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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I don't understand is why FCC wants to add a grade and so greatly expand Mt. Daniel in Fairfax.  Fairfax just gave over 90 acres to FCC as part of the water deal (as an aside, our water rates are going to be lowered now that we are served by the county rather than the city!).  This land is right next to the middle school and high school.  Why not build schools there instead of greatly expanding in a residential area?  I suspect that they want to use all of that for commercial development but it seems disingenuous to state that they have no other choices as to where to expand.[/quote]

FCC is a small jurisdiction with overhead costs and high taxes.  Expanding Mt. Daniel is less expensive than other options in FCC, and some FCC taxpayers complained about the lower costs associated with even a renovation.

To speak to a PP's comment, the planning staff in Fairfax support the FCCPS application.  It's just people who live in the neighborhood who are opposed to the increased congestion, but why should their views matter if FCCPS has hired expensive "experts" to grease the wheels?  [/quote]

I don't think Fairfax County residents should pay the price to save FCC residents money.  The residents in the neighborhood who oppose this should get really vocal about this, especially if there is a viable alternative in FCC.[/quote]

+1000.  There is always an alternative.  The FCC residents just don't want to pay for it when they can shift the costs to the county.  They want a tax-exempt school in the county so they can add tax-generating housing or businesses in the city.  But the county is financially strapped and there is no reason to keep subsidizing FCC.  [/quote]

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