Regarding a Manassas letter of Aug. 1, I couldn’t pass on a reaction. When you used the Post opinion for reference on to how to govern or rate your reputation, you begin with a bad limp.

Don Scott’s letter of July 26 was ostensibly a response to my criticism of George W. Bush and John McCain for showing disdain for our troops by opposing Sen. Jim Webb’s G.I. bill, and then hypocritically claiming credit for its passage. 

In his letter to the editor on Aug. 7, Mr. Earl Dixon expressed his concerns regarding graffiti in his neighborhood. 

I want to thank everyone who supported me on my 20 mile swim on Aug. 1.

For the life of me I can’t comprehend why it is so hard for some people to allow others to merge into traffic. 

At the 2008 National Migration Conference, the Catholic bishop of Guatemala asked the Director of ICE:  “Are you conscious of the consequences of deportation on families and on the economies of their home countries?”

In response to the recent cartoon satirizing Senator Obama’s comment about properly inflated tires. Let him speak for himself.

The county “crime rate” has been declining since 2001. 

When John Mc Cain says he supports our troops and they support him, it is a lie. 

I have done my homework. In early July, Canada received a final shipment of 550 metric tons of yellowcake uranium from Iraq. 

I want to thank Dr. Bukzin DDS and staff for helping me in a time of need. 

Thanks to the generosity of Rolling Thunder and of the Lake Ridge/Dale City/Manassas communities as well as a Special Education Class at Forest Park High School, Fox’s Pizza Den was able to send almost 200 camouflage Christmas stockings to service members in several camps in Iraq.

We can see an allegorical example of China’s influence on our country through the National Basketball Association. 

This letter is written in response to “Substance vs. surface in politics” (Potomac News, August 6).

I find the Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart’s statement that the General Assembly’s authorization of the NVTA was “criminal because they knew or should have known that was unconstitutional,” inconsistent with his subsequent vote on the law.

Thank you very much for the complete coverage your reporter, Kipp Hanley, gave to the VRE public meeting recently and for your related opinion column. 

I work in Information Technology and have seen a tremendous increase in the offshoring of American jobs over the past couple of years that is frightening! 

Recently, the Montclair Property Owner’s Association Board decided to turn over the overpopulation problem of the geese in Lake Montclair to the USDA in order to keep the “fouling” of the lake to a minimum. 

We need to have more support groups in our communities for the sleep apnea patients.

Among a spate of negative TV ads released by John McCain in the last couple of weeks, one tells us Barack Obama is somehow responsible for the high prices at the gas pump because Obama realizes that we cannot drill our way out of our energy problems. 

Aside from abortion and the death penalty, the Republican candidate running for Tom Davis’ seat considers other social issues “irrelevant” in the 11th Congressional District. 

Prince William County is in the process of prioritizing their financial goals in the 2010-2013 Strategic Plan. 

I was born in 1971, in the semi-peaceful city of Compton California, where our current leadership, the Bush family, even once resided. 

Over the last several weeks, I have read in these pages a litany of letters denigrating the leadership of Chairman Corey Stewart and the Prince William Board of County Supervisors in addressing the issue of illegal immigration. 

I’m tired of reading and hearing from political pundits telling me as a Virginia independent what I will do if Kaine gets the vice president spot.

I’m an independent and letters such as Delegate Frederick’s are laughable, regardless of which party they are from. 

John S. Gray’s apparent support of no-fault divorce and it’s destructive impact, negating the role of numerous fathers to mere visitors of their children doesn’t surprise me whatsoever.

I recently sent the Republican candidate for Virginia’s 11th District, Keith Fimian, a letter inquiring into his stance on social issues, which he had previously refused to comment on, going so far as to call them “irrelevant” to the 11th and his bid for it’s open congressional seat.

I am offended by Gary Jacobsen’s July 22 article calling our county supervisors “devils” and suggesting citizens vote them out of office because the police chief was instructed to enforce the speed limit. 

In September, the Virginia Master Naturalist Program will open at Merrimac Farm.