County Executive Ed Long on Sequestration: 'Prepare for the Worst'
What will it mean for the local economy?
(Editor's note: In case you missed it, Patch recently spoke with Fairfax County Executive Ed Long and spoke with him about sequestration - an issue that affects thousands in Northern Virginia.) Fairfax County Executive Ed Long is advising Northern Virginians to save their money for potentially dark days, because, he says, the effects of sequestration on Northern Virginia are not yet known. "Prepare for the worst, hope for the best - whether you're a business, a government or an individual," said Long to Patch from his office in the Fairfax County Government Center. "Two-thirds of GDP is consumer spending, but I think that's the prudent thing for folks to do… You don't know what's going to happen, and I think that in these times of …
