F.C. Elected Officials to Be Honored at City Hall Monday
Outgoing public officials in the City of Falls Church will be honored at a reception open to the public this coming Monday night, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. in the lobby area of the F.C. City Hall. The public is invited to the event. The reception precedes the meeting of the Falls Church City Council at Council chambers in City Hall at 7:30 p.m.
Magazine Hails 4 Restaurants Among Regional Best in F.C.
The Northern Virginia Magazine has ranked four Falls Church restaurants among its Top 10 in the entire region in its latest issue. While little Falls Church makes up a tiny portion of the region, but the proliferation of top-ranked restaurants here is extraordinary. Of the Top 10 best restaurants in the wider region, four are either in the City, with its 15,000 residents, proper or right on its borders.
The No. 1 ranking goes to 2941 just outside the city. The magazine says of it, “The 2941 odyssey — a delicious marriage of nature and art — begins on a winding, tree-lined road that leads to a modern building with a sculptured view of a koi pond and an artificial lake. Inside the soaring space, a talented contemporary American kitchen staff transforms top-flight ingredients into culinary art.”
Ranked fifth is the new Ellie Bird in Founder’s Row, while another restaurant in that same space ranked seventh is the new Nue and No. 10 goes to the Trio Grille, in Merrifield.
In a longer list of unranked fine restaurants in the region, Pho 75 in the Lohmann’s Plaza area, Rice Paper in the City’s Eden Center and Thompson’s Italian right in the Little City are also singled out.
Biden Proclaims Nov. 9 ‘World Freedom Day’
U.S. President Joe Biden signed a proclamation yesterday marking Nov. 9 as World Freedom Day. He called upon the people of the U.S. “to remember the hope symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall and reaffirm our dedication to freedom and democracy.”
The proclamation stated, “On World Freedom Day, we remember that the hammer blow that brought down the Berlin Wall and the might that lifted the Iron Curtain were not sparked by the words of any single leader — it was the people of Europe who spent decades fighting to free themselves and defend democracy. Together, we recommit ourselves to this cause — knowing that the darkness that drives autocracy is no match for the flame of liberty that lights the souls of free people everywhere.
“Around the globe, we are seeing a revival of the forces of autocracy, which are once again demonstrating contempt for the rule of law, democratic freedom, and the truth itself. Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine is another battle in the long struggle between liberty and authoritarianism, one that compels us to remember that the fight for democracy is perennial and that we must stand up for our values each and every day.”
Developer Employees Pitch In To Elect Pro-Casino Delegate
Fourteen current or former employees of the giant Reston-based Comstock Development Company have donated $29,525 to the re-election campaign of Virginia Del. Wren Williams (R-Stuart), who won this Tuesday with 77 percent of the vote, according to campaign finance reports as reported by Patch.
Williams is looking to build a casino near the Wiehle-Reston East metrorail station. Earlier this year, Williams introduced HB 2499 in the House of Delegates that would’ve set up the process to build a casino near one of the seven Silver Line stations outside the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County.
Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke) introduced a similar bill, SB 1543, in the Virginia Senate. Marsden won Tuesday with 67 percent of the vote. While both the Williams and Marsden bills were withdrawn last spring, both indicate that, however re-elected, they will reintroduce them this coming session.
But also this Tuesday, voters in the City of Richmond once again overwhelmingly rejected the proposed Urban One Casino. Voters also rejected the proposed casino in 2021. Approximately $11 million was spent by pro-casino forces to sway voters.
