Trying to be more green-minded, I’ve recently taken to the road on my bicycle. I’m quite a sight: pregnant mom pulling a trailer with two tots.

I feel oppressed and discriminated against by the people of Prince William County. It’s not what you’re thinking. I’m a native-born citizen of the United States. What I’m referring to is that I drive a car without a license, registration and insurance; I’m an undocumented driver.

I’ve heard a group is trying to form an Advisory Board for the Prince William County animal shelter. Unfortunately, I’ve also heard the Board of County Supervisors, shelter and the police department have been less than supportive.

With the retirement of the incumbent, those of us voting in the 11th Congressional District will elect a new Congressman this year. Given the domestic problems facing Northern Virginia and the international problems facing the United States, we need a Congressman who understands these problems and with the experience, energy, integrity, vision, intelligence and effectiveness to make a difference.

Our supervisors and county government are taking positive steps to ensure that Prince William County is a hate free zone.

A Proclamation dated November 21, 2006, issued by the Board of County Supervisors and signed by Chairman Corey A. Stewart proclaiming November, 2006 as National Family Caregivers Month in Prince William County hangs on the wall in the Manassas Senior Day Program.

In response to the letter from Sarah Longwell that was published in the “Letters to the Editor” section of the Potomac News on May 26, the Prince William County Police Department would like to address several points raised by Ms. Longwell.

Drunk drivers kill innocent people, sometimes, entire families.  DUI checkpoints conducted by the county police are not only a deterrent for some drinkers, but also serve to nab all manner of scofflaws.

The state of our economy has many of us concerned about the future.

After reading the article “Liberty wall: A fitting symbol,“ I must say Charles Reichley did an outstanding job!

On a Holland America cruise line traveling up a section of Alaska, I didn’t know what to expect beforehand. Overall, it was a majority geriatric (“retired”) cruise with only a minority of young people including infants and children.

There is an elephant in the room in this year’s presidential campaign. It is experience and John McCain has got it.

The reference to the Supreme Court of the United States as “The gang of nine” in the first paragraph of the editorial was highly disrespectful and completely out of line.

In this day and age we seldom hear “feel good” stories.

So old “Blue Eyes” has now gotten honorable congressional recognition by having his own commemorative postage stamp, as well as having previously been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Marshall, Republican for U.S. Senate. Knowing that I wanted to get involved in politics and that I would be turning 18 before the elections, he told me about how I could become a delegate at the Virginia Republican Convention on May 31.

I’m voting for Judy Feder on June 10.

As a military officer and Iraq veteran sworn to defend the Constitution, I was disgusted with Mr. Gary Jacobsen’s convoluted defense of the “constitutional right” to kill unborn children, in the May 27 column, “Questions and answers about abortion rights.”

May 28, 1985-November 18, 2006.
We will always remember your kind spirit buddy. Fly high with the angels my son.

This weekend the Republican Party of Virginia will be having a convention to choose their candidate for U. S. Senate. Our delegate Robert G. Marshall is running for that nomination.

I want to agree and add to Louis G. Dominguez’s Letter to the Editor “A missed point over hospital smoking policy.” Another point is about all the cigarette butts that smokers throw on the ground.

I am encouraged by the Prince William School Board’s consideration of “another view” about Math Investigations, from a member of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel.

Although Oscar Arrieta asks a fair question regarding global warming, his letter lacks credibility. By utterly ignoring science, Mr.  Arrieta has assumed a political position rather than a scientific one. One can draw their own conclusions only by looking at all of the facts.

Anna Neil missed the point by such a distance as to not even be in the same galaxy with it: “Finding ways to protect people from guns,” May 24.

Our home owner’s association fees are rising not because of increased costs but because our friendly banks are not paying their monthly fees on repossessed homes. Our neighborhoods are suffering blight not because of inattentive home owners but because our friendly banks are not maintaining their repossessed homes.

On this Memorial Day, 2008, in honored memory of my childhood friend, PFC Christopher J. Barber USMC, KIA May 5, 1968.

On this Memorial Day, 2008, in honored memory of my childhood friend, PFC Christopher J. Barber USMC, KIA May 5, 1968.

The sobriety checkpoint in Prince William County this Memorial Day weekend serves to funnel limited state and federal grant money away from measures that have proven to be most effective in combating drunk driving (“Police: DUI checkpoints in place this weekend,” May 23).

President Ronald Reagan left behind many wonderful legacies. One of those legacies was that he was a pioneer in the field of crime victims’ rights.

In that article, “Are we able to stop campus killers?” (April 13), Lt. Gen. Bruce M. Lawlor said “two things have to be focused on:  One is communication and the second is behavior.”