As we head into election weekend, this week’s post will include my final round up of information for the GMHS Bond Referendum. If you are undecided or have questions, I encourage you to read, click, and share with your friends and neighbors. I believe the most important part of this […]
This weekend, we’ll be ten days out from Election Day. If you’re overwhelmed, still trying to catch up from the summer (me!), or new to my blog – I’ve rounded up links to voter guides and videos of candidate forums so you can get informed about our local candidates. Next week, I’ll do […]
Between the weather finally feeling like fall, yard signs, and the intense debates, the home stretch of the fall election season is upon us. We had great citizen turnout at our walking tour of downtown Falls Church, and I’ll share highlights below. The big topic I’m writing about this week is RISK. […]
Thank you for all of the great feedback about my recent GMHS posts (if you missed them see these posts: Timeline/Recap, FAQs, Fact vs Fiction). Keep sending me comments and questions, and I’ll do a final round-up in the coming weeks. Our democracy works best when people are informed and turn […]
Taking advantage of the lighter agenda we had, this week’s update will include “fact vs fiction” based on what I’m hearing around town. I’ll also explain the City’s year end financial report (including the “6 cents tax rate hike” you may have read), provide a few updates on the economic development […]
It’s been a whirlwind week in the Little City – it was great to see diverse turnout at last weekend’s events – the Fall Festival and Taste of Falls Church, FCEF’s Run for the Schools, the Referendum debate, then our City Council work session Monday night. We then had a day to […]
Are you ready for the weekend? It looks to be perfect weather for the 3Es: eating + exercise + engagement. Fill your belly at the Fall Festival / Taste of Falls Church on Saturday; you can run it off at the Falls Church Education Foundation’s Run for the Schools on Sunday […]
Students per housing type 2016-10-31
Back to school and back to business! We resumed City Council business with a lengthy work session this week and expect we’ll have a busy fall schedule as we march towards the November election and GMHS bond referendum vote. I encourage you to set aside time to get educated […]
I hope everyone is enjoying the waning days of summer. We held our last meeting of the summer this week before we begin our official two week recess. In case you missed it, we kicked off our meeting with a resolution in support of Charlottesville, reaffirming our values of equality, […]
By now, you’ve already read or heard the outcome from the City Council meeting this week. Both ordinances (1) $120M bond referendum on the November ballot and (2) the full CIP passed with 5-2 votes. This means voters will get to decide in November if you authorize us to take out […]
It shouldn’t be a surprise to many that I remain concerned about the City taking on the full CIP and the new high school and will vote to support the modified CIP instead, which is what the Planning Commission and Staff have both recommend to us. Without getting into the merits of specific […]