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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?
2026-05-27 (S50) Epoch Times: FL Plans to Eliminate Property Tax for Homeowners, by Jacki Thrapp
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 27 called for a special legislative session to pass his plan to exempt homeowners from paying property taxes on their permanent residence. "Taxing something that you own repeatedly, which is a property tax, is the worst way to do taxation!"
2026-05-27 (Tax) Fx GOP: Fx Co Had $260M Surplus, but Taxes Still Up, No Taxpayer Rebates
For years the Fairfax Co Board of Supervisors has hiked your tax bill while quietly running surpluses -- $260 million in unspent funds in 2024 alone. The boards of other Va jurisdictions -- Henrico, Louisa, and Richmond -- have voted to give tax surpluses back. Fairfax homeowners deserve the same; elections in November.
2026-05-19 (Nat) AMAC: Left's Election Fraud Denials Crumble, by John Solomon
Liberal voting activists have spent years minimizing cheating concerns. But the DOJ, FBI, and Homeland Security are now systematically exposing electoral fraud from noncitizen voting to ballot-box-stuffing schemes that are turning the tables in epic fashion.
2026-05-12 (Sch) Daily Signal: FCPS Financial Scandal Gets a Spin Denial, by S. Lundquist-Arora
... But taxpayer funding is being wasted on administrative bloat and an unneeded $150M high school while student enrollment shrinks and SOL scores continue down, down, down.
2026-05-11 (Nat) RealClear Wire: KGB Blueprint for America's Internal Demise, by Emzari Gelashvili
As discovered in the KGB archives when the Soviet Union collapsed, 85% of all funds expended outside Soviet borders went to active measures -- the systematic, generational erosion of a target society from within. The primary target was the United States, and we're currently witnessing the results.
2026-05-08 (SVa) Zerohedge: Va Supreme Court Blocks Gerrymandering Referendum, by Tyler Durden
The Virginia Supreme Court has overturned the Democrat gerrymandering referendum, ruling that the process to put in on the ballot was unconstitutional. Virginia will keep their 5 Republican districts.
2026-05-04 (Sch) Daily Signal: Va's Largest School District Is Unraveling, by S. Lundquist-Arora
If Fairfax Schools is to reverse its downward trajectory, it must return to fundamentals. The choice is simple -- reform and refocus on students or continue down a path of decline.
2026-05-02 (Tax) Fx Times: County residents push back on the FY 2026 budget, by Samir Ali Nomani
"The mounting tax burden on county taxpayers is the result of overspending, not from legitimate educational costs or rising property values," said Rob Dyck, a board member of the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance, at one of the hearings.
2026-04-30 (Nat) AMAC: Classical Learning Test (CLT) Callenges the SAT and ACT, by Matt Lamb
A new standardized test that prioritizes history and classical knowledge has exploded in popularity in recent years. Now, it could challenge the SAT and ACT's monopoly over what testing metrics colleges use to decide which applicants to admit.
2026-04-14 (Tax) Fx Times: FCTA hosts tax rally outside Fx Co Gov't Center, by Dave Crance
FCTA's Arthur Purves and Tom Cranmer spoke on real estate assessments and taxes, Randy Hauck on affordability.
2026-04-01 (SVa) Cardinal News: "Don't Fairfax Me" now a Virginia verb, by Dwayne Yancey
There are signs appearing up and down the Shenandoah Valley that proclaim: "Don't Fairfax Me", invoked as a verb in rural Virginia to argue against the proposed gerrymandering amendment. (Many Fairfax County taxpayers wouldn't mind seeing few of those signs in their own county.)
2026-03-xx (Nat) IMPRIMUS: Are We Subjects or Citizens? Birthright Citizenship ..., by Ed Erler
An updated version of a speech published in Imprimis in July 2008.
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