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		<title>Letter to the Editor: Tea Party Defense</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2012/05/letter-to-the-editor-tea-party-defense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 02:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allie Pesch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[May 2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Douglass]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tea Party Defense Jefferson Area Tea Party (JATP) policy is that when we encounter untruths, misconceptions, and baseless comments about us, we respond to clarify the record in the interest of truth and to educate the public about our mission. Such is the case with comments made by John Douglass, U.S. Congress Democrat hopeful, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to the Editor: The Academics of Play</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2012/05/letter-to-the-editor-the-academics-of-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 02:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[May 2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County Public Shools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alliance for Childhood]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elementary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Academics of Play This letter supports the petition (www.ipetitions.com/petition/increase-acps-kindergarten-recessplaytime) to increase recess/playtime in Albemarle County kindergarten classrooms. Currently the Board Handbook, page 20, states: “Elementary students have a total of 30 minutes of recess per day.” The question is not whether or not kindergarten teachers teach playfully. Our kindergarten teachers are masters in this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letters to the Editor: April 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2012/04/letters-to-the-editor-april-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[April 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crozet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fleas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gazette Vet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[handicapped parking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pesto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Save the Greenwood Post Office This U.S. Postal Service is actively considering closing Greenwood Post Office. The immediate plan is to move both the mail “sorting” functions and service of our Rural Delivery Route to Crozet. This is undoubtedly an interim step that will undermine the level of service currently provided through our Greenwood P.O. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Henley’s Renewable Energy Sources Are a Good Value</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2012/03/to-the-editor-henley%e2%80%99s-renewable-energy-sources-are-a-good-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[March 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henley Middle School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.T. Henley Middle School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[librarian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewal energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sue Guerrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[to the editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Henley’s Renewable Energy Sources Are a Good Value I am writing in response to February’s Letter to the Editor that questioned the value of the recently installed wind turbine at Henley Middle School. While the Gazette’s article focused primarily on the wind turbine, that structure is only one piece of the Renewable Energy Resource Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Supervisor Ann Mallek Schedules Town Halls</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[March 2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ann Mallek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board of Supervisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crozet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[town hall meetings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supervisor Ann Mallek Schedules Town Halls Dear Crozetians, Thank you for your confidence to send me back for a second term representing the White Hall District. You are vitally important to success, by sharing your insights about problems and solutions in our community. Unlike some radio hosts, I believe “community” is a good word, conveying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Free the 268! (We&#8217;re still waiting.)</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2012/02/to-the-editor-free-the-268-were-still-waiting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2012/02/to-the-editor-free-the-268-were-still-waiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[February 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To the Editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[268]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albemarle County School Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Guerrant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crozet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FOIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom of Information Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.T. Henley Middle School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pam Moran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Superintendent]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[turbine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Board Members: I remain concerned that [School Superintendent] Pam Moran continues to withhold 268 e-mails that could reveal more clearly her communications and relationship with Pearson, the publishing giant. Some of her dealings with this vendor, especially the SchoolNet debacle, are now public record, but many important questions remain unanswered. Locally, The Hook first [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<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>
		<category><![CDATA[to the editor]]></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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Editor: Books Constitute Capital</title>
		<link>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/12/to-the-editor-books-constitute-capital/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/12/to-the-editor-books-constitute-capital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<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>
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		<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. [...]]]></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 [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.crozetgazette.com/2011/09/to-the-editor-jobs-are-priority-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<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 [...]]]></description>
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