Discussion of legislation permitting a referendum on a Tysons casino has moved to the powerful House Committee on Appropriations.Members of the House Committee on Local Government were directed by Speaker Don Scott (D-88) yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) to send the bill to the chamber’s appropriations
Odds are just about anyone in Northern Virginia could gin up plenty of good reasons that putting a casino in Tysons Corner is a bad idea. Start with these: Tysons, the heart of Virginia’s economy, is doing well enough without it. With Metro’s Silver Line sparking new construction, the last thing aff
Legislation that would give Fairfax County the authority to ask voters to allow a casino is heading to the Virginia House of Delegates.After a passionate debate that split Fairfax County’s typically unified delegation, the contentious bill from Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell (D-34) to add the
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is updating the letter they sent to legislators last January outlining their concerns about the Tysons casino referendum legislation.Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell is the chief patron of Senate Bill 982, which would give the supervisors the power to put a c
A battle is brewing once again over the prospect of a casino in Fairfax County.As opponents continue to organize, including under a No Casino Coalition that mostly consists of homeowners’ and citizen associations, several labor unions have now come out in support of the casino and entertainment dist
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