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Entitlements and interest on the debt comprise 64 percent of President Obama's proposed FY2011 budget.   Download "Eliminating the Federal Deficit", presented at July 19 NoVa Tea Party luncheon.

Reston Impact Taxpayers' Alliance: Arthur Purves from Comcast Channel 28 on Vimeo.

Download FCTA  2010 spring bulletin - 2010 County Budget Issue
"Supervisors, school board to raise tax rate and cut programs to fund employee benefits"
FCTA testimony at the Board of Supervisors budget hearings cited in the Connection newspapers.


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  • FCTA 2010 Spring Bulletin "Supervisors, school board to raise tax rate and cut programs to fund employee benefits"Download FCTA 2010 Spring BulletinBulletin highlights ...Between FY2000 and FY2007, the Fairfax County Board of ...
    Posted Apr 3, 2010 12:07 PM by Arthur Purves
  • FCTA testimony cited in Connection Newspapers Click here.
    Posted Apr 18, 2010 6:07 PM by Arthur Purves
  • Why there's no money for Fairfax County parks and libraries ... Compared to Fiscal Year 2000, the Fairfax County advertised FY2011 budget cuts inflation-adjusted spending for parks and libraries by 38 percent to help pay for a 70 percent increase ...
    Posted Mar 21, 2010 1:34 PM by Arthur Purves
  • Fairfax County supervisors advertise a $100 increase in real estate taxes On March 9, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors advertised increasing the real estate tax rate from $1.05 to $1.135 for each $100 of assessed value of a ...
    Posted Apr 3, 2010 6:46 AM by Arthur Purves
  • Obama healthcare fact check Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 05:17:24 Last year I emailed most of my friends, colleagues, and family about an egregiously erroneous statement by President Obama about orthopaedic surgeons ...
    Posted Mar 7, 2010 12:48 PM by Arthur Purves
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Note:  The magisterial district link is slow and the form is hard to understand.  Your street number, street name, street type (Road, Lane, Court, etc.) all go in separate boxes.  Once you identify your magisterial district go to the Board of Supervisors and School Board pages to identify your supervisor and school board representative.

Fairfax County Budget Info:

Fairfax County has a projected $315.6 million shortfall for FY 2011. Read more on our FY 2011 FX Budget Watch Page.
Between 1998 and 2007 Virginia Spending doubled from $17.6 billion per year to $35 billion per year.

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  • Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Tuesday formally opposed letting local governments force police, teachers and other workers to foot part of the bill for their own pensions Source: Washington Examiner 14 April 2010Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Tuesday formally opposed letting local governments force police, teachers and other workers to foot part of the bill for ...
    Posted Apr 22, 2010 12:34 PM by Alexander Romero
  • Governor Proposes Underfunding VRS to Save Money for FY2011 Source:  FCPS Bottom Line NewsletterThe governor, house, and senate also proposed reducing the contribution that localities (such as Fairfax County Public Schools) pay into the Virginia Retirement System (VRS ...
    Posted Feb 27, 2010 5:55 AM by Alexander Romero
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The total expenditures for FCPS for 2011 will go down by -0.74% vs 2010 yet FCPS plans to cut programs more drastically than -0.74% because of the growing burden of the mandatory retirement contributions which will go up by $71 million.  Given the total budget went down slightly it means that to fund the additional $71 million in retirement benefits, the FCPS had to cut $71 million worth of programs. Read more.

Note that in 2009 spending per pupil was $12,839. In 2011 it's projected to be $12,869. Inflation hasn't gone up that much so if spending per pupil is the same as 2009 why can't we have the same level of school services as 2009? The answer always points back primarily to the FCPS employee retirement plans. It is gobbling up money from a fixed budget.