November 27, 2024
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Transportation, budget issues debated by candidates for Braddock District

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Cook and Oleszek Braddock Supervisor John Cook (R) and challenger Janet Oleszek (D) clashed over taxes, spending, and transportation Oct. 9 at a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters and other organizations. The is the second time Oleszek, a former school board member, is trying to unseat Cook. In 2011, she came within … Continued

Sen. Saslaw calls for more state funding for education

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Saslaw speaks to supporters at Kilroy’s in Springfield. State Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-35th) urged a crowd of supporters and politicians at his re-election campaign kick-off May 16 at Kilroy’s to return the Virginia Assembly to Democratic control. The 35th District includes parts of Falls Church, Annandale, Seven Corners, Bailey’s Crossroads, Lake Barcroft, Lincolnia, Merrifield, and … Continued

School board seeks $310 million bond

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Annandale Terrace The Fairfax County School Board has asked the Board of Supervisors to place a $310 million school bond referendum on the ballot for the general election on Nov. 3. The bond would fund just one school project in the Annandale/Mason area: planning for renovations at Annandale Terrace Elementary School. That school is celebrating … Continued

Board of Supervisors approves budget for FY 2016

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The Fairfax County Government Center. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors made a few changes April 21 in the FY 2016 advertised budget presented by County Deputy Ed Long, restoring several human service programs, adding some money for Fairfax County Public Schools, and increasing supervisors’ pay. The nearly $4 billion marked-up budget will be formally … Continued

County budget would end enforcement of grass ordinance

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The owner of this healthy lawn received a warning from a community association. Local lawns could be a lot messier next year, if the Board of Supervisors agrees with a budget recommendation to eliminate enforcement of the grass ordinance. Some neighborhood groups are concerned that could lead to declining property values, deteriorating quality of life, … Continued

Painful funding cuts outlined at Mason Budget Town Hall

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 From the left: Mason Supervisor Penny Gross, school board member Sandy Evans, and County Executive Ed Long. Of all the funding cuts in the Fairfax County advertised budget for 2016, one will hit some Annandale families especially hard: The budget would terminate the Annandale Adult Day Care Center located in the former Annandale Elementary School … Continued

Garza addresses class size, budget shortfall at community meeting

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From the left: FCPS Superintendent Karen Garza, Region 2 Assistant Superintendent Fabio Zuluaga, and school board member Patty Reed (Providence). School board member Sandy Evans (Mason) is on the right.  Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Karen Garza doesn’t support efforts to equalize class sizes throughout the county by shifting resources from high-needs schools, she told … Continued

Proposed Fairfax County budget would impose huge cut in library staff

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George Mason Regional Library in Annandale (above) would be affected under a budget proposal to cut  library staff. The following statement from a Fairfax County resident was originally published in the Fairfax Library Advocates blog. Even though Fairfax County Public Libraries consume barely seven-tenths of 1 percent of the county budget, they are being asked … Continued

Fee increases proposed for park users

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The pavilion at Round Tree Park. [Fairfax County government] The Fairfax County Park Authority is proposing fee increases for some of its facilities. The Park Authority Board is holding an annual public comment meeting on the fee changes Jan. 21, in room 106 of the Herrity Building, 12055 Government Center Parkway,  Fairfax, at 7 p.m. … Continued

Bulova defends decision calling for audit of library friends

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Following complaints by various library supporters about the Board of Supervisors’ Dec. 2 decision to impose an audit on friends of the library groups, Chair Sharon Bulova issued a lengthy statement explaining her reasons for the audit. Terry Maynard of the Reston Citizens Association’s Reston 2020 Coordinating Committee, Kathy Kaplan, a library volunteer and advocate, … Continued