Meals Tax Media Coverage Smorgasboard...

In case you missed some of our handiwork from the past three weeks since we launched LCAFT on Oct 14th, we wanted to provide you with some good reference materials giving an overview of some of our efforts to educate Loudoun voters and raise awareness of the food tax referendum...its been a busy 21 days!

LCAFT MEDIA COVERAGE:

CBS Channel 9/WUSA (aired Oct 23) - Nicholas Interviewed
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77492&catid=188

Leesburg Today: "On the Ballot: Meals Tax, Bond Questions"
http://www.leesburgtoday.com/articles/2008/11/03/news/fp373electionquestions103008.txt

Loudoun Times Mirror: "Coalition: Meals Tax Not a Happy Option"
http://www.loudountimes.com/news/2008/oct/28/coalition-meal-tax-not-happy-option-restaurant-own/

Washington Post's "Loudoun Extra!": "Stick a Fork in It, Say Meals Tax Opponents"
http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/blogs/living-loco/2008/oct/16/stick-fork-it-say-meal-tax-opponents/

Connection Newspapers: "Meals Tax Debate - Coalition Forms to Defeat Meals Tax on November Ballot"
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=321155&paper=83&cat=104

Loudoun Times Mirror: "Group: Tax Targets Reeling Restaurants"
http://www.loudountimes.com/news/2008/oct/15/coalition-opposed-meals-tax-created/

Leesburg Today: "Coalition Formed to Oppose Meals Tax"
http://www.leesburgtoday.com/articles/2008/10/14/news/fp385meals101408.txt

Loudoun Times Mirror: "Tax Worth a Mouthful"
http://www.loudountimes.com/blogs/loudoun-mouth/2008-10-14/tax-worth-mouth-full/

The Examiner (DC): "Loudoun County Residents to Vote on Meals Tax"
http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/33729644.html

Washington Post - Nicholas' Letter to the Editor, "Send This Meals Tax Back to the Kitchen"
http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2008/sep/28/letter-editor-send-meals-tax-back-kitchen/

Leesburg Today - Nicholas' Letter to the Editor, "Half Baked"
http://leesburgtoday.com/articles/2008/09/26/opinion/letters/alet345graham092608.txt

Loudoun Easterner - Nicholas' Letter to the Editor, "Against Food Tax"
http://www.easterner.com/cgi-bin/storyviewnew.cgi?059+OpinionLetters.20081021-3538-059-059011.Full+OpinionLetters

Loudoun Times Mirror - Nicholas' Letter to the Editor, "Vote No on Meals Tax Referendum"
http://www.loudountimes.com/letter/archive/2008/11/

Washington Post – Patricia’s Letter to the Editor
http://loudounextra.washingtonpost.com/news/2008/oct/02/letter-editor-dedicated-meals-tax-bad-way-govern/

Connection Newspapers – Patricia’s Letter to the Editor
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=320584&paper=83&cat=110

Loudoun Times Mirror – Patricia’s Letter to the Editor
http://www.loudountimes.com/letter/1182/

Connection Newspapers: "Meals Tax Debate"
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=321155&paper=67&cat=104

WTOP News (aired Oct 28)
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=732&sid=1506124#

FOX 5/WTTG-TV Story (aired Oct 28):
http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=0A891DECB08085760707CB212B9DFF1B?contentId=7739809&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1

** Patricia and I also did separate on-camera interviews with NewsChannel 8 on Oct 28th & Oct 31st, as well as WMAL radio on Oct 28th...