To the Editor:
The never ending push for new revenue streams for Fairfax County with their tax and spend policies really knows no end. The overall real estate tax bill for the typical Fairfax county household increased by 154 percent between the years 2000 and 2016, and now the county will try for a new source of revenue called the "meal tax." In the same period of time, household income increased by 35 percent with overall inflation at roughly 49 percent. Somehow the word needs to be conveyed to the county supervisors that they need to practice some fiscal responsibility. The taxpayers can't afford their Cadillac health plans, pensions with retirement at 55 along with overall 3.5 percent raises for 33,000 county school employees. Fairfax should not try to compete with nearby Maryland county's spending policies. I would like to know how many recommendations the FCSB implemented from the task force set up to find cuts in school spending? Wait, I know the answer; None. If the Fairfax county voters are naïve enough to approve a meal tax in the name of "diversifying the revenue" stream the future increase in the meal tax and property taxes will be well deserved by the voters.
Dudley Losselyong
Great Falls