■ Jan 4 General Assy hearing at Gov't Center
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FCTA Testimonies -- The Fx Co delegation
to the Va General Assy held its annual pre-session public hearing at the
Gov't Center on Saturday, Jan 4, 2025. FCTA was there.
FCPS ClgBd: FCPS College Board Reports for 2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024 ... Note: FCTA had to FOIA these reports and provide hosting, as FCPS does not post them on its web site.
■ FCTA provides full text of
Classics in Western Literature
... The Great Books provide valuable lessons in life, but unfortunately
are not emphasized these days. Here are 80+ local HTML copies of books
that every educated person should make an effort to read and be able to
discuss intelligently.
Recent Posts: Local, Virginia, and Perspective FCTA Wonders:
(1) Is it worse to not learn because gov't schools are closed, or to not learn reading, math, and 1776 history when gov't schools are open? (2) Will Va. adopt destructive and expensive green energy policies like California? (3) Can U.S. citizens' trust be restored in government, corporate, and educational institutions? (4) Will the U.S. return to equal justice under the law?
2025-04-29 (Tax) Fx GOP: Fx Co Residents Rally Against Record-Breaking Tax Hikes Fairfax County residents gathered in front of the Fairfax County Government Center on April 22 to protest proposed tax increases at a rally organized by the Fairfax County Taxpayers' Alliance.
2025-04-29 (Sch) Fx GOP: Fx Co Doubles Down on "Transition Life Education", by Laura Hanford Recent votes to continue secret gender "transitions" in schools and to remove public access to the Fairfax County, Virginia, sex education committee cap years of deceit by Fairfax elected officials.
2025-04-18 (Sch) Fx Times: Bloated FCPS costs drives proposed tax hike, by FCTA's Jeff Leach Fairfax County residents are facing the highest tax hike in 10 years. Much of the new increase can be attributed to the long-term excessive growth in personnel of one item that takes up over half of the county budget -- the Fairfax County Public School System.
2025-04-14 (Tax) Bacon's Rebellion: More Fairfax Tax Hikes Coming, by FCTA's Arthur Purves For the past 25 years, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has been increasing real estate taxes three times faster than household income. That trend continues this year.
2025-03-27 (Nat) FCTA: The Left's Indoctrination Conundrum, by David Swink Big Media, the Democrat Party, and the Education Blob have work to do. They've dug themselves into a massive hole. Will they get out now or continue digging?
2025-03-27 (Tax) FCTA: Fairfax County Notice of Proposed Real Property Tax Increase Public posting, one half of page A7 in the Washington Times. Includes an average increase of 6.17 percent for residential and a decrease of 0.38 percent for non-residential real estate. Public hearing April 22, 2025 at the Gov't Center.
2025-03-24 (Nat) Axios: Top Democrats ponder party's dark, deep hole, by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen Top Democrats tell us their party is in its deepest hole in nearly 50 years. But they carefully avoid admitting that after 16 years of wokeness (aka Obama-style Fascism), voters have plainly said NO MORE.