Comments Document

Testimony of Ms. Debra Levy of North Stafford, VA, outgoing President of Auto Glass Safety Council, in support of HB 699, auto glass safety legislation.

Comments Document

Good day, The attached is a Letter of Testimony for HB 699. It is a testimony from our experience in the auto glass industry as auto glass replacement business owners. Regards, David Scott Owner, Novus Glass

VATRO would like to go on record showing they oppose this bill for the following reason. This bill will place an increased burden on towers and property owners making them have to keep a timestamp on said vehicle before it can be removed. If a vehicle is parked in a place where it does not have permission to park why should that become even more of a burden to the property owner taking up their valuable real-estate and possibly costing them money in revenue.

Good afternoon and thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share our story. My 16 year old granddaughter Aajah Rosemond was tragically killed while walking to the store on a Sunny Sunday. 10-18-2020. Aajah was hit when vehicle number two spiraled out after being hit by Robert Macklin; who failed to yield. Although Mr. Macklin was found guilty , he received NO jail time. Mr. Macklin received the “minimum” monetary fine. Mr Macklin’s drivers license was suspended maybe six months. Although we recognize there is nothing that can return our precious Aajah to us. We strive to change the culture of how motorists operate around our state. Including pedestrians to this bill is nice. However, it is NOT enough. I am of the persuasion that if a motorist Causes the death of a person there should be some sort of mandatory toxicology conducted. Without it we have no way of determining if the driver was impaired in any capacity. The thought that a motorist can drive away from a fatality is unnerving. That drivers license should be suspended pending The outcome of the investigation should not be able to just drive. There should be more than one specially trained Officer working the case. To help eliminate oversights. We would like to see something that reflects the sentiment of families who have lost someone to motor vehicle negligence. We would like to see the minimum revocation of the drivers license be changed from a maximum of 6 months to a minimum of a year. The inconvenience of having to make arrangements to get around outside of the restrictions is a small price considering some one will NEVER be able to drive, walk, do anything ever should be included in this bill DWI drivers have stiffer consequences and longer restrictions minus the loss of life. It is highly disturbing that a motorist can run someone down, and just be given a traffic ticket and be allowed to drive home; walk away even - while someone is laying dead in the street and they not have to respond to that loss for months. They go to “traffic court” and plead not guilty to the horrible truth that their negligence took a life , that on the books in VA there is little consequences for reckless driving. It feels to me as if there is more regard for property than ensuring motorists know they cannot drive through our streets recklessly without consequences. Thank you for your time and I Speak not only for my Grandchild Aajah Rosemond, but for all those who are victims to reckless motorists. Thank you

There is a climate crisis, and one of the biggest contributors to it is a bias towards cars. It isn't just the emissions from cars, it's also the way land has been used and misappropriated for highways and parking lots. The asphalt needed to support driving as a norm aggravates climate change, particularly in terms of heat and flooding. To that end, transportation funding needs to be reformed so that other modes of transportation - that is, walking, cycling, buses, metros, and trains - get more priority than driving. We need not only incentives for walking, riding, and rolling, but also DISINCENTIVES AGAINST driving.

I would like to have one of the streets in Fairfax named Valluvar Way. Thank you.

I would like to have one of streets in Fairfax to be named after 'VALLUVAR' as 'VALLUVAR WAY'

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States

We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States Thank you

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States

We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to “Valluvar Way”.to honor the Tamil poet “Valluvar”. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. Tamil is one of the longest-surviving Classical Languages in the world. Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Thirukkural, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economical matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of Tamil literature. I have read somewhere that “Addresses are an everyday reminder of people's history in a way a museum can't be”. Hence, we request your support in renaming a street as “Valluvar Way”.

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States. Thank you.

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States. Thank you.

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States. Thank you.

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States.

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States.

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States.

Have been living in Fairfax county more than 10 years glad to be part of this county who has diversified people and government embrace world culture. Valluvar is part of Tamil identity as we are establishing our culture and identity here it would be great if our county can rename a street to valluvar way and support HB1238. Thank you.

Sir/Madam, We require your support for HB1238 Valluvar Way.

Dear Committee members, We request your support to rename a street in Fairfax County to "Valluvar Way". Valluvar is a celebrated Tamil language poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets (Sacred Verses) on ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. Tirukkuṟaḷ is classic Tamil literature consisting of 1330 couplets dealing with the everyday virtues. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and even today, more than 80 million people learn about the Tirukkuṟaḷ in their lifetime. It's a widely cherished work of Tamil literature and one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. Thirukkural easily surpasses the bounds of time and space. The concepts of this book apply equally to the entire humanity with no differences based on religion and social sectors of society. Thirukkural's specialty is in its crispness. Two lines - easy to read, easy to interpret, easy to quote, and easy to memorize. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County, Virginia. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We request Fairfax County to rename one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way" to honor the Tamil poet "Valluvar." If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia state will be the first to recognize a Tamil Poet "Valluvar" in the United States.

Please support Valluvar way (HB1238 - Helmer). Thank you!

Please fecilitate this request to name Valluvar way

Dear Committee members, My name is Baskar Kumaresan and I am a board advisor for the Valluvan Tamil Academy, a nonprofit organization that teaches Tamil language at Northern Virginia. More than 45,000 Tamil language speaking residents lives at Virginia. We request your support to rename a street as “Valluvar Way” in Fairfax County in recognition of a great Tamil poet and philosopher, Thiruvalluvar (“Valluvar”). He is best known as the author of the Thirukkural, a collection of 1330 couplets (Sacred Verses) on diverse topics for mankind such as ethics, non-violence, justice, virtue, education, family, love, friendship, political and economic matters. It is one of the world's most widely translated non-religious works. George Uglow Pope translated Thirukkural in English during the year 1886. Since then, it has been translated into more than 40 different languages worldwide. More than 10,000 Tamil people live in Fairfax County. We are thankful to Fairfax County, which has included the Tamil language in the High School World language credit program since 2010. We greatly appreciate your support for the Tamil community and request Fairfax County to honor the Tamil poet by renaming one of the existing streets to "Valluvar Way". If this happens, Fairfax County and Virginia will be the first to recognize a Tamil poet in the United States. Thanks for your support, Baskar Kumaresan