PHOTO: ‘So You Want to Be a Candidate?’

2026-10-08 12:33 AM

Falls Church’s Citizens for a Better City (CBC) hosted a forum at the F.C. Community Center tonight for prospective candidates for the May City Council and School Board elections. About 25 showed up, including former four-term mayor Carol DeLong (foreground), who said she was not there to launch a comeback. (Photo: News-Press)

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