A Penny for Your Thoughts: News of Greater Falls Church

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As 2010 fades into memory, 2011 provides opportunities for New Year’s resolutions and the usual promises to: lose weight, exercise more, stop smoking, clean out clutter, make a will, etc. One resolution that absolutely, positively, must be kept is adjusting the boundaries of legislative districts to balance population growth indicated by the release of 2010 Census figures. Preliminary figures indicated that Virginia will not get an additional Congressional seat, but all electoral districts must be adjusted and submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice in time to prepare for the 2011 elections. Fairfax County voters will elect the Board of Supervisors, the School Board, the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District, the Commonwealth’s Attorney, and all Virginia General Assembly members, both House and Senate, so it will be important for candidates and voters to know which “new” districts they reside in as soon as possible.

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