Arlington County Board upcoming elections

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Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

Perhaps Susan will actually listen to the residents of Arlington and their wants and needs rather than pretend to care? The residents of Arlington county choose to live here because it is a wonderful suburb of DC - they do not want to live in a city. There are some board members and potential board members that are so progressive that they are trying to sell off every inch of this county to developers that will get rid of everything that makes Arlington so nice to live in. And their motivations are not for the residents as we have seen by Cristol's exit right into a job with a big developer. They are using this county for their own personal agendas.

Who is "they"? A common NIMBY mistake is to assume that everyone thinks exactly as they do. You're ignoring the many Arlington residents who told the County, in survey responses and feedback forms and public testimony, that they support the missing middle initiative. Not to mention that you're ignoring majority of Arlington voters who resoundingly rejected Audrey Clement's anti-MM campaign. Some home owners definitely fit your description, to be fair. Neither they nor you speak for all Arlington residents or even most of them.

Side note - Katie's new job isn't with "a big developer." It's with a non-profit business improvement district, much like the Langston Boulevard Alliance. She can apply her experience as an Arlington county board member to help make Tysons less car dependent, more transit accessible, and an overall better place to live and work.

Unless you're extremely new here, you know that Clement is a bag o' nuts. She's a perpetual candidate who picks up a new platform for every election. I wouldn't take her rejection against an incumbent as a referendum of any kind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

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The boomers are slowly checking out of Arlington through death or moving to nicer places. They are losing their political power daily. About 60% f the households in Arlington now live in rentals and by about 2030, it will be 75%. Even the Expanded Housing Options now being challenged will result in more rentals than homeownership. Plans are proceeding for several affordable housing buildings, including the high rise that will replace the garden style Leckey Apartment behind the Lee Heights Shops. DiFerrante and Cunningham will be the only members who live in single family houses, and they have shown no concern for owners of single family houses.

Arlington's board is becoming more in tuned with renters and homeowners in multifamily housing. Lame members like Garvey who lives in Fairlington will pay her usual lip service to single family owners until another renter gets on the board.

Unless he moved recently, DeFerranti lives in a high rise condo in Courthouse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

Perhaps Susan will actually listen to the residents of Arlington and their wants and needs rather than pretend to care? The residents of Arlington county choose to live here because it is a wonderful suburb of DC - they do not want to live in a city. There are some board members and potential board members that are so progressive that they are trying to sell off every inch of this county to developers that will get rid of everything that makes Arlington so nice to live in. And their motivations are not for the residents as we have seen by Cristol's exit right into a job with a big developer. They are using this county for their own personal agendas.

Who is "they"? A common NIMBY mistake is to assume that everyone thinks exactly as they do. You're ignoring the many Arlington residents who told the County, in survey responses and feedback forms and public testimony, that they support the missing middle initiative. Not to mention that you're ignoring majority of Arlington voters who resoundingly rejected Audrey Clement's anti-MM campaign. Some home owners definitely fit your description, to be fair. Neither they nor you speak for all Arlington residents or even most of them.

Side note - Katie's new job isn't with "a big developer." It's with a non-profit business improvement district, much like the Langston Boulevard Alliance. She can apply her experience as an Arlington county board member to help make Tysons less car dependent, more transit accessible, and an overall better place to live and work.

Tysons is a pretty nice place to live and work now. That's why so many Arlington residents are moving to McLean and Vienna and why so many people who once wanted to live in Arlington now bypass it to be closer to Tysons.

Same with Falls Church City. While Arlington has been playing around with Plan Langston (Lee) Blvd. for nearly a decade, Falls Church City has worked with private developers to redevelop Broad St. They are taking businesses away from Arlington with a more walkable community without the Orange Lines density.

Nothing that great.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

`

The boomers are slowly checking out of Arlington through death or moving to nicer places. They are losing their political power daily. About 60% f the households in Arlington now live in rentals and by about 2030, it will be 75%. Even the Expanded Housing Options now being challenged will result in more rentals than homeownership. Plans are proceeding for several affordable housing buildings, including the high rise that will replace the garden style Leckey Apartment behind the Lee Heights Shops. DiFerrante and Cunningham will be the only members who live in single family houses, and they have shown no concern for owners of single family houses.

Arlington's board is becoming more in tuned with renters and homeowners in multifamily housing. Lame members like Garvey who lives in Fairlington will pay her usual lip service to single family owners until another renter gets on the board.

Unless he moved recently, DeFerranti lives in a high rise condo in Courthouse.

Where did you hear that? He lives in a house in north Arlington and has for some time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

Perhaps Susan will actually listen to the residents of Arlington and their wants and needs rather than pretend to care? The residents of Arlington county choose to live here because it is a wonderful suburb of DC - they do not want to live in a city. There are some board members and potential board members that are so progressive that they are trying to sell off every inch of this county to developers that will get rid of everything that makes Arlington so nice to live in. And their motivations are not for the residents as we have seen by Cristol's exit right into a job with a big developer. They are using this county for their own personal agendas.

Who is "they"? A common NIMBY mistake is to assume that everyone thinks exactly as they do. You're ignoring the many Arlington residents who told the County, in survey responses and feedback forms and public testimony, that they support the missing middle initiative. Not to mention that you're ignoring majority of Arlington voters who resoundingly rejected Audrey Clement's anti-MM campaign. Some home owners definitely fit your description, to be fair. Neither they nor you speak for all Arlington residents or even most of them.

Side note - Katie's new job isn't with "a big developer." It's with a non-profit business improvement district, much like the Langston Boulevard Alliance. She can apply her experience as an Arlington county board member to help make Tysons less car dependent, more transit accessible, and an overall better place to live and work.

Tysons is a pretty nice place to live and work now. That's why so many Arlington residents are moving to McLean and Vienna and why so many people who once wanted to live in Arlington now bypass it to be closer to Tysons.

Same with Falls Church City. While Arlington has been playing around with Plan Langston (Lee) Blvd. for nearly a decade, Falls Church City has worked with private developers to redevelop Broad St. They are taking businesses away from Arlington with a more walkable community without the Orange Lines density.

Just wait until KC gets her hands on Tysons...she will play the same hand she did in ARL. Will be fun to see the push back she gets from the homeowners out there wrt to increased density agenda.

[Anonymous]

Maureen Coffey. She is so inspiring and will bring needed diversity to the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maureen Coffey. She is so inspiring and will bring needed diversity to the board.

Diversity? How so?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

`

The boomers are slowly checking out of Arlington through death or moving to nicer places. They are losing their political power daily. About 60% f the households in Arlington now live in rentals and by about 2030, it will be 75%. Even the Expanded Housing Options now being challenged will result in more rentals than homeownership. Plans are proceeding for several affordable housing buildings, including the high rise that will replace the garden style Leckey Apartment behind the Lee Heights Shops. DiFerrante and Cunningham will be the only members who live in single family houses, and they have shown no concern for owners of single family houses.

Arlington's board is becoming more in tuned with renters and homeowners in multifamily housing. Lame members like Garvey who lives in Fairlington will pay her usual lip service to single family owners until another renter gets on the board.

Unless he moved recently, DeFerranti lives in a high rise condo in Courthouse.

His wife bought him a North Arlington McMansion about three years ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

Perhaps Susan will actually listen to the residents of Arlington and their wants and needs rather than pretend to care? The residents of Arlington county choose to live here because it is a wonderful suburb of DC - they do not want to live in a city. There are some board members and potential board members that are so progressive that they are trying to sell off every inch of this county to developers that will get rid of everything that makes Arlington so nice to live in. And their motivations are not for the residents as we have seen by Cristol's exit right into a job with a big developer. They are using this county for their own personal agendas.

Who is "they"? A common NIMBY mistake is to assume that everyone thinks exactly as they do. You're ignoring the many Arlington residents who told the County, in survey responses and feedback forms and public testimony, that they support the missing middle initiative. Not to mention that you're ignoring majority of Arlington voters who resoundingly rejected Audrey Clement's anti-MM campaign. Some home owners definitely fit your description, to be fair. Neither they nor you speak for all Arlington residents or even most of them.

Side note - Katie's new job isn't with "a big developer." It's with a non-profit business improvement district, much like the Langston Boulevard Alliance. She can apply her experience as an Arlington county board member to help make Tysons less car dependent, more transit accessible, and an overall better place to live and work.

Um, didn't one of the people that started the Langston Blvd. Alliance used to work on the Arlington County Planning Commission? And as far as KC's experience, what exactly did she accomplish? She was part of the Board that sold off Crystal City to Amazon and now is plagued by regular carjackings. Or pushing MM which was not well designed and why there was/is opposition and now lawsuits.

Side note - Hi Katie! Hi Maureen!

Yes, and the current "executive director" of Plan Langston lives in an historic house that was owned by a Yankee carpetbagger who stole the land around Lacey Woods Park from the widows of Confederate soldiers, but I digress. Cristol's alleged goal was to bring Missing Middle/Expanded Housing Options to the east coast. Arlington builders sure do appreciate her efforts just Jeff Bezos appreciates Cristol getting Arlington to fall for the redevelopment Crystal City by giving Amazon outrageous inducements to move to Arlington. Amazon has now paused building on four office building and hired far fewer than employees than promised. AOC kept Amazon out of her Congressional district. She knew it was a bad deal but Cristol didn't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

Perhaps Susan will actually listen to the residents of Arlington and their wants and needs rather than pretend to care? The residents of Arlington county choose to live here because it is a wonderful suburb of DC - they do not want to live in a city. There are some board members and potential board members that are so progressive that they are trying to sell off every inch of this county to developers that will get rid of everything that makes Arlington so nice to live in. And their motivations are not for the residents as we have seen by Cristol's exit right into a job with a big developer. They are using this county for their own personal agendas.

Who is "they"? A common NIMBY mistake is to assume that everyone thinks exactly as they do. You're ignoring the many Arlington residents who told the County, in survey responses and feedback forms and public testimony, that they support the missing middle initiative. Not to mention that you're ignoring majority of Arlington voters who resoundingly rejected Audrey Clement's anti-MM campaign. Some home owners definitely fit your description, to be fair. Neither they nor you speak for all Arlington residents or even most of them.

Side note - Katie's new job isn't with "a big developer." It's with a non-profit business improvement district, much like the Langston Boulevard Alliance. She can apply her experience as an Arlington county board member to help make Tysons less car dependent, more transit accessible, and an overall better place to live and work.

Tysons is a pretty nice place to live and work now. That's why so many Arlington residents are moving to McLean and Vienna and why so many people who once wanted to live in Arlington now bypass it to be closer to Tysons.

Same with Falls Church City. While Arlington has been playing around with Plan Langston (Lee) Blvd. for nearly a decade, Falls Church City has worked with private developers to redevelop Broad St. They are taking businesses away from Arlington with a more walkable community without the Orange Lines density.

Nothing that great.

There is nothing great in Arlington to take away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maureen Coffey. She is so inspiring and will bring needed diversity to the board.

Diversity? How so?

We need a renter on the board! Diversity is good. Also a young person who understands the issues we face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maureen Coffey. She is so inspiring and will bring needed diversity to the board.

Diversity? How so?

We need a renter on the board! Diversity is good. Also a young person who understands the issues we face.

With all due respect, Coffey is renting in Clarendon - not the same as 3-4 post college adults sharing a group house in Ballston or an immigrant family of 5+ sharing a small garden apartment off FMR. The issues in Clarendon are typically with rent increases not things like rodent infestations that have families sleeping in one room so the parents can keep the mice off their sleeping kids. But sure, keep trying to sell that I'm "just like you" narrative.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

Perhaps Susan will actually listen to the residents of Arlington and their wants and needs rather than pretend to care? The residents of Arlington county choose to live here because it is a wonderful suburb of DC - they do not want to live in a city. There are some board members and potential board members that are so progressive that they are trying to sell off every inch of this county to developers that will get rid of everything that makes Arlington so nice to live in. And their motivations are not for the residents as we have seen by Cristol's exit right into a job with a big developer. They are using this county for their own personal agendas.

Who is "they"? A common NIMBY mistake is to assume that everyone thinks exactly as they do. You're ignoring the many Arlington residents who told the County, in survey responses and feedback forms and public testimony, that they support the missing middle initiative. Not to mention that you're ignoring majority of Arlington voters who resoundingly rejected Audrey Clement's anti-MM campaign. Some home owners definitely fit your description, to be fair. Neither they nor you speak for all Arlington residents or even most of them.

Side note - Katie's new job isn't with "a big developer." It's with a non-profit business improvement district, much like the Langston Boulevard Alliance. She can apply her experience as an Arlington county board member to help make Tysons less car dependent, more transit accessible, and an overall better place to live and work.

Tysons is a pretty nice place to live and work now. That's why so many Arlington residents are moving to McLean and Vienna and why so many people who once wanted to live in Arlington now bypass it to be closer to Tysons.

Same with Falls Church City. While Arlington has been playing around with Plan Langston (Lee) Blvd. for nearly a decade, Falls Church City has worked with private developers to redevelop Broad St. They are taking businesses away from Arlington with a more walkable community without the Orange Lines density.

Just wait until KC gets her hands on Tysons...she will play the same hand she did in ARL. Will be fun to see the push back she gets from the homeowners out there wrt to increased density agenda.

Has there been any impediments to development at Tysons?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Susan will likely struggle to find that any plan or proposal is sufficiently planned or researched, because when your political base is built upon opposing stuff, it's sorta hard to figure out what you should be for. That and she seems to desperately want to be part of the Democratic establishment, which is gross. At least John Vihstadt had the courage and decency not to pretend to be some he wasn't.

Yes, this! Playing footsie with NIMBYs is a losing game for anyone who cares about solving problems. When local NIMBY groups say they want “better planning,” “smart growth,” or “budget forecasts,” it’s all subterfuge. They could get each and every one of those things, and they’ll still be unsatisfied. Because their real goal is to oppose new development, anywhere, full stop. They don’t like tall buildings, they don’t want more people to live here, and they don’t want the look of their neighborhoods to change (even if the residents change as the wealth required to live there surges).

Maybe Susan will learn that lesson as a board member after she sees the usual NIMBYs rally against every affordable housing project that comes to the board, despite their insistence that they “support affordable housing.”

Perhaps Susan will actually listen to the residents of Arlington and their wants and needs rather than pretend to care? The residents of Arlington county choose to live here because it is a wonderful suburb of DC - they do not want to live in a city. There are some board members and potential board members that are so progressive that they are trying to sell off every inch of this county to developers that will get rid of everything that makes Arlington so nice to live in. And their motivations are not for the residents as we have seen by Cristol's exit right into a job with a big developer. They are using this county for their own personal agendas.

Who is "they"? A common NIMBY mistake is to assume that everyone thinks exactly as they do. You're ignoring the many Arlington residents who told the County, in survey responses and feedback forms and public testimony, that they support the missing middle initiative. Not to mention that you're ignoring majority of Arlington voters who resoundingly rejected Audrey Clement's anti-MM campaign. Some home owners definitely fit your description, to be fair. Neither they nor you speak for all Arlington residents or even most of them.

Side note - Katie's new job isn't with "a big developer." It's with a non-profit business improvement district, much like the Langston Boulevard Alliance. She can apply her experience as an Arlington county board member to help make Tysons less car dependent, more transit accessible, and an overall better place to live and work.

Tysons is a pretty nice place to live and work now. That's why so many Arlington residents are moving to McLean and Vienna and why so many people who once wanted to live in Arlington now bypass it to be closer to Tysons.

Same with Falls Church City. While Arlington has been playing around with Plan Langston (Lee) Blvd. for nearly a decade, Falls Church City has worked with private developers to redevelop Broad St. They are taking businesses away from Arlington with a more walkable community without the Orange Lines density.

Just wait until KC gets her hands on Tysons...she will play the same hand she did in ARL. Will be fun to see the push back she gets from the homeowners out there wrt to increased density agenda.

Has there been any impediments to development at Tysons?

Tysons has been under development for the past 15 years - homeowners are fatigued. New development is not going to go over well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maureen Coffey. She is so inspiring and will bring needed diversity to the board.

Diversity? How so?

We need a renter on the board! Diversity is good. Also a young person who understands the issues we face.

So now 4 of the board members live in South Arlington and one lives in North Arlington. After November 3 of the board members lives in North Arlington and 2 in South Arlington.

That sounds like you are removing renter representation because a large percentage of renters live in South Arlington, just not the type of renters with whom Coffey identifies.