Fairfax County is currently considering a budget that would increase taxes, on average, another $524 per household in 2025.
This week, concerned Fairfax County citizens spoke for several hours about increasing taxes and affordability problems at the Board of Supervisors’ budget hearings. A mother holding her infant child, for example, told the board, “We are certain we cannot afford to expand our family here in Fairfax County.”$524 per household in 2025. This is notably on the heels of the excessively generous pay raises the board offered themselves last year.
Clearly, throwing money at the district’s education problem — learning loss caused by closing the schools for more than a year — does not solve it. But that doesn’t seem to stop thedistrict administrators from asking for more. This year’s proposed budget for Fairfax County Public Schools is $3.8 billion — an increase of 8.6% from last year.for a rising number of administrators who are not even in the classrooms with our children, not to mention astronomical legal fees for the district’s.
Despite the school district’s inflated administrative salaries and flagrant spending, Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors has not demanded an external audit of the school board’s budget. To Fairfax residents, it appears that they just send over the money without question, and then bill the taxpayers.
When Fairfax residents waited for hours and then stood in front of the members of their local council to share the burdens of this tax abuse, many of the board members couldn’t be bothered to listen. The mother holding her infant boldly called out their indifference. During her testimony, she said, “I see a lot of you are glancing at your cellphones or whatever else is on your screens. However, I have now sat here for an hour and a half, and I would like your attention while I’m speaking.
It appears that McKay was hiding in his office to avoid justified scrutiny from his constituents and questions from the press. But being an ostrich won’t help to solve the county’s budget woes. Fairfax residents need real leadership, budget reform, and fiscal accountability.
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