Fairfax Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Sharon Bulova sided publicly with the more outspoken Republican members of her board Thursday in oppossing the purchase of a privately-run, $400 million trash incinerator.
Bulova’s statement saying she’d prefer to renegotiate the current lease came during an interview on WTOP.
Read the full story here.

“Pay yourself first” is good advice for managing a personal budget, but not for spending public funds. However, that’s exactly what Fairfax County Executive Tony Griffin wants to do in his $6.1 billion 2012 budget recommendation. Griffin’s proposal would effectively raise annual property taxes on battered homeowners $115 on average, while spending $41 million more [...]

Supervisor Pat Herrity launched his 2011 re-election campaign last Wednesday with a rollicking Irish party to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
The event featured performances by an Irish guitarist and singer, plenty of helpings of corned beef and cabbage and St. Patrick’s Day decorations for children to color.
“If every member of congress had the integrity of Frank [...]

at Herrity swore he would never run for public office. But the eldest son of longtime Fairfax County Board of Supervisor’s Chairman Jack Herrity, who died in 2006, remembered something his father said to him about public service.
“He would tell me that you can’t make anything happen unless you have a seat at the table,” [...]

Fairfax Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Sharon Bulova sided publicly with the more outspoken Republican members of her board Thursday in oppossing the purchase of a privately-run, $400 million trash incinerator.
Bulova’s statement saying she’d prefer to renegotiate the current lease came during an interview on WTOP.
Read the full story here.

“Pay yourself first” is good advice for managing a personal budget, but not for spending public funds. However, that’s exactly what Fairfax County Executive Tony Griffin wants to do in his $6.1 billion 2012 budget recommendation. Griffin’s proposal would effectively raise annual property taxes on battered homeowners $115 on average, while spending $41 million more [...]

Supervisor Pat Herrity launched his 2011 re-election campaign last Wednesday with a rollicking Irish party to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
The event featured performances by an Irish guitarist and singer, plenty of helpings of corned beef and cabbage and St. Patrick’s Day decorations for children to color.
“If every member of congress had the integrity of Frank [...]

at Herrity swore he would never run for public office. But the eldest son of longtime Fairfax County Board of Supervisor’s Chairman Jack Herrity, who died in 2006, remembered something his father said to him about public service.
“He would tell me that you can’t make anything happen unless you have a seat at the table,” [...]