Publications by John Toler

Former Loudoun County Treasurer George William Titus, who with his appointment in 1958 at age 21 was Virginia’s youngest county treasurer, died March 3, 2009. Even before his retirement at the end of 1995, he was the state’s longest-serving treasurer.

Representatives Fight Transfer of Guantanamo Bay Prisoners to VA

President Barack Obama has ordered the closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, where 250 suspected terrorists and enemy combatants are currently being held, and in response, U.S. Representatives J. Randy Forbes (R-4th District), U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-10th), and Eric Cantor (R-7th), all of Virginia, have announced the introduction of H.R. 1186, which would to prohibit prisoners held at the detention facility from being transferred to federal prisons or military bases in Virginia. The bill would prevent the use of funds to transfer those individuals detained at Guantanamo to facilities in Virginia, or to house such individuals at such facilities.

Sycolin Road Improvements to Start in March

On Feb. 19, 2008, the Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded a construction contract in the amount of $2,500,881 to William A. Hazel, Inc. of Chantilly for the reconstruction and paving of the remaining gravel segments of Sycolin Road (Route 643) located between Shreve Mill Road and Goose Creek. Construction of the 1.3-mile project will begin in mid- to late March, and will be completed in November.

Tough Choices

On Monday afternoon, shortly before Loudoun County Administrator Kirby Bowers presented his proposed fiscal plan for Fiscal Year 2010 to the Board of Supervisors, a county employee spoke quietly to a friend in the lobby of the County Government Building.

“I was told this morning that my job would be cut in Tier 2,” said the county employee. “I’m 60 years old. What do they think I’m going to do?”

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Contact John at jtoler@loudouni.com.