Fox News – PoliticsI did a post about the Arlington Conservative podcast last week. Its a weekly podcast talking about local issues in Arlington and how conservatives might handle them. Thus far, Matthew Berry and Mark Kelly have been guests on the show. Last week, I was on the show with Goud Maragani (the host) and was talking […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve seen quite a bit of talk since plans for the HOT lanes were changed. So far, the best commentary came over the weekend from an Examiner Editorial. You can read it here. The best line from the Editorial is: Local residents can thank the Arlington Board of Supervisors and Alexandria’s City Hall for pursuing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Two major political stories about transportation have been breaking this past week: Check out Brian’s scoop on Northern Virginia Democrats voting no on Bob McDonnell‘s transportation plan. Aside from extending the HOV/HOT lanes on I-95/395, it also provided funding to widen I-66, something which Fairfax residents rely on everyday to get to work. Interestingly, Brian, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Unless your in Arlington County. A few years ago, it was a big to-do that the Arlington County Board wouldn’t say the Pledge of Allegiance at County Board meetings. Even Chris Zimmerman called the pledge “divisive” Check out the video below, courtesy of BVBL.
After a taking a couple days to digest what happened in Arlington, I want to take a minute to look back at Mark Kelly‘s campaign for County Board. While coming up short, there were a lot of positives to point out. He recieved 20,570 votes, or 35.89% of the vote, compared to Chris Zimmerman‘s 32,894 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With the election being almost a week away, I thought that I would do a post with the three big local political stories of the day. Check back later for updates on more stories, as well as these stories. Arlington County Board pretends to be fiscally conservative When I saw this story, I almost fell […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For some election fun, check out this video: Well, maybe we can have a “Property taxes are too damn high” party in Arlington. Or the “Metro fares are too damn high” party. After all, Chris Zimmerman has consistently voted to raise property tax rates and have new fare card charges, which include a “peak of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
BIG NEWS: THE SUN GAZETTE HAS ENDORSED MARK KELLY FOR COUNTY BOARD! It’s not hard to understand why their endorsing him. There’s been a great deal of frustration among Arlington County residents lately. Here’s some clips from the endorsement article: “He would bring a fresh perspective to board discussions, and more importantly, would publicly raise […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last year County Board candidate John Reeder and the Arlington County Green Party ran on a platform that inculded the following, Ban free, non-biodegradable plastic bags in all retail stores and supermarkets. Yet, this year (as well as last year), both Green Party candidates Kevin Chisholm and Miriam Gennari have signs that are made out of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a LONG summer break (early July), The Board decided that they wanted to spend some more of our tax dollars in frivolous projects. I wish I could get paid $40,000 a year to only work twice a week and have a summer break. I wonder if they’re talking about saving Chris Zimmerman’s job. Its […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Frank Wolf is the only Congressional candidate in Northern Virginia that addresses this issue on a campaign website. The issue at hand? I-66. I was reading an article on Arlnow over the weekend about an accident slowing things down on 66 and it made me curious to see whether or not any of the candidates […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First off, sorry for the delay in the post. I’ve been settling back into school, which can be a tad busy. Anyways, on to the story – First, Arlington County just takes away sandwich board signs without warning. That move irked people so much that it started an online petition to allow the signs in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In what really shouldn’t be a surprise at all, The Arlington Democrats say that they will be supporting all bond measures this Fall. The bond measures will total more than $161 million and will drive the County into unprecedented amounts of debt. Can we have a ballot measure that proposes cutting the County Board’s pay?
I recentlty had some candid Q and A with Mike Staples, President of the IAFF Local 2800 and Chairman of Better Arlington. He had some telling things to say about the Coalition for Arlington Good Government-Arlington Democrats, as well as the county government as a whole. We talked about some of the actions of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Even though the petition sheets have been submitted, this is still worth looking into. A few days ago, I was reading an Examiner article about the Change in Government. In the article, there was a quote from Board Chairman Jay Fisette. …But Board Chairman Jay Fisette said the proposed changes would open the County Board […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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