Done. That was easy. Allen really messed up the whole state transportation budget. He should simply have adjusted the car property tax rates downward across the board. Instead he chose to make it a partisan campaign issue and convinced his voters that it wasn't needed. Transportation funding should be a statewide balancing act, not local. The car tax was the fairest way to maintain revenues for everyone.

I am curious about the changes to the car tax relief this year, as I somehow have a car that is one year older with sign more miles on it and I paid $1065 in car tax this year versus $1045 last year. How can it have gone UP $20 when the car is a year older?!?!? And looking at the possible funding fees and taxes what the heck is a "Vehicle Traveled Miles fee" Now I am going to be taxed if I actually drive my car?

My suggestion would be for developers to be required to make improvements to the local roads and infrastructure in areas they build in as new communities or office/retail sites, and also contribute additional funds (A small percentage say 1%) toward overall road and traffic and infrastructure projects around the county. The reason I say keep the fee small is that they will undoubtably pass that cost on to their clients who buy the new houses/buildings as most taxes levied on businesses end up.

Interesting in that the only options available raise money from new taxes or fees. We pay a hefty amount in taxes to the county. Maybe the county should align their responsibilities with the taxes available instead of using this gimmik to then suggest that the people support raising taxes on themselves. I can't wait for the moment they propose doing what was suggested in the survey and then say that this is what the citizens wanted.

Yes Mr. Bolling - instead of figuring out how to get more money for dreams wanted by the population - tell it like it is!!!! There is no money with which to make the dreams come true. If you want it badly enough to put in a $1,000 or so of your income or maybe even better, donate some of your invested dollars to pay for your dreams! And Fairfax County - We don't need to compete with Arlington County to become the most congested part of Northern Virginia. You also can take a pay cut and that money put into the dreams of the population. If I can live on less than $30K a year, so can you.

No to toll roads please. This especially hurts low-income families more who must travel to get to work. A hotel tax to get the many millions of visitors to our area to pay their share of road improvements is an idea I favor.

Keary - use side streets to get where you are going. I've been doing it for years. May take a bit longer, but I'm not paying luxury tax to use the multi-lane highways that are crowded most of the time these days.

Funding new roads? How about all the out of state cars that belong, obviously to people/families living in Fairfax County, but pay NO COUNTY TAXES! It used to be that every fall the police were parked in front of Gunston Elementary School and checked tags, driver's licenses, and driver IDs. NO Virginia information proving the car and driver were actually living in Fairfax County meant a fine and the driver needed to IMMEDIATELY to get his car registered in Virginia along with tags reflecting the car as domiciled in Fairfax County. The only way you got out of it was to be a short term visitor or a military person of short term residence. Maybe we should go back to that? Wonder how much more money would be raised with just that increase of cars properly tagged and licensed. The Driver would also be a registered home owner/renter in Virginia and Fairfax County - also a registered tax payer for County and State residence!