Tag: Falls Church

See below for video of Fredericksburg City Commonwealth's Attorney La Bravia Jenkins, who has served in that position since 2008 - and who was...

This morning, Arlington Sun Gazette Editor Scott McCaffrey posted his thoughts on two hot races in Arlington County and Falls Church: 1) the Commonwealth's...

See below for video from tonight's Arlington County Democratic Committee (ACDC) meeting, with a packed house (couple hundred people?) candidate announcements by: 1) for...

Great event tonight on Columbia Pike in Arlington - packed house full of enthusiastic supporters, friends and family; rising star Del. Jennifer Carroll-Foy (also...

The following statement is from Arlington/Falls Church Commonwealth's Attorney Theo Stamos, in response to the announcement last night of a primary challenge by Parisa...

See below for video from this afternoon's vigil for Parkland at George Mason High School in Falls Church, Virginia. The key now is to...

Ah, memories of the 2006 Falls Church Memorial Day Parade, when a huge crowd of enthusiastic supporters marched for Jim Webb (note: two weeks...

Earlier today, I attended the following event with Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate (and former Congressman) Tom Perriello: Following President Trump's dehumanizing executive orders to punish...

With city voters having decided to move local elections to November, Tuesday's city council race will mark the last time Falls Church voters cast their ballots in May.

On issues ranging from its water system to sustainable development to transit, the Falls Church City Council is at a crossroads. Does the City Council only represent current homeowners, or does it have a responsibility to consider the future residents, workers & business owners Falls Church politicians so often say they want to draw to the Little City? Can Falls Church possibly hope to attract a streetcar someday when current residents object even to giving up a handful on-street parking spots to accommodate bike lanes?

The Sierra Club's Mount Vernon group posed a range of questions to the seven candidates running for council and is making endorsements:

Virginia state law prohibits partisan affiliation from being listed on ballots for local elections. But can the Falls Church City Council go a step further, banning political parties from endorsing candidates in city races altogether - and do it with extremely limited public input?

In the wake of two major shakeups to Falls Church city politics, the City Council is set to vote tonight on amendments to the city charter that were just drawn up at the council work session a week ago. The key additions:

• "[U]nder this amendment to Section 3.02, candidates for City Council who are nominated by political party primary or convention will no longer be listed on the ballot for City Council."
• "Candidates for the office of city council shall be qualified voters of the city and shall file their notice of candidacy and be nominated only by petition in the manner prescribed by law for nonparty candidates and not by caucus, primary, convention or other party-affiliated proceeding."
• The amendments warn against not just the evils of partisan elections, but of partisan candidates

So why the rush to change the charter? Under Virginia's Dillon's Rule system, the changes need Virginia General Assembly approval, so the City Council wants to get the amendments into its legislative package in time for the next General Assembly session in January. Unfortunately, it seems the City Council is putting that deadline ahead of opportunity for public input - an especially unfortunate move given voters just dealt the Council a harsh rebuke  in this month's election.