Why it’s all about Pete for me!

Ed. Note: Another in our series of personal statements of support from readers for Democratic presidential candidates  By Susan Reidinger: Last March, I was tooling around Youtube when I somehow landed on a video of a guy on a CNN…

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FCDC gets new officers, changes Bylaws

By Karen Kirk: Several hundred Democrats turned out for the Fairfax County Democratic Committee (FCDC) Reorganization Meeting Tuesday night and chose new leaders, revised bylaws and approved a resolution not to support a “flawed” Virginia redistricting plan. Virginia Attorney General…

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Citizen control over Va. polluters gets reprieve

By Brad Swanson: Virginia’s citizen boards will retain control over pollution emitters for at least another year as a bill to transfer this authority to a state agency has been downgraded to require passage by two consecutive annual legislatures. In…

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Northern Virginia dominates legislature leadership

As the Virginia state legislature opened for business this week, Northern Virginia legislators scored more than half the standing committee chair positions – as well as providing the Senate Majority Leader, Speaker of the House, and House Majority Leader. Senators…

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Big welcome for Fairfax County elected leaders

By Susan Laume: The Fairfax County Government Center auditorium was packed, despite cold and rainy weather, as elected officials, including Board of Supervisors Chair Jeff McKay, took their oaths of office on December 16. Several hundred friends, family and well-wishers…

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