part of our goal is to provide them with as many choices as possible and find something that they love to do and can do well.”

Under Haney’s leadership, ECHO grew from 75 clients, an annual budget of $300,000 and two work sites. Today, the organization serves 170 individuals with disabilities, with a budget of nearly $5 million and 15 work sites.

As Haney wraps up his tenure, ECHO’s board of directors is looking for a leader who will build on what the longtime CEO of the organization has helped establish. Haney said his hope is for the nonprofit’s clients to spend more time out in the community on job sites, as opposed to spending their days at the ECHOworks headquarters in Leesburg.

“They want to work,” Haney said. “Some businesses say they were initially leery of us. But in the end, they say the ECHO employees have become role models for their employees. They’re the hardest workers.”

The organization has two new partnerships, with AOL and Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus. ECHO clients help in the kitchen at AOL’s Dulles campus and work with the grounds keepers at Janelia in Ashburn, and in its fruit fly research lab, helping to keep the space and equipment tidy.

ECHO also recently expanded its longtime relationship with Leesburg-based medical device com-

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Sun Finally Shines for Downtown Fest A PHOTO ESSAY BY ALI KHALIGH

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he sun seemed to come out just in time last weekend for One Loudoun’s third annual Downtown Fest.

The Ashburn shopping center bustled throughout the fivehour event Saturday. The festival featured a full roster of activities, including wandering magicians and face painters.

On stage, bands kept people dancing with live performances by Gonzo’s Nose, the Levi Stephens Band, Darcy Dawn and Company, Britton James, Eli Pafumi and Jessica Endara, and the Studio Bleu Dance and Vocal Groups.

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Affordable Housing Policy Tweaks Could Land Millions

BY RENSS GREENE

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would like to offer more housing choices an opportunity to do so, because there are developers who want to do that,” Volpe said. “They understand that there’s that nurse at Loudoun hospital, or assistant manager at McDonald’s, the young schoolteacher, the sheriff ’s deputy, those kind of folks, and they want to be able to help them have an affordable place to live.”

Those fixes will include adjustments to things like income requirements and sunset provisions. In the meantime, a sunset provision in Loudoun’s ADU ordinance means those units are leaving the program and going back up to market rates after 15 years for rentals AFFORDABLE HOUSING >> 7

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Loudoun’s affordable housing problem is no secret. But the problem is partly self-inflicted.

Loudoun’s Affordable Dwelling Unit (ADU) program sets price restrictions on 12.5 percent of units in certain rezoning requests for new developments, but the rules don’t line up with what is required for grants from the Virginia Housing Development Authority or U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

This means that the money for the housing programs only goes so far— and as anyone who has tried to rent or buy in Loudoun on a moderate income can tell you, it doesn’t go far enough.

Other jurisdictions can double their money or better by leveraging grant funds. In the past 10 years, the VHDA has sent $358 million to Northern Virginia, but only five percent of that, under $18 million, has gone to Loudoun.

All of that was to projects led by the nonprofit Windy Hill Foundation outside the county’s ADU program.

But an initiative introduced by Supervisor Suzanne M. Volpe (R-Algonkian) directs the county staff to make quick-fix technical amendments to the county’s ADU ordinance to allow for state and federal grant money.

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Committee on Committees Considers More Committees

BY RENSS GREENE Supervisors have already indicated some committees that could get the axe—or even be reborn—at the first meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees.

Although the meeting was only organizational in nature, the three supervisors on the committee—Supervisors Kristen C. Umstattd (D-Leesburg) and Suzanne M. Volpe (R-Algonkian) and Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large)—came with ideas about the county’s 54 committees.

Some boards, which apparently have no meetings or mission, caused supervisors to wonder what their purpose is or if they even exist—such as the Trespass Towing Advisory Board, which is distinct from the Police Directed Towing Advisory Board. The Towing Advisory Board was created to develop an ordinance for non-consensual towing of trespassing vehicles, and according to materials prepared for the committee on committees, it has no bylaws, no annual report, no work plan, and no minutes. It is made up of representatives from the towing industry and law enforcement, as well as a citizen representative. Lacking a representative from the sheriff ’s office, it has been put on hold.

“On paper, there’s no reason for this board,” Randall said. “And if there is a reason for this board, I’d like to know it.”

In other places, Randall looked at expanding committees’ roles, or even recreating defunct committees. The Art Advisory Commission, for example, could do more than simply select art for the walls outside the county boardroom. And the Commission on Women, which was previously retired, could be stood back up.

“I believe that a commission on women can have a much more powerful, much stronger place in our community,” Randall said.

The committee on committees has an uphill battle already.

“The reason you don’t see people here today, you don’t want to have a staff liaison sit in here and have to tell you on the public record that their committee or their advisory board that they work with really doesn’t need to be in existence,” Volpe said. “They’re not going to do it.”

She also said at their best these panels—like the Facilities Standards Manual Public Review Committee—save the county thousands of dollars per hour in subject matter expertise. The Facilities Standards Manual Public Review Committee reviews proposed revisions to the Facilities Standards Manual, which guides head-spinning technical design and construction standards for subdivisions and site plans. Randall said she didn’t understand everything that was said at a recent meeting of that committee, but that its members are “incredibly dedicated, incredibly smart, incredibly nerdy, wonky people

“ON PAPER, THERE’S NO REASON FOR THIS BOARD. AND IF THERE IS A REASON FOR THIS BOARD, I’D LIKE TO KNOW IT.”

who are doing really good work.”

On the other hand, Volpe said, some have trouble even making quorum— either because they haven’t had enough appointments, or because members simply don’t show up.

“Everybody figures, hey, I can join this commission and have something to put on my résumé to show my day job I’m doing some community service or whatever, and they don’t show up to meetings,” Volpe said. “The worst offender we had was someone who literally did not go to their commission meeting—I believe it was for over three years.”

The committee on committees will take up the work of balancing other committees’ missions and work against the cost in both money and staff time.

Supervisors asked for more information from the county’s various advisory boards, committees and commissions before it gets back to work in earnest. rgreene@loudounnow.com

Loudoun-Funded Roundabout Opens in Fairfax

BY RENSS GREENE

A roundabout just inside Fairfax County, to which Loudoun taxpayers contributed $1.2 million, opened to traffic last week.

Previously, the intersection of Braddock Road and Pleasant Valley Road had only stop signs, causing long backups for Loudoun commuters travelling east into Fairfax.

“We don’t get to see things actually get finished too often,” said Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles). “This is something, right around this time in year one of my term, I had a meeting with [former Director of Transportation Services] Terry Laycock, and she literally looked at me and said, ‘you’re out of your mind. You want to not only do a roundabout, you want to do it in Fairfax County?’”

The roundabout faced stiff opposition, including an unsuccessful state budget amendment introduced in 2014 by Centreville Del. Timothy D. Hugo (R-40) to stop VDOT from funding the project. Ultimately, state dollars paid for the rest of the $5.8 million project. Letourneau

Supervisor Letourneau and I to fund this project; getting almost $4 million from Richmond for a Loudoun project in Fairfax was no easy task,” Ramadan stated. “I’m very happy with the result.”

“The backups on Braddock Road leading into Pleasant Valley here could literally go for miles,” Letourneau said. “This backs up for 20 to 30 minutes to get through this intersection. Instantly things have improved for people.”

Western supervisors agreed: roundabouts are great.

“I am very excited about roundabouts,” said Supervisor Geary M. Higgins (R-Catoctin). “And I hope that I can get VDOT and this board Renss Greene/Loudoun Now Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles) as excited about a roundabout at the Rt. 9/Rt. 287 interchange that’s actuholds a picture of a recently completed Fairfax County roundabout at an intersection ally in Loudoun County.” that previously confounded Loudoun “I would have to agree with Supercommuters. visor Higgins that I, too, love circles,” said Supervisor Tony R. Buffington said then-delegate David Ramadan (R-Blue Ridge). “And I can’t think “fought like you wouldn’t believe” to of a better place to have a nice traffic protect the roundabout. Ultimately, circle in Loudoun County than Rt. state dollars paid for the rest of the 287 and Rt. 9.” $5.8 million project.

“This was a long-fought battle for rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Dr. David Goodfriend speaks with the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors while displaying a water spout as an example of ideal breeding grounds for mosquitos.

Loudoun Readies Zika Response Program

BY RENSS GREENE The Loudoun Health Department is ready to roll out a Zika virus response as mosquito season approaches, bringing with it the prospect of infection in Northern Virginia.

County supervisors on Tuesday, May 3, unanimously approved a plan that allows the county staff to spend up to $100,000 in emergency responses to Zika outbreaks.

Zika virus is difficult to tackle head on. The mosquito that carries the virus can’t be fought by wide-area fogging, the method used against other species of mosquito. And unlike other big Northern Virginia jurisdictions, Loudoun doesn’t have its own mosquito control district; before the Zika response plan, the county had only limited power to fight mosquito breeding grounds through its nuisance ordinance.

In incorporated towns, including Leesburg, the county doesn’t even have that authority.

The virus is spread by mosquitos that have bitten an infected human.

If a person is infected during mosquito season, the county can now contract with pest control companies to kill mosquitoes and mosquito larvae in standing water around that person’s home.

With the new response plan, the county hopes to prevent any Zika outbreaks this summer from spreading.

“This is just so that if, in the event there was somebody with Zika in our county, that we wanted to prevent that person from infecting the local mosquito population,” Health Department Director Dr. David Goodfriend said.

Loudoun’s Zika response plan also includes community outreach and education and laboratory testing for pregnant women and their partners. Although Zika is usually a minor illness, and many people who are infected may never know it, the virus has been shown to cause birth defects if a woman contracts the disease while pregnant.

It has also been linked in rare cases with Guillan-Barré syndrome, a potentially fatal nerve disease. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Affordable housing << FROM 5 or 20 years for purchases. In addition, if a unit stays on the market for more than 90 days, it rolls out of the program unless the county purchases the unit to keep it in.

That, combined with new legislation restricting proffer agreements and a rule that exempts development above a certain density and height, means that despite Loudoun’s growth in pop-

When County Chairwoman Phyllis Randall (D-At Large) accompanied Loudoun’s financial team to meet with bond raters in New York City last month she said there were lots of questions about the Board of Supervisors with five new members.

She must have given the right answers.

On Monday, Fitch Ratings assigned a AAA rating to the county’s upcoming $180.45 million bond issue and affirmed its top-level rating for the balance of the county’s $813.5 million in outstanding general obligation bond debt. Fitch also upgraded the county’s Metro Service District bonds issued through the Loudoun Economic Development Authority from AA to AA+.

The “ratings reflect exceptionally strong operating performance, supported by solid revenue growth and expenditure flexibility, and a modest long-term liability burden,” the agency stated in its announcement.

ulation and diversity, it is not building much affordable housing.

“To my knowledge, I only have some ADU rentals in my area right now, because most of my area is very old,” Volpe said. Although some new ADU townhouses will be coming soon, she said, most of the ADUs in her district have long since passed the sunset date.

The county staff will revise the county’s ADU rules to match equivalent VHDA and HUD rules and bring those revisions back to the board for approval before November. rgreene@loudounnow.com

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Veteran Loudoun County Planning Commission Vice Chairman Robert Klancher died Wednesday, May 4, after struggling with cancer for two years. He was 57.

“As we all know, nobody’s irreplaceable, but Bob’s about as close as they come,” said Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn).

Klancher was first appointed to the Loudoun County Planning Commission in January 2004 by Supervisor Lori Waters and was reappointed in 2008. He was subsequently appointed by Buona in 2012 and again in 2016. His tenure included a threeyear term as chairman.

His son, Bobby Klancher, serves as a staff aide for Supervisor Ron A. Meyer Jr. (R-Broad Run).

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Anna Thorner’s nonprofit, It Takes a Village, Baby, has baby items stacked in six storage units.

The donations help young families get off to a stronger start.

BY LEAH FALLON Anna Thorner never intended to start a nonprofit. Her organization, It Takes a Village, Baby, began almost by accident.

She frequented an area Starbucks while on maternity leave with her second baby, where she watched her young barista’s baby-belly grow. After asking how her pregnancy was going and if she had everything she needed for the baby, her response was one that Thorner now has heard a dozen times—she was scared, lost and confused and had no support for her baby.

The 37-year-old Leesburg resident

called on her neighbors to donate used baby items and was surprised and pleased by the response. She received more items than she needed, and quickly found other women who could use support. As the need for baby items grew, so did the donations. She was soon storing donations in her home, along with six other friends’ homes throughout Loudoun County.

In 2014, she officially formed It Takes a Village, Baby.

“The heart of my mission is to allow every baby to have equal footing in life,” Thorner said, “no matter the financial circumstances of their parents.”

Since its inception, the organization, affectionately called “The Village” by the families it’s helped, has provided new and gently used baby clothes and equipment to more than 400 families in and around Loudoun County. And the number of expecting mothers who need help continues to grow. This month, The Village has 26 new babies in need of immediate assistance.

Thirty-year-old Brandi Carlisle from Martinsburg, WV, says The Village saved her family. When she and her boyfriend, Tyler Rizzie, found out they were expecting their third child, they panicked. They felt like they had nothing to offer their new baby boy, not even a diaper. Rizzie had lost his job, so the family had to move into a two-bedroom townhouse with his mother. To try and get back on their feet, they sold one of their cars, and had started selling items from their storage unit when they heard about The Village.

Thorner and her two children delivered a minivan full of baby goods, such as diapers, a high chair, a crib, clothes and a bouncy seat. “We didn’t have a baby shower. The Village is the only reason we had anything for our baby,” Carlisle said. “They provided absolutely everything up until he was six months old.”

It started a chain reaction of giving.

Carlisle now collects items to give to friends and other moms in need.

Thorner said there are no typical families in The Village. They range from teen moms and poor families, to wom-

en who have left abusive relationships or lost their job because of pregnancy.

“It could be your neighbor,” Thorner said. She recalls delivering to a neighborhood that was nicer than her own, only to walk into a house that was clear of furniture because the family was underwater on their mortgage.

“A lot of moms need this kind of help.

Young mothers who can’t provide for themselves, let alone a baby,” Carlisle said. “Sometimes it’s bad luck.”

Thorner and her team of volunteers want to go beyond providing baby swings and diapers. The long-term vision is to provide new parents in need with housing, child care and support for job searches.

But there is a long way to go and so much more support the organization needs such as volunteers, financial support, and donations. The immediate need is to raise enough money to cover the cost of six storage units they rent in Leesburg and Aldie, or find a free or low-cost barn or warehouse to keep donations until they are ready for pick up.

“We will not be able to cover the cost of the storage units come October,” Thorner said. “If we don’t have a steady influx of money, The Village will be homeless.”

The organization is still waiting to hear back about a $150,000 grant volunteers applied for.

The Village is also always looking for donated items, such as diapers, wipes, toiletries and other baby goods. See information about when and where to drop off items at itavb.org. An open house for those interested in volunteering will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, at Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place in Potomac Falls.

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[ TOWN BRIEFS ] two weeks ago to discuss the plan.

At that time, the council was expected to vote on a resolution authorizing Town Manager Kaj Dentler to explore parking alternatives, but no vote was taken.

Following their closed session last week, county supervisors also took no action.

Vice Mayor Kelly Burk said supervisors were told by the county staff that the cost of pursuing the parking alternative with Courthouse Square would be too expensive. “They got financial information that we didn’t get,” she said.

Councilwoman Katie Sheldon Hammler said the council should have that information before taking any action.

Butler called for a vote on the issue at the council’s May 24 meeting.

Brown’s Pursuing Two New Automotive Dealerships Brown’s Automotive Group has applied for land use permits to develop a 23.84-acre site—18 acres of which lie inside the town limits—for two auto dealerships. The property is between the Village at Leesburg and the Lowe’s store under construction along East Market Street. The Lowe’s site had previously been eyed for the development of car dealerships.

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While few details have been made public, it appears the Leesburg Town Council and the Loudoun Board of Supervisors are on opposite sides of a potential parking compromise.

During the council’s Monday work session, Mayor David S. Butler said he wanted the town to go on record as being willing to reduce the parking requirement for the expanded courts complex. The suggestion is aimed at avoiding the construction of a four-story parking garage at the county-owned Pennington lot off North Street. Neighbors have objected to the structure, which was originally planned for three stories.

Butler said it was unclear whether the fourth level was needed to comply with town regulations or was needed by county leaders to meet their parking needs for operations at the courts complex and the County Government Center.

Butler’s suggestion comes just weeks after separate closed door meetings held by the council and the Board of Supervisors to review an alternative plan that would add county parking spaces to the planned Courthouse Square development on the former Loudoun Times-Mirror property downtown.

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Macbeth to Run for Leesburg Council, Gemmill Won’t Evan Macbeth, former chairman of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee, is the latest candidate to announce a run for Leesburg Town Council this November.

Meanwhile, R. Bruce Gemmill confirmed that he will not seek to retain the council seat to which he was appointed in February. He was tapped to fill the unexpired term of Dave Butler, who was appointed mayor, and said at the time he did not plan to seek election this year.

Macbeth unsuccessfully ran for county treasurer last fall, challenging five-term incumbent H. Roger Zurn Jr. Most recently, Macbeth helped organize the Educate Don’t Segregate activist group earlier this year opposing the Loudoun County School Board’s proposal to assign a large percentage of the town’s low-income and English Language Learner students to two elementary schools.

In a prepared statement announcing his council campaign, Macbeth said Leesburg’s growing, diverse community exemplifies where Loudoun, and America, is headed.

“We are a destination for families and young adults and have a responsibility to ensure that our government is there for those that made Leesburg great, even as we welcome those new to our Town,” he said.

Macbeth and his wife have two children and have lived in Leesburg since 2006. He is a director at Loudounbased IT research company Sine Nomine Associates.

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In 2012, he was an elector in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District for President Barack Obama.

Macbeth said it’s important for council members to work together to continue building “an amazing community.”

“The work of Council is the work of the public, from improving our traffic on the Bypass, to ensuring that downtown development is handled with a keen eye towards the fundamental character of our town,” he stated. “I look forward to talking to my neighbors on every street in Leesburg about who we are as a Town and where we should take our community in the future.”

Friends of Evan Macbeth will host a

campaign kickoff cookout and fundraiser at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at the Billy Cox Pavilion, adjacent to Rust Library at 380 Old Waterford Road NW. Learn more about the candidate at macbethforleesburg.com or on Facebook: “Macbeth for Leesburg.”

While announcing he will not stand for election this year, Gemmill encouraged more town residents to get involved with their government.

“I will continue to look out for the best interests of all the people until my term expires December 31st of this year,” Gemmill said in a statement.

“One thing I’d like to mention is the need for more citizen involvement at the local government level. By this I mean taking the time to pay attention to how hard-earned tax dollars are spent, making known one’s concerns before the Council, running for a Council seat and holding your elected officials accountable.”

Gemmill said he has worked to shake things up, challenging wasteful expenditures and unnecessary projects during the recent budget sessions.

“Most citizens don’t know that their money has been used for such things as renovating the skateboard park on Catoctin Circle for a mere $1 million, or that $300,000 is planned for an interactive water fountain at Town Hall,” he stated.

Macbeth joins Ron Campbell, John Hilton and Gwen Pangle as announced council candidates. In addition to Gemmill’s, the terms of Katie Hammler and Tom Dunn expire Dec. 31.

[ TOWN BRIEFS ] << FROM 9 struction it has several approvals to procure. The applicant was recently before the Planning Commission, where the panel gave a thumbsdown to two required Town Plan amendments related to the development.

One proposed amendment to the Town Plan’s land use designation would allow new auto dealerships south of Rt. 7. The other seeks a change to the plan’s Roadway Network Policy Map to eliminate the segment of Keystone Drive from south of Russell Branch Parkway to Trailview Boulevard across Tuscarora Creek. Both VDOT and town Transportation Engineer Calvin Grow have concluded that this segment of Keystone Drive “is no longer necessary for the efficiency of the planned road network,” according to a staff report.

The need to secure approvals of Town Plan amendments from the Planning Commission prior to a rezoning is a new policy enacted by the Town Council at the request of the commission last year. According to Brian Boucher, deputy director of the Planning and Zoning Department, the Brown’s application is the first to experience this change.

If and when the Town Plan amendments are resolved, Brown’s will need to seek approval for a rezoning of the site of the proposed dealerships from I-1 to B-3 to allow the dealerships.

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ducate Don’t Segregate, the activist group formed during the contentious Leesburg elementary school attendance boundary process, is continuing its mission to support the town’s low-income students and those still learning English.

As the Loudoun County School Board redrew attendance boundaries earlier this year, the Educate Don’t Segregate group vocally opposed one idea floated that would have assigned a high percentage of students considered academically at risk to two schools closest to their neighborhoods.

The group advocated assignments that would more evenly disperse those students throughout the central Loudoun schools.

Parents involved in the group say they want to do what they can to provide more resources for those families that were at the heart of the attendance debate.

Now under the name Community Advocates for Education, the group’s stated mission is to “advocate for the best outcomes for all students in Central Loudoun and to foster greater community involvement.”

Ahead of the new attendance map’s adoption in March, board members highlighted that some Leesburg

nect families whose primary language is something other than English to community services, such as language classes. “Because we feel like supporting those families helps their kids do better in school,” Pellow said.

The group also is putting together lesson plans and remedial materials that will be ready for parent volunteers to easily pick up at the school and use to tutor students.

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A Leesburg elementary student joins her neighbors at an Educate Don’t Segregate community meeting in March about the attendance boundary changes.

schools’ test scores fell behind those at other Loudoun County elementary schools with even higher numbers of low-income and English language learner students.

Lydia Pellow, co-chairwoman of the group’s community outreach efforts, said that Community Advocates for Education wants to provide resources—as well as connect families to already available resources—to help the

schools meet those students’ needs.

“So if there’s going to be another boundary process in a few years and there’s a chance that a lot of at-risk students would be assigned to just two schools, we want our schools to be prepared for that and make improvements so there’s no argument to be made for doing that,” said Pellow, whose children attend Leesburg Elementary School.

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They also will coordinate ways for parent-teacher organizations to share “institutional knowledge” about practices that are working to get families involved in their school communities.

“What we learned was some schools are doing this better than others,” Pellow said.

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Award Honors Student Philanthropist Jahnavi Murthy, a seventh-grader at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School, was named a distinguished finalist for the 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

She was presented with an engraved bronze medallion May 4 recognizing her efforts to raise $24,000 since 2014 to support an organization she co-founded with her brother called Feed Hungry People. The organization packs 10,000 nonperishable meals every month and distributes them to impoverished areas in Zambia, Panama, Haiti and The Philippines.

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Ball’s Bluff Elementary teacher Karin Ellison jogs past her second-grade class students before they ran their laps as part of a fun run fundraiser.

Leesburg Elementary Students Raise Money for Track Students at Ball’s Bluff Elementary School put in some serious sweat equity last week to raise money to build a track on the campus.

The school held a fun run throughout the day and challenged students to jog as many as 36 laps—a little more than 2 miles—around the gymnasium.

The students spent the weeks leading up to the event securing sponsors by asking friends, neighbors and family members to donate $1 to $5 per lap run.

“The outpouring and support has been amazing,” said Flora Barbara, vice president of the school’s PTA. “We wanted to get as many people involved and do something that will benefit the students and the surrounding community. They can all enjoy the track.”

The run, put on in partnership with Apex Fun Run, was moved indoors because of the threat of rain. But upbeat tunes played by a deejay, strobe lights and glow-in-the-dark cones and other equipment kept students’ feet moving.

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At-risk students << FROM 12 across town from where their children attend school was a point of contention during the boundary process.

Leesburg’s representative on the School Board, Tom Marshall, said good did come out of the boundaries process, including community members rallying to support the schools going forward. “It’s fantastic,” he said.

“It really does take a village, and I’ll support them as best I can.”

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Ball’s Bluff Elementary students bolt through a course in the school’s gym to raise money for a track.

run next school year.

Ball’s Bluff families have done their fair share of fundraising in recent years. They raised $37,000 over a five-year period to purchase a playground for the school. The play equipment was purchased a year ago.

Forty-two of the county’s 55 elementary schools have tracks. The school system leaves it to the communities of each elementary school to raise money for playgrounds and tracks.

— Danielle Nadler glish Language Learner students also will receive more help from the school system, he added. Evergreen Mill Elementary will get funding to hire additional staff members, and Leesburg and Frederick Douglass elementary schools will receive some additional support from an instructional facilitator, who will provide ongoing professional development to teachers.

The School Board will not be able to provide as many new staff members as it had planned in its initially adopted budget, but those schools will get a bit more help, Marshall said. “I think it’s really going to be a good thing.” dnadler@loudounnow.com

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Anderson also was charged with possession of alcohol by a person under the age of 21. A 16-year-old male was charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of conspiracy to commit burglary with a weapon, and two counts of possession of burglarious tools.

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Demetri Kesari and two other former Ron Paul presidential campaign staff were found guilty on federal charges stemming from allegations they funneled money to an Iowa Demetri Kesari state senator in 2012 in exchange for his endorsement.

Kesari, a Leesburg business owner and member of the Hamilton Town Council, was convicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy, causing false records and making false statements as part of a scheme. He was the deputy campaign manager.

Also convicted by the federal jury were Paul campaign Chairman Jesse Benton, who is the candidate’s son-inlaw, and Campaign Manager John Tate.

The trial was the second dealing with the campaign’s $73,000 payment to a company owned by Sen. Kent Sorenson. Last year, a judge dismissed several charges before trial and a jury deadlocked on the charge against Kesari.

Reached for comment Monday, Kesari said “Yes, we are appealing.” He noted that the appeal would be made after the Sept. 20 sentencing.

Hamilton Mayor Dave Simpson said the town council would follow the Attorney General’s office advice that Kesari would not be deemed guilty by law until after sentencing takes place. “So far as I know, there would be no action required [by the council] by law,” Simpson said.

Investigators determined Bishop used two Twitter accounts—“NoVa Creeper” and “volleyballperv”—to send direct messages containing child pornography to another subject.

Search warrants were served at Bishop’s Fairfax County home April 13. An additional search warrant was served to obtain his fingerprints to attempt to access his smartphone.

The arrest stems from a separate and ongoing investigation initiated by Loudoun detectives last year after reports surfaced that he took photos of women and juveniles in public places like malls and pools without their knowledge and was posting them along with crude comments.

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Their corner offices above the movie theater in Loudoun Station are scheduled to open in June. The floorto-ceiling glass walls of their future lounge area overlook the site of Metro’s planned stop.

The company, unlike other real estate brokerages, tries to bring its real estate agents into the office to share experience and knowledge, and offers help and services to contractors who are just starting out. They hope that having an office in a place like Loudoun Station, next to Metro, will have twofold benefits—it will attract top talent who want a good place to live, and the fun office location will encourage them to stop by the office.

“We’re really banking on Metro,” Smith said.

Loudoun’s Economic Development Director Buddy Rizer told a recent gathering of business leaders that the Silver Line already is spurring interest from companies looking for new space.

He said that in Northern Virginia last year, 92 percent of new office leases involved buildings located within 2.5 miles of Metro stations.

“We’re competing for deals now that we were never able to compete for before. That’s a game changer for economic development and for Loudoun County,” Rizer said.

Meanwhile, county leaders continue to tweak their plans for development in the Metro corridor.

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Loudoun’s policymakers have said the Silver Line’s trains are going to bring a lot of opportunities to the county. Some of that is already visible, with developments like Loudoun Station, where a Metro station will open right next door.

“I’ve always argued that one of the great benefits of Metro will not just be the ability of our commuters to leave the county, but for other commuters to come into the county and work in Loudoun,” said Supervisor Matthew F. Letourneau (R-Dulles), whose district

includes the future Dulles Airport and Loudoun Station Metro stops. That will allow more workforce diversity, which Letourneau said would help attract more businesses to Loudoun.

“We have a lot of managers,” Letourneau said. “We have a senior, highly professional workforce, but you can’t staff a company with only people who are making $200,000 a year.”

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“THE VOTE FOR METRO IS DONE. SO EVERYONE WHO IS LAMENTING THE VOTE— WITHOUT BEING TOO INAPPROPRIATE—AT THIS POINT GET OVER IT. METRO IS COMING TO LOUDOUN AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW IS FOCUS ON HOW TO MAKE METRO A SUCCESS IN LOUDOUN.”

Run) district includes the end-of-theline Ashburn Station and borders the Loudoun Gateway station and Innovation Center station just over the county line in Fairfax. He said Loudoun will need to have its own vision for development around Metro.

“I think if we take the model that Arlington and Reston have taken and only follow that, we’re just going to be competing with them, and they’re closer to the city, and proximity’s going to win,” Meyer said. “But there are other essential models.”

Although county plans have envisioned rail-oriented development in the corridor since the 1990s, supervisors are taking another look. In March, they initiated a new study of land use alternatives; that process is expected to continue through November.

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Where some have long seen opportunity in extending Metro service to Loudoun, others have only seen risk.

Those range from lingering questions about the competency of WMATA’s oversight and management to claims that the cost of construction and operation will far outstrip the economic benefits.

County Chairwoman Phyllis Randall (D-At Large) has heard those critics and she has a response.

“The vote for Metro is done. So everyone who is lamenting the vote— without being too inappropriate—at this point get over it,” she said last week.

“Metro is coming to Loudoun and what we have to do now is focus on how to make Metro a success in Loudoun.”

“I think you can see why we’re very excited about Metro, but we obviously are going to have to be part of the regional discussion in making sure that Metro remains a reliable and financially solvent entity so we can actually take advantage of that,” Letourneau said.

And even with its current delays and stoppages, he said, Metro might be the best option for DC commuters.

“It’s probably worth noting that a very, very bad on-time percentage for the Metro is in the ’80s,” Letourneau said. “I would submit as someone who drives to DC that if I arrived on time to work 84 percent of the time I would be thrilled, because my commute is all

done so far on Loudoun’s side of the county line has been on the Dulles Airport property, where a station is under construction near the main terminal.

Now that crews are working on the Loudoun Gateway station in the Dulles Greenway median, watching their progress will become part of the daily routine for area residents and commuters.

By the time construction is done, there will be 2,750 parking spaces.

The Loudoun Gateway station is located just west of the Rt. 606/Old Ox Road interchange near the Dulles North Transit Center park and ride lot.

Next, crews will begin clearing the Ashburn Station site near the Greenway’s Rt. 772/Ryan Road interchange.

Construction work on the line will continue at least through 2019 before the rail line is turned over to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for testing—and ultimately operations.

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Randall and other board members are optimistic that Paul J. Wiedefeld, appointed WMATA’s general manager and CEO in November, will lead a culture change at the embattled agency.

Wiedefeld has been invited to address the board in the coming weeks.

Meyer and Letourneau said Metro’s development will take patience, but its positive effects will stretch out for the long term.

“The goal for Metro should always be to make peoples’ lives here better,” Meyer said, “not just to bring in new people.”

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BY MARGARET MORTON Purcellville resident Tracy Robinson is a nominee for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Woman of the Year award.

Robinson, who began treatment for ovarian cancer last year, was nominated by the DC Chapter of the society.

As a result of the nomination, Robinson, 43, is on a mission to raise as much money as she can for the organization.

The 12-year Purcellville resident contracted ovarian cancer last September.

With a 27-year hair stylist career behind her, the diagnosis was devastating.

Robinson has two children—Mackenzie, 13, and Hunter, 11—who have been her constant supporters during her illness.

Even before her diagnosis, she found herself wanting to do more to give back to the community and to include her children in that venture. “Whoever would have thought I would have ended up where I am today,” she said.

“I had the one [cancer] that’s undetectable, talked about the least and one of the deadliest for women,” Robinson said in an interview. The discovery that she had ovarian cancer was “horrible.”

Treatments prevented her from working for 12 weeks, but in December she was declared cancer free.

Robinson had begun writing a blog to raise awareness of the disease and created a YouTube video of her experience. The cancer itself was life-changing and launched her mission to raise money and awareness of cancer in Loudoun and among those in her industry.

Evelyn Akers was the society’s 2014 Woman of the Year and raised $255,000 for the organization. She read Robinson’s blog and contacted her to ask if she would consider being nominated for the award. She agreed. Her campaign will end June 4 with a gala reception in Washington, DC. Robinson calls her mission to raise $225,000 during the campaign “my revenge on cancer.”

“I’ll fight, so hopefully my kids and loved ones won’t have to,” she said.

She also dedicated her campaign to two friends—mother and daughter Gina and Ilana Rubin—who were diagnosed with lymphoma and leukemia six weeks apart and who were having chemotherapy along with Robinson.

They, too, have been given a clean bill of health, Robinson said.

Robinson’s campaign included 15 separate events, with the final fundraiser planned as a June 3 Duck Derby at the Purcellville Gateway pond.

“It’s been crazy but good—probably the craziest thing I’ve ever done, but almost the most fulfilling,” Robinson

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The Friends of the Old Stone School is putting out a call to the public to help raise $8,500 by May 12 to keep the fireworks as part of the town’s annual Independence Day Celebration. This year’s celebration will be held July 2 at the Old Stone School.

Amie Ware, vice president of the nonprofit, said it is impossible to visualize the community celebration without the fireworks show.

Ware says for the past several years donations have not covered the cost of the pyrotechnic display—requiring the organization to lose thousands of dollars as it covers the shortfall. Donors can go to oldstoneschool.org to pitch in with a donation.

While there are many events and plenty of live entertainment for all ages each year, the fireworks are the main draw, according to Ware. Urging residents to send in their donations by May 15, Ware said, “Help the Friends of the Old Stone School keep this tradition alive.”

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[ TOWN NOTES ] Round Hill Hometown Festival Set for May 28 Organizers are putting the finishing touches on Round Hill’s annual major event, the Round Hill Hometown Festival, and urging residents to mark the date—Saturday, May 28, and make needed advance registrations. The festival is well named—as the rolling events during the day are a celebration of everything good about small town life.

The day includes a 5K, a half-mile kids fun run, parade and memorial ceremony, pig roast, pie-eating contest, downhill derby, live entertainment and open mic for local performers. The festival finishes with a community feast in the evening listening to a concert under the stars.

Register for the 5K online (until May 21) at hometownfestival.org or on race day, beginning at 7 a.m.

Registration is $25. There is no fee for the fun run.

Scout troops, sports teams, church groups and community organizations are invited to join the parade by registering in advance at roundhillparade.com.

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Purcellville Finance Department Awarded Purcellville’s finance department has received its eighth consecutive Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, awarded by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

The department also received the Award of Financial Reporting Achievements for preparation of its Comprehensive Annual Final Report for FY 2015. The CAFR award is granted to governments demonstrating a spirit of full disclosure in clearly communicating its financial story.

Director of Finance Elizabeth Krens thanked her staff members for their commitment to excellence in managing the town’s finances, singling out staff accountant Paula Hicks for her exceptional contributions to the process.

Also, Assistant Director of Finance Connie LeMarr was granted Master Governmental Deputy Treasurer certification by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and School of Continuing and Professional Studies, under the auspices of the Treasurer’s Association of Virginia.

The certification program is designed to advance the professionalism of the local governmental treasurer and his or her staff.

LeMarr has worked as assistant director/deputy treasurer for seven of her eight years with the department.

Comprehensive Plan Visioning Workshop May 19 The Purcellville Planning Commission has scheduled a comprehensive plan visioning workshop from 7-9 p.m. on May 19 in the Town Hall. The session will break into small groups to look at the information received and create mapped plans for what Purcellville could look like over the next 20 years. Those wishing to attend must RSVP to PlanPurcellville. com/2016/05/visioning-workshop/.

The maps created at the workshop and consolidated scenarios based on the maps will be displayed at a town-hosted tent during the Purcellville Music and Arts Festival on May 21 at Fireman’s Field, where residents can rank the scenarios. The scores for each scenario received, either online or at the festival, will be used to determine which ones will undergo an impact analysis prior to the next round of workshops, tentatively scheduled for July 9. For more information, contact Senior Planner Daniel Galindo at 540-338-7421.

Lovettsville Bike Trail Resolution in Sight Mayor Bob Zoldos has weighed in on Heritage Highlands residents’ unhappiness about the new town bike path/pedestrian trail that stopped just short of reaching their neighborhood.

Heritage Highlands builder Lennar Homes had proffered to build the bike trail along the entire road frontage of Rt. 287 in front of the retirement community. Zoldos said now the town has finished its portion of the trail, it is time for Lennar to complete its proffer. Town representatives walked the property with company representatives a few weeks ago, and Zoldos said he expected Lennar Homes to get back to the town with a plan to move forward. Once that portion is completed, an almost one-mile-long pedestrian/bike trail will stretch northward from the Lovettsville Firehouse to the Town Center.

Give Choose Day Raises $180K for Loudoun Charities The 2016 Give Choose fundraising campaign brought in a record $180,400 for non-profit organizations in Loudoun and Fauquier counties.

More than 1,402 donations were given to 60 charities May 3 as part of the crowdfunding event put on by the Community Foundation of Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties.

The fundraising totals surpass that of last year, when the campaign brought in $136,918 for 48 local nonprofits.

“Overall, we raised 30 percent more than we did last year, which is what we wanted to do,” said Caroline Toye, associate director at the Community Foundation. The donations fell short of her goal to raise $250,000 in 24 hours, but she said Give Choose continues to build momentum each year. “Looking at the trend, it’s been a 30 percent increase every year, so it will probably take another year or two to each that $250,000 goal. We could get there next year.”

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Street Sweepers Coming Several street sweepers will appear in town May 17 and 18. The sweepers are scheduled to make at least one pass on every town street (excluding alleyways) to get rid of this winter’s sand and grit.

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Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy also won an additional $1,500 for having the most individual donors in the small organization category.

Give Choose allows donors to select which charity they want to give to among those registered with the campaign. As a new service this year, people could schedule their donation in advance of the 24-hour fundraising day. Toye said that helped bring in new donors and more donations.

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Clinton << FROM 1 Loudoun’s lack of universal fullday kindergarten was the first topic broached. How to provide a six-hour school day to all local kindergartners was the most repeated issue on the campaign trails of local candidates last fall. Abbe Macbeth, a Leesburg parent, told Clinton that Loudoun is one of three jurisdictions in the state that do not offer universal full-day kindergarten, and the only school system in the Washington, DC, region.

Clinton said she’d like to see every public school in the nation provide a full academic day to kindergartners and, one day, even to preschool kids.

She alluded to the fact that the federal government will need to help make it possible.

“I think that the state and the county and public school system have a role to play but we have to look at how to create a more robust structure so that more kids get that early instruction,” she said.

The candidate took the opportunity to point out a few differences between her policies and those proposed by her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Taking a question from Northern Virginia Community College academic counselor Rosemary Nigrelli, Clinton said, “Both of us have plans to make college affordable. I think mine is better, but we both have plans.”

Clinton wants to make community college free, as well as to create a federal program that allows low-income students to attend a four-year public college or university without having to take out a loan. She also wants to help expand the use of federal Pell grants to cover non-tuition fees, and give bonuses in the form of federal dollars to states that increase their high education funding.

“Bernie Sanders wants college to be free for everybody,” she said. “If you say it’s free there’s no incentive for the universities to try to lower their costs, and I want there to be a give and take here.”

Clinton also addressed the need for paid maternity leave—ideally three months—and equal pay for women in

the workforce. Many companies, even without realizing it, are paying women less than men who have the same work experience, education and skill set. It will take updating laws to make public sector pay scales more transparent and encouraging companies to examine their practices to get there, Clinton stressed.

“We need to stay on this—we can’t just let people claim that it’s not a real issue,” she said. “I’m accused of playing the gender card and all that. But the fact is it’s a real problem and we have to be tenacious about it.”

Esther Lee traveled from neighboring Fairfax County with her two children, 7-year-old Katie and 5-year-old CJ, to meet Clinton Monday. She supports the former secretary of state for president because she says Clinton understands the challenges typical working moms face.

“Northern Virginia is a high-cost area and it’s a struggle for families to provide as many opportunities as we can for our kids, while holding down a job and paying the bills,” she said. “I think she gets that.”

Following the candidate’s visit, the Loudoun County Republican Committee released a statement saying Clinton’s policies mirror President Barack Obama’s that “have proven disastrous for small businesses and working families.” “She has repeatedly fought alongside President Obama for higher taxes, more regulation, and more government control over the lives of American families,” said Will Estrada, the committee’s chairman.

Clinton is the clear frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for president, but Sanders has gained more popularity—and more delegates— than most establishment Democrats expected. Sanders told the press last week that he would not drop out of the presidential race before the party’s national convention in July. The Democratic nominee will likely face Republican Donald Trump in the race for the White House.

Clinton’s was the third stop in Loudoun by a presidential candidate during the primary season. Republicans Ben Carson and Ted Cruz, both of whom have since dropped out, held rallies in the county.

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U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (RVA-10), County Chairwoman Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large) and Economic Development Director Buddy Rizer were the featured speakers during the Loudoun County Economic Development Summit sponsored by Toth Financial, John Marshall Bank, and Yount, Hyde & Barbour.

The trio focused their remarks on the possibilities that lie ahead—with the coming of the Silver Line, the leveraging of data center resources, the continued business recruitment outreach, locally and globally—and the search for the next “big thing.”

“My biggest fear is that some 14-year-old is sitting in his garage inventing something that would make data centers obsolete,” Randall said to laughter as she acknowledged the economic boom that industry has brought to Loudoun the past decade. The facilities were credited with generating $104 million in local tax revenues last year.

All three speakers highlighted the need to support innovation.

Randall, for example, said the growth of Loudoun’s rural economy could not be limited to wineries and breweries but would have to include hydroponic businesses and farming. “You never want an economy to depend on just one thing.”

Comstock touted opportunities that can come from blending big data and medical research that could result in new treatments for diseases such as diabetes. Those advances won’t only help patients, but could also help in the battle to reduce spending on entitlement programs.

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Loudoun is home to more than 60 data centers, including Equinox in Ashburn. County leaders say diversifying the local economy is key to its success.

Comstock also sees big growth coming in cyber security, which she described as an element of the nation’s defense as important as the military branches. Local government contractors and IT firms will play leading roles in that arena.

“This region should be the hub and center of massive cyber growth because it is something that we need. It really is becoming the fifth part of our defense system,” Comstock said. “I see nothing but possibilities,” Rizer said, putting special emphasis on opportunities linked to the Silver Line extension and Dulles Airport.

“With Metro coming in there is so much ahead of us,” he said. “We could have Fortune 50 office buildings at our Metro.”

A business ranked in the top 25 of Fortune magazine’s list of largest companies was visiting Loudoun later that day to look at commercial space options, Rizer said.

He envisions convention centers, innovation centers, even sport stadiums being developed along the rail line.

“Who knows what we could have. It is ‘Loudoun Possible’ for us to have that opportunity and we need to keep looking for that opportunity.”

Even with the Silver Line’s operations years away—trains won’t begin running until 2020—Loudoun continues to lead Virginia in commercial investment.

Rizer said the county was on pace for $2 billion in new commercial investment this year and expects to lead the state for the fourth consecutive year.

He said technology is driving the growth. “The technology is not just about data centers, but everything around the data centers,” he said, noting the importance of companies fo-

Small Business Week Programs Abound: Get the App The Loudoun Department of Economic Development, Town of Leesburg, Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce and other business advocacy organizations have teamed up to offer a full schedule of special events next week.

Loudoun Small Business Week will be held May 16-22. The week’s activities—many of them free—begin Monday morning with a session on small business funding options and wrap up over the weekend with the county’s an-

cused on analytics, big data, health information, cyber security and defense.

“There’re real opportunities that come from this, and we’re going to continue to foster that.”

The county’s global marketing strategy is also paying benefits, Rizer said. He traveled with Gov. Terry McAuliffe on a trade mission to Germany earlier this month and alerted the crowd to look forward to an announcement of a German company planning a $9 million investment in Loudoun during 2017.

Randall sees challenges in the housing sector, especially after a new state law that limits the county’s ability to negotiate proffers with developers takes effect July 1. That could hurt efforts to create more affordable housing, she said.

It’s an issue on which the Board of Supervisors will be focusing, and Randall said it might take some out-of-thebox thinking. She floated the notion of converting empty commercial buildings to housing in an effort to address the need.

Among the questions from the audience was how the polarized political landscape will impact the region’s opportunities for growth.

“Innovate or die is the motto no matter where you are in the world because we are competing internationally,” Comstock said. “It’s not about Democrat or Republican anymore; it’s about: Are we going to be the leaders in the world on all these policies?” nstyer@loudounnow.com nual Spring Farm Tour.

In between, there are nearly 20 other programs offered, including happy hour networking sessions, advice from Shelia Johnson and numerous roundtable discussions.

The full listing can be viewed at loudounsourcelink.org/calendar/smallbusiness-week.

But even with that resource it may be hard to keep up. This year, the county’s Department of Economic Development has created a smart phone app to help out. The app can be downloaded at apps. appmachine.com/loudounsbw2016.

CroppMetcalfe Welcomed as Key Sponsor at Evergreen Sportsplex

BY NORMAN K. STYER The region’s most comprehensive youth sports training facility celebrated a new partnership last week.

CroppMetcalfe Services inked the naming rights deal at the Evergreen Sportsplex south of Leesburg—a move the family-owned company said reflects its mission of giving back to the community.

Evergreen owner Chris Avery opened the center three years ago by offering youth sports and practice fields. He has expanded the complex to include a stadium, an events center and a team-building adventure course, as well as four FIFA-certified artificial turf fields.

“To have the opportunity to partner with Evergreen and a facility as beautiful and as nice as this and also to be able to do it in Loudoun County was an

opportunity that we just could not pass up,” President Tim Cropp said during the May 4 ceremony. “Part of our corporate mission is to give back to our communities and not just to donating money to be involved in the communities, but to be deeply involved.”

Evergreen Manager Chris Bourassa said the facility provides the resources needed for top athletes to reach the next level, but the sportsplex is about more than sports.

“If you aspire to be a college athlete or a professional athlete, if you come here and train here with these coaches and these facilities and use our classrooms and meeting rooms, we’ll give you every opportunity you would want,” Bourassa said. However, not all kids are going to realize a career in sports, but they’ll learn about leadership and build character during their time at the sportsplex.

“It is really all about developing these kids,” he said. “What we’re really doing at the working level is trying help these kids, because, if we do that, everything will take care of itself.”

“We look forward to many, many years of great sports here and to the development of young men and women to be future leaders of our community,” Cropp said.

CroppMetcalfe will be part of that effort for the next three years. Under the terms of the deal, the facility will be called CroppMetcalfe Park at Evergreen Sportsplex and include CroppMetcalfe Field and the CroppMetcalfe 5-Star Sky Lounge.

The sportsplex is located on 44 acres at 19623 Evergreen Mills Road and is expected to exceed 500,000 annual visitors in 2016. nstyer@loudounnow.com

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CroppMetcalfe Services President Tim Cropp said the partnership with the Evergreen Sportsplex is part of the family-owned company’s efforts to give back to the community.

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Chefscape, the region’s newest shared kitchen and event company, is celebrating its grand opening Thursday, May 12, with an Edible Bloom-themed launch party.

Chefscape was created after owners and operators of food trucks in the region encountered a problem finding a space to rent for their depot operations. Seeking a convenient, affordable space to run their small food businesses, they created a shared kitchen and event space to help those operations grow.

The kitchen is located at 20630 Ashburn Road, Suite 196, and offers a range of revenue driving opportunities, from distribution assistance to catering events and pop-ups.

For more information, contact Rob Batchelder, 571-206-1133 or go to chefscapekitchen.com.

tion of this new, specialty care practice strengthens Loudoun Medical Group as it adds to our growing list of quality, health care services.”

Board certified in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, Canter specializes in pelvic reconstructive surgery and treatment of urinary incontinence in women. She is skilled at performing cutting-edge procedures such as sacral neuromodulation, robot-assisted laparoscopic surgeries and sling procedures. Her practice focuses on a variety of conservative treatment options, as well, such as dietary changes, bladder training, pelvic floor muscle rehabilitation, pelvic floor physical therapy and pessary.

The Urogynecology Center Northern Virginia is located in Reston. For more information, go to urogyncenternova.com.

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Line K Windmill Collection Debuts at Willowsford Willowsford has welcomed a second Line K designer collection of homes by internationally renowned designer Piet Boon.

The Line K Windmill collection was born of a collaboration between Boon and Ara Hovnanian, president and CEO of K. Hovnanian Homes, one of Willowsford’s builders. The collection features 24 homes within a small enclave in The Greens Village at Willowsford. Homes start around $800,000.

“Piet Boon took the constructs of the classical farmhouse and expertly reduced them to simple forms outside and sleek spaces inside. This is a collection that combines artistic design with functionality and livability,” stated Stacey Kessinger, vice president of marketing at Willowsford. “This collection maintains a level of sophistication that separates it from everything else you’ve ever seen in Virginia, and it does so on a smaller scale than the larger Line K portfolio homes.”

For more information, go to www.willowsford.com.

Builders Help Women Giving Back Expand Sterling Clothing Store

BY NORMAN K. STYER Women Giving Back held a special Cinco de Mayo party last week. The volunteer organization celebrated the expansion of its Sterling store that provides free clothing to women in need.

Located at 20 Export Drive, the store has doubled in size, thanks to the work and contributions of HomeAid Northern Virginia.

Don Knutson, of the Knutson Companies, served as the building captain for the project.

Knutson said his company is fairly new and fairly small, but is dedicated to giving back to the community. He also is a cofounder of HomeAid, a coalition of developers and contractors in the region that has completed more than 100 community projects valued at more than $13.5 million during the past 15 years.

“This is a celebration. I feel good. I feel good every time we do this and I think everybody in this room should feel good about what they are doing through Women Giving Back and HomeAid,” Knutson said. “We are very proud to be associated with the project.”

WGB President Terri Stagi said the organization is powered by the passion of the all-volunteer board and staff.

“All the clothing in here is given to the women and children in crisis for free. We do not charge. Everything is

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Don Knutson, center, is flanked by Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) and HomeAid President Greg Carter as he talks about the effort to double the size of the Women Giving Back store in Sterling.

donated,” Stagi said. “The amount of passion you see around this room is pretty incredible.”

The WGB mission is to build confidence and self-esteem among women and children in shelters or transitional programs by providing high-quality clothing. The store is open to clients referred by case workers on the second Saturday of each month or by appointment.

“It makes a difference obviously to your clients, but I want to let you know that I believe it makes a difference to

the entire community—all of Sterling and all of Loudoun County,” Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce President Tony Howard said. “I’m pleased to see so many of our businesses that have stepped up and given of their time, energy, talent and money, and plenty of all of the above to make this a reality.

An all-volunteer effort—that is really commendable.”

Also joining the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony were U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10), Sterling District Supervisor Koran Saines (D)

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The Pickwick Players perform “My Fair Lady” Friday, May 13, Saturday, May 14 and Friday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 21 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Harmony Middle School, 38174 W. Colonial Highway, Hamilton.

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For tickets and information, go to www.thepickwickplayers.com Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now

The cast of “My Fair Lady” rehearses ahead of opening night Friday. Top right, Corinne Fox plays the role of Eliza Doolittle.

A Dream Come True for Pickwick Players

BY JAN MERCKER

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ommunity theater: It’s all about camaraderie, a chance for amateur actors who’ve gone on to nine-to-five jobs to reconnect with their roots. But lately in Loudoun, community theater also means a chance to catch well-done, lowcost productions of classic favorites.

Loudoun’s Pickwick Players celebrates 11 years of performances this spring with a long-awaited production of the classic musical “My Fair Lady.”

The musical, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” tells the well-known story of Cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle who takes speech lessons with Professor Henry Higgins so she can talk like a lady.

Pickwick’s founder and director Michele Reynolds has been dying to put on “My Fair Lady” for years—but regional production rights were tied up by licensing issues. When the rights became available this year, Reynolds jumped at the chance. Pickwick is the first local theater group to put on the play in years.

Playing the leading role of Eliza has been years in the waiting for Corinne Fox. The 31-year-old is a Pickwick regular who was thrilled when the company announced auditions for “My Fair Lady” a few years ago, only to be disappointed when production rights were not available.

Fox lives in Ashburn with her husband Justin and works as an executive assistant for the Sterling-based Orbital ATK technology company. She has been

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“My Fair Lady” cast members practice lines at rehearsal Friday.

an amateur actress since elementary school. And when she and Justin relocated to Virginia for work, the couple got into community theater as a way to meet people and connect with their new community. Fox got involved with Pickwick in 2012, with the company’s production of “Singin’ In The Rain” and has appeared in numerous shows with the company since then. But “My Fair Lady” is the big one.

“Getting into the role of Eliza has been so much more challenging than I expected,” Fox said. “She’s a very complex character and a very vocally demanding character, which I wasn’t quite expecting. Her songs are really all over the spectrum—from very low angry belting to very high soprano singing, all within the span of a few minutes.”

Fox has also embraced Eliza’s linguistic transformation from Cockney to the Queen’s English.

“That’s just fun,” Fox said. “As an actress I love exploring different accents and how you can still emote through them, and that sort of a thing.”

For Jeff Mitchell, who plays Henry Higgins, the show was a chance to get back to his longtime love of theater now that he’s an empty nester.

Mitchell, 54, a father of four and director of operations at an Alexandria-based consulting firm, was also a high school and college performer and was involved with community theater in his home state of Utah.

When he and his family moved to Leesburg six years ago, Mitchell learned about Pickwick and got involved with an offshoot choral program. He also got involved with Heritage High School’s award-winning drama program through his youngest son, now 19. This year, with his four children now out of high school and on to other things, Mitchell decided it was time to commit to a musical—and Henry Higgins was the perfect role.

“I’ve worked hard. Henry Higgins is a huge role; I had no idea. It’s been a huge commitment but very rewarding. The show is really coming together well,” said Mitchell.

Mitchell has been working on his British accent with his wife Lou who hails from the county of Hampshire in southern England. “She thinks it’s horrendous,” he said with a laugh.

The lead roles are double cast so Fox will be co-starring with Mike Goshorn while Mitchell will appear with Kristin Fitzgerald.

Reynolds, the play’s director, is a teacher and performer who has lived in Northern Virginia on and off for decades, between stints abroad for her husband’s career. She launched Pickwick in 2004 when her husband retired and the couple moved to Purcellville.

At the time, local theater offerings were relatively small, and Reynolds decided to create a nonprofit company offering family-oriented shows with a classic twist. Like many local theater groups, Pickwick focuses on musicals, which tend to have a greater appeal to Loudoun’s family-focused audience.

While many of her actors are adults, Reynolds does make a point of casting children and providing opportunities for young actors. In shows like “My Fair Lady” which aren’t kid-heavy, Reynolds often adds ensemble roles for children.

The eight young cast members of “My Fair Lady” will do a choral entr’acte for the upcoming production. The company also offers a yearly theater summer camp for children.

“There’s ultimately something in it that I love and that the people who are involved love. We get something back from the process or we wouldn’t continue doing it,” Reynolds said. “There’s a great deal of satisfaction in watching all the pieces come together and becoming a cohesive team that creates this work of art.” jmercker@loudounnow.com

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LIVE MUSIC: JUDY COLLINS Friday, May 13, 8:30p.m.; Tally Ho Theatre, 19 W. Market St.; Leesburg. Details: tallyholeesburg.com The folk icon promises a mix of old favorites and new materials at this fully seated show. Tickets are $59 in advance, $70 day of show.

Friday, May 13, 7-9 p.m.; Trinity House Café, 101 E. Market St., Leesburg.

Details: trinityhousecafe.com With an eclectic mix of piano-driven pop tunes, guitar-based melodies, and soulfilled strings interwoven through her songs, her vocals have a similar resonance to timeless singers like Sarah McLachlan and Natalie Merchant.

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Jan Forman, owner of The Jeans Whisperer in downtown Leesburg, displays some of the styles that will be on parade at the May 18 Savvy Women of Northern Virginia fashion show.

en showing off the latest styles from local boutique The Jeans Whisperer.

Owner Jan Forman plans to showcase items that can be found in her shop in downtown Leesburg, including those in the Bronte Collection, from a West Palm Beach, FL, designer who designs

exclusively for The Jeans Whisperer.

“Her style is a little bit bohemian with a western flare,” Forman said.

“The clothes are very feminine, very original. You won’t see them anywhere else.”

Savvy Women of Northern Virginia’s monthly events are meant to show professional women that networking can be fun and, if done right, can foster genuine friendships. “I want people to learn how to help each other, give each other leads and work together as a family,” she said.

The Savvy Women of Northern Virginia’s happy hour and fashion show event is free and runs from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, at Belmont Country Club, 19661 Belmont Manor Lane in Ashburn. RSVP at Savvy Women of Northern Virginia’s Facebook page.

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LIVE MUSIC: MIKE AULT Friday, May 13, 7:30 p.m.; Smokehouse Live, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg.

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Loudoun’s newest women’s networking group, Savvy Women of Northern Virginia, will hold its first monthly event Wednesday, May 18.

The group was founded by Meryl Greenhill, who noticed when she moved to the area from Colorado that Loudoun County had several groups for women, but none that quite fit what she was looking for.

“Savvy Women of Northern Virginia is for the more mature woman, those in a more mature age group— more savvy women,” she said.

Next week’s happy hour event, held at Belmont Country Club, will feature two dozen vendors. Most are Loudoun-based businesses that will be ready to pamper those in attendance with chair massages, hair blowouts, waxing services and an eyelash bar.

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LIVE MUSIC: CANCER CAN ROCK BENEFIT Saturday, May 14, Spanky’s Shenanigans, 538 E. Market St., Leesburg.

Details: spankyspub.com The fourth annual Cancer Can Rock Deck Party features performances

by Todd Wright, Cal Everett, Taylor Carson, Tommy Gann, Mark Williams, Patrick Thornton, Johnny Kasun and Teddy Chipouras. Requested donation $10; also 10 percent of sales support the charity. All ages.

Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane Purcellville.

Details: thelct.org Loudoun Center Theatre’s past leading ladies perform a review of best-loved songs from musicals like “Hairspray,” “The Little Mermaid,” “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown” and other Broadway favorites. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door and are available online. A portion of proceeds will go to Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter.

LIVE MUSIC: MAD CO.: A TRIBUTE TO BAD COMPANY Saturday, May 14, 7 p.m.; Tally Ho Theatre, 19 W. Market St., Leesburg. Details: tallyholeesburg.com The Ashburn School of Rock presents Mad Co. and all the classic rock favorites from Bad Company. Tickets are $15 at the door, $20 day of show.

LIVE MUSIC: THE DCEIVERS Saturday, May 14, 7 p.m.; Smokehouse Live, 1602 Village Market Blvd., Leesburg.

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‘THE UNLUCKY LEPRECHAUN’ Saturday, May 14, 11 a.m. and 1:30pm; Village at Leesburg Community Room, 1602 Village Market Blvd. SE, Leesburg; Sunday, May 15, noon, Waterford Old School, 40222 Fairfax St, Waterford.

Details: stagecoachtc.com StageCoach Theatre Company presents the family oriented musical about Lisa the Leprechaun who loses her luck and goes on a journey to get it back. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children 2-12.

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LIVE MUSIC: BUCKCHERRY Sunday, May 15, 8:10 p.m.; Tally Ho Theatre, 19 W. Market St.; Leesburg.

Details: tallyholeesburg.com These hard rock bad boys vaulted to stardom with their 1999 hit “Lit Up” and continue to produce records that push the envelope.

Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 day of show.

LIVE MUSIC: VOICES OF ZION Sunday, May 15, 3-5 p.m., The Studio, 45449 Severn Way, Sterling.

Details: thestudiova.com Get a taste of the gospel roots of favorite local and regional soul acts like Middleburg’s Bryan Fox, vocalist Juanita Williams, guitarists Craig Gaskins and Justin Young, drummer Andre “Blues” Webb and keyboardist Vincent Evans. Tickets are $20 in advance.

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BETWEEN THE HILLS COUNTRY BREAKFAST Saturday, May 14, 8-10 a.m.; Between The Hills Community Association, 11762 Harpers Ferry Road, Neersville.

Contact: 540-668-6504 Enjoy a homemade breakfast of sausage gravy, biscuits, scrambled eggs, sausage patties, pancakes, home fries, fruit, rhubarb coffee cake, followed by a community meeting meeting at 10 a.m. with guest speakers Catoctin Supervisor Geary Higgins and Steve Torpy, director of Loudoun County Parks, Recreation and Community Services.

LOUDOUN LYME 5K/10K/1K Sunday, May 15, 8 a.m. start, Brambleton Town Center, 22855 Brambleton Plaza, Ashburn.

Details: loudounlyme.org The sixth annual event benefits the National Capital Lyme Association and features 10K and 5K races and a 1K fun run. Online registration is $30 ($25 for children 13 and younger) through May 11. Race day registration is $35 ($30 for children).

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[ THIS WEEK ] GALLERY COFFEEHOUSE: ‘WONDER OF THE WORLD’ Sunday, May 15, 6:30 p.m.; Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville.

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LUNCH IN THE GALLERY: CLAIRE KINCANNON Monday, May 16, 12:15 p.m.; Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Lane, Purcellville.

Details: franklinparkartscenter.org Artist Claire Kincannon gives a guided tour of her new solo show.

Tickets are $12 at the door and includes a boxed lunch.

THOMAS BALCH TALK: LINDA SITTIG Tuesday, May 17, 7 p.m.; Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg. Contact: 703-737-7195 Sittig discusses her debut novel, “Cut From Strong Cloth” inspired by

WITH THE KIDS BOLLYWOOD CONCERT FUNDRAISER Saturday, May 14, 6-9 p.m.; Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School, 43330 Loudoun Reserve Drive, Ashburn. Details: rlcpto.my-pto.org This fun-filled event features Bollywood style music and dance, food, henna artists and other activities.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children 5-12 and free for children 5 and younger.

MEET YOUR BIRDS! Saturday, May 14, 9-11 a.m.

Algonkian Regional Park, 47001 Fairway Drive Sterling.

Details: loudounwildlife.org Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and local birders Bill and Della Brown for this special International Migratory Bird Day for children 5 and older and their parents. See and hear the birds that travel through our area during this special time of spring migration. Space is limited.

William “Bill” Franklin Lambert William “Bill” Franklin Lambert, age 72 of Leesburg, VA died May 2, 2016. Born on May 20, 1943, in Leesburg he was the son of the late Claude (2001) and Lydia (2013) Lambert. Mr. Lambert was a lifelong resident of Loudoun County. Mr. Lambert worked at the Washington Post as a Distributor for over 35 years. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, and hiking.

Bill also enjoyed traveling, especially to the beach with his grandchildren and family on summer vacations.

Mr. Lambert is survived by his wife of fifty years, Magdalena Lambert of Leesburg, VA; his children Karen A. Powell and husband Don of Harrisonburg, VA; Mark Lambert and wife Lisa of Fredericksburg, VA; Erik Lambert and wife Rebecca of Washington, DC; sister Barbara J. Ward of Fredrick, MD; four grandchildren Zachary, Matthew, Jacob, Drew; and two nephews Patrick A. Lickey, Stephen B. Ward, Jr. He was predeceased by his parents and Sister Peggy Lambert (2005).

Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at Hall Funeral Home, Purcellville, VA from 6-8 p.m. Services will be held on Friday, May 6, 2016, 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the Lovettsville Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be sent to the American Cancer Society or Loudoun Interfaith Relief.

Please visit www.hallfh.com to express online condolences to the family.

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Local ensemble Imagine That! presents the story of Cass, who discovers a secret in her husband’s drawer and flees to the honeymoon capital of the world in a frantic search for the life she thinks she missed out on. Coffee, in a real mug, included.

Tickets are $8.

the true story of a young Irish immigrant who struggles to establish herself in the cutthroat textile industry of the mid-19th century. Event is free and open to the public but advance registration is recommended.

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Our sixth location located in the Medical Professional Building at Stone Springs Hospital in Aldie, VA is scheduled to open this Summer. If you are compassionate, energetic and love working with a team, then we need YOU. FT positions are available for LPN’s and MA’s. Pediatric and or family practice preferred but willing to train the right candidate. We offer health, dental and vision insurance as well as direct deposit, 401K and many other benefits. FT positions are also available in our Broadlands location.

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B&D Excavating & Paving is Hiring CREW FOREMAN

Rapidly growing NOVA excavation company has an immediate opening for a crew foreman. Valid driver’s license & good driving record required. The ability to read blue prints and shoot grade is a plus.

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Rapidly growing NOVA excavation company has an immediate opening for a class A or B CDL dump truck driver. Must be able to navigate efficiently in NO VA, DC, MD as well as other areas. All employees report to our Gainesville, VA location daily .

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Rapidly growing NOVA excavation company has an immediate opening for skilled laborers. Valid driver’s license, good driving record & transportation. The ability to read blue prints and shoot grade is a plus. All employees report to our Gainesville, VA location daily. We offer full time year round work, competitive salary and benefits. Send resume and or qualifications via email to: earthmovers93@ yahoo.com or call 540-868-2797

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Electro/Mechanical Repair Technician and Assembler Zodiac Executive Aircraft Inserts (ZXAI) is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacturer of galley inserts for the private and business aircraft industry located in Sterling, VA. We are seeking experienced electro/mechanical Assemblers and Repair Technicians to join our production team.

Positions require the ability to read and interpret drawings per ANSI Y14.5, electrical schematics and diagrams; the ability to crimp, solder and use various hand tools; as well as, the ability to discriminate color per the Ishihara color blindness test. Qualified candidates should have a minimum of a high school diploma or GED equivalent and two years hands on experience. Supplemental education in a technical setting desired. Candidates should also possess high attention to detail and organization, responsiveness and the ability to work independently and as a member of a team. This fast paced environment requires a dedication to quality work.

Rapidly growing NOVA excavation company has an immediate opening for heavy equipment operators. Valid driver’s license, good driving record & transportation.

The ability to operate a track-hoe and mini excavator and skid-steer a plus. The ability to read blue prints and shoot grade is a plus. All employees report to our Gainesville, VA location daily. We offer full time year round work, competitive salary and benefits. Send resume and or qualifications via email to: earthmovers93@ yahoo.com or call 540-868-2797

Front Desk Receptionist Looking for a team player to join our busy, family wellness Chiropractic clinic. The ideal candidate must have a positive attitude, be dependable, friendly, flexible, punctual, and energetic.

Responsibilities include, but aren’t limited to: greeting patients, scheduling appointments, answering phones, maintaining front office, lobby and treatment rooms, filing, and other administrative duties with a focus on customer service.

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Our competitive benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, 401K, life insurance, long and short term disability and paid holidays, sick and vacation leaves. Interested candidates should send resumes to Zodiac Executive Aircraft Inserts at 44931 Falcon Place Sterling, VA 20166 Attn: Human Resources or e-mail Margey.OBrien@zodiacaerospace.com.

Zodiac Executive Aircraft Inserts is an ITAR compliant facility. All candidates must be US citizens or permanent residents of the US. Zodiac Executive Aircraft Inserts is a drug and alcohol free; equal opportunity employer.

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Lost Item 2 chickens dissappeared from property adjacent to Route 15 and one mile North of Leesburg on Saturday May 3.

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[ OPINION ] A New Voice As earth movers and cranes are deployed to Loudoun’s portion of the Silver Line corridor county leaders are clearly focused on the need to get the right development policies in place to maximize the benefit of that investment. They’ll spend much of this year working on that.

There is another important element of the project over which they have less control. Can the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority be trusted to run trains in a safe, efficient and cost effective manner? History says there’s reason to worry. Recent developments offer reasons for optimism.

WMATA critics have earned the right to their skepticism in the face of the accolades being poured on the authority’s newly hired top executive. Simply changing the CEO isn’t a silver-bullet solution for a large bureaucracy controlled by a committee of regional representatives with competing interests. WMATA’s had changes at the top before, but they’ve resulted in little improvement on the ground.

The Loudoun supervisors will be the new kids on the block once the county formally joins the regional transit compact. They will have a small voice, but should be vocal in demanding greater accountability and higher performance expectations.

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Short Hill So far the county government’s review of a permit to build a massive structure atop Short Hill mountain has generated more questions than answers.

Judging by the rapid pace of the review so far, there is no guarantee that area residents will get those answers. However, the Board of Supervisors has time and authority to satisfy their requests and even to overturn the approval of the Planning Commission-issued permit if the project is found to conflict with the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan.

On its face, the construction of a building big enough to cover three football fields doesn’t mesh with policies that have succeeded in protecting the county’s ridgelines from large-scale development.

There may be a public purpose—or even a vested property right— that justifies the project. There also may be reason to worry about setting a precedent that could allow the other industrial or commercial uses to set up in rural areas.

There’s more at stake here than a blight on someone’s viewshed.

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The Give Choose Multiplier Editor: May 3 was all about choosing and giving.

GiveChoose.org showcased 60 local nonprofits doing good deeds in our backyard: animal welfare, arts and culture, community improvement, education, environment, health, human service, and youth development.

Hosted by the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties, this charitable “crowdfunding” event now in its third year is fast becoming a meaningful pipeline of fresh funding for our “heavy lifting” nonprofits, groups that rely on all-volunteer leadership, and new start ups. We build the portal, and these local charities use Give Choose to share their vision, explain their mission, and raise always-needed financial resources with gifts of $10 or more.

Here’s a series of rising-tide-lifts-allboats statistics: Seventeen businesses created a prize pool offering hourly awards to charities throughout the event to incentivize giving. Twenty businesses joined this year’s debut Business Challenge encouraging their employees to join in Give Choose. Firsttime donors made 500 gifts to a newly discovered charity of choice. Eighteen charities had donors willing to match gifts received during Give Choose.

And, here’s the big Thank-You Boom: More than 1,400 gifts were made to 59 nonprofits raising $180,200.

Will you mark your calendars for May 2, 2017? Give Choose will be back.

– Amy Owen, Executive Director Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties

Can Do Better Editor: The Roanoke Times reported that Gov. Terry McAuliffe earned a D+ report card from environmental groups due to his support of offshore drilling

and new natural gas pipelines that will crisscross Virginia. It’s not too late for McAuliffe to “pull his grade up” and re-gain respect from the environmental community that helped elect him to office. To his credit, McAuliffe has not joined forces with more than two dozen states that challenged the federal Clean Power Plan (CPP) to reduce greenhouse gas, GHG, carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Despite the unusual Supreme Court stay issued for the CPP, McAuliffe pledged to develop a CPP for Virginia.

Though McAuliffe is going through the motions, this past April 2, a rally called “McAuliffe: Do the right thing.

CUT CARBON NOW!” was held across the Commonwealth in 11 locations. 350 Loudoun and Sustainable Loudoun hosted one in Leesburg that was attended by Loudoun environmentalists, local business owners, as well as Leesburg politicians Vice Mayor Kelly Burk and Ron Campbell, chairman of the Environmental Advisory Committee. The rally urged McAuliffe to adopt a strong Clean Power Plan that will actually reduce, not increase, greenhouse gas emissions.

Dominion Power, the largest electrical energy producer in Virginia, proposes in its 2015 Integrated Resource Plan to increase greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent. Dominion’s plan runs entirely counter to the spirit of the Clean Power Plan goals. Dominion will significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions, at a time when we know greenhouse gas emissions must be dramatically cut to stave off the worst effects of climate change.

Dominion will be increasing GHG emission because the closed coal fired power plants are being replaced by new fracked, natural gas-fired power plants. Dominion has obtained approval to build huge, new, fracked gas power plants in Greensville and BrunsLETTERS >> 37

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[ LETTERS ] Editor: I want to thank the citizens of Purcellville from the bottom of my heart.

I am truly humbled and gratified by your confidence in me and for the opportunity to serve a second term as your mayor.

Nearly two years ago, I promised to be a mayor for all of Purcellville and to work with all of you to build, to collaborate, and to create solutions for a vibrant town. This is what I have done, and I will work just as hard during the next two years to meet our shared goals:

— Natalie Pien, Leesburg

Eyesore

— Roland England, Neersville Pastor, Christian Community Church at St Paul’s

First name _____________________________________________ Last name _____________________________________________

• A growing local economy with successful businesses and opportunities for everyone, • A town with meaningful public participation and transparency, • Executing our residents’ vision for Purcellville via the Comprehensive Plan Review and Revision, • A town with reliable, efficient town services and solid stewardship of taxpayer dollars, and • A great town that will become even greater.

We face many challenges that are not insurmountable. When we work together toward a common purpose, we all win. Purcellville has a diverse, talented, and innovative population, and the strength of our town is our people.

I encourage everyone to volunteer to serve on our various boards and commissions and to utilize your skills for our community.

To my campaign team and to the many donors and volunteers who brought us to this victory–many thanks to all of you for your hard work and unwavering dedication.

Most of all, I have the most incredible family. Special thanks to my wife, Angela, who kept me focused and managed our family life during this campaign. Campaigns are tough, and our three kids sacrificed their time with me, and I appreciate their willingness to share me with all of Purcellville.

Purcellville is more than a place to be from, but rather a place where we can live our lives well. It is a town where we can raise our families, retire, and find excellent recreational opportunities.

Most importantly, we have a town that we will hand down to the next generation which will still be a great place and recognizable as Purcellville.

Again, to the people of Purcellville, I thank you for the privilege of your trust and the gift of your confidence. I will continue to work tirelessly to serve all of you.

— Kwasi Fraser, Purcellville

Thanks for Your Support Editor: I wanted to extend my appreciation to the voters of Purcellville for coming out to the polls on May 3 and giving me the opportunity to serve you on the Town Council.

Many thanks to my family and friends who supported me through this process. There are too many to list, and the fact that there are that many is LETTERS >> 39

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Editor: For more than 40 years I have watched a rising tide of development flowing from the east across Loudoun.

Once it was thought the western mountains would be spared the flood.

Now, it seems the forces ready to pave over Loudoun are rising ever higher. Must this deluge reach even to the mountain top and leave its ugly scar?

Our congregation has a church home in the peaceful valley between the Short Hill and Blue Ridge mountains. Easter mornings before the sun peeks over the mountain, we gather on the Raymond Farm next door to our church. Then we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection as we watch the sun rise above the Short Hill. But AT&T’s planned data dump on Short Hill Mountain may become an eyesore we view for all Easters to come.

Isn’t Loudoun better than this?

wick that will pollute for decades to come. Property rights, livelihoods, clean water, human health, and climate change are among the reasons why natural gas projects like this and across the nation are facing Keystone-like resistance.

Another reason why Dominion’s plan actually increases GHG emissions is the rate-based approach it plans to use that allows GHG emissions to increase with increases in electricity generated. A mass-based approach is the only way to achieve reductions because total GHG emissions will be limited to a fixed amount of pollution.

Dominion’s plan is good for profits (which will remain undisclosed due to a bill passed in the 2016 Virginia General Assembly that did away with annual fiscal audits), but not good for the people of Virginia.

It is time to abandon fossil fuels and turn toward clean renewables. We have the technology for a clean energy based economy that by 2050 for Virginia alone will: create nearly 200,000 clean energy jobs with 40 consecutive years employment; avoid 1,350 air pollution deaths; and save $6,898/person annually for energy, health, and climate costs, thesolutionsproject.org/#tspsection-map. Clean renewables, called for by Virginia environmentalists, makes economic and health sense, while continued reliance on fossil fuels limits Virginia’s job growth, threatens the health of young and older citizens, and introduces unacceptable safety concerns.

It is time for Gov. McAuliffe to be a strong, responsible leader who puts people above corporate power and profit. It is time for him to make good for Virginians, by rejecting Dominion’s plan and adopting a strong clean power plan that reduces global warming greenhouse gas emissions.

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[ OPINION ]

What Prince Tells Us About Science

BY BUTCH PORTER

O

urs is an age in which science has come up with a lot of answers to the questions that have vexed us for centuries. We have a great understanding of the workings of the human body, including a full map of the human genome, and can do amazing things to prevent and treat a variety of ailments—treatments which 100 years ago would have been almost considered magical. Babies are surviving at 21 weeks of gestation, largely because of advanced technology.

We have explored the reaches of the universe with increasingly accurate instruments. We have peered back in time (so to speak) and detected gravity waves from colliding black holes, a century after they were predicted by Albert Einstein. We’re “going small” too, detecting the Higgs Boson particle, an elementary particle, again predicted to exist based on sound theory, but only recently confirmed.

As a young reader and watcher of science fiction, I dreamed of a day when the advances imagined by writers would come to reality, allowing us to explore the universe, bend space and time, expand our reach. As an adult, I’ve begun to dread the day when the darker implications of what science

can do become a reality. No one with a brain can watch GATTACA and not ask themselves really tough questions about the wisdom of using science to solve all woes, and what it implies.

And science has a few notable limitations. First, a lot of science, simply isn’t good science. John Ionnidis, a renowned medical researcher at Stanford, more than a decade ago wrote about the phenomenon of confirmation bias in published science. The reality is that if something showing a “connection’ between one thing and another is much more likely to be published than if studies that found no connections. So if three studies show no connection, but one does it is the latter one most likely to be published— increasing the risk of false positives to appear in the literature.

Second, although science gives us the knowledge and ability to do many wondrous things, it lacks the wisdom required in determining how to use that knowledge and ability. Einstein was once asked “why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destroying us?” Einstein answered, “That is simple, my friend. It is because politics is more difficult than physics.”

But lastly, and just as critically, sci-

ence doesn’t answer, nor is it capable of even asking, the really important things in life. And no, I’m not talking about what the best Prince song is.

The answer to that is either irrelevant, or obvious, depending on what you think the answer is. The real question is: Why was (is) his music, truly, good, and beautiful? And not just to some people, not just as a good representative of a genre (whatever genre his music is in), but objectively wholly fantastic. It is hard to find anyone who is more universally accepted as a real talent than Prince. There are few of even the most cynical who can say, with a straight face, “Well, he was OK…” But why? What makes it so? Why does it move us, affect us, when an art form is so clearly and emphatically embraced and improved as it was in the case of Prince? We will not find the answers in science. We will not find it in even the most fundamental of particles, or the most massive and powerful of black holes. A kid from Minneapolis who composed his first song on his dad’s piano at the age of 7 would grow to become a producer of phenomenal and consequential art. It didn’t take two facilities thousands of miles apart or enough power to run a small city for a year to detect the significance of Purple Rain or When Doves Cry. It took a radio and working ears. No

knowledge of music was required. No degrees or publications or critiques make any difference. It is art in its purest, true, beautiful form.

No amount of experimentation, genetic splicing, central planning, arts zones, schools, or festivals, nothing of this world can spit out a Prince on purpose. He just was, and still is. To explain him, it’s best to just leave it to him: “Youʼve gotta have belief. Itʼs the only way to make it through this maze.

And God is here, Heʼs everywhere, He ainʼt dead, contrary to popular opinion. And He will come again and it will be the most beautiful, powerful, electric moment, the skyʼs gonna go all purple and red.”

Say what you want about him. He is no more perfect than many of the poets, priests, and politicians which litter our landscape with word, sound, and spectacle. But he had a point of view, and he was seeking something that science simply cannot deliver for us. And it is the constant and diligent search, not the answers, which we should celebrate, in our art, and in our science.

Butch Porter is a Leesburg business owner and local commentator.

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— Ryan J. Cool, Purcellville Town Council Member-Elect

The Joke’s on Us Editor: Our Founding Fathers must be looking down and laughing at today’s mobs, snobs, and nattering nabobs who are insulting Donald Trump to help elect Hillary Clinton.

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The “nattering nabobs of negativism” (i.e., the “media” as described by NY Times columnist William Safire) have also deployed their poison-pen artists to insult Trump in order to help elect Hillary. Locally, the Washington Post and the Loudoun Times-Mirror journalists have been attacking Trump frequently.

For example, the Times-Mirror’s Editorial Board recently criticized Trump for “cutting down trees to improve his view at his Potomac Falls country club.” That’s a fairly good insult, but surely they can do better than that, and you have to wonder if they would have slammed George Washington for cut-

ting down that cherry tree 250 years ago.

Now I can just imagine Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton, et al, sitting at a table in The City Tavern in Philadelphia, drinking some ale, discussing the attacks on Trump by today’s mobs, snobs, and nattering nabobs, and saying to each other, “Is that all they got?”

I can also imagine how Trump may react when he comes to Loudoun County and our local mobs, snobs, and nattering nabobs decide to confront him to his face with their insults.

I’ll bet the Founders will be very impressed with his response.

— Mike Panchura, Sterling

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truly a blessing.

The peoples’ voices and votes sent a clear message, and I will continue to be accessible to all opinions, including those of the candidates who were not chosen. I firmly believe that the main reason why those that were victorious is that citizens felt their voices have been routinely dismissed over the past eight plus years. Government at all levels has continued to struggle and lose the interest and trust of the people, and I hope that we can begin to change that right here in Purcellville.

To those who were successful on Tuesday, the citizens have placed an immense trust in you to act on their behalf and spend the money they earned wisely. That is quite a role to have achieved, and I look forward to working with each of you.

The council that will be seated in the next two years will have to make some of the toughest decisions that this community has ever faced. Now the tough work begins, and I am ready to serve.

Compared to the way our Founders had vilified each other, today’s mobs, snobs, and nattering nabobs who are insulting Trump are basically playing patty-cake.

The mobs, described by Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke as “a conglomeration of misfits,” are trying their best to attack Trump by cursing and hurling insults at him, but they haven’t even come close to the political savagery practiced by our Founders.

For example, according to Ron Chernow’s book “Alexander Hamilton,” John Adams actually referred to George Washington as, get this, “Old Muttonhead,” Thomas Jefferson paid a writer to call Adams a “hoary-headed incendiary,” Aaron Burr was tagged as a “debauchee,” and Hamilton was branded as a “Creole b*st*rd.” Oh my!

That’s brutal stuff and seems to have been much more effective than the comparatively weak invective hurled at Trump by Hillary’s gang of misfits.

The snobs are also doing their best to insult Trump, but their efforts seem pretty lame.

For example, Congresswoman Barbara Comstock is quoted as smugly calling Trump “a Democrat from New York” whose “daddy gave him his money,” and former Virginia House Delegate David Ramadan is quoted as pompously charging Trump as “an authoritarian, a populist.” While those are pretty good insults, they pale in comparison to the vitriolic diatribes that our Founders had slung at each

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