Letter: Save the children (6/21/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: There exists a depravity so abhorrent that our participation to end it is demanded. Millions of children a year are trafficked worldwide. The criminal enterprise is bigger than… …
Letter: Debt Offender Registry (6/21/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As many readers know, the Virginia State Police maintains a Sex Offender Registry that contains the names, addresses and a photograph of individuals thought to pose a threat… …
Editorial: Improvement fatigue (6/14/2023) - A Supreme Court decision last month will reportedly weaken powers of the Environmental Protection Agency when it comes to enforcing the Clean Water Act. A report last month from the… …
Letter: Deaf ears (6/14/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Yet again, the good people of Gloucester showed up at a school board meeting to voice their concerns and requests of the school board, only to have them… …
Letter: A response (6/14/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In her letter (“School board thoughts,” June 8 Readers Write), Dianne Jones accuses me and a fellow board member of some statements made during recess and after a… …
Letter: Disappointed with some BOS members (6/14/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am writing in reference to the June 6 Gloucester County Board of Supervisors meeting. I wanted to stress my disappointment in the comments of some of the… …
Letter: Do they think they are not pushing politics? (6/14/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal:On May 11, Mathews Citizens for the Common Good presented a full-page mission statement in this paper. Several members have expanded upon this in letters to the editor and… …
Letter: Take our county back! (6/14/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I firmly stand behind Mathews Citizens for the Common Good. It is exactly what the group says it is. They want what is best for all of our… …
Letter: Collectivism is root of fascism (6/14/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Concerning last week’s letter to the editor, “promote the general welfare,” I am glad to see mention of God, the source of all wisdom. However, I would caution… …
Letter: What they wrote is clear (6/14/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: In response to Rob Quartel’s letter (“Promoting the general welfare,” June 8 Reader’s Write), he seemed to be changing how the Constitution is written. He wrote “The sign… …
Letter: An exceptional group (6/14/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: As a member of the Mathews County School Board, I want to let this community know about the graduating class of 2023; about the exceptional group of young… …
Letter: Thank mothers on Father’s Day (6/14/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: On Father’s Day, we honor and thank those men who have committed themselves to the awesome and often difficult task of helping to raise good, righteous children. However,… …
Letter: The big day (6/7/2023) - The big day is almost here. For more than 300 high school seniors in Gloucester and 54 in Mathews, Saturday is the day they will get up early (for their… …
Letter: School board thoughts (6/7/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: You recently printed an editorial titled “Decorum.” I have been to most of the great school board meetings and some of the BOS. I have yet to see… …
Letter: The founders’ Marxist leanings? (6/7/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: We need more people like Ruth Litschewski (“All politics is local,” June 1 Readers Write) to warn us of the dangers of such terms as “the common good.”… …
Letter: Promoting the general welfare (6/7/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: Ignorance might once have been bliss, but the digital world today turns it into a contagion. In normal times, the formation of The Mathews Committee for the Common… …
Letter: Ensuring a quality education (6/7/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: The newly formed Mathews Citizens for the Common Good has stated that their candidates have pledged to work for five specific goals; all five being vital for the… …
Letter: Outstanding community support (6/7/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I am writing to thank our local community for supporting the Mathews Rotary Club’s second Party With A Purpose event which raises much-needed funds for a specific local… …
Letter: The Deep State (6/7/2023) - Once again, the prescience of Jefferson has been ably demonstrated by his admonition against the consolidation of government power. “It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but… …
Letter: Brother time (6/7/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I woke up early on Wednesday, May 24, to draw in my sketchbook. I had prayer time and Bible study, and my amazing brother Ray came over for… …
Editorial: Hurricane season (5/31/2023) - The official hurricane season in the North Atlantic begins today and runs through Nov. 30. The National Hurricane Center has already tracked a couple of depressions, which did not approach… …
Letter: Not simply asking questions (5/31/2023) - Editor, Gazette Journal: Once again we heard from a citizen from the community (“Egregious behavior,” May 25 Readers Write) concerning the School Board of Gloucester County. It seems like the… …
Letter: One side of the story (5/31/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: I find it very interesting that a story is on the front page of the May 18 newspaper, even if it was below the fold, that offered only… …
Letter: All politics is local (5/31/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: “Mathews Citizens for the Common Good,” a newly formed political group, has a mystical purpose formed by “like-minded people.” Their goal of eliminating party affiliations for local elections… …
Letter: There is more work to be done (5/31/2023) - Editor, Gazette-Journal: While I was at North Star Market recently, a gentleman vising the county read my license plate, “Ray48,” he stated, “My name is Raymond, and I was born… …