Falls Church News-Press 6-7-2018

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June 7 – 13, 2018

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Fairfax County Police are investigating a threat directed at J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church this week after a message was found in a student bathroom warning of an upcoming shooting. SEE NEWS BRIEFS, PAGE 9

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F.C. Council to Choose 3 Finalists for 10 Commercial Acres This Monday

Chosen Will Then Reply to More Detailed Asks

A real estate consultant retained for an independent evaluation of components of the proposed Founder’s Row development says the developer’s claims about its plans are right on, and that the project could be considered unique.

BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS

ern parts of the county from McLean into Loudoun County, where Democrats are targeting incumbent Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock for defeat. Six Democratic candidates are vying for their party’s nomination in that race, but the heavy favorite is State Sen. Jennifer Wexton of Loudoun, endorsed by Gov. Ralph Northam. The GOP candidates on the tiny ballot in Falls Church for the

The special bid evaluation group of Falls Church leaders completed by last Friday an arduous and detailed review of the submissions from six highly qualified prospective developers of the 10-acre commercial use parcel of the West End Project. The group made their recommendations for trimming the finalists to three to the Falls Church City Council in a closed session last Monday night. Monday’s meeting marked one of the first times the Council has gone behind closed doors and out of the public’s eye since it began the latest effort to put together the best teams for the construction of a new high school and the highest and best use of the commercial site. But obviously it was because proprietary information having to do with dollars and cents was included in the conversation. Still, original plans to emerge from that meeting and open the process for a Council vote on the evaluation group’s recommendations was delayed to this coming Monday. So, the suspense continues. The announcement of the group’s recommendations for a top three will be made Monday and an open debate among Council members and their vote on the final three will come at that time. According to News-Press sources, the process has been intense and time consuming for all involved, with criteria provided by the City’s consultants, Alvarez and Marsal, for purposes of making evaluations being detailed and extensive.

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There are dishonest individuals of every political persuasion, but if you’re looking for systematic gaslighting, insistence that up is down and black is white, you’ll find it disproportionately on one side of the political spectrum. SEE PAGE 14

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After suffering its first loss of the season against Robert E. Lee in the regional title game, George Mason High’s boys soccer team will look for revenge against the Leemen this Friday in the state tournament. SEE SPORTS, PAGE 16

HEARING CORY WEISS (far left), chair of the Falls Church Environmental Sustainability Council, at a City Council work session Monday night are (left to right) City consultant Bob Wolfe, Ted Risher of Alvarez and Marsal, Lee Goldstein, City’s project manager of the West End Development project, Jim Wise, the City’s procurement of�icer, and City Attorney Carol McCoskrie. (P����: N���-P����)

Top Dems Descend on Little City This Weekend in Charged Election Year BY NICHOLAS F. BENTON

FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS

INDEX

Editorial.................6 Letters...................6 News & Notes10–11 Comment ........ 12-14 Business News ...15 Sports .................16

Calendar .......18–19 Classified Ads .....20 Comics, Sudoku & Crossword ..........21 Critter Corner......22

It may seem a bit counterintuitive that on the eve of a June 12 primary in the City of Falls Church in which only Republicans are on a very small ballot, leading Democrats are flocking to the City this weekend. But while it’s more coincidental than anything else, it’s a tribute to the extent that Democrats have dominated the political landscape in the Little City for many years.

Tuesday, the lone race that will appear on ballot for those who chose to vote will be three Republican challengers seeking their party’s nomination to run against incumbent U.S. Senator Tim Kaine in the November general election. Kaine tops the list of Democrats due here this Sunday. In neighboring Fairfax County there are other races on the ballot, most importantly the Democratic primary in the 10th Congressional District, running across the north-


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