Mayor David Tarter testified before Congress yesterday to discuss the impact of the cap on the deductibility of our state and local taxes on federal tax returns, an issue that affects many in our community of Falls Church.   City of Falls Church Office of Communication provides press release.    NEWS RELEASE Mayor Tarter Testifies Before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures about New SALT Deduction Cap Wednesday, June 26, 2019 — Mayor P. David Tarter testified yesterday before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures about the impact of the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxRead More →

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Sajeela Ramsey, Ph.D., has written this article in three installments.  This post contains the first installment: Contexts & Subtexts.  The remaining installments will be posted over the next two weeks. Contexts & Subtexts Costs of Ignoring Risks Statistics Command Action Dr. Ramsey holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in the Behavioral Sciences with an interdisciplinary focus on Kalogenetics, Sociopsychology, Intercultural, Non-Verbal and Mass Communication, Applied Neurology and Linguistics.       Read More →

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These spreadsheets are for those who like numbers.  You can get an understanding of what it costs to run Falls Church City versus neighboring cities.  Exhibit C6 tab shows a comparison of cost of school operations and shows that we are paying a steep price.  Are we getting the quality education or could we do better? This is from the Local Government Comparative Reports — All Virginia counties, cities, towns with a population of 3,500 or more, and towns operating a separate school division are required to submit this data to the Auditor of Public Accounts annually. The data presented represents the local government operations forRead More →

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The city of Staunton VA was recently highlighted in a VirginiaBusiness.com article on how they were able to consolidate their CFO positions and save money.  This was done as a necessity 5 years ago during the recession but they have kept it as just one position to this date.  The Staunton school district is approximately the same size as FCCPS. Staunton has 2636 school children, spends $10,965 per child and has a tax rate of .95 cents for $100. Falls Church has 2421 school children, spends $17,109 per child and has a tax rate of $1.31 for $100 If we would consolidate just our CFORead More →

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