Wednesday, November 2, 2011
In their response to the third of six questions posed by Patch, the candidates for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors discuss funding for VRE.
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 #3 - Virginia Railway Express CEO Dale Zehner says the system is at capacity, and money is needed to "maintain the service levels we have today in cleanliness, customer care and mechanical maintenance, while at the same time working toward adding more cars to the trains and more trains to the system." How …
Monday, October 31, 2011
In their response to the first of six questions posed by Patch, the candidates for Chairman of the Board of Supervisors discuss county versus state control of area roads.
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 over the next six days, with the unedited answers by each of the candidates. Incumbent Democrat Sharon Bulova (website, Facebook, Twitter) Independent Christopher DeCarlo (website, YouTube) Republican Michael “Spike” Williams (website, Facebook) Independent Will Radle (Facebook, YouTube) Question #1: Should Fairfax County take local control of its roads, as some surrounding jurisdictions, or allow VDOT's continued control? Explain. Sharon Bulova The State is increasingly making overtures about turning the road system (which is now pretty much entirely a State responsibility) over to …
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 …
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Incumbent Sharon Bulova (D) faces challenger Michael "Spike" Williams (R) Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30, at the Fairfax Chamber.
Incumbent Democratic candidate Chairman Sharon Bulova squares off against Republican challenger Michael “Spike” Williams in a Thursday, September 15, political debate, sponsored by the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. The two are running for chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. The Chairman's Race Debate will be moderated by Bruce DuPuyt, host of NewsChannel 8’s NewsTalk. Freddy Kunkle of The Washington Post; Steve Cahill, editor of The Fairfax Times; and Victoria Ross, reporter at The Connection Newspapers, will serve as panelists. The debate will begin with each candidate presenting a three-minute opening statement. Questions will be asked by each panelist on a rotating basis. "Candidate One will have 90 seconds to …
Will Radle
10:37 am on Saturday, November 5, 2011
I remain the only candidate for Fairfax County Chairman who has presented a plan, vetted by state & local budget directors, to lower taxes and expand our investment in local priorities. VRE essentially takes 1 lane of highway traffic off heavily congested roadways every day. Everyone agrees we need to create more solutions to the nation's worst traffic. Thank you for letting me share. A. Will … more ›