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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Fairfax County to Host Budget Town Halls This Week

Give your supervisor feedback on the county's proposed $7 billion plan for Fiscal Year 2014.

Fairfax County supervisors will hold a series of town hall meetings this week to discuss the county’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget plan. None are planned in the Falls Church area. County Executive Ed Long’s $7 billion budget package, proposed in late February, would raise the real estate tax rate from $1.075 per $100 of assessed value to $1.095, as well as cut funding from parks, libraries and other county services. The increase in the real estate tax rate would raise a projected $42 million in revenue but would burden county taxpayers with $262 more in annual real estate taxes. This week’s town hall meetings will give residents and constituents an opportunity to voice their concerns and suggestions for the budget, which will be formally …

Susan Finarelli

12:50 pm on Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The City of Falls Church (for those in the 2.2 square miles) will hold a City/CIP/Schools Budget Town Hall on Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to Noon at the Community Center (213 Little Falls St.). More info on the City's Budget at www.fallschurchva.gov/Budget.   more ›

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Human Services a Hot Topic at General Assembly Town Hall

Fairfax County residents gathered Saturday for a four-hour hearing.

Human services funding was a major talking point Saturday during a public hearing before Fairfax County’s delegation to the Virginia General Assembly. About 70 residents and stakeholders gathered at the Fairfax County Government Center to speak during the nearly four-hour hearing, advocating for programs including family services funding, the Northern Virginia Training Center and Medicaid expansion, among others. Sharon Bulova, chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, kicked off the proceedings with brief remarks to state legislators. Bulova reiterated the county’s need for transportation funding – money that many folks in Richmond don’t think will arrive – and the restoration of the "cost of competing" salary assistance …

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