Much has happened since the last issue when I wrote about the impact of the economic downturn on Fairfax County. We balanced our FY2010 budget and avoided the deep cuts to public safety that had been threatened earlier in the year. We also restored a number of potential human services cuts and maintained our zoning
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The decision to shift thousands of jobs to Alexandria as part of the Base Realignment and Closure plan has one Fairfax County Supervisor fuming.  “It was one of the worst decisions in recent history by the federal government,” Fairfax County Supervisor Jeff McKay, D-Lee, tells WTOP. read more …

As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on some of what we’ve accomplished by working together in Lee District during 2006.  County Budget:  Along with other localities in the country, we are hit hard by the national and state economic crisis.  Every County agency has been directed to roll
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This has been the most astounding election cycle that I have ever seen.  The Franconia Governmental Center has for many years been a satellite voting location for absentee-in-person voting. (Only a bureaucrat could have devised that name for voting that takes place before election day.)  Absentee-in-person voting is not the same as early voting which
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In the heat of a northern Virginia summer, it’s a stretch to be thinking about the County’s fiscal year 2010 budget that’s almost a year away.  While we are fortunate to live in one of the most economically advantaged counties in the United States, we are not immune to the economic storms that are shaking
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Supervisor Jeff McKay will be publishing his first electronic newsletter in mid-September.  Sign-up to receive it by sending an email to leedist@fairfaxcounty.gov asking to be put on the distribution list.