Fairfax County’s local government recently announced that it would begin addressing grass complaints. If a neighbor’s grass is taller than 12 inches in height, we’re now encouraged to call Big Brother, who will then “investigate” these law-breakers and then fine them for lawn services. The impetus of such a ridiculous regulation, generally under the domain of a nosy, intrusive neighborhood homeowners’ association, is unclear…… Read more
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Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | April 23, 2025
Fairfax County’s local government recently announced that it would begin addressing grass complaints. If a neighbor’s grass is taller than 12 inches in height, we’re now encouraged to call Big Brother, who will then “investigate” these law-breakers and then fine them for lawn services.
The impetus of such a ridiculous regulation, generally under the domain of a nosy, intrusive neighborhood homeowners’ association, is unclear. Perhaps our incompetent members of the board of supervisors, facing a $300 million budget shortfall in FY 2026, miss their more powerful Orwellian COVID days when Fairfax residents were calling the police on children at outdoor swim meets and on adults who weren’t masking outdoors in public areas.
If only Fairfax County’s leaders would take public safety and public school students’ abysmal testing outcomes as seriously as tall grass and outdoor masking, maybe we wouldn’t be facing a mass exodus of over-taxed and excessively regulated residents and businesses.
If my neighbor’s lawn bothered me that much, I would just knock on her door and offer to mow it long before I would call our local government officials about it. Those of us who feel that way and have the option likely are among the many leaving Fairfax County for greener, freer pastures.
Ms. Lundquist-Arora is a Fairfax parent and leads the county’s Independent Women’s Network chapter. She is a contributor for The Federalist as well as the Washington Examiner. Her writings have additionally appeared in Fox News Digital, National Review, The Daily Signal, The Washington Times, and Townhall.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar with her decision, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination. Three people with direct knowledge who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized…… Continue Reading
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