It's interesting that Jennifer Adeli, who tried unsuccessfully to defeat Kathleen Murphy in the Democratic primary for the VA-34 House seat (and claimed she was more "progressive" than Murphy) has been arguing vociferously against any redrawn boundaries that would include part of Great Falls in the same House district as Herndon.

There is very little difference between Great Falls Democrats and Great Falls Republicans when it comes to local politics - they exemplify privilege hoarding.

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63% of the Great Falls precinct voted for Trump.

Can you cite a source for this? I believe it but I went looking for this info when the OP started the thread and couldn’t find it.

https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/

Thanks! I’m too stupid to find the precinct level here, apparently.

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63% of the Great Falls precinct voted for Trump.

Can you cite a source for this? I believe it but I went looking for this info when the OP started the thread and couldn’t find it.

https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/

There may be a few Republicans but who cares? The county overall is bluer than blue.

Lots of areas in FFX county are heavily Republican. I don’t know why people seem so shocked. Great Falls, Oakton, Fairfax Station, Mason Neck. These are all majority Republican areas. Look at the website for Virginia voting results. It has precinct level data.

63% of the Great Falls precinct voted for Trump.

Can you cite a source for this? I believe it but I went looking for this info when the OP started the thread and couldn’t find it.

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Anonymous wrote:The "Democratic" politicians in Great Falls are often closet Republicans who register as Democrats so they can get elected and then make sure that Great Falls doesn't get upzoned or have to send its kids to the "wrong" schools. I can't think of one who isn't a big phony.

DINOs solely motivated to stop the upzoning of Great Falls? LOL. You people are funny, ignorant and delusional. I have a friend that lives there and they’re on septic and well water. When the power goes out, which is basically every winter storm, they cannot even take showers because the well water is on an electric pump.

Lots of people here are penny wise and pound foolish. If you live like that, you must have a generator.

The point is that they don't have municipal services so its a joke to talk about upzoning in that context.

There’s no inconsistency. They don’t want the county services because their unavailability is what keeps out the people they consider undesirable. Upzoning wouldn’t just entail a change in the approved zoning, but also an expansion of county services.

The rest of the county is plenty nice enough. Let them continue to pay high property taxes and get fewer services.

Big frigging deal.

The big deal is that Democrats from Great Falls and western McLean routinely support decisions to increase density elsewhere in the county, while making sure it doesn't affect them in the slightest. You might say you'd rather live in the part of the county that's getting the new developments and amenities, but it places severe strains on the local infrastructure.

Do the people who live elsewhere support the density? Are the residents of great falls and mclean simply going along with what other places want or forcing them to further densify?

I'm not going to try and block different neighborhood or town from getting a new garden apartment complex or high rise if they want it any more that I'm going to attempt to force a semi-rural area that wants to stay somewhat bucolic to put them up.

Other areas are having greater density crammed down their throats by politicians - including some in Great Falls and western McLean - who won't invest in the social infrastructure to support it and don't want it in their own neighborhoods.

It's not intellectually bankrupt to call out these hypocrites.

Do the politicians in Great Falls and Mclean have the power to cram anything in other neighborhoods/areas or are the representatives who live in other districts voting for these things? And why won't the reps from Sully, Hunter Mill, et al build infrastructure to support density?

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Anonymous wrote:63% of the Great Fall precinct voted for Trump.

Wow.

It cannot be said enough that the tax law of 2017 was a huge deal for the wealthy. Grandchildren not yet born will be guided to vote Republican because of the wealth they will reap from that law.

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Anonymous wrote:The "Democratic" politicians in Great Falls are often closet Republicans who register as Democrats so they can get elected and then make sure that Great Falls doesn't get upzoned or have to send its kids to the "wrong" schools. I can't think of one who isn't a big phony.

DINOs solely motivated to stop the upzoning of Great Falls? LOL. You people are funny, ignorant and delusional. I have a friend that lives there and they’re on septic and well water. When the power goes out, which is basically every winter storm, they cannot even take showers because the well water is on an electric pump.

Lots of people here are penny wise and pound foolish. If you live like that, you must have a generator.

The point is that they don't have municipal services so its a joke to talk about upzoning in that context.

There’s no inconsistency. They don’t want the county services because their unavailability is what keeps out the people they consider undesirable. Upzoning wouldn’t just entail a change in the approved zoning, but also an expansion of county services.

The rest of the county is plenty nice enough. Let them continue to pay high property taxes and get fewer services.

Big frigging deal.

The big deal is that Democrats from Great Falls and western McLean routinely support decisions to increase density elsewhere in the county, while making sure it doesn't affect them in the slightest. You might say you'd rather live in the part of the county that's getting the new developments and amenities, but it places severe strains on the local infrastructure.

Do the people who live elsewhere support the density? Are the residents of great falls and mclean simply going along with what other places want or forcing them to further densify?

I'm not going to try and block different neighborhood or town from getting a new garden apartment complex or high rise if they want it any more that I'm going to attempt to force a semi-rural area that wants to stay somewhat bucolic to put them up.

Other areas are having greater density crammed down their throats by politicians - including some in Great Falls and western McLean - who won't invest in the social infrastructure to support it and don't want it in their own neighborhoods.

It's not intellectually bankrupt to call out these hypocrites.

Anonymous wrote:63% of the Great Fall precinct voted for Trump.

Wow.

I thought the a big point of “upzoning” was to make more efficient use of existing infrastructure investments and to create more sustainable and vibrant communities?

More density in Great Falls is advocating for greenfield sprawl. Upzoning Great Falls will just encourage more car dependency.

Sounds to me like someone is proposing something only because they believe the rich people that live there won’t like it which does a lot to expose the intellectual bankruptcy.

What’s the point of f billions in investment in the Silver Line and promoting denser, walkable communities along the 66 corridor only to turn around and promote greenfield development in Great Falls? Development that will necessarily require wider roads, water and sanitation infrastructure, stormwater infrastructure, etc?

Yeah, okay.

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Anonymous wrote:The "Democratic" politicians in Great Falls are often closet Republicans who register as Democrats so they can get elected and then make sure that Great Falls doesn't get upzoned or have to send its kids to the "wrong" schools. I can't think of one who isn't a big phony.

DINOs solely motivated to stop the upzoning of Great Falls? LOL. You people are funny, ignorant and delusional. I have a friend that lives there and they’re on septic and well water. When the power goes out, which is basically every winter storm, they cannot even take showers because the well water is on an electric pump.

Lots of people here are penny wise and pound foolish. If you live like that, you must have a generator.

The point is that they don't have municipal services so its a joke to talk about upzoning in that context.

There’s no inconsistency. They don’t want the county services because their unavailability is what keeps out the people they consider undesirable. Upzoning wouldn’t just entail a change in the approved zoning, but also an expansion of county services.

The rest of the county is plenty nice enough. Let them continue to pay high property taxes and get fewer services.

Big frigging deal.

The big deal is that Democrats from Great Falls and western McLean routinely support decisions to increase density elsewhere in the county, while making sure it doesn't affect them in the slightest. You might say you'd rather live in the part of the county that's getting the new developments and amenities, but it places severe strains on the local infrastructure.

Do the people who live elsewhere support the density? Are the residents of great falls and mclean simply going along with what other places want or forcing them to further densify?

I'm not going to try and block different neighborhood or town from getting a new garden apartment complex or high rise if they want it any more that I'm going to attempt to force a semi-rural area that wants to stay somewhat bucolic to put them up.

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Anonymous wrote:The "Democratic" politicians in Great Falls are often closet Republicans who register as Democrats so they can get elected and then make sure that Great Falls doesn't get upzoned or have to send its kids to the "wrong" schools. I can't think of one who isn't a big phony.

DINOs solely motivated to stop the upzoning of Great Falls? LOL. You people are funny, ignorant and delusional. I have a friend that lives there and they’re on septic and well water. When the power goes out, which is basically every winter storm, they cannot even take showers because the well water is on an electric pump.

Lots of people here are penny wise and pound foolish. If you live like that, you must have a generator.

The point is that they don't have municipal services so its a joke to talk about upzoning in that context.

There’s no inconsistency. They don’t want the county services because their unavailability is what keeps out the people they consider undesirable. Upzoning wouldn’t just entail a change in the approved zoning, but also an expansion of county services.

The rest of the county is plenty nice enough. Let them continue to pay high property taxes and get fewer services.

Big frigging deal.

The big deal is that Democrats from Great Falls and western McLean routinely support decisions to increase density elsewhere in the county, while making sure it doesn't affect them in the slightest. You might say you'd rather live in the part of the county that's getting the new developments and amenities, but it places severe strains on the local infrastructure.

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Anonymous wrote:The "Democratic" politicians in Great Falls are often closet Republicans who register as Democrats so they can get elected and then make sure that Great Falls doesn't get upzoned or have to send its kids to the "wrong" schools. I can't think of one who isn't a big phony.

DINOs solely motivated to stop the upzoning of Great Falls? LOL. You people are funny, ignorant and delusional. I have a friend that lives there and they’re on septic and well water. When the power goes out, which is basically every winter storm, they cannot even take showers because the well water is on an electric pump.

Lots of people here are penny wise and pound foolish. If you live like that, you must have a generator.

The point is that they don't have municipal services so its a joke to talk about upzoning in that context.

There’s no inconsistency. They don’t want the county services because their unavailability is what keeps out the people they consider undesirable. Upzoning wouldn’t just entail a change in the approved zoning, but also an expansion of county services.

The rest of the county is plenty nice enough. Let them continue to pay high property taxes and get fewer services.

Big frigging deal.

They literally started a local group called One Great Falls in 2019 to express their opposition to the One Fairfax initiative endorsed by county leaders. And anyone who runs for county office in Dranesville, whether Democratic or Republican, ends up downplaying or denying their support of one Fairfax, or making it clear to Great Falls residents that its implementation will only affect other parts of the county.