Typically, this time of year offers a little bit of a lull in city business, right before the annual budget process in March-April. Not this year. After our vote on affordable housing this week, we’ll be quickly pivoting to several big items. Items of interest for you: update on the […]
We are almost a year into this new pandemic world, and if you’re like me, still figuring out how to manage the rollercoaster of news and emotions. One minute we have grim COVID-19 death milestones, then we have vaccines, then worries of new variants to dash our hopes. For fellow […]
Two big topics this week: vaccines and the Broad and Washington project. I am fielding a lot of questions about vaccines; I share your frustration and have been trying to seek answers too. We had a representative from the Fairfax Health Department in our meeting this week, and there are […]
After this week’s historic moments and collective sigh of relief, I know there is still some anxiety around, especially over the prospects of vaccinations to finally end COVID-19. Thanks for all the good questions about vaccines from my post last week. We are continuing to advocate for our residents, and […]
After a dark start to 2021, this week’s post will be more uplifting. I’ll share the latest good news on vaccines, an event that is a bright spot for me every year, and regular City Council business. First, vaccines: I’ve been fielding a lot of questions. I know we’re all […]
Happy new year, friends – While I’ve been privately metering my expectations for 2021, I had hoped my first post of the year would start on a more positive note. Before getting to city business – which there is much to share (the latest on COVID, vaccinations, changes to the West Falls […]
After this week’s school renaming decision that has left some proud and some disappointed, I’ll offer an observation that comforted me and may help unify our divided community. As I listened and read the many thoughtful perspectives, I noticed that except for a few outliers, most people believe that we have […]
With the approaching holiday, my update is hitting your inboxes early and will be short and sweet. We did cover important business, so I hope you take a few minutes to read and take action in between your modified holiday plans. We received a briefing from the health department on COVID-19, an […]
It’s hard to ignore the weighty topic of the moment is our community debate over school renaming. I have deliberately kept the topic out of my posts until now. There is so much passion, pain, and division over the decision, exacerbated by the results of the survey that was shared this week […]
Since my last post in October and what has felt like the longest weeks ever – our community successfully pulled off a pandemic Halloween, led the state with a high voter turnout of 82.5% on November 3rd, and returned another phase of kids to hybrid learning in school this week. […]
We’re in the home stretch. Your final opportunities to vote early are today and tomorrow. (If you still have a mail-in ballot to return, use the drop box outside of City Hall.) We currently lead the state with the highest turnout at 65%. Be like this civic-minded Daisy Troop and […]
Today is the last day to request a mail-in absentee ballot. (Over half of Falls Church has already voted!) If you plan to vote early before November 3rd, your best bet is to take advantage of the in-person voting option at City Hall, open weekdays and the next two Saturdays. Speaking […]