Water authority up and running When supervisors approved the agreement with Louisa to build a pipeline from the James River, they breathed new life into the James River Water Authority (JRWA).
Two new members of the Board of Supervisors will take office in a few months. There are many issues they will need to address in the coming year. You know what they are – schools, water, emergency services, reduced state and federal funding and so on. It will take positive thinking and problem solving skills and especially, it will...
I’m not a fan of negative campaigns that attack genuine people who take the right approach to gain trust and respect from their local constituents.Mike Sheridan has shown great respect throughout the campaign and he is the only candidate Columbia voters can trust to make the right decisions for our county.
We are very fortunate today that Lake Monticello’s Tony O’Brien is running for the office of Rivanna District supervisor. Tony understands that our state-of-the-art high school and outstanding teachers and administrators are our county’s greatest assets, not liabilities. He has said it is unrealistic to assume we can finance...
Once again this year, the citizens of Fluvanna County and the region had a wonderful celebration of the rural ways of the county at the 2013 Old Farm Day. This annual event sponsored by the Fluvanna Historical Society and organized and managed by the Society’s Old Farm Day Committee has become a true Fluvanna tradition over the last 18...
In our painfully divided country the merits of a candidate are often less important than the merits of the party he or she represents. One essential thing to know these days is which candidate comes from the party that supports “trickle-down economics.”
Let’s get the facts straight. Kerry Murphy-Hammond’s letter in the last Fluvanna Review inaccurately depicted findings of the Fluvanna Taxpayers Association’s “Total Education Costs Survey of 8 Counties.”Ms. Murphy-Hammond asserts: FTA’s study “set out to show that we are the highest-funded school district in our area.” ...
I have had discussions recently with Elizabeth Franklin about her candidacy for supervisor for the Columbia District and also her concerns (and mine) regarding major issues currently facing Fluvanna County. Never have I encountered an individual citizen who is more devoted to the proper functioning of a local government and the resulting...
The Fluvanna County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee would like to thank all Old Farm Day attendees who supported our Chinese auction and visited our hospitality tent. With the proceeds from the auction, monetary donations from our county Farm Bureau Board of Directors and local citizens and businesses we were able to send $1,000 to the...
On Nov. 5, every Fluvanna citizen has the right to make a statement about who she thinks would move Virginia forward in the next four years. Healthcare is one of the factors to consider when voting.For governor, you can vote for Terry McAuliffe or Ken Cuccinelli. A vote for Terry McAuliffe means: 1) support for accepting federal money to...
