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TextBond Referendum Citizen Committee Appoints Co-Chairs
Fairfax County Office of Public
Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
703-324-3187, TTY 703-324-2935, FAX 703-324-2010
Sept. 10, 2004
Bond Referendum Citizen Committee Appoints Co-Chairs
The 2004 Bond Referendum Citizen Committee elected as co-chairs at-large representative Greg Werkheiser and Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce representative Nichole Jackson at the first meeting of the committee on Aug. 31. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors created the citizen committee in June to inform the public about bond referendum issues. The 2004 Bond Referendum Citizen Committee is comprised of 13 members. The Board of Supervisors appoints one member from each district and one representative each from the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, the League of Women Voters and the Federation of Citizens Association.
Fairfax County voters will be asked to vote yes or no on four individual bond questions in the Nov. 2 general election. The ballot will include separate questions for human services, libraries, parks and park facilities, and transportation bonds. The human services bond question asks voters to allow the county to borrow $32.5 million for construction, renovation and capital renewal of mental health and juvenile court facilities. The library bond question asks voters to allow the county to borrow $52.5 million to build two new library branches and renovate four branches. The park bond question asks voters to allow the county to borrow $75 million for use by the Fairfax County Park Authority and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to acquire land, renovate existing facilities and develop new facilities. The transportation bond question asks voters to allow the county to borrow $165 million to fund the county’s share of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s capital program and the county’s four-year transportation plan.
Werkheiser said he is honored to serve as co-chair of the 2004 Bond
Referendum Citizen Committee. He said he will use this opportunity to
raise public awareness about important needs in the community, to lead
the committee’s outreach to Fairfax County residents and to provide
information enabling citizens to make informed choices on bonding
questions. “Giving the Board of Supervisors authority to issue bonds is
such an important decision that it is being put to individual voters this
November. I look forward to talking with my neighbors in Fairfax County
about the libraries, parks, transportation and human services issues on
the ballot,” said Werkheiser.
Werkheiser, a resident of Springfield, is an attorney with the law firm
of Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice, PLLC. He is a longtime civic leader
who founded the Virginia Citizenship Institute, a bipartisan civic
education organization for young Virginians. He now serves as vice chair
of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of
Virginia, and chairs the Virginia Governor’s Commission for National and
Community Service, which administers AmeriCorps in Virginia and promotes
civic service statewide.
Jackson said, “I want to say how truly honored I am to have been
selected to co-chair the bond referendum citizen committee.” A resident
of Fairfax County, Jackson is the chamber’s manager of Government
Affairs. She currently serves as the chamber’s liaison and lobbyist
before the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and other local governing
bodies across Northern Virginia. In addition, she manages the Women’s
Business Council, a chamber initiative, created to increase the
participation and development of women executives as leaders in business,
and the Northern Virginia Hospitality Council, which works to promote the
interests of the region’s hospitality industry.
A complete list of committee assignments and
information about the bond referendum is available from the Office of
Public Affairs. Call 703-324-3187, TTY 703-324-2935, or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/opa/bond.
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