To the Editor:
As a two term Fairfax County supervisor from McLean, he has balanced numerous county budgets and has found ways to save millions of dollars of unnecessary spending. Thanks to John Foust’s active support, Fairfax County has all day kindergarten and the Metro had just been extended to Reston.
His opponent, Barbara Comstock, while serving as a member of the Virginia House Delegates, has voted against the views of Northern Virginia. In spite of horrendous highway gridlock, in 2013 she voted against a bipartisan transportation bill that was supported by a republican governor. This bill passed and added much needed revenues for highways and public transportation. She also voted against expanding health care coverage to 400,000 people in our state even when the federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost for the first two years and thereafter pay 90 percent of the cost. A leading accounting firm has stated that the state will save money in the long term if it participates in this program. Many business leaders, health care advocates, church members and the majority of the people in Northern Virginia favor this health care legislation because it will save lives and money.
Dick Peacock
Manassas