You hear these phrases a lot these days in the national election scene. The town of Orange is having an election May 6. All town citizens who can vote should exercise their right. I am sure you will be hearing from all of the candidates soon if you haven’t already.

I am writing to you today to express my outrage at the fact that Orange County would even consider an event so horrific as donkey basketball.

I’m disgusted that Orange County would plan a donkey basketball game as a fundraiser.

Why not just put saddles on the sponsors of this show, and have the crowd cheer them on? 

Most people have realized that abusing animals for amusement is just considered cruelty

I have read that Orange County held a donkey basketball game. As we have progressed as a society and made great strides toward becoming more humane and civilized, events like this just do not fit.

“Cars for Homes” is an innovative way for you to help families in our community build homes and the hope for a better life! By donating a car, truck, boat, RV, motorcycle, construction equipment, trailer or other vehicle (even an airplane), you can help Orange County Habitat for Humanity to build houses in partnership with families in need of decent, affordable shelter.

Now President Bush has proposed a budget that cuts hospice rates even more, seriously threatening the ability of dying patients to get the care they need when it counts the most.

There are no words to describe how disappointed I am in the Orange County Board of Supervisors. I presently have a child who attends the Child Garden, a daycare center run by the Orange County Parks and Recreation Department.

The only personal interest I have in this discussion is that I believe the wrong decisions have been made for the wrong reasons, and there is no valid data that supports the argument that EMF poses no health risk at the eastern middle school site.

This could be an opportunity to keep the Child Garden open.  Please, if there is anything the parents of the Child Garden can do, let us know; we are willing to help to keep this center open.

Your editorial, “We can’t have it both ways” in last week’s Review, did an excellent job of laying out the choices facing the taxpaying citizens of Orange County, and by extension, those of us you have elected supervisor.

We are responding to the article written about our son, Stephen Caleb Smith.

Hearty congratulations to you Jeff and to Phil Audibert, John Strader and Hannah Wever on your numerous Virginia Press Association awards ("Review recognized by Virginia Press Association,” March 20). 

The town is planning a dedication ceremony, along with a plaque naming the park in honor of Mr. Cooke.

I believe the board of supervisors should be able to come up with a compromise that would benefit the citizens of Orange County and their Rec Dept.

On Tuesday, March 11 at approximately 5:15 p.m. on a vote of 3 to 2, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to almost double Orange County’s debt service from a current $87.2 million to approximately $145 million.

Having the lowest possible real estate tax rate is not a sensible objective.

I am responding to supervisor Teri Pace’s column in the latest Orange County Review newspaper and request for input in the current budgeting process.

When the “new” PHMS was built, I was pleased. While the new PHMS is quite nice and appears to have been well-planned, I am wondering who “planned” the Route 15 entry into the school complex? 

There certainly was a lot of news in the February 28th edition of the paper; most of it bad for the Orange County taxpayer.

As a taxpaying citizen and lifelong resident of Orange County, I found it disturbing to learn that the board of supervisors is considering the elimination of The Child Garden in the 2008-2009 budget.

I write in defense of Jacqueline Gupton and her husband and against the unjustified and mean-spirited attack on them by Diane Boggs.