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To Be or Not to Be Fairfax County?<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
Remember last fall when I blogged about Northern Virginia becoming the 51st state<\/span><\/a> after Washingtonian<\/span> published an article on the subject? A similar, more local question has emerged in the last few weeks — should Fairfax County become a city?<\/p>\n

The primary advantage seen in making this change would be the new city taking over the roads from the Commonwealth of Virginia. In doing so, they would also be given new taxing powers to fund those roads. On the one hand, more local control of roads is appealing, on the other hand it would mean more taxes and don’t think for a second that there will be less state taxes to offset the new city taxes. <\/p>\n

If you remove the taxation angle, this is really a fun semantic argument. The 400+ square miles of Fairfax County, home to over 1 million people, include subdivisions, a few large clusters of office space, parks, fading “horse country,” expansive riverfront parks and just a few actual traditional towns.Changing the jurisdiction from county to city would not mean the whole county would suddenly becoming more urban, despite what may be feared. The suburban sprawl that so many find preferable to a more urban setting is here for the duration whether the municipality is called a county, city or prefecture. There are efforts to transform some areas, like Tysons Corner, into something more urban with mass transit and less automotive-related development, but that is just a small area. Cul-de-sac culture will prevail overall. <\/p>\n

My take — just leave it as it is. The road issues are problematic of course, but I really don’t think adding more taxes will fix much since the Commonwealth would probably cut back so much on funding that the county could not make up for that loss. Ultimately, we are at least a generation away from this becoming an viable option any way with all the legal and legislative hoops that need to be jumped through. Fairfax County shall remain. I could see Arlington becoming a city, since it essentially is in everything but name, but I believe there are too many hoops for it to jump through, so it will probably remain a county too.<\/p>\n

MORE<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything’s Fine in Fairfax (City)<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
Residents of the city of Fairfax, the incorporated county seat, like the way things are just fine, thank you.<\/p>\n

ROBERT MCCARTNEY – <\/span>Fairfax’s Idea To Be a City Powerful Ammo For Road Funds<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
The new Metro section columnist gives a thumbs-up to the plan.<\/p>\n

Fairfax County<\/a>, VA<\/a>, Virginia<\/a>, suburbs<\/a><\/p>\n

©MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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