Opinion

Dear Editor: For all my Virginia friends, neighbors, and family who are on the fence about voting for the redistricting referendum, here’s your choice: If you are satisfied with the job the Trump Administration is doing running our country, particularly with the price of gas, the cost of groceries, and the fact we are at war, vote no on April 21.

E ditor Dear Editor, Here are four questions someone should ask John Reid and Delegate Hillary Pugh Kent when they hold their Kilmarnock town hall on April 16th: 1. Mr. Reid and Delegate Kent, is it fair for Republicans to mount a multi-state campaign to redistrict in Republican states, taking away the voting power of Democrats? Those Republican states did not put the redistricting to a vote, the way Virginia Democrats are doing. Why are you both mum?

Checking Spring Gobbler Harvests Any turkeys harvested during the spring gobbler season must be reported by using either the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) telephone, mobile app, or internet reporting systems. For information on how to access these systems, visit the website: https://dwr.virginia.gov/hunting/regulations/ validation/ Gobbler Hunting Parameters

-Butch Foutz Ebb Tide Beach

Dear Editor: The redistricting measure on the ballot April 21 is a temporary, but necessary, step to ensuring the fairest possible national election in November.

To the Editor, The administration’s legislation HB1443 and SB386) will require PFAS sludge testing for the first time and also require disclosure of testing results to landowners 14 days prior to land applications. This is good.

To the Editor, The term “gerrymander” goes all the way back to 1812, when political maps were drawn to benefit those in power instead of the people. Two hundred years later, not much has changed.