Liberal board needs to wake up
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I agree with Jason Jacks' blog (read here) regarding “Sterling in need of vacation from negative press,” and wish to respond to published news articles and letters to the editor -- both online and in print -- in your newspaper about my remarks on Sterling.
In 1998, I chose to live in Sterling because it's a beautiful, diverse place to raise a family with a sense of community you rarely find in northern Virginia. That's why I am the only member of the Board of Supervisors who continues to fight for tougher zoning laws and to keep illegal immigration out of your community.
Sterling needs a vacation from a Board so consumed with political correctness its members refuse to toughen zoning laws. Sterling needs a break from a liberal Board that refuses to say there are illegal aliens in Loudoun, even after deputies arrest them for multiple homicides and two prostitution rings. Sterling needs a long rest from liberal Board members who even go so far as to publicly apologize to MS-13 gang members for offending them.
Sterling's wonderful quality of life is threatened by a tidal wave of illegal immigration. That crush of garbage, graffiti and blighted homes is aided and abetted by an out-of-touch, liberal Board that cares more about not offending felons and gang members than it does about enforcing the law. Pretending the problem doesn't exist won't make Sterling a better place to live. I will continue to speak out against crime, blight and those who do not share my goal of keeping Sterling Park a beautiful place to live.
Eugene Delgaudio
Sterling Supervisor
Mr. Delgaudio:
I concur 100%. Thank you for being the only Loudoun BOS member to STAND-UP for the LEGAL citizens of Sterling Park and Loudoun County.
Letters To the Editor
Sunday, July 20, 2008;
Keeping Sterling Safe
Since my friends and neighbors first gave me the privilege of representing them on the Loudoun Board of Supervisors, I have been hard at work keeping Sterling Park a wonderful place to live for all of us.
I created an ordinance limiting the number of people in a home and sought to toughen it. I have fought to better enforce zoning rules against overgrown grass and solid waste. I have fought for a sheriff's substation to help Sterling combat gang crime, graffiti and other ills that are spilling over from Fairfax County. My public agenda items on the 287(g) program led the sheriff's department to adopt measures that will soon deport illegal alien criminals who threaten Sterling.
These are just a few of the many ideas, proposals and legislation I have offered in defense of Sterling. I've been virtually the only member of the board to offer solutions to a problem that is sweeping across all of Northern Virginia: illegal immigration. The blight problems that have spilled over from Fairfax and are spreading across Loudoun will not be solved until we toughen our zoning rules and enforce our immigration laws.
But as we have seen recently, there are those in Loudoun who react viciously when an elected official speaks frankly about illegal immigration's effects on our community. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed that not only do my critics tend to be liberal activists or candidates rejected by Sterling voters, but not one of them has offered any solution of their own -- other than to force Sterling residents to offer their neighborhoods as illegal-alien sanctuaries.
If anyone should make an apology, it is those who criticize my ongoing fight to keep Sterling Park a wonderful place to live who should apologize to the people of Sterling for eight years of criticism and opposition.
Meanwhile, I will continue to fight to toughen and enforce our zoning and immigration laws. Sterling Park is too wonderful a place to live to leave in the hands of those who refuse to speak out against illegal immigration's effects on our community.
Eugene A. Delgaudio
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