Letters to the Editor: July 18 – 24, 2019 We Need More Trees, Not Less, in Falls Church Editor, Hey, Little City-zens! Do we really think now is the time to keep cutting down mature trees to make room for absurdly giant homes with multiple impervious surfaces and even — […]

Letters to the Editor: July 11 – 17, 2019 Republican Tax Scheme Dividing the Middle Class Editor, State and local taxes (SALT) are generally used to provide funding for the common good: public education, fire and rescue, libraries, roads, police, courts… Capping the SALT deduction was a cynical act by […]

Letters to the Editor: July 4 – 10, 2019 Mayor’s Testimony on SALT Was Misleading Editor, Mayor Tarter’s testimony before Congress, attacking the cap on the SALT deduction was disingenuous and misleading. The cap takes no funds from the City; rather it makes it more difficult for the city to […]

Letters to the Editor: June 27 – July 3, 2019 F.C. High Alum Glad to See GMHS Groundbreaking Editor, As a Falls Church High School Jaguar alum, I gladly attended the wonderful ground-breaking ceremony last Friday for the all-new George Mason High School! The histories of George Mason and Falls […]

Letters to the Editor: June 20 – 26, 2019 Hockenberry Feature Story Was Right on Target Editor, Matt Delaney’s thoughtful article on Lindy Hockenberry’s many contributions to Falls Church was right on target: In a community with many interesting and successful people, few match Lindy’s many positive contributions. As a […]

Letters to the Editor: June 13 – 19, 2019 Disturbed by News-Press’ Misleading Election Story Editor, We were appalled to see the misleading headline and editorial in this week’s Falls Church News-Press referring to “dark money” in the campaign for Commonwealth’s Attorney. We were also extremely disturbed by the unfair […]

Letters to the Editor: June 6 – 12, 2019 Dem Incumbents Troubling Support of Death Penalty Editor, In preparing to vote in Falls Church’s Democratic primary on June 11, it has been disturbing to discover that both incumbent Democrats — state senator Dick Saslaw and Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos — […]

Letters to the Editor: May 30 – June 6, 2019 Setting Record Straight on F.C. Parking & Bikeshare Editor, Let’s set the facts straight about the Capital Bikeshare and parking. While Ms. Molino’s [May 9, Letters] challenge about some loss of parking spaces for bike stations has some point, she […]

Letters to the Editor: May 23 – 29, 2019 Kudos to F.C. School Board For Transgender Support Editor, The Falls Church City School Board is to be applauded in their support for transgender students. As a psychotherapist here in the City of Falls Church, where my sole focus is gender […]

Letters to the Editor: May 16 – 22, 2019 Bicyclists Making Walking Hazardous in Falls Church Editor, We’ve lived in Falls Church for 20 years and like many residents, we enjoy walking around our little city. In the last three years, though, bicyclists are making this an increasingly hazardous form […]