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Chairman

Friday, November 4, 2011

Chairman Candidates Discuss Infrastructure Funding and Low-Income Housing

Candidates for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors respond to the fifth and sixth of six questions posed by Patch.

The four candidates running for chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors answered six questions by email for Patch.  Following are the unedited responses to questions five and six. Incumbent Democrat Sharon Bulova (website, Facebook, Twitter) Independent Christopher DeCarlo (website, YouTube) Independent Will Radle (Facebook, YouTube) Republican Michael “Spike” Williams (website, Facebook) Question #5: The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority weekly reports in its newsletter the relocation of mega-firms into the county.  Would you move to require contribution of private sector money to support the investment tax payers have made in the county's infrastructure?  Explain.  Sharon Bulova Fairfax County does not put tax or …

Mike Kane

4:46 pm on Friday, November 4, 2011

Rent controls are awful, Sharon Bulova. See NYC for an example. Also, shame on you for supporting the subsidies to builders for low income housing. These homes have swimming pools and indoor gymnasiums while many hardworking people can't afford these luxury items.   more ›

Monday, October 31, 2011

Chairman Candidates Discuss Control of County Roads

In their response to the first of six questions posed by Patch, the candidates for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors discuss county versus state control of area roads.

The four candidates running for chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors answered six questions by email for Patch.  We will feature one question over the next six days, with the unedited answers by each of the candidates. Incumbent Democrat Sharon Bulova (website, Facebook, Twitter) Independent Christopher DeCarlo (website, YouTube) Republican Michael “Spike” Williams (website, Facebook) Independent Will Radle (Facebook, YouTube) Question #1: Should Fairfax County take local control of its roads, as some surrounding jurisdictions, or allow VDOT's continued control?  Explain. Sharon Bulova The State is increasingly making overtures about turning the road system (which is now pretty much entirely a State responsibility) over to …

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Will Radle

4:36 pm on Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Remember, to see whether taxes are increased, maintained or lowered, we need to look at the assessment and the rate. She has been increasing the dollars you pay. When I share my plan to lower real estate taxes from $1.07 to a target 93 cents, I am using a static number (using a specific point in time, specifically the budget we just adopted). Basically, we will lower real estate taxes you pay by …   more ›

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