Welcome to Fairfax--if You Vote Red

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So now they are keeping Democrats out of Washington, DC suburbs.
Is Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) practicing a new form of redlining?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/23/AR2005042301395.html

"Just when you thought the political polarization of this country had gone as far as it could, here comes Rep. Tom Davis with a whole new frontier for the Red-Blue wars. The Republican congressman from Fairfax seems to believe that the only way he can guarantee himself reelection till the end of time is to prevent Democrats from moving into his district."

"Davis last week announced his intent to use Congress's authority over the Metro system to force a downsizing of a huge, 2,250-unit condo, townhouse and commercial development planned for 56 acres next to the Vienna Metro station."
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"One politician who spoke to Davis says the congressman told him straight-out that he opposes Pulte Homes' Metro West project because "all it does is produce Democrats."

"Davis won reelection last year with a solid 60 percent of the vote against a largely unknown opponent, but he saw frightening cracks in his electoral foundation. "He lost Merrifield, the area around the Dunn Loring Metro station, and he's convinced that it turned blue because of development around the station, says Democrat Gerry Connolly, the Fairfax board chairman."