151121Letter to Editor (November 21, 2015) Published on Nov.

26, 2015 Thanksgiving Day

Chairman Bulova Commits to Demonstrators to Work for Springfield Senior Center
On Saturday, November 21, 2015, Fairfax County Chairman Sharon Bulova pledged to more than
forty senior demonstrators that she would work on getting permanent facility(ies) for the Burke/West
Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW), particularly with the possibility of an addition
to the Pohick Regional Library renovation. She noted that the staff of the Springfield Supervisor
would be involved in the process.
The senior demonstrators, led by BWSSCWoW Founding Chairman Corazon S. Foley, informed her
of their plans for continued activism for the Springfield Senior Center to include testifying at the
public hearings in early 2016. The plan includes a dance demonstration by a group of senior
participants to underscore community service provided by the senior center, currently without walls.
Chairman Bulova encouraged the senior
participants to testify at the public hearings on
the budget, particularly if funding were to be
required for the addition to the Pohick Regional
Library renovation.
Photos show Chairman Bulova with the seniors
inside the Fairfax County Government Center,
and the fitness program presented by the
demonstrators in front of the building, along with
placards, in order to warm themselves during the
segment held out in the cold weather.
Many Thanks go to senior line dance teams the
Snappy Tappers, Sampaguita Sweethearts
(Philippine Dancing), Hawaiian Stars, and Cathy
Byons Line Dance classes. It was a wonderful
day thanks to Chairman Sharon Bulovas
commitment to support the Springfield Senior
Center petition -- that culminates more than a year
of community activism by Springfield seniors,
including petition gathering (1,000 signatures),
election campaign resulting with 4,226 votes
or 19% of Springfield totals, demonstrations
and in 2016, testimonies to the full Board
of Supervisors. More information at
website:
www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSenior
Center

Corazon Sandoval Foley

Burke, Virginia
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/nov/26/letter-chairman-bulova-supportive-springfield-seni/
and

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/eedition/page-a/page_5835ca64-f0f5-58f3-9dd6-f503d492ef68.html

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/nov/26/letter-chairman-bulova-supportive-springfield-seni/
and

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/eedition/page-a/page_5835ca64-f0f5-58f3-9dd6-f503d492ef68.html

Fairfax County Times Thanksgiving Edition

(November 25-29, 2015) A-12

Springfield Connection Thanksgiving Edition

(Nov. 26- Dec. 2, 2015) pg. 7

151119Open Letter to Sharon Bulova and the Press (November 19, 2015)
SPRINGFIELD SENIOR TAXPAYERS DESERVE FAIR TREATMENT
Dear Chairman Sharon Bulova and Fairfax County Taxpayers:
Chairman Sharon Bulova represents the residents of Springfield District, along with the incumbent
who has been ignoring numerous requests since November 2014 for follow-up meeting on solutions
to redress the unfairness toward Springfield senior taxpayers and families: other districts have 17
permanent senior centers, Springfield District, NONE! He has also implied that Springfield residents
do not support the petition with 1,000 signatures that I had presented to him.
https://fairfaxstories.sharepoint.com/Documents/150802FoleyMeetingRequestsHerrity.pdf
Attached is a photo of the seniors forced to exercise outside in the cold weather because we had no
activity space. Springfield senior taxpayers have also been forced to exercise in hallways even
though they pay the same taxes as those in other districts with 17 permanent senior centers.

The November 3, 2015

elections proved the
incumbent wrong:
4,226 voters or 19% of
the Springfield voters
supported the petition
for the Springfield
Senior Center by voting
for my candidacy that
was waged with $1,000 of my own money, no party nor name recognition exploited by the incumbent.
We have requested a meeting with Chairman Sharon Bulova to follow-up on my testimony of
September 22, 2015 to the full Board of Supervisors requesting permanent facility(ies) for the health
programs of the Springfield senior taxpayers. In particular, we ask that the renovation of the Pohick
Regional Library, with the budget of $5 million paid for by taxpayers, include addition for senior fitness
facility -- similar to what is done in Maryland for example, the Pikesville Library/Senior Center. Our
request would help implement the Fairfax County 50+ Community Action Plan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5yqsGcyIr0
and
https://fairfaxstories.sharepoint.com/Documents/150922FoleyTestimonyBoSHearingFY2015Carryove
rBudget.pdf
On November 21, 2015, we will hold our FIRST Demonstration in support of the Springfield Senior
Center at the PALACE (otherwise known s the Fairfax County Government Center) with the theme:
Let Us Help Sharon Bulova Help Us Get Springfield Senior Center. Bulova campaigned on the
message We Care For Each Other in Fairfax County and we look forward to working with her in
redressing the unfairness toward Springfield senior taxpayers and families. We welcome support
from our community. More information at www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter.
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Burke, Virginia

151111Letter to the Editor (November 11, 2015)

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/no
v/11/demonstrating-springfield-senior-center/

Join November 21 Demonstration for Springfield Senior Center

I am writing to invite our community to join Springfield senior taxpayers and families in a
demonstration on Saturday, November 21, 2015 from 10AM 12 Noon at the Fairfax County
Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA 22035.
We will be standing at the same spot as
the demonstrators for justice for John
Geer displaying placards and distributing
flyers, as shown in my website:
https://fairfaxstories.sharepoint.com/Docu
ments/151128DemonstrationSpringfieldS
eniorCenter.pdf
Attached is a photo of the placard for my
5-year old grandson Daniel Padraig Foley
who joined my husband Mike and me in
voting for the Springfield Senior Center on
November 3, 2015 at the Burke
Community Center in the Parkway
Precinct.
We are planning another demonstration in
the future that will include not only placards and flyers near the parking lot, but also demonstrations
inside the Fairfax County Government Center of senior health programs sponsored by the
Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW) that I founded and have been
developing since 2007. Our affordable senior health programs include line dancing, Hawaiian hula,
tai-chi, yoga, self-defense, zumba, walking club, genealogy discussions, book club, mahjong, as well
as social interactions in celebrations of 80+ birthday parties and others.
https://fairfaxstories.sharepoint.com/Pages/BWSSCWoW.aspx
The theme of the November 21 demonstration is Lets Help Sharon Bulova Help Us Get Springfield
Senior Center. Our numerous emails and phone calls have been ignored by the Springfield District
incumbent we have been requesting since November 2014 for a working group to implement
solutions to redress the unfairness toward Springfield senior taxpayers and families: other districts
have 17 permanent senior centers, Springfield District, NONE!
On Election Day, November 3, 2015, 4,226 (19%) of Springfield voters supported our petition and we
will continue to pursue social justice beyond the ballot box through demonstrations so that more
Springfield District residents would support our cause. Chairman Sharon Bulova has won with the
theme We Care for Each Other in Fairfax County but we have to add the footnote: except in
Springfield District, particularly for senior taxpayers and families, and where residents have to
demonstrate for social justice.
We welcome suggestions and participation in our community activism for social justice.
Join us on Saturday, November 21, 2015 (10AM 12Noon) at Fairfax County Government Center.
More information available at my website: www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter.
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Burke, Virginia

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/nov/11/
demonstrating-springfield-senior-center/

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/nov/11/demonstrating-springfield-senior-center/

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/nov/11/demonstrating-springfield-senior-center/

151103 Letter to the Editor

Springfield Senior Center Petition Moves Forward with 4,226 Supporters
On Election Day, November 3, 2015, the petition for permanent facility(ies) by the Burke/West
Springfield Senior Center (BWSSCWoW) received strong support with 4,226 votes or 18.7% of total
votes cast by Springfield District voters. Our petition was the major issue of the campaign that I
waged as an Independent Candidate for Springfield Supervisor and I thank the many voters who
support the cause of fairness for Springfield District seniors.
http://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2015%20November%20General/Site/Locality/FAIRFA
X%20COUNTY/Member%20Board%20of%20Supervisors%20%28SPRINGFIELD%20DISTRICT%29
.html
This level of electoral support translates to more than four-fold the 1,000+ petition signatures that we
had received last year and was ignored by the incumbent who does not want to do his job of
improving the quality of life for all residents, including seniors.
The election result was achieved with less than $1,000 of my money versus the $511,737 in funds
raised by the incumbent. This means a ratio of 1:512 in funds raised versus vote result of 1:4.
http://vpap.org/candidates/161199-corazon-s-foley/
The election phase of our petition has done extremely well!
Our next step is to meet with Chairman Sharon
Bulova to follow up on my testimony requesting full
Board support to override the incumbents record of
ignoring numerous phone calls and emails by seniors
for a working group to implement solutions,
particularly for our request for an annex to Pohick
Regional Library.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5yqsGcyIr0
We look forward to working with Chairman Bulova in
redressing the unfairness toward Springfield senior
taxpayers and families: other districts have 17
permanent senior centers, Springfield District, NONE!
This issue is important for the longer a senior remains
functional and healthy, the less the burden on the
children, the grandchildren and our Springfield District
community as a whole.

Corazon S. Foley, grandson Daniel, and husband

Michael voting at the Burke Community Church

We welcome suggestions and support from more Springfield District residents as we pursue our goal
of permanent facility(ies) for the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center. In particular, we are
petitioning for an annex to the Pohick Regional Library renovation similar to what is done in Maryland,
for example the Pikesville Library/Senior Center:
https://fairfaxstories.sharepoint.com/Documents/151031PikesvilleLibrarySeniorCenter.pdf
More information about the Springfield Senior Center petition is available in my website:
www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter.
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Burke, Virginia

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/sample_ballot/8_springfielddistrict_sampleballots_2015.pdf

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/sample_ballot/8_springfielddistrict_sampleballots_2015.pdf

http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2015/102115/Lorton.pdf
page 15 of Fairfax Station/Clifton/Lorton Connection 10/22-28/2015

October 16, 2015 Letter to Asian Fortune

Corazon S. Foley First Asian American Candidate for Springfield Supervisor
Dear Lily Chen.
It was an honor meeting you today at the 6th Asian American Business Summit & Expo for it gave me
the opportunity to thank you personally for the pioneering work of your late father, Jay Chen. The
Asian Fortune provided much-needed recognition for the contributions of Asian Americans like the
May 10, 2010 article on me Cora Foley, Lady Fairfax.
http://www.asianfortunenews.com/site/article_0610.php?article_id=11
Jay Chen was also very helpful when I founded the Fairfax County Asian American History Project
(FCAAHP) that documented the contributions, heritage and history of the Asian American community,
the largest minority group since 1990 in our Fairfax County hometown.
Like Jay Chen, I believe in providing a voice for the Asian American community, and in 2015, I
decided to become the first Filipino/Asian American candidate for Springfield Supervisor. In addition
to make history for our Fairfax County, I hope to gather vigorous voter support for health programs for
seniors and in particular, to redress the unfairness toward Springfield senior taxpayers and families.
Other districts have 17 permanent senior centers, Springfield District, NONE! It is also important to
remember that the longer a senior remains healthy and functional, the less the burden on the
children, the grandchildren and our Springfield community as a whole.
I am running as a fiscal conservative who believes in good government with 30 years of public service
as an Intelligence Analyst with the US State Department; an Independent candidate with NO
fundraising, spending $1,000 of my own money on this important community project. The incumbent
has ignored the need of Springfield seniors because he cares mainly about large political
contributors: he has raised almost half-a-million dollars and by spring, has spent some $300,000
demonstrating that he is a big spender of other peoples money.
Thank you very much for the Chen familys public service and to Jay Chen for inspiring many Asian
Americans, like me, to provide a voice and
representation for Asian Americans in my case ,
in the political arena as the first Filipino/Asian
American candidate for Springfield Supervisor in
the November 3, 2015 elections. More
information is available on my website:
www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter
Attached is a photo of the September 9, 2015
Meet and Greet Springfield District Candidates
by the League of Women Voters in which the
incumbent failed to appear, perhaps to avoid
questions by the seniors who support my candidacys quest for a Springfield senior center.
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Burke, Virginia

October 1, 2015 Press Release:

Corazon Foley Participated in South County HS Meet the Candidates Day
On Thursday, October 1, 2015 from 9:45AM 11:15AM, Corazon Foley, Independent Candidate for
Springfield Supervisor, participated in the 9th Annual Meet the Candidates Day at South County
High School Dale S. Rumberger Auditorium that was managed by Sara Jeanblanc.
Corazon Foley called on the 400 students to help her make history and get her elected as the First
Filipino American and Asian American Springfield Supervisor. She presented to Sara Jeanblanc two
of her books: The Fairfax County Asian American History Project and the Long Ago and Far Away,
the WWII Diary of her father-in-law Daniel Foley, Jr. Both books are available in Fairfax County
Public Library system.
Corazon Foley asked for support for her mission of getting a senior center in Springfield District
framing the issue in terms of the circle of life and that the longer a senior remains functional and
healthy, the less the burden on the children, the grandchildren and the community at large, in this
case, Springfield District. She stressed that her project is a multigenerational one for the facility she
is seeking will be available for youth health programs as well. She added that the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention reported that physical inactivity is one of the leading causes of mortality for
the young generation and called on the students to support health programs for seniors and youth.
Corazon Foley used the occasion to congratulate the young generation of Fairfax County who has
been most generous in serving our community. The 2014 Fairfax County Youth Survey reported that
most Fairfax County students (89.6%) have volunteered to do community service at least once in
their lifetime and half (49.8%) do so, once a month or more often. And as an Independent candidate
with the Green Party (spending $1,000 of her own money on the campaign), Corazon Foley thanked
the students for working to save the planet for 2/3 of our Fairfax County students reported frequently
conserving electricity.
After the discussion, many students volunteered support for Corazon Foleys Lets Make History
campaign and joined her in photos below. Bottom right shows part of the audience for the event.

September 22, 2015 Letter to the Editor:

Bulova Supports Fairness for Springfield Seniors
On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, I officially presented my testimony to the Board of Supervisors requesting
creation of a working group to review, enrich and implement the proposed solutions to the unfairness toward
Springfield senior taxpayers and families: other districts have 17 permanent senior centers, Springfield District,
NONE! The solutions were supported by 1,000+ signatories to the petition for permanent facility(ies) by the
Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW) for which I serve as Founding Chairman.
I posted my September 22, 2015 testimony on my website:
https://fairfaxstories.sharepoint.com/Documents/150922FoleyTestimonyBoSHearingFY2015CarryoverBudget.pdf

(and on youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5yqsGcyIr0 )

Immediately after my testimony, the extremely helpful staff of Chairman Sharon Bulova notably Christina
Fullmer met with me to discuss the details of our proposals, particularly the issues related to the renovation
of the Pohick Regional Library that started on September 5, 2015. This outstanding constituent service stands
in sharp contrast to that of the Springfield Supervisor incumbent who has been ignoring the many emails and
phone calls from seniors requesting follow-up meetings to our discussion of November 13, 2014. I even
asked him for follow-up meetings personally: the latest request was during the National Night Out event at
Orange Hunt ES after which I sent him copies of meeting requests that he had ignored earlier.
https://fairfaxstories.sharepoint.com/Documents/150802FoleyMeetingRequestsHerrity.pdf
Chairman Bulovas staff and I agreed to continue discussing our proposed solutions AFTER the November 3,
2015 elections that would include a meeting with Chairman Bulova herself. Let me make a disclosure at this
point: I am an Independent Candidate for Springfield Supervisor with NO fundraising, paying with $1,000 of
my own money for the campaign in order to get vigorous voter support for our petition to support health
programs for seniors in our Springfield District.
On September 9, 2015, I participated in the Meet and Greet event hosted by the League of Women Voters in
order to strengthen our democracy. I presented my position on the many questions that were asked by voters.
The incumbent failed to appear perhaps in another attempt to avoid answering questions by the many
seniors who were present about the unfairness toward Springfield District senior taxpayers and families.
The video of that event has also been posted by the League of Women Voters to assist voter education:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfv1XBmbf5s
The league also posted answers to questions by both candidates for Springfield Supervisor:
http://onyourballot.vote411.org/race-detail.do?id=13600317#.VgUxV5dJc25
Allow me to express the appreciation of Springfield seniors for the outstanding constituent service to all Fairfax
County residents by Chairman Sharon Bulova who, by the way, awarded me the title of Lady Fairfax in
recognition of my work in founding the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls, as well as the
Fairfax County Asian American History Project. I take pride in being the first Filipino American and Asian
American candidate for Springfield Supervisor and encourage all residents to participate in the challenge of our
democracy. Having served as a diplomat in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union, I understand how important
it is for all of us to defend our democracy by participating in our elections to do good for our community. My
husband, my son and I have been privileged to serve in our Intelligence Community to defend our democracy
and our daughter-in-law has been an outstanding teacher in our Fairfax County Public Schools.
As for my community service toward improving health programs of our Springfield District seniors, I would like
to remind your readers that the longer seniors remains functional and healthy, the less the burden on the
children, the grandchildren and our community as a whole in this case, our Springfield District hometown in
Fairfax County, Virginia. More information is available in my website:
www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Independent Candidate for Springfield Supervisor
Burke, Virginia

VOTE ON NOVEMBER 3, 2015 Connection Newspaper, Sept. 17, 2015

www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter

Herrity Big Spender FY2015 Carryover Budget page 36; Connection Newspaper August 27, 2015

September 22, 2015 Remarks by Corazon Sandoval Foley

Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Public Hearing
on the County and Schools FY2015 Carryover to Amend the
Appropriation Level in the FY2016 Revised Budget Plan
Good Morning. My name is Corazon Sandoval Foley and I am the Founding Chairman of the
Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW), a public-private partnership to
provide health programs for seniors, particularly in the Springfield District that does not have a
permanent senior center.
Allow me to stress that my testimony is extremely relevant to your discussion today for the FY2015
Carryover includes infrastructure repairs and renovation, notably that of the Pohick Regional Library
that I will discuss in more detail.
Thank you to the Board of Supervisors, especially Madame Chairman Sharon Bulova, for allowing me
this opportunity to request that you consider in your budget deliberations the need for a working group
to facilitate the provision of needed county facilities for the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center
Without Walls (BWSSCWoW).
I should note that I am an Independent candidate with NO fundraising for Springfield Supervisor in the
November 3, 2015 elections as part of our public information campaign for more vigorous voter
support to redress the unfairness toward Springfield District senior taxpayers and families: other
districts have 17 permanent senior centers, Springfield District , NONE!
I come before you today because the incumbent has not been willing to assist us in working to
review, enrich and implement our proposed solutions to get needed county facilities in our Springfield
District. The senior center without walls has been mainly using private facilities from private
organizations and churches; the public-private concept has envisioned that the county would provide
needed facilities in order to resolve waiting lists and to expand health programs for seniors. This
issue of county facilities requires timely resolution because possible options have recently opened up
with the renovation of the Pohick Regional Library that closed on September 5, 2015.
We hope that the Board of Supervisors, as a whole, could vote to support our request for a working
group to review and implement proposed solutions as follows:
1. Safer Laminated Wood Flooring for the Conference Rooms in the Renovation of the Pohick
Regional Library that would be best in terms of safety and health (allergies to dirty rugs) for library
patrons, including seniors. Rugs have caused falls for seniors.
2. Safer Laminated Wood Flooring for the Springfield Community Room and as Chairman Bulova
indicated in a very kind email to me, perhaps for other County facilities as well, maybe Burke Centre,
Kings Park and other libraries. We look forward to working with the new Library Director on our
proposed solutions in 2016, with the support of the full Board of Supervisors.
3. Improve part of the Field House of South Run Park with safer laminated wood flooring, heating/airconditioning to meet the Fairfax County goal to maximize use of existing facilities, including public
schools, for community recreation.
4. Review the possibility of an annex to the renovation of Pohick Library for use by library patrons for
multipurpose goals, including health programs for seniors. I have attached in this testimony a
photograph of a Maryland project that shows library renovation could include expanded senior center
facilities.

I also believe that the Board of Supervisors should review the $5 million budget for the renovation of
Pohick Regional Library for the amount appears to be higher than what would be needed for the
current plan. If our calculations are correct, then there would be money within the appropriated $5
million budget to pay for an annex that could support senior health programs. Our solution would
implement a recommendation of the 50+ Community Action Plan that encourages seeking creative
recreation solutions, allowing new facility types (i.e., adult fitness stations) to be explored and
provided.
5. Review the possibility of leasing a storefront arrangement in the Burke/West Springfield area that
could serve as a replacement location for the Lorton Senior Center that we understand is losing its
lease.
6. Encourage the incumbent Springfield Supervisor to implement his comment that the health
programs for seniors could be expanded to include Greenbrier and Mott Center areas.
Please note that our proposals received support from some 1,000 signatories of our petition but our
request for a working group was ignored. Our proposals would continue the remarkable progress of
our innovative concept of the Senior Center Without Walls because we are not asking for a fullfledged senior center building at this time of budgetary constraints. Rather, we are seeking more
effective use of county spending for infrastructure repairs and renovation particularly of the Pohick
Regional Library and the South Run Park Field House in our Springfield District. Moreover, our
proposal does not seek hiring of more county staff because we will continue to use volunteers to
serve as class monitors just as we have done for eight years. The Burke/West Springfield Senior
Center Without Walls has been operating at less than 20% of the cost of permanent senior centers
because of volunteers and donated facilities and we plan to continue operating as the most costeffective senior center in the county.
Allow me to thank Chairman Bulova and Supervisor Cook for their personal support over the years of
the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW). Chairman Bulova has also
been an excellent leader in developing effective working groups to implement solutions, as I had the
privilege of experiencing with the Fairfax County Asian American History Project. We hope that the
full Board of Supervisors would vote to support creation of an effective working group to review,
enrich and implement our proposed solutions to redress the unfairness toward Springfield senior
taxpayers and families: other districts have 17 permanent senior centers, Springfield District, NONE!

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/aug/19/letter-test-leadership/
August 2, 2015 Letter to the Editor:
Fairfax County $47 Million Surplus Could Help Fund Springfield Senior Facility(ies)
On July 28, 2015, the Washington Post reported that Fairfax County officials announced a $47 million surplus
from its 2015 fiscal year, money gained from spending cuts and extra tax revenue that would likely go toward
renovating county schools and other infrastructure repairs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-officials-announce-47-million-surplus-after-anxious-budgetyear/2015/07/28/155f4948-3547-11e5-94ce-834ad8f5c50e_story.html
and
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/2015/fy2015-budget-carryover-recommendations.htm
This would be a good opportunity for Springfield Supervisor Herrity to request funds for infrastructure repairs
that could provide the activity space(s) that we in the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center have been
requesting for eight years particularly during the November 13, 2014 meeting during which the incumbent
said good words about our programs and proposals. He stressed that expanding use of existing facility
makes all the sense in the world to me.
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2014/nov/26/seniors-burke-and-west-springfield-look-more-activ/
Since that time, the incumbent has ignored our numerous requests for follow-up meetings for a working group
on our proposals for more county activity spaces for health programs for Springfield seniors.
We ask that the incumbent do his job and provide the leadership, community engagement, and effective
negotiating skills to improve the quality of life for Springfield residents, including senior taxpayers and their
families. Other districts have 17 permanent senior centers; Springfield District, NONE!
I am running for Springfield Supervisor in the November 2015 election because the incumbent has been
unwilling to do the work for which taxpayers have paid him over the last eight years. I am running as an
Independent candidate with NO fundraising; the incumbent has raised some $400,000 and already spent some
$300,000 by May 2015 demonstrating that he is a big spender when it comes to other peoples money. He
has joined me and other constituents in objecting to the 27% pay raise that the Board voted for themselves as
recognition of full-time job performance. But the incumbent has yet to announce that if he were to be reelected, he would work full-time, as required by the pay increase; or if he would return to the County the
$20,000 annual pay raise that he would not deserve as a part-time employee. We voters deserve
performance with integrity from our elected Supervisors.
I hope that the incumbent will respond to the numerous emails from senior members of the Burke/West
Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW) requesting his leadership in getting needed county
facilities for health programs in the Springfield District. We hope he would agree to our numerous requests for
follow-up meetings to the November 14, 2014 discussion so we could develop an effective working group to
redress the unfairness toward Springfield seniors and taxpayers. We hope the incumbent would see the error
of his ways when he stated that with regards to our request for the senior center, he thinks not of districts but of
the county even though I pointed out that he was elected to represent our interests in Springfield District. I
interpreted that to mean that he believes it is not important for Springfield District to have a senior center and
he certainly has not been working to support our request for activity space for the Center Without Walls.
Above all, the incumbent should live up to his words: One of the most important jobs of the supervisor is
constituent service. We work hard to address and resolve issues and problems for our residents, be they
simple or complex. So, Mr. Herrity, please stop ignoring our requests for follow-up meetings for a working
group on the Springfield Senior Center facility(ies) to develop strategies related to many opportunities to
achieve fairness for Springfield senior taxpayers and their families including the FY2015 $47 million surplus
and the renovation of the Pohick Regional Library over the next 18 months.
For more information about the candidacy of Corazon Sandoval Foley for Springfield Supervisor:
www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Burke, VA
(Meeting Requests for Seniors Ignored by Herrity:
http://fairfaxstories.sharepoint.com/Documents/150802FoleyMeetingRequestsHerrity.pdf)

July 22, 2015 Letter to the Editor

Funding a fitness facility addition to Pohick Library renovation

I am writing to respond to your readers queries about my proposal for a senior fitness facility addition to the Pohick
Regional Library renovation that is scheduled to start on September 5, 2015. If elected as Springfield Supervisor on
November 3, 2015, I pledge to slash the Springfield Supervisor administrative budget of half-a-million dollars annually in
order to help pay for the addition; this would redress the unfairness toward Springfield senior taxpayers and families.
Other districts have 17 permanent senior centers, Springfield District, NONE! My campaign has become necessary
because the incumbent has refused to assist his senior constituents and has stated publicly that with regards to the
senior center, he thinks not of Springfield District but of the county, even though I pointed out that he was elected to
represent the interests of Springfied District voters. I interpreted that to mean that he believes that it is not important
for Springfield District to have a senior center and he certainly has not been working to support the petition for activity
spaces by the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW).
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2015/may/27/letter-why-run-springfield-supervisor/
Moreover, my research of the planned renovation of the Pohick Regional Library indicates that if the incumbent would
do his work in developing a working group of stakeholders, including senior taxpayers and families we could negotiate
for funding an addition for senior fitness and other events programming within the authorized budget for the Pohick
Regional Library renovation. The renovation budget for the libraries comes from the $25 million bond referendum
approved by voters on November 6, 2012.
According to Fairfax Countys Comprehensive Plan, regional libraries are proposed to have 30,000 to 40,000 square feet.
Pohick Regional Library has room for expansion for it is approximately 25,000 square feet and its budget for renovation
is $5 million.
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb/fy2015/advertised/cip/libraries.pdf
Bidding for the Pohick Library renovation ended on June 30, 2015, with one indicating $3.2million valuation.
http://dodgeprojects.construction.com/Pohick-Library--Renovation-_stcVVproductId149322416VVviewprod.htm
Analysis of construction cost estimates for library building in Fairfax County, Virginia indicates similar valuation.
http://www.rsmeans.com/models/library
Based on that cost analysis plus factoring in estimated architectural/design costs, it appears that there could be well
over $1 million remaining in the total $5 million renovation budget. This remainder could be used to build 5,000 square
feet of addition for senior fitness and other events programming as part of the Pohick Regional Library renovation.
The incumbent has ignored several requests since November 2014 for follow-up meetings by the Burke/West Springfield
Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW). As Springfield Supervisor, the incumbent has the obligation as a paid
employee of taxpayers, to provide constituent service including follow-up meetings that we have repeatedly requested
to develop a working group of taxpayers/stakeholders to redress the unfairness toward Springfield senior taxpayers.
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2014/nov/26/seniors-burke-and-west-springfield-look-more-activ/
There appears to be money in the approved budget for the Pohick Regional Library renovation for our proposal to
implement the recommendation of the 50+ Community Action Plan (page 29) that encourages seeking creative
recreation solutions, allowing new facility types (i.e., adult fitness stations) to be explored and provided. Sadly, what is
missing are leadership, community engagement, and vigorous negotiations by the incumbent to support Springfield
senior taxpayers and families. It is a question of priorities in Springfield District Springfield seniors and families
deserve better! More information is available at www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter.
Corazon S. Foley
Burke, Virginia

June 22, 2015 Letter to the Editor

Springfield Senior Center Deserved Attention Eight Years Ago

On June 22, 2015, I received an email from the incumbent Springfield Supervisor that Budget
Shortfalls Deserve Attention Today complaining that the Board of Supervisors rejected his request to
have additional meetings on his proposals. His plight should make him more sensitive to our eightyear long disappointment with his repeated rejections of our request for his leadership to redress the
unfairness toward Springfield senior taxpayers and families: other districts have 17 permanent senior
centers, Springfield District, NONE! His insensitivity toward the needs of his Springfield senior
constituents was underscored when he stated bluntly during our November 13, 2014 meeting that it
is not important for Springfield District to have a senior center. The public meeting was taped and
covered by a press representative.
As a concerned taxpayer, I have complained at 2015 budget meetings that the Board of Supervisors
should not have voted themselves a 27% pay raise. The incumbent, if re-elected, can return to the
County treasury the pay raise that was opposed by him and his constituents. Furthermore, I believe
there should be more meaningful follow-up action; in particular, the half-a-million dollars annual
administrative budget of the Supervisors should be cut in order to pay for higher priority community
projects -- like our proposed permanent facility for health programs for Springfield seniors.
The incumbent should also address the fact that the Board of Supervisors had decided with the pay
raise that the Supervisors job is a full-time job. So, if the incumbent is not able to work full-time, then
he probably is not qualified to remain as a Springfield Supervisor. Over the last eight years, the
incumbent has been so busy working on his private sector job, his other campaigns and political
fundraising job, and his family job that the Springfield Supervisor job of improving the quality of life
for Springfield taxpayers, particularly senior taxpayers and families, has not been met satisfactorily.
I encourage the incumbent to work closely with the Budget Task Force of the School Superintendent
whose leadership I hope he would emulate by organizing the working group of senior stakeholders
that was proposed by the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW) to
develop the permanent facility(ies) needed for health programs for the Springfield senior taxpayers.
We could start with the follow-up meeting that I have requested and the incumbent has repeatedly
ignored since November 2014. More information for our campaign for a Springfield Senior Center is
available at: www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Burke, VA

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May 25, 2015 Letter to the Editor:

Why Run for Springfield Supervisor?

On May 13, 2015, the press reported that Corazon Foley announced her bid for Springfield
Supervisor and that I am running as an Independent with NO fundraising. Since this would mean
that my candidacy would probably not succeed since the incumbent has already raised funds over
$340,000 to ensure his victory in 2015, many have asked me why I would even consider running. My
answer: this is the only way that we could mobilize voter support to redress the unfairness toward
Springfield District senior taxpayers and their families. Other districts have 17 permanent senior
centers while Springfield District, NONE! My goal in this campaign is to improve the quality of life for
all Springfield residents, including senior taxpayers and families.
On November 13, 2014, the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW) that
I initiated in 2007 and for which I serve as Founding Chairman met with the incumbent Supervisor to
request his leadership in obtaining a permanent facility for health programs for seniors. In particular,
we asked for the addition of a fitness room to the Pohick Regional Library slated to be renovated in
September 2015. We believe that this solution would implement a recommendation of the Fairfax
County 50+ plan: "It also encourages seeking creative recreation solutions, allowing new facility types
(i.e., adult fitness stations) to be explored and provided."
The incumbent said good words like expanding use of existing facilities makes all the sense in the
world to me. However, our numerous requests for follow-up meetings have been ignored. I have
become convinced that election debates would provide the public hearing on the solutions that
BWSSCWoW has provided to redress the inequitable situation of Springfield senior taxpayers and
families. I have pledged that, if elected, I will slash the half-a-million dollars annual administrative
budget for the Springfield Supervisor so that the savings could pay for the Pohick senior fitness
station. This pledge underscores my position as a fiscal conservative who believes in social justice.
And that is why this grandmother -- who has been retired since 2007 after 30 years of public service
with the US State Department and the Intelligence Community -- has decided to run for Springfield
Supervisor. I should add that I appreciate the public service of the incumbent but it is clear that we
have a policy difference that should be included in the election debates -- in the interest of improving
the quality of life of Springfield District residents, including senior taxpayers and their families. More
information is available in Facebook at: www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter.
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Burke, Virginia

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/corazon-foley-announces-bid-springfield-supervisor/

150509Press Release:
Corazon Foley Announces Campaign For Springfield Supervisor
On Friday, May 8, 2015, Corazon Foley took the opportunity during her remarks at the 46th Annual
Older Adult Volunteer Recognition Ceremony
at The Waterford in Springfield, Virginia to
announce her candidacy for Springfield
Supervisor in the November 3, 2015 election
-- thereby becoming the First Asian American
(Filipino American) Independent Candidate
(with NO Fundraising) for Springfield
Supervisor. Corazon Foley is a Delegate for
the Fairfax County Senior Citizens Council
that sponsored the ceremony. She is shown
standing in the photo wearing her trademark
green shirt with the logo of the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center
Without Walls (BWSSCWoW) that she initiated in 2007 and for which
she has served as Founding Chairman.
You can also find Corazon Foley on weekends gathering more
signatures outside the entrance of Pohick Library to support the
petition for a permanent facility for BWSSCWoW in order to redress
the unfairness toward Springfield Senior Taxpayers and their
families. Other districts have 17 permanent senior centers
Springfield District NONE! The petition requests addition of a senior
fitness station in the renovation of the Pohick Library that will begin
on September 5, 2015. It would implement a recommendation of the Fairfax County 50+ plan: "It
also encourages seeking creative recreation solutions, allowing new facility types (i.e., adult fitness
stations) to be explored and provided."
Corazon Foleys candidacy is a direct result of the disappointment for the petition signatories (already
over 1,000) because the current Supervisor has ignored numerous requests for follow-up meetings to
work on proposals presented to him during the November 13, 2014 meeting that was covered by local
press. If elected, she has pledged to slash the annual administrative budget of about half-a-million
dollars for the Springfield Supervisor so that the savings will be used to build the proposed adult
fitness center annex to the renovation of the Pohick Library. This pledge underscores her position as
a fiscal conservative with a commitment to social justice.
Corazon Foleys professional career qualifications: 30+ years with the US State Department, primarily
as an Intelligence/Economic Analyst, retiring in 2007 with the rank of GS-14 or the equivalent of a
Lieutenant Colonel; MBA (Finance) from George Washington University. More information is
available at her Facebook webpage: www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter

150417Letter to Editor:
Grandma Corazon Foley for Springfield Supervisor
I have the honor of informing your readers that on Friday, April 17, 2015, the Fairfax County Elections
Office certified my candidacy for Springfield Supervisor in the November 3, 2015 general election.
My candidacy is a direct result of the disappointment for the 1,000 signatories to our petition for a
permanent facility for the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW). The
current Supervisor has ignored our numerous requests for follow-up meetings to work on our
proposals presented during our meeting on November 13, 2014. This disappointing situation has left
us only the election option to redress the unfairness toward Springfield Senior Taxpayers and our
families. There are 17 senior centers in Fairfax County; none in Springfield District.
As the Founding Chairman of BWSSCWoW, I am running as an Independent (with NO fundraising)
with the goal of mobilizing support by voters for our petition through election debates about improving
the quality of life in our Springfield District.
If elected, I pledge to slash the annual administrative budget of about half-a-million dollars for each
Supervisor (in this case, the Springfield Supervisor) so that the savings will be used to build our
proposed fitness facility for senior health programs -- annex to Pohick Library or renovation of the
South Run Field House. The facility will be used for senior programs during daytime hours and will
be available to the community, particularly the youth, during the rest of the period.
My pledge underscores my position as a fiscal conservative who believes in social justice -- a
mother/grandmother who understands that every family has to establish priorities and make difficult
financing decisions during lean economic times. In my push for a permanent facility for health
programs for Springfield seniors and their families, I have identified spending cuts to achieve our
goal in these times of serious revenue constraints.
Let me also note that our innovative Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls
(BWSSCWoW) has been the most cost-effective senior center in the County. While each permanent
senior center costs the County some $100,000 annually, BWSSCWoW costs around $10-15,000 in
fitness instructors fees that are offset in part with payments by senior participants. BWSSCWoW
does not require any new County hires as our senior volunteers have done the heavy lifting as class
monitors in various locations. I made donations, including my $1,000 award as Community
Champion, to pay for website and other costs. We plan to continue the cost-effective arrangement of
public-private partnership whenever we get the permanent facility that will enable us to expand our
programs and eliminate waiting lists.
As for my professional qualifications: 30+ years with the US State Department, primarily as an
Intelligence/Economic Analyst, retiring in 2007 with the rank of GS-14 or the equivalent of a
Lieutenant Colonel; MBA (Finance) from George Washington University. I posted a webpage on
Facebook with more information: www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Burke, Virginia

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