Fairfax Race for Sups’ Chair May Be a Squeaker Buoyed by a strong endorsement from the man she’s running to succeed, Fairfax County Board Chair candidate Sharon Bulova is favored to win next Tuesday’s special election, but a low voter turnout could throw the outcome into doubt.
Tag: housing
Letters to the Editor for January 8 – 14, 2009
Lippman Was Referring to Different Meeting Editor, In your December 31, 2008 story on the City Council’s vote to fill the seats of the four Planning Commissioners whose terms were expiring, you apparently misunderstood a key part of my remarks.
Falls Church News Briefs
Kaine Cuts Will Cost F.C. Schools $465,825 Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine’s proposed overall seven percent cut in state aid to local public school districts in the coming year will cost Fairfax County $48 million, and for the City of Falls Church, the school district will get $465,825 less than expected, […]
Our Man in Arlington
Last Tuesday, December 16, three notable events occurred almost simultaneously.
Editorial: F.C.’s Greatest Grinch Moment?
“If you continually give, you will continually have.” Who said that? We at the News-Press don’t know, but we have it printed on a fortune cookie that’s been taped to the wall in our office.
Letters to the Editor for the Week of December 18 – 24, 2008
Says Report On F.C. Planners Was Biased Editor, I am writing regarding your article on 12/4 castigating the Planning Commission for its denial of site plan approval for the current affordable housing proposal.
F.C. Council: Final OK to Affordable Housing Plan
The Falls Church City Council gave final approval to the complex funding package that will pay for the construction of the 174-unit City Center South Apartments (CCSA) affordable housing project, once again working past midnight to generate the same 5-2 and 5-1-1 votes it did providing a preliminary OK in […]
Letters to the Editor for December 11 – 17, 2008
F.C. Planner: About More Than Parking Editor, I had little doubt that the Planning Commission vote on the FCHC project would be taken to task (to be polite) in this paper, so I thought I’d just write a brief note.
Northern Virginia Art Beat
There are ways to make an arts district.
F.C. Planners ‘Veto’ Council On Affordable Housing Plan
Site Plan Nixed, 174 Affordable Units May Fail A stunning denial of site plan approval for the City of Falls Church’s most ambitious affordable housing project was voted by the City’s Planning Commission Monday night.
