Falls Church’s City Hall sent out a press release today stating that real estate assessments in the City of Falls Church were down 2.5% overall for 2009.
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Falls Church City Crime Report for January 27 – February 2, 2009
Larceny from Building, Anime Pavilion, 115 Hillwood Ave., #10, January 29, 8:32 p.m., police arrested a male juvenile for stealing (4) DVD sets valued at $214.94. Drunkenness, 900 blk. W Broad St., January 29, 11:51 p.m., police arrested a male, 36, of Falls Church, VA for DIP. Larceny, Shoplifting, CVS, […]
Editorial: Wall Street to Leesburg Pike
The impact of the meltdown on Wall Street on conditions on Falls Church’s Broad Street, and Fairfax County’s Leesburg Pike, is going to become unmistakable over the next period, and will impact government revenues, pension funds and the commercial market.
Congressman Jim Moran’s News Commentary
As you know, the Bush administration sent Congress a request last Saturday for $700 billion to bail out the financial industry as we face the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
New F.C. Budget Buoyed By $ From Mixed-Use Projects
Surprising observers throughout the region, the City of Falls Church adopted its coming fiscal year budget Monday by a unanimous vote that raised the residential real estate tax by a mere two cents. The $76,427,560 Fiscal Year ’09 budget fully funds the School Board request and will actually cost the […]
F.C. Council Saves Penny, Tax Rate Will Rise Only 2c
Despite Fiscal Pinch, Tax Bill Will Go Down The Falls Church City Council will vote Monday to finalize its budget for the coming fiscal year beginning July 1, and last minute revisions will reduce the tax rate from an earlier-projected three-cent rise to two cents.
3 of 7 F.C. Council Hopefuls Fail to Show at Key Debate
Three of seven candidates for the Falls Church City Council in the upcoming May 6 election failed to appear for a debate sponsored by the Falls Church Chamber of Commerce Tuesday at the Community Center.
Fairfax, Arlington Will Use New Commercial Tax Hike; F.C. No
Lost in most reports of the current budget struggles by regional jurisdictions has been the new option approved in Richmond last year to raise the commercial real estate tax rate above that of residential real estate. In these tough fiscal times, the focus has been entirely on the residential real […]
Editorial: Referendum ‘A Very Bad Idea’
Opponents to the ill-conceived referendum on the May 4 ballot in the City of Falls Church received strong support from a nationally-prominent expert in municipal policy this week.
F.C. Residential Assessments Nosedive, Offset by New Construction
As expected, residential real estate assessments in the City of Falls Church, announced late yesterday, tanked this past year, down an average 5.5% for single family homes, and 6.5% for residential condominiums.
