Letters to the Editor: July 5 – 11, 2012

July 5, 2012 2:00 PM0 comments

Commends F.C. for Response to Storm’s Aftermath Editor, I must commend the City of Falls Church for its handling of the power outage this past week-end. By opening the community center to citizens for charging necessary cell phones, entertainment, games and activities, and oh yes. . .air conditioning and showers. [...]

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Letters to the Editor: June 28, 2012 – July 4, 2012

June 28, 2012 2:00 PM0 comments

Kudos to FCNP for Article on Stuart’s Jones Editor, Thanks for the great article by Leslie Poster on retiring J.E.B. Stuart High School principal Pamela Jones. I don’t know how Stuart High will function without her.

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Letters to the Editor: June 21 – 27, 2012

June 21, 2012 2:30 PM0 comments

Kudos to Moran for Helping Keep Chesapeake Clean Editor, One of my favorite things Falls Church is its access to nature – many of us live within easy walking distance of creekside trails. Clean rivers and streams are not only important for our quality of life, they’re also vital to [...]

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Letters to the Editor: June 14 – 20, 2012

June 14, 2012 3:00 PM0 comments

 F.C. Water Suit Coming from Fairfax Residents Editor, On Monday, in a “first reading” discussion that lasted less than five minutes, City Council continued its tradition of treating the city’s Fairfax County customers as its personal ATM machine by seizing $1 million of ratepayer contributed revenues (The final decision is [...]

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Letters to the Editor: June 7 – 13, 2012

June 7, 2012 2:30 PM0 comments

 F.C. Like a Spoiled Child Getting Caught Editor, Goliath 1, David 0. Your comparison of these men to Fairfax County and Falls Church City does not work. The best comparison is Falls Church City as a spoiled child who has gotten away with really stupid acts for a long time [...]

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Letters to the Editor: May 31 – June 6, 2012

May 31, 2012 3:30 PM0 comments

Time for F.C. Council to Mull Water Options Editor, Now that the auction has been called off, we have a break in the momentum of events and can pause to catch our breath and think more clearly. While private enterprise is good for products and services in a competitive marketplace, [...]

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Letters to the Editor: March 24 – 30, 2012

May 24, 2012 2:30 PM0 comments

 F.C. City Council Running Out of Water Options Editor, Last week, an attorney for the U.S. Corps of Engineers concluded that a sale of the city’s water system to a non-governmental entity would be illegal and, as a result, all but one of the potential bidders in Friday’s water system [...]

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Letters to the Editor: May 17 – 23, 2012

May 17, 2012 1:30 PM0 comments

Urges Suspension of Towing Policy on Memorial Day Editor, Every year the City of Falls Church’s annual Memorial Day Festival and parade brings crowds of people. Many are not city residents and do not know about the shopping centers’ strict parking restrictions and quick towing enforcement for anyone who parks [...]

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Letters to the Editor: May 10 – 16, 2012

May 10, 2012 1:30 PM0 comments

 F.C. Council Candidate Handly Thanks Voters Editor, Thank you to my supporters and to the many citizens of this fine city for sharing their time, ideas and efforts during this campaign. I am honored and humbled to have had the opportunity to have met and learned from so many people [...]

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Letters to the Editor: May 3 – 9, 2012

May 3, 2012 3:00 PM0 comments

F.C. Doesn’t Need to Change Into Another Ballston Editor, For the last few years, I have been reading all these discussions and editorials about our city’s commercial development, but it seems to me that these discussions are going around in a circle: on the one hand, keeping a good school [...]

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