There’s nothing like a good fabricated controversy for political advantage to get people talking, and sometimes they say things they really shouldn’t have. The Times-Mirror article posted below by Dave is growing a nice comment thread. I want to call attention to a comment made by Tom Seeman, former Precinct Ops chair for the Loudoun […]

Public input session – Tuesday, September 7, 7:00 pm 1 Harrison Street SE, Leesburg. You can call in advance to sign up at 703.777.0204 or 703.771.5072. The folks who insist that the First Amendment allows them to display “traditional” religious symbols on the courthouse lawn are planning a repeat of the heated public input session […]

From today’s Loudoun Times Mirror: Loudoun County’s highest ranking judicial officials have asked supervisors to ban public displays from the courthouse grounds, saying the current policy could impede on the daily functions of the courtrooms.   In an Aug. 31 letter to the board, judges from all of Loudoun’s courts asked supervisors to find a […]

“At some point — maybe only once in their life — everyone agrees with the ACLU,” Kent Willis, director of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU told the Washington Post. Because at some point, each of us will manage to offend someone else with our freedom of expression, and the ACLU will be there to […]