I know that some of you reading these words are disappointed by the outcome of last week’s election, but I hope you will take comfort and pride in the fact that you live in a community where residents all across the political spectrum give freely of their time to causes they consider important, and where people with opposing views interact with civility and respect in spite of those differences. And we can all feel good about the fact that voter turnout in the City of Falls Church reached 87 percent – a record even for our traditionally high-turnout city, and apparently the highest in the state.
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