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Hold them Accountable

Posted by C Janoski on Wednesday, November 26, 2008, In : Community Issues Vienna Virginia 

If any of you saw the Washington Wizards game tonight, their 124-100 win against Golden State is a sound off.  Wizards was pumped up!  What a debut for Coach Tapscott.  In his TV conference yesterday, he said that he will hold each team player accountable.  I would say that is a very good motivator, wouldn't you?

Eddie Jordan, the head coach for the Wizards since 2003 was fired on the 24th due to the Wizards 1-10 record for the season.  Since I am a big basketball fan, I had to talk to friends...


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Virginia $1.2B Budget Shortfall

Posted by C Janoski on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, In : Community Issues Vienna Virginia 

I was talking to a public official a few weeks ago and I mentioned to her how concerned I was about Fairfax County's $540M budget shortfall for FY2009.  She told me that Virginia is "not bad" at all in comparison to most states.  As I do some research on how "not bad" the situation is, I found  Virginia is one of 29 states that has a budget shortfall in FY2009 based on The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, http://www.cbpp.org/1-15-08sfp.htm, and Virginia (tied with Massachusetts) is in...


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