Selected Accomplishments
- Led two rounds of pension reform efforts to address the county’s unsustainable pension plans and balance our compensation program.
- The only Supervisor to call for reopening schools as other communities were successfully doing across the country.
- Leading the effort to address rising crime and the public safety staffing crisis by calling for increased pay and recruiting befits for our officers.
- As Chair of the Board’s Older Adults Committee, led the development of Fairfax County’s award-winning 50+ Committee Action Plan to make the County a better place for our older adults.
- Led the effort that took the first steps toward addressing senior tax relief.
- Led the effort to stop tolls on the Fairfax County Parkway.
- Initiated the Older Adults COVID Response Plan. With 95 percent of Fairfax County’s COVID-related deaths being adults over age 50, older adults were the most impacted demographic in our community. The plan was developed with feedback from online focus groups to address key issues of social isolation, lack of technology access, and wellness among our older adults.
- Led the successful effort to stop the 10% tax on meals that was overwhelmingly defeated by Fairfax County voters.
- The only Supervisor to recommend efficiencies and budget reductions to address the 50% increase in homeowners’ taxes over the last ten years.
- Defeated the proposed ordinance that would have prohibited group assembly.
- Defeated the RSU ordinance that would have significantly increased density in residential areas.
- Led the effort to reduce the County’s Machinery and Tools tax that was four times our surrounding jurisdictions and unfairly taxing our small manufacturers and breweries.
- As in 2016, in 2022 asked the Board to again reaffirm our commitment to the protection of the environmentally sensitive Occoquan watershed.
- The only Supervisor to ever receive the President’s Award from the Fairfax County Federation of Teachers for my leadership in improving teachers’ salaries.
- Led the effort to get the West Springfield High School renovated after it was overlooked in the renovation queue.
- Led efforts to reform the county’s zoning and permitting process to reform siloed processes and a culture of “no”.
- Coordinated the renovated Pohick Library, the exciting new driving range and clubhouse at Burke Lake Park, and the Go Ape ropes course at South Run Park. Currently funding a number of trail and other improvements at Burke Lake Park that have led to additional investments by the Park Foundation.
- Host annual Teen Job and Opportunity Fairs across the county.
- Recognized by the readers of the Gazette newspapers for the last seven years as Fairfax County’s Best Public Servant.
- Led the effort to remove the blight of illegal signs from our roadways.
- Leading the effort to address Panhandling as a public safety issue in the County.
- Over $600M in transportation improvements moving forward in the Springfield District including the widening of Fairfax County Parkway (with a grade separated interchange at the dangerous Popes Head Road intersection); building the Shirley Gate Road extension; widening of Route 28, 29, and Rolling Road; adding turn lanes (including at 50 and Waples Mill Road); the Rolling Road VRE parking lot expansion; intersection improvements (including Post Forrest Drive and Random Hills Road); and safety improvements like the Burke Road curve realignment and Orange Hunt safe routes to school improvements.
- Created and leading the County’s Sports Tourism Task Force and the effort to develop sports tourism facilities including Fairfax’s first sports tourism facility, bringing in millions in revenue from visitors and providing high quality sports facilities for our residents.
- Continues to host the most successful summer concert series in the County at Burke Lake Park.
- Worked across party lines to secure funding for safety improvements to Lee Chapel Road
- Leading the effort to address rising crime and the public safety staffing crisis by successfully proposing increased pay and recruiting benefits for our officers so their pay is competitive.
- Only Supervisor to recommend efficiencies and budget reductions to address the 50% increase in homeowners’ taxes over the last ten years.
- Proposed the successful conversion of the Parkway from a Secondary Road to a Primary Road to increase the amount of state and federal maintenance funds it receives.
- Proposed the establishment of Economic Revitalization Zones in the county to further leverage Opportunity Zones
- Led the effort to properly recycle glass
- Enhanced Lyme disease prevention efforts including test of 4 poster deer bait stations
- And much more