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	<title>Crozet Gazette &#187; Opinion</title>
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	<description>a community newspaper serving western Albemarle County</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>From the Editor: Parade Grief</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/07/from-the-editor-parade-grief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/07/from-the-editor-parade-grief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Pesch</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[July 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Parade Grief
The Crozet Volunteer Fire Department cancelled its Summerfest day, the occasion for the annual Crozet Fourth of July parade, opting instead to organize one for its 100th anniversary celebration set for Sept 18. It might have been better to set the anniversary celebration for Independence Day.
There has been a parade on the Fourth for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter in Response to &#8220;The Nuts in Our Schools&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/06/a-letter-in-response-to-the-nuts-in-our-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/06/a-letter-in-response-to-the-nuts-in-our-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Annals of Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[June 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[allergic reaction]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[allergies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Annals of Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dr. John Andersen DVM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Robert Reiser]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[egg]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[emergency room]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[food allergies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Andersen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nuts in our schools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PB&J]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[peanut]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[peanut allergies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[peanut butter and jelly]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[peanuts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Robert C. Reiser]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is in response to last month’s Annals of Medicine column by Dr. Reiser, “The Nuts in Our Schools.” [Crozet Gazette Vol. 4, No. 12, page 14]. As a medical professional and a parent of a peanut and egg allergic child, I was disappointed in this article’s general suggestion that peanut allergies are not serious, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Editor: Will the Master Plan Mean Anything?</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/04/from-the-editor-will-the-master-plan-mean-anything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/04/from-the-editor-will-the-master-plan-mean-anything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[April 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[From the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CCAC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Community Advisory Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Master Plan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will the Master Plan Mean Anything?
The nearly yearlong process of updating the Crozet Master Plan began last June when the Crozet Community Advisory Council developed a survey about growth issues that 700 people responded to. Results showed a high degree of community agreement about what Crozetians want the future of the town to be. Essentially, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: A Valentine</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/03/to-the-editor-a-valentine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/03/to-the-editor-a-valentine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[March 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle Ballet Theater]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gary Hart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sally Hart]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=2952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just as the last [dance] class on Saturday was beginning, one of our student’s parents stopped in the office to ask me if her daughter was “supposed to bring a snack to share?”
Bringing a snack is not required, let alone sharing it, so in a rare state of speechlessness, I deferred to Herr Director, my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: So Glad to Live Here</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/03/to-the-editor-so-glad-to-live-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/03/to-the-editor-so-glad-to-live-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[March 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amy Campbell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Volunteer Fire Department]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CVFD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dentist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Jennifer Rice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Jim Rice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Sandridge]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lewis Barnett]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rice & Rice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Robin Hester]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Will Schmertzler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=2949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to express how grateful I am to live in a community like Crozet. During February’s massive snowstorm, my son was in severe pain due to an abscessed tooth. On Friday, Dr. [Jim] Rice and his assistant Amy Campbell attempted to call in some pain medication but the local pharmacy was closed due to the weather. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: On PHA&#8217;s West Village</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/03/to-the-editor-on-phas-west-village/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/03/to-the-editor-on-phas-west-village/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[March 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blue Ridge Avenue]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cabell Coward]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jarmans Gap]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PHA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Piedmont Housing Alliance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the Glen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[West Village]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=2946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a resident of the neighborhood where West Village is being constructed. I see no possible way that 72 units can be built on little Blue Ridge Ave. without major negative impact. The 6 acre tract is part of a larger 10 acre tract that sits in the flood plain. Can someone actually build 72 residential rooftops and parking for those 72 plus residents without some flood occurrence? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Editor: Don&#8217;t Raise the Tax Rate</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/03/from-the-editor-dont-raise-the-tax-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/03/from-the-editor-dont-raise-the-tax-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[From the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[March 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[editorial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tax increase]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[University of Virginia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=2943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recession has finally reached Albemarle government, about a year and half after the private sector stalled and plunged in 2008. Our area is relatively insulated from economic tides because of its larger percentage of public jobs, thanks mainly to the University of Virginia.
The economy is so weak the government is collecting less in every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Freetown&#8217;s Future</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/02/to-the-editor-freetowns-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/02/to-the-editor-freetowns-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[February 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freetown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mike Marshall]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phil James]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Richard Brown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[to the editor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=2873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our county’s (and state’s!) headlong pursuit of preserving “open spaces,” a very DIS-proportionate amount of attention is being paid to preserving, protecting and celebrating enclaves such as Freetown. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: On How The Biscuit Crumbles</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/02/to-the-editor-on-how-the-biscuit-crumbles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/02/to-the-editor-on-how-the-biscuit-crumbles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[February 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Biscuit Run]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gardy Bloemers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[LI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[light industrial]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[state park]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[taxpayers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Biscuit Crumbles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[upzone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yancey Mills Business Park]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[zoning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=2870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am particularly concerned about the future of our Crozet community and the likelihood that it will be destroyed should the Yancey Mills Business Park proposal come to fruition. It appears that some of the members of the Board of Supervisors have already made up their minds as to the potential economic role this type of development can play and are ignoring the real causes for a so-called shortage of affordable light industrial land. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Parks Are Good Too</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/02/to-the-editor-parks-are-good-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2010/02/to-the-editor-parks-are-good-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[February 2010]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Biscuit Run]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sky Hiatt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[state park]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Biscuit Crumbles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[to the editor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crozetgazette.com/?p=2868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am writing about the January 2010 article on page 2, “The Biscuit Crumbles.” I want to talk about the things that were left out. [...]]]></description>
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