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Should we become our own city?
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: July 01, 2009 10:38AM

Interesting little article.

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=722&sid=1708408

With over a million residents, we'd probably be close to one of the top ten biggest cities in the US if it happened.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/01/2009 10:39AM by TheMeeper.

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Re: Should we become our own city?
Posted by: Fairfax22032 ()
Date: July 01, 2009 10:55AM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> Interesting little article.
>
> http://www.wtop.com/?nid=722&sid=1708408
>
> With over a million residents, we'd probably be
> close to one of the top ten biggest cities in the
> US if it happened.


I doubt that the legislature would allow this no matter which party was in the majority. While the move would take some costs off the commonwealth's hands, I am willing to be that it would come at a cost. I am guessing that it would have a big impact on local government, eliminating the county executive, creating a full-time mayor, and changing the role of the BoS.

Finding an acceptable name would be an interesting challenge since I don't see the "real" Fairfax City making a change.

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Re: Should we become our own city?
Posted by: Judge Dillon ()
Date: July 01, 2009 10:59AM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> Interesting little article.
>
> http://www.wtop.com/?nid=722&sid=1708408
>
> With over a million residents, we'd probably be
> close to one of the top ten biggest cities in the
> US if it happened.


If we had reasonable leadership in this county, it might be worth pursuing. Becoming a city will allow the elected leaders to tax the shit out of its residents. Look at the property tax rate in any city in the commonwealth and compare them to the surrounding counties. An already overbloated education and public safety bureaucracy would only grow more ridiculously large. For once, I agree with the ConMan. Actually, I heard this morning he was against taxing healthcare benefits. Twice in one day I agree with him. Hmm, I must be losing my mind.

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Re: Should we become our own city?
Posted by: Namer ()
Date: July 01, 2009 11:01AM

Fairfax22032 Wrote:
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> Finding an acceptable name would be an interesting
> challenge since I don't see the "real" Fairfax
> City making a change.

McFairfax, FairMart, Fairfax Depot, New New Mexico?

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Re: Should we become our own city?
Posted by: pgens ()
Date: July 01, 2009 12:20PM

The incorporated city idea reminds me of the transportation addon tax idea. With the new tax I and others asked the group that was pushing it for very simple descriptions of the projects they wanted to fund (locations, what is to be constructed, etc) and they wrote back with a refusal, not kidding. They would not provide the public info about what they wanted the tax for ahead of the vote, just a list of locations with no justification for project cost estimates and no tax sunset plan.

When everyone is open and honest about the reasons behind a change like this where the voters are granting new tax authority, it may work better. I'm all for discussion of solutions that broaden the county's revenue structure.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/01/2009 12:21PM by pgens.

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Re: Should we become our own city?
Posted by: ThePackLeader ()
Date: July 01, 2009 06:58PM

So if the County becomes a City, what happens to all of the independent Cities and Towns that already exist within Fairfax? What of their Community Organizations, and Councils? It makes no sense, this is a stupid proposal (Unless you happen to be some extremely leftist Tax Happy/Overbearing Government mongrel).

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Re: Should we become our own city?
Posted by: wow567786 ()
Date: July 01, 2009 07:10PM

There is a virgina code section that specfically prohibits the forming of new cities in virginia.

the code specfically states that a new town may not be form from any area that is under the jurisdiction of a county.

i dont have the code off the top of my head...it was passed fairly recently though (1994ish)

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Re: Should we become our own city?
Posted by: Genghis Khan ()
Date: July 01, 2009 07:16PM

ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> So if the County becomes a City, what happens to
> all of the independent Cities and Towns that
> already exist within Fairfax? What of their
> Community Organizations, and Councils? It makes no
> sense, this is a stupid proposal (Unless you
> happen to be some extremely leftist Tax
> Happy/Overbearing Government mongrel).

We surround them a lay siege until they surrender, of course.

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Re: Should we become our own city?
Posted by: curious ()
Date: July 01, 2009 08:43PM

Secede from the union!

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Re: Should we become our own city?
Posted by: dumb ()
Date: July 01, 2009 09:04PM

What a ridiculously stupid idea. Not surprising though, since if something is a stupid idea, the Fairfax County government usually seems to embrace it.

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