Monday, February 4, 2013
What will it mean for the Northern Virginia economy?
Sequestration — $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts to defense and civilian programs over the next decade — will likely happen and it will mean thousands of layoffs, program eliminations and near-certain economic devastation for Northern Virginia, said Virginia Congressmen Jim Moran (D-8th) and Gerry Connolly (D-11th) on Saturday at a town hall meeting in Mount Vernon. "You need to be aware that this is probably going to happen," said Moran, who spoke at an annual meeting conducted by Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerry Hyland. "It's a democracy and things will ultimately play themselves out, but things are not going well right now (in Congress)." Congress averted the fiscal cliff crisis at the beginning of the year, and …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Not addressing sequestration puts business growth, NOVA economy in limbo, Fairfax County leaders say.
Fairfax County officials are disappointed Tuesday’s last-minute “fiscal cliff” bill does not address a solution for sequestration cuts that could endanger Northern Virginia’s economic well being. Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon Bulova said she was grateful Congress took action and passed the bill which keeps the Bush-era tax cuts for individuals making less than $400,000 and couples making less that $450,000. It also makes permanent the fixes for the Alternative Minimum Tax and delays government spending cuts for two months. “Even though it’s not a comprehensive resolution to everything at least people are talking and at least things have gotten started,” she said. “But we’re disappointed that we still have waiting to do.” Bulova …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Republican candidate for Congress answers 10 questions from Patch readers.
Earlier this month, our readers submitted questions for Patch's Ask the Candidates forum. Chris Perkins, a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 11th District, is first in this week's series. His responses can be found below, unedited. You can read responses from other candidates who responded to the survey throughout the week here. How will sequestration affect Northern Virginia? If elected, do you intend to fight it? Sequestration will have a major impact on the Northern Virginia economy, and if elected fighting to overturn these cuts in favor of a more balanced deficit reduction plan will be my #1 priority. While a congressman may sometimes have to choose between the best interests of his …
Skip Endale
8:11 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
As a non-career senior military officer, and without any access to intelligence data, does any mere mortal still have a chance of competing? I mean why bother... more ›