$500,000 for Study of Rail Along Rt. 7 City of Falls Church officials were pleasantly surprised this week to learn that U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, whose 8th District of Virginia includes the City, included $2.35 million in his submission to the federal government’s Fiscal Year 2010 budget.
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The Peak Oil Crisis: On Slowing Down
As gasoline prices pass $4 per gallon and begin to eat away at our well-being and the fabric of our civilization, the realization is slowly growing that indeed there is something we can do — slow down. Currently this concept has less than zero traction in Congress. Recent polls show […]
Anything But Straight: I’m Having Nunn Of It
When former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA) endorsed Barack Obama in April and announced he would serve as a national security advisor, pundits naturally began speculating on his vice presidential prospects. The argument in favor of Nunn is that he is a former Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, which would […]
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.
David Brooks: The Bailout Artists
What’s the most underdiscussed issue of this presidential campaign?
Maureen Dowd: Shake, Rattle and Roll
WASHINGTON — The debate dominatrix knows how to rattle Obambi.
Maureen Dowd: Shake, Rattle and Roll
WASHINGTON — The debate dominatrix knows how to rattle Obambi.
Press Pass: You, Me and Everyone We Know
They had no idea where they were.
F.C. Father and Daughter Put Falls Church Online
Upon first look, local website mywinterhill.com appears to be a detailed guide of the Falls Church area. Get to know the websites’ creators, Peter Van Buren and his daughter Sarah, however, and it seems it has also been a kind of diary for them, chronicling the family’s adaptation to life […]
Applebee’s America
CO-AUTHOR OF THE POPULAR new book, Applebee’s America, showed up for a book signing at the Falls Church Applebee’s on E. Broad Street last week. It turns out that Ron Fournier (center), a former Associated Press writer, signed autographs at the same establishment where he often brings his family to […]
