In Appreciation for the Life and Service of Ira J. Kaylin
Ira J. Kaylin May 15, 1946 – March 12, 2018 In Appreciation for a Life Well Lived and Effective Service to the City of Falls Church Professionally, Ira Kaylin was a man at a high…
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Mayor and City Manager Agree: Sale or Lease of Developable 10 Acres Before GMHS School Construction
Mayor Dave Tarter and City Manager Wyatt Shields Understand the Risks of $120 Million Debt After WMATA January Development Surprise City Must Proceed Cautiously Enormous Financial and Site Development Hurdles as Well as Unknowns Are…
A Bloviating Press Visioning Jeff Bezos Planting the Amazon Flag on GMHS and Other City Properties
The METRO January Surprise to Develop West Falls Church Metro “Giving Away” the Treasure of Land Has Become a Falls Church Council Hallmark On Route 7 and Waiting for a Call from Jeff Bezos By…
Financial GMHS Bonding Report that Proposes Risk Mitigation Techniques but Also Identifies Additional Unaddressed Dangers
The Inability or Unwillingness of an Educated Population to Understand Risk Even Though Those Risks Are a Direct Threat to Home Values and Classroom Instruction Council Has Simply Not Been Entirely Forthright or Candid With…
Zoning Administrator’s Deference to Developers Over Homeowners: A Willingness to Bend the Rules and Look the Other Way
The City Manager, When Made Aware of These Issues, Provides Little Oversight The Undermining of the Falls Church City Zoning Code Part One Opinion by: Hilary Duke and Steven Valley In 2012, two members of…
Tune-In to Live Coverage on Council Agenda Tonight: The Broad and Washington Project Won’t Generate Even a $1 Million in Real Estate Tax Revenue
Another Project with Huge Financial Developer Benefit Where’s the “Beef” for the Citizens? Tune in Live to the Council Meeting Tonight Low End of Projected Real Estate Tax Benefit Development Won’t Pay One Month of…
Veterans’ Day: When We Remember and Honor Those Who Gave So Much, Pandering Political Polemics and Narcissism Mock their Sacrifices
Mabry and Kaylin Commentary A School Board Candidate Defames the Opposition Debasing Factual Information to Satiate Wants Is Corrosive to Democracy The Elixir of “Fake Facts” is Peddled by Those Who Cling to Each Other for Justification…
Council Member Phil Duncan: Why Does He Say What He Does and Why Would You Believe Him?
Good Policy Is Good Politics When These Two “Goods” Get Reversed by Public Officials–The Citizens Are Failed …
Instead of Funds for Instruction–Especially for Youngest Students–Passing Referendum Will Squander $40 Million on Vanity Project at $100,000 per Student
Passing a $120 Million Bond Creating 30 Years of Debt for a Small City Is NOT About Education Fairfax College Placement from Maintained and Reconstructed Schools Show Up Referendum Fallacies Passage of Referendum Instead of…
The MBA Writes Again: “Clueless Council Has No Plan to Develop GMHS…Developers’ Dream Coming True”
City Council’s Mega $120 Million Bond: No Development Plan = No Clue Bumbling Council Approach Will Mainly Benefit Developers “Duncanomics” In Full Flower with George Mason Development By Mark Kaye Kaye is an analyst and…