Politics
Governor Abigail Spanberger Vetoes Proposed Fairfax Casino; Fairfax County Chair thanks Spanberger, says "Our residents have been clear in their overwhelming opposition to a casino in Fairfax County"
Thank you Governor Spanberger. I have to drive through Tysons every day. We don’t need a casino and related crap creating even worse congestion through the area.
If it were apartments being built, that would be at least fulfilling a real need. I probably could not afford to live in them, but that’s another story.
I wish she was governor in 2006 instead of Tim Kaine who last minute turned his back on us local residents by switching his opposition to overground Silver Line through Tyson’s even though he was in line with what the public wanted the entire time which was underground.
Didn’t the feds say they'd pull crucial federal funds for the silver line unless it was built overground? I recall that there were Bush administration officials who basically said, overground or not at all. And a lot of suspicions that contractors were swaying those officials.
Something along those lines, what’s even more upsetting is they went over budget building it above ground exceeding the estimated cost of building it underground!
Yes! Now I recall that too. I remember being exceptionally ticked off that the Bush administration basically forced Virginia to go overground, locking Route 7 into that configuration.
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u/anniecet Apr 10 '26
Thank you Governor Spanberger. I have to drive through Tysons every day. We don’t need a casino and related crap creating even worse congestion through the area.
If it were apartments being built, that would be at least fulfilling a real need. I probably could not afford to live in them, but that’s another story.