Listening to the Clean Up Samels (CUS) speakers during the public comment portion of the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday night was like playing Book Banners...
I am writing as a concerned member of our community, a passionate advocate for intellectual freedom, and a firm believer in the vital role that our...
As a fairly recent transplant to Front Royal but one who has fallen in love with the community, I am hoping you will hear me out...
Well, this is where the rubber really meets the road, isn’t it? Tomorrow night, September 5th, the Warren County Board of Supervisors will vote on whether...
Nearly all Americans recognize that pornography promotes deviant, perverted moral human behavior. We know it’s addictive and harmful to husband-wife relationships, destroys children’s emotional and mental...
This letter is in support of Kristen Pence’s re-election to the South River District School Board seat. As a 50-year educator who has worked to improve...
It’s a “moral issue” that the Warren County Board of Supervisors (WCBOS) must address … the “moral issue” that needs to be addressed (and resolved) is...
As a long-time resident of Warren County, I strongly object to any type of censorship of the Samuels Public Library. The definition of a “public library,”...
An incident happened last month at Stanford University that has unfortunately become all too common across college campuses. This particular incident occurred when Judge Kyle...
In the words of the NFL Films narrator, John Facenda, “The autumn wind is a pirate.” It captivates and energizes the soul bringing the excitement of...
The salaciously obscene book-banning cabal revealed their true mission on their website: Seize the library! Couch that any way you want, and it remains the government...
Following a July 15 meeting of the Property Owners of Shenandoah Farms (POSF), board Chairman Tracie Lane posted an “Open Letter to the Warren County Board...
I wish to thank the author of the recent letter to the editor, “Investigating the Reasons for the Book Ban Campaign.” Her diligent efforts to provide...
In the last few months, we’ve heard a lot of claims about alleged reasons for the aggressive recent campaign to remove LGBTQ+-themed books from Samuels Public...
In December 2022, outgoing Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor dropped a bombshell opinion that, if upheld by the courts, has the potential to change education...
A quick search in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library database regrettably lacks any evidence that Lincoln ever said, “All I have learned, I learned from books,”...
If you don’t care to read this long and detailed letter about the library’s finances, here’s the takeaway: At the insistence of 90 individuals who question...
Samuel’s Public Library is a valuable asset to our community. It provides critical services to the residents/taxpayers of Warren County. It is structured as a private,...
A few weeks ago saw the indictment and guilty plea of Hunter Biden, son of President Joseph Biden, on two counts of misdemeanor tax evasion....
I hope that if Samuels had children and young adults’ books promoting the idea that one race is intrinsically superior to another race [no such race...
After noting that he had spoken to constituents on both sides of the Samuels Public Library book removal and funding debate following Public Comments at the...
I wholeheartedly endorse Allison Ross for the position of Warren County Treasurer. Through her tenure as Chief Deputy Treasurer, Allison has not only amassed invaluable experience...
Mr. Walker has responded to my opinion editorial in defense of the transparency of Samuels Library Inc. (SLI) and states that I have tried “… to...
With his usual braggadocio, former President Donald Trump has promised that if returned to the White House, he would end the Ukraine conflict within hours and...
The Warren County Board of Supervisors’ outrage on August 8th was a request for $135,000 for a range hood for the Senior Center. It came with...
Delores Oates has a friend that is ready to rally to her defense, and that’s really nice to see. It’s just a shame that in addition...
I don’t appreciate it when people popularize lies of any kind, and I find them particularly despicable when they are about a friend. First: Lacking any...
In Richard Jamieson’s letter entitled “Samuels Library Has Money…a Lot of Money”, published August 2, he accuses the library’s leadership of ineptitude and “failure to discuss...
In a 7/25 letter to you, my opponent has poured whitewash over her voting record. She stated that … “In 2021, the Virginia Department of Education,...
As I start my new role as Interim Director at Samuels Library, I would like to thank everyone who has reached out with kind words of...