Citizens Angry: Council Late and Cut Comment Time Editor, I attended the City Council meeting on Monday and filled out a form to speak. The meeting was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. but the Council members were late and the meeting did not begin until 8. Then we were told to […]

Snyder Assails Size, Cost of Pedestrian Plan Editor, The City’s multi-hundred page “Pedestrian, Bicycling and Traffic Calming Plan” and related documents is set for first Council consideration on Monday, but was just unveiled this week during a poorly attended work session. While positive in intent and goals, it goes badly […]

Says Coverage of Water Issue Is One-Sided Editor, Did nobody at FCNP see the blatant hypocrisy — and unintended hilarity — in Benton’s March 8 column personally attacking Rush Limbaugh (“cheap thug”, “porn-obsessed leering voyeur”, “pathetic, tiny little shriveled up soul obsessed by a lack of sexual potency”, etc.) in […]

‘Visual Pollution’ Of Signs Stain Major Corridors Editor, My wife and I are new to Falls Church, having recently moved just 3 miles from Arlington. We now spend more time driving the Rts 7 and 50 corridors.

Why Most at Hillwood Square Voted to Sell Editor, I have lived in Hillwood Square since 2006, and your article on selling does not give a clear representation as to why 118 people wanted to sell. Only 18 people voted No, the rest did not vote.

Sell F.C. Water System? Watch What You Wish For Editor, Last week’s news story and editorial about the city’s proposal to sell its water system to a for-profit utility could leave citizens with unreasonably high expectations for a financial windfall coming their way. We’ll have to wait until March 2, […]

‘Light Pollution’ Bothers Residents on W. Broad St. Editor, I am writing to speak out against the “Spot Light on W Broad St.” The City installed a traffic monitoring light on W Broad St, which flashes very brightly on and off in front of our Winter Hill townhouses in November […]

Assessments Up Despite Inability to Sell Home Editor, Why is the City not being honest about their recent property reassessments? Have bricks and mortar really increased in value by 20-30 percent? I think not.

Issue May Be Not About Water, But Kool Aid Editor, I am constantly amazed at how and why this newspaper’s editorial page has become an unabashed apologist for a City and its water utility that has knowingly pilfered millions of dollars (over $50 million) from its water customers located outside […]

Says Decision on Church Not Civil, But Property Rights Editor, Your editorial concerning the recent court ruling clarifying the status of properties of The Falls Church flatly misstates the import of that decision. It was not a “civil rights” decision “affirming the right of a qualified priest to serve his […]