Questions on Fairfax County Budget? Join Thursday's Online Q&A
County Executive Ed Long will chat with residents on proposed $7 billion Fiscal Year 2014 county budget.
Do you have questions about Fairfax County’s FY2014 proposed budget? Your chance to get answers from County Executive Ed Long is coming Thursday morning. Long will host an hour-long chat starting at 9:30 a.m. Thursday to discuss his proposed $7 billion budget, which he unveiled for officials and the public Tuesday. The advertised package includes a 2-cent increase in the real estate tax rate from $1.075 per $100 of assessed value to $1.095. The increase is projected to raise nearly $42 million in count revenue. But when coupled with increases in real estate assessments, the proposed rate would cost the average county household about $262 more in real estate taxes. The budget also reduces funding for parks and libraries, and allots the …
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T-Bird
2:40 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
Wow Frederick, thanks for the great suggestion :-/ As if the county (except for the schools) hasn't cut their budgets/programs by 30% in the past four years. As if there hasn't been a hiring freeze for the same four years. Oh, and where exactly are these county vehicles in "mall" parking lots on what I assume is a daily basis, and how is it that you know what they are doing? How do you know they … more ›