Supervisor candidates take the tax pledge in Fairfax

The WaPo reports here that candidates for the board of supervisors in Fairfax County are signing a pledge not to raise taxes, which the article describes as "a first-ever commitment by GOP candidates for local office in Virginia." The opponent of one of the pledgees declared that "a tax cap would devastate public safety and services for the poor and schoolchildren in a county that cannot tax incomes but must rely increasingly on property tax revenue to balance its budget."