Transportation Session The General Assembly continues to struggle with the transportation issue in Special Session. We are currently scheduled to be in Richmond on July 9th for a last ditch effort to achieve agreement. I am proud to say that the Senate Democrats, on a party-line vote of 21-19, have […]
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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 […]
Paul Krugman: The B Word
OK, here it comes: The unthinkable is about to become the inevitable.
Jim Moran’s News Commentary
A new financial player has emerged on the international finance scene. Known as Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), these state-controlled investment vehicles, fueled largely by record oil profits, are having a big impact on the U.S. economy and beyond. To help our nation respond to these new actors in international finance, […]
News Briefs
December 6 – 12, 2007
News Briefs
November 29 – December 5, 2007
Paul Krugman: Facing Up To Bad Housing Loans
It pains me to say this, but this time Alan Greenspan is right about housing.
F.C. Council Mulls Financial Operations Change
The Falls Church City Council reconvened its regular Monday business meeting last night, picking up on a discussion of a proposed change in the City Charter that could give City Hall wider flexibility in expending General Operating Budget funds. The idea came from the City’s Chief Financial Officer John Tuohy […]
Delegate Scott’s Richmond Report
Reporting on state government Each year about this time, state agencies begin reporting data for the previous fiscal year. One such document prepared by the Virginia Department of Transportation reports on the state and Federal funds expected to be dedicated to the maintenance of the highway system for next six […]
Senator Whipple
Governor Kaine to the rescue!
