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2025
June 10, 2025: County Trash Proposal Public Hearing Deferred to October
May 19, 2025: Talking Trash, Trash Taxes, and Trash Police: Unified Sanitation Districts Town Hall Set for June 3
UPDATED: Link to view the June 3 Unified Sanitation District Town Hall is now available
May 7, 2025: Meals and Real Estate Tax Increases, Some Restorations, and Looming FY 2027 Shortfall
April 21, 2025: Our Employees Know, Budget Town Hall Tonight
April 3, 2025: Springfield District Budget Town Hall April 21st, Initial Thoughts on the FY 2026 Budget
March 26, 2025: Springfield Budget Town Hall Postponed, Teen Job Fair Success Recap
February 18, 2025: Statement on the Fairfax County FY 26 Advertised Budget
February 10, 2025: Statement on the Reductions in the Federal Workforce
February 4, 2025: Teen Job Fairs Free Registration
January 23, 2025: Keeping Repeat Violent Offenders Off the Streets
January 3, 2025: Winter Weather Information
2024
December 23, 2024: A Year in Review
December 17, 2024: Important Transportation Projects and How PLAs Drive Up Cost
December 4, 2024: The Ends Don't Justify the Means
November 21, 2024: Announcing Two Transportation Meetings; Lee Chapel Road and Bauer Drive
October 23, 2024: A Sad Day for Diversity of Opinion and Democracy in Fairfax
October 2, 2024: Improving the Appearance of Our Community
September 26, 2024: Surplus vs. Carryover and Other Board Doublespeak
July 11, 2024: Diversity of Opinion Should be Valued
May 22, 2024: A Meals Tax to go With Your Tax Increase
May 15, 2024: Free Concerts at Burke Lake Park, Bike to Work Day, Graduation Traffic Notice
May 9, 2024: Your Tax Increase is (Not) From State Underfunding
April 17, 2024: Affordability in Housing
April 10, 2024: Sign up to Testify at the Budget Public Hearings
March 7, 2024: Initial Thoughts on the Budget & Tax/Fee Increases
February 9, 2024: Transportation Update: Roadwork Ahead
January 31, 2024: Annual Teen Job Fairs are Open for Registration; Deteriorating Affordability
January 18, 2024: Winter Weather Information
January 2, 2024: Public Safety Needs, Collective Bargaining, and Forecasted FY2025 Budget Shortfall
2023
October 25, 2023: Additional Early Voting Locations Opening Oct. 26th
October 13, 2023: Update on Pickleball Efforts
October 5, 2023: Burke-Springfield Center for Active Adults Engagement Meetings
September 19, 2023: Free Concert in the Park this Fall on Oct. 5, Early Voting Starts 9/22
September 14, 2023: Addressing Park Maintenance, Lee Chapel Road Update, and Car Tax
September 7, 2023: Virtual Lee Chapel Road Town Hall set for September 13th (includes updated login link)
August 30, 2023: Panhandling Town Hall Recap
August 10, 2023: Panhandling Town Hall Reminder
August 3, 2023: Panhandling Regional Town Hall Set for August 17
August 2, 2023: Lee Chapel Road Improvements Move Forward
July 13, 2023: Sports Tourism Partnerships; Illegal Sign Enforcement
June 16, 2023: Last Chance for Early Voting and Primary Election is Tuesday June 20
June 7, 2023: Springfield Community/Senior Center Temporary Location Secured
May 25, 2023: SHAPE Adoption Looks to Address Senior Affordability
May 18, 2023: Bike to Work Day & Free Concert Series at Burke Lake Park
May 2, 2023: FY 2024 Budget: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
April 20, 2023: Sports Tourism Success; Workforce Retention
April 4, 2023: What Happened to Fairfax County's Shredding Events in 2023?
March 22, 2023: Board Increases its Salary 30%, Budget Town Hall, and Fentanyl Town Hall
February 15, 2023: What Would you Like to see in the Next County Budget?
February 1, 2023: Fairfax County Teen Job Fairs Registration Open
January 26, 2023: How Much is Crime Up in Fairfax? Lee Chapel Road Update
2022
November 29, 2022: Older Adult Affordability & Service, Tax Outlook, and I-66 Update
November 4, 2022: Two Different Directions on Protecting the Occoquan Watershed
October 17, 2022: Efforts to Address Panhandling Slowly Move Forward
September 29, 2022: Home Share Program Moves Forward
September 22, 2022: Pushing Panhandling Solutions Forward Again
September 12, 2022: Addressing the Police Staffing Crisis
September 8, 2022: County Response to Trash Service Issues
June 9, 2022: Board Delays Sports Tourism for Equity Review
May 18, 2022: Not Even Up for a Discussion
May 12, 2022: Why Haven't We Done Anything on Panhandling?
May 3, 2022: Free Concert Series at Burke Lake Park
April 27, 2022: Board Approves 6.7% Average Tax Increase
April 11, 2022: Your Testimony this Week Could Mean Lower Taxes
March 28, 2022: How do You Feel About the Proposed Tax Increases?
March 10, 2022: Board Leaves Flat Tax Rate on the Table & Teen Job Fair this Weekend
February 25, 2022: How much are taxes going up this year?
February 14, 2022: 2022 Teen Job Fairs & Citizen Budget Review Committee
February 7, 2022: What's Wrong With "Springfield?"
January 20, 2022: Addressing Trash Service Concerns and Fairfax County Parkway Safety
January 14, 2022: Winter Storm Information and New COVID Testing Site Information
2021
December 16, 2021: Senior Tax Relief Approved; Indoor Skiing Facility Update
December 9, 2021: Board Chooses Politics Over Transparency in Redistricting
November 17, 2021: Your Chance to Support Senior Tax Relief
November 4, 2021: Schedule Vaccine Appointments for Children Ages 5-11
October 21, 2021: Biggest Police Staffing Shortage in Fairfax History Goes Unaddressed
September 30, 2021: Are 'Rubber Rooms' Coming to Fairfax County
September 16, 2021: Board Approves Bag Tax and Climate Plan
September 2, 2021: Is a 5-Cent Plastic Bag Tax Good for Fairfax County?
July 21, 2021: Want to Have Input on how Much You are Taxed?
July 12, 2021: Free Concerts in the Park Series at Burke Lake Starts this Wednesday
July 1, 2021: Defending the Occoquan Watershed & New Laws Taking Effect Today
June 4, 2021: Loud Car Exhaust in Your Neighborhood
April 16, 2021: Fairfax Begins Vaccine Phase 2 Starting April 18th
April 8, 2021: Your Voice at Budget Public Hearings
March 25, 2021: FY 2022 Tax Rate and Budget
March 4, 2021: Regulatory Changes Impacting your Neighborhood and Taxes
February 12, 2021: Vaccine Queue Check System & Vaccine Dashboard are Live
February 2, 2021: Teen Job and Opportunity Fairs Registration is Live & Vaccine Update
January 14, 2021: Update on Phase 1B Vaccinations
January 11, 2021: Vaccinations: Screenings and Pre-registration Open for group 1B
January 4, 2021: Vaccine Distribution Information
2020
December 17, 2020: Plastic Bags--Tax and Yard Waste Ban, COVID Update and Vaccine Information
December 15, 2020: Winter Weather Update
December 3, 2020: Older Adults COVID Response Plan, Holiday Lights Competition, and Addressing Unemployment Delays
October 26, 2020: FCPD Turmoil Goes Unaddressed
October 21, 2020: Working to Save the Celebrate Fairfax Fair
October 1, 2020: Schools: In-Person Learning, Sports, and TJHSST
September 24, 2020: Politics Overshadows Board Processes
September 9, 2020: Absolute Ban on Guns in Public Places
September 2, 2020: Political Correctness Impeding Diversity
May 14, 2020: The County Should be Taking the Baby Steps of Phase One of Reopening Virginia
May 7, 2020: Board Votes for Tax Increase and Some Good News
April 23, 2020: What is Working & What is not
April 16, 2020: Relief Coming to the Fairfax County Parkway
April 9, 2020: Significant Changes to Proposed Budget
April 1, 2020: Important Budget News & COVID-19 Updates
March 27, 2020: Board Votes to Move Forward with an Admissions Tax
March 23, 2020: COVID-19 Update
March 18, 2020: COVID-19 & Budget Town Hall
March 17, 2020: Board Declares State of Emergency
March 15, 2020: COVID-19 Update
March 11, 2020: Addressing Human Trafficking in Fairfax County
February 26, 2020: Board Votes to Ban Use of Plastic Bags for Yard Waste
February 6, 2020: Proposed Zoning Changes Could Impact Your Neighborhood
January 21, 2020: Teen Job Fairs
2019
December 11, 2019: Design Public Hearing for Fairfax County Parkway Interchange With Popes Head Road
October 17, 2019: Shaping the Future of Aging
October 2, 2019: Body Worn Camera Program Approved
September 12, 2019: Next Steps in Addressing Panhandling in our Community
August 15, 2019: Final Free Concert in the Park & Other Events
July 17, 2019: Addressing Panhandling in our Community
June 17, 2019: Some Surprising Truths About Recycling
June 5, 2019: Free Concerts at Burke Lake / Indoor Downhill Skiing
May 16, 2019: Working to Resolve Trash Collection Issues
May 2, 2019: Update on the Opioid Public Health Crisis
April 4, 2019: Initial Thoughts on the FY2020 Budget
February 27, 2019: 2019 Teen Job Fairs & Other Upcoming Events
January 31, 2019: Human Trafficking: Preying on our Children
January 23, 2019: Students Step up During Federal Government Shutdown
January 17, 2019: Sports Tourism and Pension Reform
January 10, 2019: Drug Takeback Program Goes Countywide
2018
November 2018: Potential Progress on Pension Reform
August 2018: Pole-mounted Radar Signs and Drones
July 2018: Are Short Term Rentals Coming to Your Neighborhood?
June 2018: Progress on Pension Reform
May 2018: Another Unsustainable Tax Increase
February 2018: Proposed Budget
January 2018: Gangs and Pensions
January 2018: Customer Service
2017
December 2017: Panhandling in Our Community
November 2017: Customer Service
2016
2015
2014
2013
February 2013 & Updated Correction
2012
Special Edition, Tax Increase in Tysons
Special Edition, Concussion Prevention
2011:
Special Edition, Subsidized Luxury
February 2011, Southwestern Boundary Study
Special Edition, Covanta Editorial
2010:
Special Edition, The School Budget
2009:
Special Edition, Thoughts from Board of Supervisors Retreat
Special Edition, Budget Update
Special Edition, School Budget
2008:
December 2008, Stream Restoration
April 2008, Budget Update, Part 2
April 2008, Initial Budget Thoughts, Part 1
March 2008, South County Middle School
February 2008, I66 Shoulder Lanes, Part 2
February 2008, BRAC, Part 1
Various Documents and Letters
March 10, 2020 Press Release: Addressing IMBs in Fairfax County
November 2020 COVID-19 Response Plan for Older Adults
Holiday Lights Competition Flyer
Plastic Bag Facts vs. Fiction
Food Lion Letter
Prevailing Wage NIP, December 2021
Fairfax County Parkway Board Matter, December 2021
Consideration Item: Police Compensation
M&T Consideration Item & Board Matter
Panhandling May 2022 Board Matter
Citizen Tax Task Force Board Matter May 2022
Board Matter regarding the "Better Way" Program
Joint Board Matter Regarding Curb to Curb Safety
County Executive Memo Regarding Panhandling, April 2022
Chairman's Board Matter Regarding Panhandling, May 2022
Sports Tourism Joint Board Matter, May 2022
NIP on Panhandling, July 2022
Lee Chapel Road Board Matter Jan. 24, 2023
March 2023 Board Matter Regarding Raising Board Members' Salaries
Consideration Item for FY2024 Regarding Police Compensation
Consideration Item on School Transfer
All Consideration Items & Alternative Budget
Meals Tax Board Matter May 2024
VRLTA Meals Tax White Paper
Meals Tax Press Release May 2024
WMATA Board Matter, October 8, 2024
Church Heritage Recognition Day Board Matter October 22, 2024
Walkinshaw Substitute Motion on Faith Communities and Partnerships
March 2021 DWPES Presentation regarding PLAs and Wage Rates
Bail Reform White Paper, Jan. 2025
Sports Tourism Facilities in Virginia (excel document)
Sports Tourism Funded by ARPA, March 2025
Budget Guidance for FY 2027