Michael Thompson: Fairfax supervisors need to get off spending binge

Fairfax County is facing “tough budget times” because property values are in a slump and tax income is not increasing as rapidly as in the past several years. Virginia’s largest county has been on a spending spree for the past four years.

In four years, Fairfax County spent more than $1 billion more than would have been the case had spending simply kept pace with the Consumer Price Index and population growth. That is the conclusion of a new study by the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy — Virginia’s leading foundation focused at government reform.