by James Ritch | Mar 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: In a strong and robust democracy, all citizens can cast their vote without impediment. Our country is at its best when it expands the right to vote, not making it harder. Once a nation in which only white landowning men could vote, through the tireless...
by James Ritch | Mar 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: You would think by now we would have learned the tragic consequences of politicizing the strategies to mitigate this horrific pandemic which has taken a MILLION American lives! The anti-vaccination, anti-masking, and anti-science pushback on the means to...
by James Ritch | Mar 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I am writing this letter in response to an article written by Carol Vaughn, dated, Jan. 28, concerning the transfer of Onancock’s wastewater treatment facility to Hampton Roads Sanitation District. Town Manager Matt Spuck correctly pointed out that of the...
by James Ritch | Mar 7, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: It’s like a jungle sometimes. It makes me wonder what keeps people from going under. I read the newspapers and look at Facebook. It always has something for people 60 and over. What about the people 50 or even 55? No, you have to be 60. The way young...
by James Ritch | Mar 3, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The Special Gazette #4, of Feb. 9, shows a 10-year rate projection from the PPEA (Public-Private Education and Infrastructure Act) consultant. The graph shows that the minimum monthly water and sewer cost ($94.94) decreases each of the first five years...
by James Ritch | Mar 3, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: On behalf of the members of the Eastern Shore of Virginia Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, I would like to thank everyone who supported our recent Card and Game Party fundraiser event. Our thanks also go out to the various...
by James Ritch | Mar 3, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: I recently tuned in to a Zoom gathering sponsored by WHRO Public Media. It was entitled, “Race, Let’s Talk About It: Closing the Education Gap.” There, I “met” James Fedderman, Ph.D., a choral music teacher in Arcadia High School here in Accomack County....
by James Ritch | Mar 3, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: Accomack County school board should go with the governor’s order to allow parents to decide if their child should wear a mask or not. If they cannot do this, maybe it is time for some new school board members. Loise Johnson,...
by James Ritch | Mar 3, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: As the Town of Cape Charles moves ever closer to selling its water and wastewater utilities to Virginia American Water, there remain several outstanding questions and concerns about the movement toward privatization. Water utilities are a heavily...
by James Ritch | Mar 3, 2022 | Opinion
Dear Editor: The town of Cape Charles would like to thank the author of the Feb. 4 Post oped, for drawing attention to a very important community discussion, the potential sale of the town’s water and wastewater utilities to a professional utility company. This op-ed...
