This year we’re paying attention to Richmond more than ever. In pre-pandemic times, I was looking forward to progressive legislation on many Falls Church priorities, such as gun legislation, LGBTQ equality, clean energy, and affordable housing. While the world is very different now, all eyes were still on the General […]
This week’s post is early so that I can help make a final push for the Falls Church t-shirt campaign you may have seen. It ends tonight, so you still have a chance to contribute – support a small business, help a family in need, and get some new threads at the […]
Wow, it’s been nearly a month since our lives have gone topsy-turvy. Despite the confirmed coronavirus cases still growing daily, social distancing efforts are making a difference. Please keep it up and stay strong – especially as cabin fever, warmer weather, and religious holidays to typically celebrate with friends and family […]
City Council meetings resume next Monday – our first ever, fully virtual City Council meeting with each of us connecting from our homes. You can tune in at the same time, same place – 730 pm streaming online or FCC-TV if you have cable. If you have comments, please send […]
We’ve nearly made it through Week 2 – congrats! Hopefully social distancing is now the norm and not the exception*. The number of COVID-19 cases in the US/Virginia/locally continues to climb. Since last Friday, the number of cases in the Fairfax health district (of which we’re a member) has grown […]
If you’re like my household, last Friday felt like last year and we’re not sure what day of the week it is anymore. Going forward, I’ll try to continue to write with some regularity but it may not always happen. With my kids home from school, we haven’t yet settled […]
With the disruption and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, it’s as good a time as any to remember to extend grace and look out for one another. As we all know from our constantly breaking news alerts, it’s a rapidly evolving situation that changes by the hour. There are […]
It would be an understatement to say there is a lot going on right now – locally, nationally, and globally. First, the local: we had another tough vote this week, this time on the budget amendment to pay for the cost overages for City Hall. It’s the first time I’ve […]
Thank you for all the kind, supportive notes after last week’s post. Two important call outs for you this week: 1) If you haven’t heard already – Metro announced that parking will be eliminated at East Falls Church Metro and reduced by half at West Falls Church Metro beginning on March 15 […]
As you may have read – we had a final vote this week on the library project as part of the $4.6M budget amendment. As much as I wanted to get to yes (and support the other items in the budget amendment like traffic calming), I had too many fundamental […]
You’ll notice that this week’s post is hitting your inboxes a day early. As you read, I’m on my way to Richmond for our annual General Assembly lobbying trip, so my regular writing day got moved up. An earlier post is a good opportunity to make a timely plug: with […]
This week’s initial 4-3 vote on the latest budget amendment to allocate $4.6M, of which $2.6M would fund the library cost overage, has been one of the more difficult votes we’ve wrestled with recently – as evident by the split vote, the 4+ hour meeting, and the fact that most […]