Delores Oates wants you to believe she’s the best choice around for delegate of District 31, but she can’t even uphold her own campaign values. For...
The late writer and philosopher George Santayana once stated: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I would add my personal opine...
The government center has been packed with citizens, and all the conversations have been focused on books. It came to my attention that something was not...
There should be absolutely no concern that Samuels Library, Inc. (SLI) will continue its services and operations for its full fiscal year without interruption. That is...
Dear Timmy French, I write to you as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing tens of thousands of voters living in the Senate...
I would like to reply to the opinion article written by Mr. Michael Graham regarding the Rockland Community controversy. Mr. Graham, I do get it! But...
As a kid growing up in Front Royal, I would make my summer pilgrimage to my grandma’s farm to spend time with her and my cousins...
In a recent (July 26 publication) opinion piece by Warren County resident Richard Jamieson, the author employed a neat rhetorical maneuver that I believe is worthy...
A letter was written to the Royal Examiner recently recounting a tragic story and, in no uncertain terms laying at least part of the blame for...
Ms. Dixie Dillon Lane has made a reasonable point about legal constraints and compromises with regard to a path forward concerning the Samuels Library, Inc. (SLI)...
I am writing to you as a concerned citizen of our county, stirred not only by the recent controversy over book banning but also by the...
This letter is in response to a recent Royal Examiner segment regarding the upcoming school board election. It should first be noted that it is the...
The decision on what to make available in a public library at taxpayer expense sometimes raises profoundly moral questions. Should our community pay to provide free...
Let me say at the outset that just because many of us want to limit children’s exposure to inappropriate material at Samuels Public Library does not...
I have been following recent news articles and commentaries regarding the split between the county planning commissioners and community support for over 55 developments in Rockland....
(Writer’s Note: I originally shared this text as a statement to the Warren County Board of Supervisors during a public comment session last night (July 18)....
Thomas Hinnant’s “Keep Rockland Rural …” (Royal Examiner, 7/9/23) was a whistle calling a crowd to overwhelm another meeting, not unlike the library brouhaha, in my...
No matter our opinions about the appropriateness of a particular book(s) for Samuels Public Library’s collections, we cannot expect the librarians or the library board to...
I have followed with great interest the debate over rezoning sections of the Shenandoah Valley Golf Club as a residential development. Although I now live in...
Considering all the emphasis on “the 53”, I finally wrote the Royal Examiner, identifying as one and summarizing the Library’s response to one of my Requests...
Supervisor Oates once said, “We need to hold government accountable!” So, who did she hire with $20,000 of Oates-for-Delegate campaign donations, no experience required? Thomas Hinnant....
“Lord, I can’t make any changes. “All I can do is write ‘em in a song. “I can feel the concrete slowly creepin’. “Lord, take me...
From my perspective, Cleanup Samuels Library (CSL) came into existence as a response to a very specific matter: sexualized content in juvenile books that is, by...
Samuels Public Library is a “true gem” that just happens to be in Front Royal, Virginia. It is a sanctuary away from many difficult things, including...
Well, here we are, the first of July, and as I open up the Royal Examiner this morning, I see we’re still talking about the Great...
Samuels Public Library has responded to my Request for Reconsideration of “Prince and Knight” by Daniel Haack, which is recommended by its publisher for ages 3...
The Board of Supervisors, as a body of elected officials, appears to be now coercing the library to ban books by using our tax money to...
In a previous letter, I identified the matter of library accountability to the Warren County taxpayer. Since that time, the Warren County Board of Supervisors (BOS) decided...
Warren County Board of Supervisors Re: Samuels Public Library Supervisors, I was extremely disappointed to learn the Warren County Board of Supervisors (Board) has chosen to...
We know how much people care about children by what they do, not what they say. Children ought to be able to watch their government in...