The Board of Supervisors voted to approve the fiscal year 2011 county spending plan yesterday morning, raising the residential real estate tax rate by 5.5 cents, to $1.30 per hundred of assessed value, and cutting $73 million of expeditures. They trimmed $25.4 million from the school system’s budget, leaving the school board to figure out [...]
A short wrapup of news and notes around LoCo lately: On the agenda for the Board of Supervisors public hearing on Monday, June 8th is a “Special Exception to permit a 75,000 square foot recreational facility for use by a professional minor league baseball team (Atlantic League)” as part of the proposed Kincora development at [...]
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Looking to combat the high number of overgrown lawns in the county that have ‘sprung up’ with the high number of foreclosed homes, the Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance on September 8th that will give the county more authority to cut tall grass. It applies to homes on lots smaller than a half acre, [...]
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Did you notice that my blog has been a little quiet for the last week or so? The school year has begun for Loudoun County, and with it the fall youth sports season is in full swing. If you see me in the evenings playing taxi for my kiddos, please wave! Never a dull moment… [...]
