Anti-Tax Rally Mobilizes Grassroots in Fairfax County
Tonight, about 80 anti-tax activists held a rally outside the Fairfax County Government Center to protest the proposed rise in real estate taxes. There was a great air of dissension from many Fairfax County and Northern Virginia residents alike about tax hikes as a means to solve our budget woes. In fact, many of the participants at the event attended the hearing, where Arthur Purves of the Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance and James Parmelee of Republicans United for Tax Relief both delivered testimony before the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors hearing about how taxes will not help prosper our county’s economic growth. More taxes are not going to help Fairfax County families. In fact, this will cause many families to leave Fairfax County for other jurisdictions with lower taxes.
Additionally, Springfield Supervisor Pat Herrity stopped by, former 11th District Congressional candidate Keith Fimian, and Kerry Bolognese, who is running for the 41st House of Delegates seat against David Marsden.
I got to meet several participants who traveled from Sterling and Manassas to join the rally here in Fairfax. The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors will be addressing this issue soon.
Here are some pictures from the event:
**Pictures courtesy of B.J. Bluth, Ph.D.**
Video will be posted tomorrow morning of the rally. Hopefully, you will be able to attend the Northern Virginia Tea Party on April 15th at the Merrifield Post Office from 5-7 p.m. For more information on this event, please check out the Northern Virginia Tea Party website.
**Cross Posted at Virginia News Platoon
Posted on March 30, 2009, in Virginia Politics and tagged Fairfax County, Grassroots Activism, Taxes, Tea Party. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
LadyKrystle,
In regards to Prince William County Real Estate Taxes. I don’t know if you are aware that our Republican Dominated BOCS has already voted to LOWER TAXES!! They have set the advertised maximum rate that will automatically REDUCE the average tax bill. They haven’t passed the final rate, but due to the fine leadership of Corey Stewart and the other 5 republicans, it is only a matter of HOW MUCH THEY WILL BE REDUCED!! Please spread the word about what can be done when you have a Republican Dominated BOCS.
Where were Frey and Cook ?
Only Herritty had the B_lls to come out for tax relief.
Your house is down 25% and fx co has given back 0%.
O.P. Ditch,
Thank you for informing me about the Prince William County Real Estate Taxes. I was not aware of the decision to lower taxes in PW, so I will definitely make the corrections. However, I do agree that much can be done if you have conservative leaders looking out on behalf of the taxpayers.