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		<title>To the Editor: What’s Needed to Get the Job Done?</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2012/01/to-the-editor-what%e2%80%99s-needed-to-get-the-job-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[January 2012]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Library]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[What’s Needed to Get the Job Done?
The cost of the Crozet Library is more than just the money and a promise not being fulfilled. It is also the denial of our cornerstone to the community. The future of our downtown economy and commercial center is dependent on this project.
Our community is ready to raise our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Editor: Thank You, Park Board</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2012/01/from-the-editor-thank-you-park-board/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[January 2012]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Library]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Park]]></category>

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Thank You, Park Board
The Gazette extends its warm congratulations and admiration to the volunteers on the Claudius Crozet Park board, and especially the committee that spearheaded fundraising for the new dome for the pool, for achieving a milestone that makes the park an even greater benefit to the town. Our thanks go, too, to all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Books Constitute Capital</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[December 2011]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[books constitute capital]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[build crozet library]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Avenue]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Library]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet United Methodist Church]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Doug Forrester]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[growth area]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Jefferson]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[



An abridged version of this letter was presented in remarks to the Board of Supervisors at their meeting Wednesday, December 7.
To the Editor,
My name is Doug Forrester, and since July of 2005, I have served as the pastor of Crozet United Methodist Church, at the corner of Crozet Avenue and Jarmans Gap Road. My wife [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Editor: Back to the Barricades</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/12/from-the-editor-back-to-the-barricades/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[December 2011]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Gazette]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet/Yancey Mills exit]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[I-64 interchange]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Postal Service]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Zion's Crossroads]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back to the Barricades
The prospect of industrial zoning at the rural Interstate interchanges, most notably at the Crozet/Yancey Mills exit, has raised its snake-like head again as the County undertakes its usual processes for accomplishing purposes the public has already rejected. This idea and its implications were openly examined in public forums during the revision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Editor: Free the 268</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/10/from-the-editor-free-the-268/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/10/from-the-editor-free-the-268/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[October 2011]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Gazette]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dave McNair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freedom of Information Act]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Pam Moran]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[The Hook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Free the 268!
The Gazette compliments Hook reporter Dave McNair for his investigative report on Schoolnet, a $1.72 million school administrative software program that school leaders admit is “glitchy” and teachers call a boondoggle, and on Albemarle County School Superintendent Pam Moran’s cozy relationship with the officers of the company who make it.
McNair had to resort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Vote For Mallek</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/to-the-editor-vote-for-mallek/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/to-the-editor-vote-for-mallek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[September 2011]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Ann Mallek]]></category>

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[White Hall District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Letters reflect the opinions of their authors and not necessarily those of the Crozet Gazette.
Vote For Mallek
Our current Supervisor, Ann Mallek, is running unopposed for the White Hall District Supervisor seat, but I would encourage everyone who supports her to vote for her in November’s election. Ann has shown a real commitment to good government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Jobs Are Priority One</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/to-the-editor-jobs-are-priority-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[September 2011]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Senator Hanger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Steve Landes]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[US debt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jobs Are Priority One

In response to the letter to the editor from Delegate Landes and Senator Hanger (The Crozet Gazette, August 2011):
 
With all due respect to these gentlemen, the current national focus on the US debt is misguided.  Yes, our debt is too high as a percentage of GDP.  Yes, we need a long-term plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: PARC Meets Matching Grant Goal</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/to-the-editor-parc-meets-matching-grant-goal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/to-the-editor-parc-meets-matching-grant-goal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[September 2011]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Claudius Crozet Park]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet PARC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Park Aquatic and Recreation Center]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Park Board]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crozet Pool]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Heidi Sonen]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Quick Start Tennis]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[PARC Meets Matching Grant Goal
The Crozet Park Board issued a challenge to the community at large a year and half ago to raise $200,000.  The park board agreed to match this with another $200,000 to build a year round recreation and swimming facility at the Crozet Park. Last summer the project received a grant from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Editor: A Dead Cougar</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/from-the-editor-a-dead-cougar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/from-the-editor-a-dead-cougar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[From the Editor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[September 2011]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[cougar quest virgiia]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[crozet cougar]]></category>

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[A Dead Cougar
We note that a male, 140-pound cougar was killed by a car on a road in Milford, Connecticut, in June, where, just as here, wildlife officials assure us that this is an impossibility and claim that cougars are not found east of the Mississippi. When cougars were frequently spotted in our area and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Well Water Worries</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/to-the-editor-well-water-worries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/to-the-editor-well-water-worries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[September 2011]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[crozet weather almanac]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Robert Butler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sugar Hollow]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[well water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Letters reflect the opinions of their authors and not necessarily those of the Crozet Gazette.
Well Water Worries
In the May and August issues, the Crozet Weather Almanac writers made statements assuring readers that the wet spring would carry them through the growing season, “no matter how hot or dry the summer gets.” They suggested that reservoir [...]]]></description>
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