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>>>Today is election day.

Polls open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Today is primary day for the Presidential election in Virginia. Pick your candidate from the choice on the ballot for the Republican nomination or the Democratic Nomination, for President. I prefer you vote for a Republican of course.

>>>National Weather Service:

Today: A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then periods of rain and sleet- high near 33. East wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: Periods of rain and sleet. Low around 34. Southeast wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

>>> SCHOOLS CLOSE ONE HOUR EARLY TODAY

Because of a forecast of inclement weather, Loudoun County Public Schools will close one hour early today, February 12, 2008. All after-school activities are canceled.

>>>>Free Taco at all California Tortillas

Tuesday, February 12th is Presidential Primary Day and because this is the most exciting event of the season, California Tortilla is giving everyone a FREE TACO who votes in the primary and comes in today proudly wearing an I VOTED sticker.

Open to Democrats or Republicans.

The nearest California Tortilla is at the Dulles 28 Shopping Centre (22000 Dulles Retail Plaza, Suite 156).

>>>>>Free Burrittos at Leesburg Store of California Tortillas.

There is a grand opening today and free burrittos and soda will be handed out to all visitors 11 a.m. to 2 and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Leesburg Shopping Center, 5288 East Market Street. Phone 703-777-4327. Maybe the mayor, Ken Reid or Jim Clem will go.

>>> CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ENROLL NOW

Scott York is promoting the creation of a new police force. I have had my differences with Steve Simpson and the election is over. Sterling is getting a new sherrif's substation since the referendum passed. I hope we don't need a "police force" just a responsive sheriff. We also need volunteers familiar with how the sheriff's office operates now.

Sterling residents usually sign up for the Citizen's Police Academy, which will commence on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. The free sessions will be held one evening per week for 11-weeks and each session will be two hours in length (7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.).   

All classes will be held at the Sheriff's Office Administration Building in Leesburg except the firing range session.

To enroll in the Citizen's Police Academy, please contact Ginger Wines or Bonnie Burke at the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office at 703-777-0407, during normal business hours of 8:30 AM. to 5:00 PM.

>>> LOUDOUN SCHOOL ABANDONS ENGLISH IN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Sterling citizen T.F. Wallace responded to the official school annnouncment that Hip Hop is being used to build vocabulary at Park View High School in Sterling.  Wallace wrote saying "I see in the Loudoun Easterner that there is a certain teacher at PVHS who had abandoned the likes of Frost, Whitman, Dickinson, et al. Instead, said teacher is focusing her students on Kanye West, Tupac Shakur and I would imagine soon-to-come, RKelly, Eminem, and 50Cent. Outrageous! Disappointing! Unacceptable!" unquote.  Tell your opinion to the [email protected].

>>> CASCADES VILLAGE SENIOR CITIZENS GETTING HELP

I thank you and all the people who continue to help me get assistance to poor seniors at the Cascades Village Senior Center. These lower income citizens asked for and got a cut in a planned rent increase. And private and public social action groups are flocking to visit and make sure no senior citizen goes unassisted due to a lack of information.

>>> BUDGET HYSTERIA

The county administrator and school administrator are pushing for tax hikes and the county board and school board are wrangling over how high a tax hike. I am proposing tax cuts as usual and ending public subisidies to  Howard Hughes Institute, Orbital Sciences Corporation, rich families getting free public lunches daily, public horse parks, new car buyers of hybrid autos, taxpayer subsidized performing arts centers, excessive pay hikes, and useless government departments promoting corporate socialism.