“The City of Falls Church is a unique jurisdiction whose residents represent the vibrant spectrum of life in Northern Virginia. Let’s keep it that way.”

If you thought the City of Falls Church has undergone some extraordinary development in the last 20 years, you are right.

President Biden has made defeating the pandemic the priority goal in his new administration. That’s a heavy lift, especially as we all found out, just a day or two before the inauguration, that federal reserves of coronavirus vaccine were gone.

I got inspired by the Inauguration Day image of former presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama reflecting on U.S. history at the 101-year-old Arlington National Cemetery amphitheater.

“Falls Church’s Tinner Hill historic site provides hope and inspiration for that struggle and for its success.”

Inauguration Day 2017 signaled that a new would-be fascist regime was grounded in an outrageous repudiation of truth. It was the relentless demand that truth be asserted and affirmed that brought that most foul effort down.

While the technical glitches may have been resolved, uncertainty in the registration process continues to vex the many older residents who qualify in Phase 1b.

The NAACP was founded in 1909 by a multiracial coalition of Blacks, Jews, and other whites, I’m reminded by Julius “J.D.” Spain Sr., president of the Arlington branch, that over the past year the organization has exploded in visibility.

The 2021 Session, like everything these last 11 months, looks and feels a lot different than it has in the past, due to the necessity of social distance

Governments, including this one, are instituted for the common good, and no governmental function is more important than assuring a safe environment for all.