By Dan Sze Your new City Council held its first retreat after taking office three weeks ago in order to get up to speed on all current issues: the upcoming budget for public government and schools, capital improvement projects, the state of economic development and disposition of funds available from […]

The 2014 session of the Virginia General Assembly is in full bloom. Pardon the botanical metaphor, but the abundant flowering that emerges from barren desert following the first rains of the season seems germane. During the “long session” (i.e., the second year of the biennial budget) we consider thousands of […]

As the Falls Church City Council mulls how to deploy the $14 million coming its way as net proceeds from the sale of the City’s water system to Fairfax County, we are puzzled by the prevailing wisdom coming from so-called experts on the subject that a lion’s share, at least, […]

As marijuana use wafts its way toward Obama-era respectability, I can’t help recalling the pot scene in the Arlington of my youth. For details of my own experimentation, you must visit a password-protected Website with a hefty subscriber fee (kidding). But anyone around North Arlington circa 1970 could not have […]

The burgeoning student population in Fairfax County affects not only class sizes and the teacher’s ability to teach, but also the infrastructure – the bricks and mortar – of the individual buildings in our school system. In the case of Bailey’s Elementary School, in the Culmore area, the school enrollment […]

By Jason Widstrom In a few weeks, every property owner in the City will receive a mailing explaining the new Stormwater Utility Fee. You’ll see a sample bill, impervious area calculations for your property, and a description of the credit program. Before this arrives at your doorstep, we wanted to […]

Barely having time to adjust the cushion on his Virginia attorney general’s chair, and after a recount confirmed his victory as Virginia’s new attorney general by just over 100 votes statewide, Mark Herring released a 23-page brief last week stating that he will not defend Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage, […]

Yorktown High School expanded what students call its “glory wall” this month. I was pleased as the alumni committee chairman to do the honors for nine new inductees for their feats in a colorful array of fields. Our Jan. 25 ceremony at the spanking new North Arlington school building celebrated […]

Congressman Jim Moran’s (D-8-VA) stunning announcement that he will not seek re-election this fall was a complete surprise to most, if not all, of his constituents. Jim’s quarter-century of service on Capitol Hill spans four Republican and Democratic administrations, from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama. His departure from Congress […]

By David Tarter First of all, I would like to thank the citizens and City Council of Falls Church for giving me the opportunity to serve you. I am honored and humbled by the confidence placed in me. As Mayor, I am but one of seven members on the Council, […]