Matt DeFerranti v. John Vihstadt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Part of me wonders if this thread is the same 3-4 50-somethings posting over and over. Especially with the relentless comments about stupid millennials. I own my home, am in my 40s, have kids, and voted for deFerranti.

I live in North Arlington (22207) close to an affordable housing complex. I support AH and would be perfectly fine to give up a CC or even one of the EIGHT dog parks for more, even right in my own backyard! I am VERY left-leaning and I actually agree that one-party rule is a bad thing. I was offered but did not take a Dem sample ballot, FWIW.

I would like to vote for Vihstadt except...I just don't feel like he managed to accomplish much during this tenure after squashing the streetcar which I didn't think was a great call. In Arlington, anyone who ever says "let's not spend (this much) money on X" is going to sound like a radical but you have to bring more to the table than that.

For all the people handwringing that this will be a disaster, show up for CB meetings and make your voice heard, it's "the Arlington way!" Better yet, run as an independent/"fiscal conservative" yourself.

People like you are the problem.
- 40 year old home owner in South Arlington

Agree. Big whoop, you live near affordable housing? Who cares. People in AH are fine neighbors. The issue is poverty dominated schools, which You have zero experience with. For every ten AH units built in luxury high rises in your zip, 300 units in a 100% affordable building are put on the pike. You're not as liberal as you think. Your ability to afford a house in an exclusive zip code simply allows you to avoid having to question your liberal bona fides - you can support AH and MdeF because it makes no difference to your everyday life or the educational experience of your children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Part of me wonders if this thread is the same 3-4 50-somethings posting over and over. Especially with the relentless comments about stupid millennials. I own my home, am in my 40s, have kids, and voted for deFerranti.

I live in North Arlington (22207) close to an affordable housing complex. I support AH and would be perfectly fine to give up a CC or even one of the EIGHT dog parks for more, even right in my own backyard! I am VERY left-leaning and I actually agree that one-party rule is a bad thing. I was offered but did not take a Dem sample ballot, FWIW.

I would like to vote for Vihstadt except...I just don't feel like he managed to accomplish much during this tenure after squashing the streetcar which I didn't think was a great call. In Arlington, anyone who ever says "let's not spend (this much) money on X" is going to sound like a radical but you have to bring more to the table than that.

For all the people handwringing that this will be a disaster, show up for CB meetings and make your voice heard, it's "the Arlington way!" Better yet, run as an independent/"fiscal conservative" yourself.

People like you are the problem.
- 40 year old home owner in South Arlington

Agree. Big whoop, you live near affordable housing? Who cares. People in AH are fine neighbors. The issue is poverty dominated schools, which You have zero experience with. For every ten AH units built in luxury high rises in your zip, 300 units in a 100% affordable building are put on the pike. You're not as liberal as you think. Your ability to afford a house in an exclusive zip code simply allows you to avoid having to question your liberal bona fides - you can support AH and MdeF because it makes no difference to your everyday life or the educational experience of your children.

BTW, I'm a 37 year old SA homeowner, and have lived here for a decade and in Arlington longer. And for the record, JV didn't squash the streetcar. Jay Fissette pulled the plug on it the day after JV was elected because he had the sense to see that VOTERS squashed the streetcar. JVs election was a referendum on the the top down, we know best attitude that had turned the CB into a insular, unresponsive, spendthrift circle of backscratchers. John was months from being in office when the streetcar was killed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Part of me wonders if this thread is the same 3-4 50-somethings posting over and over. Especially with the relentless comments about stupid millennials. I own my home, am in my 40s, have kids, and voted for deFerranti.

I live in North Arlington (22207) close to an affordable housing complex. I support AH and would be perfectly fine to give up a CC or even one of the EIGHT dog parks for more, even right in my own backyard! I am VERY left-leaning and I actually agree that one-party rule is a bad thing. I was offered but did not take a Dem sample ballot, FWIW.

I would like to vote for Vihstadt except...I just don't feel like he managed to accomplish much during this tenure after squashing the streetcar which I didn't think was a great call. In Arlington, anyone who ever says "let's not spend (this much) money on X" is going to sound like a radical but you have to bring more to the table than that.

For all the people handwringing that this will be a disaster, show up for CB meetings and make your voice heard, it's "the Arlington way!" Better yet, run as an independent/"fiscal conservative" yourself.

People like you are the problem.
- 40 year old home owner in South Arlington

Agree. Big whoop, you live near affordable housing? Who cares. People in AH are fine neighbors. The issue is poverty dominated schools, which You have zero experience with. For every ten AH units built in luxury high rises in your zip, 300 units in a 100% affordable building are put on the pike. You're not as liberal as you think. Your ability to afford a house in an exclusive zip code simply allows you to avoid having to question your liberal bona fides - you can support AH and MdeF because it makes no difference to your everyday life or the educational experience of your children.

BTW, I'm a 37 year old SA homeowner, and have lived here for a decade and in Arlington longer. And for the record, JV didn't squash the streetcar. Jay Fissette pulled the plug on it the day after JV was elected because he had the sense to see that VOTERS squashed the streetcar. JVs election was a referendum on the the top down, we know best attitude that had turned the CB into a insular, unresponsive, spendthrift circle of backscratchers. John was months from being in office when the streetcar was killed.

Good night, plus a million. I am so sick of this so-called progressive vision nonsense. We are living the progressive vision. Tax abatements for seniors so that they're not priced out and the poor kids can't read. But cool, we'll be able to buy a pool pass for $250/year. For those who can afford it.

[Anonymous]

Too bad the HQ2 announcement came a week after Election Day and not a week before. John V. deserves as much credit as any other board member for helping bring Amazon here. If that's only a little bit, fine. He sure didn't stop it though, and MdeF's claims that JV neglected office vacancy rate sound even more bogus now than they did 2 weeks ago.