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Featured September 23, 2018

Neighborhood Members Request the Planning Commission to Insure “Settled” Height Matter and to Prohibit Commercial Logo Facing Community

Residents Present Case to Planning Commission Against Last Minute Change by Developer Effort to Secure Residential Nature of Neighborhood Over Commercial Advertising  Logos and Ads Should Face the Commercial Corridors Portion of One Letter to…

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Featured September 18, 2018

Our New School Surrounded X3: METRO’s Planned 1.4 Million SF of Construction at WFC METRO Coupled with City’s 1.4 Million SF and Route 66 Extension Creates a Deep Urban Canyon

On One Side: METRO Seeks 85 Foot Buildings and 1 Million Square Feet of Construction  On the Other Side: City Is Ready to Approve 1,400,000 Square Feet of High Rise Construction   On a Third…


Featured September 8, 2018

Pictures Tell the Story: City Council is Creating an Asphalt, Brick and Mortar “Gulch” for Our School Kids

High-Rise Apartments and Offices Will “Corral” the School Kids Another Route 66 Lane Will Further “Girdle” the Campus Plenty of Glass, Bricks and Asphalt—but Little Green Space The Multi-Story GMHS and MEH Would Be Right…


Featured August 14, 2018

Wolves in Sheep Clothing Roaming the City Peddling Their “Blah, Blah, Blah…”

Council Member Hardi Proposes Fatuous Parking Study and Solution … … and She Votes to Reduce Developer Parking Requirements Her Choice for Parking Study “Czar” and Political Ally is Bob Young Citizen Opposition Required: You…


Featured March 22, 2018

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…


Featured February 21, 2018

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…


Featured February 6, 2018

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…


Featured January 8, 2018

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…


Featured December 5, 2017

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…


Featured November 13, 2017

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…


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Recent Posts

  • Neighborhood Members Request the Planning Commission to Insure “Settled” Height Matter and to Prohibit Commercial Logo Facing Community September 23, 2018
  • Our New School Surrounded X3: METRO’s Planned 1.4 Million SF of Construction at WFC METRO Coupled with City’s 1.4 Million SF and Route 66 Extension Creates a Deep Urban Canyon September 18, 2018
  • Pictures Tell the Story: City Council is Creating an Asphalt, Brick and Mortar “Gulch” for Our School Kids September 8, 2018
  • Wolves in Sheep Clothing Roaming the City Peddling Their “Blah, Blah, Blah…” August 14, 2018
  • In Appreciation for the Life and Service of Ira J. Kaylin March 22, 2018

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  • Lisa Varouxis on Neighborhood Members Request the Planning Commission to Insure “Settled” Height Matter and to Prohibit Commercial Logo Facing Community
  • John Boeddeker on Referendum: With Per Pupil Building Cost of $110,000 and No Focus on Classroom Needs or Renovation, GM Project Is Tangential to Our Children but Satiates the Council and School Board’s Need for Grandeur
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  • Dale Walton on A Bloviating Press Visioning Jeff Bezos Planting the Amazon Flag on GMHS and Other City Properties
  • John Boeddeker on Referendum: With Per Pupil Building Cost of $110,000 and No Focus on Classroom Needs or Renovation, GM Project Is Tangential to Our Children but Satiates the Council and School Board’s Need for Grandeur
  • Administrator on Veterans’ Day: When We Remember and Honor Those Who Gave So Much, Pandering Political Polemics and Narcissism Mock their Sacrifices
  • KSE on Veterans’ Day: When We Remember and Honor Those Who Gave So Much, Pandering Political Polemics and Narcissism Mock their Sacrifices
  • Administrator on The MBA Writes Again: “Clueless Council Has No Plan to Develop GMHS…Developers’ Dream Coming True”

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