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• Tax hikes not needed for transportation (2/10/07) Real estate taxes overwhelm taxpayers. (Taxpayer alert)

• Fairfax County Citizens for School Bonds fails to file campaign finance reports (10/26/05) Bond committee also owes penalties.

• Dulles Toll Study Considers $3 Tolls (2/11/05)

• FCTA Calls on the Virginia General Assembly to Repeal Last Year's Massive Tax Hike(2/4/05)

• Fairfax County Public Schools average SAT score still at the 65th percentile (2/1/05)

• Connolly, Hudgins silent on $2-billion debt (10/25/04)

• FCTA urges elected auditor (10/11/04)

• Supervisors mislead voters about bonds (10/9/04)

• Republicans adopt Democrat budget priorities (3/8/04)

• Warner defends State of the Commonwealth address (2/23/04)

• Misleading statements in Governor Warner's State of the Commonwealth address (2/14/04)

• Governor Warner's latest half-truth (2/12/04)

• Supervisors announce post-election tax hike (12/11/03) Had ignored letters asking them to announce tax hike before the election.
  Open Letter to the County Executive (10/23/03)
  Open Letter to the Superintendent of Schools (10/23/03)

• Governor Warner's myths (11/24/03)

• Vote NO on the school bond referendum (10/15/03)

• Taxpayer Alliance testifies before Virginia Tax Commission (10/8/03)

• Misspelled word in teachers' union sign (5/21/03)

• Hanley, PTA mislead county about 76-cent budget cut (5/5/03)

• Supervisors raise taxes five times faster than Civil Service retirement pay (4/28/03)

• Washington Monument tactics in Fairfax (4/23/03)

• Hanley misleads taxpayers about budget (4/19/03)

• County real estate taxes up $1000 in four years (4/7/03)

• Bonds waste billions (11/4/02) See graphs

• Virginia's bogus budget crisis (10/15/02) See graphs

• County worker removes anti-tax signs; Leaves pro-tax signs (10/8/02)

• Fairfax County tax burden up 20 percent in ten years - after Inflation (9/24/02)

• Warner won't rule out another raid on transportation sales tax revenues (9/4/02)

• Club For Growth to defeat sales tax referendum (4/12/02)

• Fairfax Republicans unanimously support $1.06 tax rate, oppose transportation tax hike (4/6/02)

• Anti-tax press conference, rally at gov't ctr on april 8 (4/2/02)

• Cost of re-electing Kate Hanley: $1000 per household (4/1/02)

• Any tax rate above $1.06 is a tax hike (3/16/02)

• Sales tax hike to cost $400 per household (10/20/01)

• Taxpayer Alliance: Vote no on bonds - excessive use of bonds erodes leverage (11/16/01)

• Domenech misrepresents Excel: Wasteful program drives up taxes (4/10/01)

• Taxpayer Alliance anti-tax rally on April 2 (03/27/01)

• Supervisors cover up $60 million tax hike (2/27/01)

• Senate committee does not permit Taxpayer Alliance to testify against sales tax increase (2/16/01)

• Northern Virginia Transportation Plan ignores zoning: Tax increase funds a flawed transportation plaN (2/12/01)

• Fairfax schools, county confirm past tax increases as alleged by Taxpayers Alliance (2/9/01)

• FairfaX County Taxpayers Alliance hires full-time lobbyist (1/23/01)

• Domenech opposes phonics: "Cannibalizes" schools to subsidize ineffective programs (1/3/01)

• Virginia commission to recommend taxing barbershops, beauty parlors, and dry cleaners (10/16/00)

• 64th SAT percentile OK with School Administration (10/12/00)
• Virginia tax commission to recommend dropping referendum requirement for meals tax (10/10/00)

• Taxpayer Alliance pro-SOL handouts banned at the October 11 "SOL" town hall (10/6/00)

• Will the Fairfax County Public Schools SAT score break the 65th percentile? (10/6/00)

• Fairfax County quietly announces five-percent increase in "effective" real estate tax rate (4/5/00)

• Taxpayers Alliance: County uses Gilmore's "car tax" payment from the state to camouflage a tax increase (2/28/00)

• Taxpayers Alliance: Domenech threatens to increase class size while protecting administration (2/14/00)

• Domenech recommends dropping charges against FCTA President (1/27/00)

• FCTA President arrested and handcuffed when he tried to ask that question! (1/6/00)

• The School Board barred President from School Budget Briefing on January 5 2000. FCTA responded. (1/5/00)

• When did Fairfax County Public Schools Administration know about $1.3 B spending plans for FY 2001? (1/4/00)

• Schools mislead voters about 1999 school bond referendum (9/1/99)

Updated February 29, 2007