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Election 2011

Friday, November 4, 2011

Fairfax County Needs More Than 2,000 Poll Workers by Election Day

County has 1,835 poll workers, but needs 2,188 more by Tuesday.

The Fairfax County Office of Elections needs more than 2,000 poll workers for the election that takes place on Tuesday, according to Cameron Quinn, who heads up the operation. Right now, the county has 1,835 workers scheduled for Tuesday, but needs 2,188 more by then.  The county pays between $100 to $200 for the day, which can be as long as 12 hours.  If you can work, you can apply by calling: (703) 324-4735  Qualifications for election workers are as follows:

Beth Jarvis

8:07 pm on Friday, November 4, 2011

Thanks Will. This will be my first time and I am excited about it. I'll find out my precinct at tomorrow's training session.   more ›

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Candidates Discuss $1.6 Billion Unfunded in Tysons

In response to the second of six questions posed by Patch, the candidates for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors discuss the $1.6 billion in unfunded costs in Tysons' development.

The four candidates running for chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors answered six questions by email for Patch.  We will feature one question each day, with the unedited answers by each of the candidates. Incumbent Democrat Sharon Bulova (website, Facebook, Twitter) Independent Christopher DeCarlo (website, YouTube) Independent Will Radle (Facebook, YouTube) Republican Michael “Spike” Williams (website, Facebook) Question #2:  According to the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (Table 7 in the Tysons Comprehensive Plan), there are about $1.6 billion in unfunded road and transportation costs in the development of Tysons.  Who will be paying these unfunded costs?  Explain. Sharon Bulova It is important to remember …

Will Radle

10:03 pm on Sunday, November 6, 2011

On this week's List of 10 lowlights at Washington Examiner, Fairfax County & VDOT admit they have no way to fund Tysons. Notice above, the incumbent chairman did not answer the question of how to fund Tysons. I am the only candidate who did. I welcome her or any surrogate to try refuting any of my public comments. Look at numbers 7 and 8: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/…   more ›

Monday, October 31, 2011

Candidate for Chairman Raps on YouTube

True Democracy is Christopher DeCarlo's message in music.

Independent candidate Christopher DeCarlo, running for chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, posted a campaign video to YouTube on Sunday.  DeCarlo announced his candidacy on October 24, 2011, with this statement. "My name is Chris DeCarlo and I am a candidate for the office of Chairman. This campaign is directed to True Democracy. A place that promotes personal freedom and self responsibility. A place where financial influence does not corrupt the administrative and legislative processes. A place where you and I can have more weighted influence in the process of our form of self-government. As Chairman I will lead your County to this place where elected representatives are not obligated to provide financial and legislative …

ARG

10:01 pm on Tuesday, November 1, 2011

This is a creative reach of messaging, but for this member of the community, it would have resonated more in candidate support on Tuesday, November 8 if the video had been filmed in Fairfax County. The video is well done, but Mr. DeCarlo appears to be running for Congress with this rather than Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.   more ›

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