Guest Commentary: Wanted: A Vision for the City of Falls Church

To listen to us campaign for City Council, you’d think the only problem we have in the City of Falls Church is a lack of development and that our success depends on the Council becoming a super planning commission on steroids. The candidates agree that Smart Growth will help solve our fiscal problems and make us more like Arlington and Alexandria. Each candidate, me included, espouses the benefits of development, risk-taking, attracting businesses by lowering taxes or marketing our City’s strengths to those currently investing their money into far less desirable locations along the Silver Line.

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