Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Candidate Brian Schoeneman said he would donate the additional $20,000 pay increase recently passed by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to four Fairfax County community organizations, if elected.
“At a time when we are cutting services and taxes continue to climb, I do not support the pay increase recently passed by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors,” Schoeneman said in a statement. “It’s easy to say you don’t support a pay increase that you don’t have to vote on. It would be even easier to just pocket the extra money if elected. I couldn’t, in good conscience, do that. I want this money to benefit the community, so I will be donating it instead.”
The $20,000 donation will be made in $5,000 quarterly donations to four community organizations:
FACETS – A Fairfax-based organization dedicated to helping parents, their children, and individuals who suffer the effects of poverty in Fairfax County.
Cornerstones – A Fairfax-based organization promoting self-sufficiency by providing support and advocacy for those in need of food, shelter, affordable housing, quality childcare, and other human services.
Shelter House – A Fairfax-based organization providing crisis interventions, safe housing and supportive services to promote self-sufficiency for homeless families and victims of domestic violence in Fairfax County.
Assist Pregnancy Center – A Fairfax-based organization promoting life through Christ to those vulnerable to abortion, including providing pre-natal services and counseling free of charge.
Schoeneman is seeking the Republican nomination for Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, representing the Sully District. The Fairfax County Republican Committee is holding a party canvass (“firehouse primary”) to select their nominee on Saturday, April 25.