APS Needs to Use Eminent Domain

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How about we start by restoring the community centers to their original purpose? There are plenty of private gyms, and I don’t think providing entertainment to a handful of seniors counts as a “core government service.”

I do, you ageist piece of shit.

I'm not PP, but the seniors aren't exactly endearing themselves to parents whose kids are stuffed into schoool like sardines because we sold off all the schools they attended as kids. I understand that there are some community centers that are underutilized. Perhaps those deserve a look for joint use facilities if not just being sold back to APS. We can't just not build schools for K-12 ever again. Even if they make things more efficient, there will still be an overall deficit of seats. And people of child-bearing years keep moving to Arlington rather than leaving. What now?

Regardless of what you think of current seniors, some of us with elementary-aged children don't anticipate moving out of Arlington when our kids graduate. We'd like there to be some senior programming available for us when we retire too.

Weird thing to plan around, but you do you.

[Anonymous]

Build vertically. Think vertically. Absent that, repurpose a couple of the dumper big parks and build schools there. TIA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about we start by restoring the community centers to their original purpose? There are plenty of private gyms, and I don’t think providing entertainment to a handful of seniors counts as a “core government service.”

I do, you ageist piece of shit.

I'm not PP, but the seniors aren't exactly endearing themselves to parents whose kids are stuffed into schoool like sardines because we sold off all the schools they attended as kids. I understand that there are some community centers that are underutilized. Perhaps those deserve a look for joint use facilities if not just being sold back to APS. We can't just not build schools for K-12 ever again. Even if they make things more efficient, there will still be an overall deficit of seats. And people of child-bearing years keep moving to Arlington rather than leaving. What now?

Regardless of what you think of current seniors, some of us with elementary-aged children don't anticipate moving out of Arlington when our kids graduate. We'd like there to be some senior programming available for us when we retire too.

Weird thing to plan around, but you do you.

I know, how weird that anyone would plan more than a couple of years out. Can you believe people save for retirement before they turn 50?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about we start by restoring the community centers to their original purpose? There are plenty of private gyms, and I don’t think providing entertainment to a handful of seniors counts as a “core government service.”

I do, you ageist piece of shit.

I'm not PP, but the seniors aren't exactly endearing themselves to parents whose kids are stuffed into schoool like sardines because we sold off all the schools they attended as kids. I understand that there are some community centers that are underutilized. Perhaps those deserve a look for joint use facilities if not just being sold back to APS. We can't just not build schools for K-12 ever again. Even if they make things more efficient, there will still be an overall deficit of seats. And people of child-bearing years keep moving to Arlington rather than leaving. What now?

Regardless of what you think of current seniors, some of us with elementary-aged children don't anticipate moving out of Arlington when our kids graduate. We'd like there to be some senior programming available for us when we retire too.

Weird thing to plan around, but you do you.

I know, how weird that anyone would plan more than a couple of years out. Can you believe people save for retirement before they turn 50?

You referred to one issue — senior programming at community centers. That has nothing to do with retirement planning. I am sure that at least one senior center will remain.

[Anonymous]

What we have here is the consequence of poor, poor planning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What we have here is the consequence of poor, poor planning.

Including on the part of people with young children who moved into an already over-crowded APS and then were horrified to realize the overcrowding problem wouldn’t be solved by the time their child started school the following year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What we have here is the consequence of poor, poor planning.

Including on the part of people with young children who moved into an already over-crowded APS and then were horrified to realize the overcrowding problem wouldn’t be solved by the time their child started school the following year.

I moved in more than 10 years ago. Sell that sh;t to some millennial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What we have here is the consequence of poor, poor planning.

Including on the part of people with young children who moved into an already over-crowded APS and then were horrified to realize the overcrowding problem wouldn’t be solved by the time their child started school the following year.

I moved in more than 10 years ago. Sell that sh;t to some millennial.

Did I say anything about you? No, clearly I wasn’t talking about you. Stop being so self-absorbed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Or just rent an empty office building temporarily or long term. Certainly plenty of them.

+1

+1000. And in rosslyn

The cheap ones are riddled with asbestos and lead paint; the newer ones are very expensive.

And no outdoor space, so you will end up with 90% with myopia.

https://www.nature.com/news/the-myopia-boom-1.17120

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or just rent an empty office building temporarily or long term. Certainly plenty of them.

+1

+1000. And in rosslyn

The cheap ones are riddled with asbestos and lead paint; the newer ones are very expensive.

And no outdoor space, so you will end up with 90% with myopia.

https://www.nature.com/news/the-myopia-boom-1.17120

PPs don’t care because they assume their kids will still get to go to a proper neighborhood school. If you’re a Key family looking looking to keep the program at Key, other people’s kids going to school in a vacant office building isn’t your problem, right?

[Anonymous]

I think, OP, that APS should start with your house. They should go no higher than $0.50 on the dollar for market value. Start packing and let us know how it goes!

[Anonymous]

Arlington can absolutely build up, and put garages underground and pools on roofs and all the other things that make an urban school acceptable and equal.
It costs a fortune
WHICH WE HAVE.
We fvcking have a fvcking fortune. We’re a very wealthy county.
But that would mean that the aquatic center doesn’t happen. I’m not super clear on how bond capacity works, but we haven’t built that stupid thing yet. The horse is not out of the barn. We could eliminate that and free up space in our borrowing for a 4th comprehensive high school that would have a pool.
John Vihstadt needs to run on that.
We could take the millions in the affordable housing fund and put it toward another elementary school.
We have money, but our priorities are all out of whack.
AND DONT BLAME FAMILES FOR MOVING TO ARLINGTON. As a county we’ve done everything in our power to stick it to Fairfax and elsewhere when it comes to moving people efficiently into DC. We wasted (another) fortune fighting 395 hot lanes- a battle we lost. 66 is another mess partially of our own making. We cancelled the street car- lots of people were against it, because it would serve ffx. Yes, it would have moved many people from Fairfax through Arlington. Now, they will look to live in Arlington.
State politics will NEVER let us exercise extreme use of imminent domain. The state legislature fvcking HATES US. They hate our hippy, granola, “progressive”, immigrant loving, hypocritical nimby asses. THEY HATE US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or just rent an empty office building temporarily or long term. Certainly plenty of them.

+1

+1000. And in rosslyn

The cheap ones are riddled with asbestos and lead paint; the newer ones are very expensive.

And no outdoor space, so you will end up with 90% with myopia.

https://www.nature.com/news/the-myopia-boom-1.17120

PPs don’t care because they assume their kids will still get to go to a proper neighborhood school. If you’re a Key family looking looking to keep the program at Key, other people’s kids going to school in a vacant office building isn’t your problem, right?

Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should take the Washington Golf and Country Club land.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington can absolutely build up, and put garages underground and pools on roofs and all the other things that make an urban school acceptable and equal.
It costs a fortune
WHICH WE HAVE.
We fvcking have a fvcking fortune. We’re a very wealthy county.
But that would mean that the aquatic center doesn’t happen. I’m not super clear on how bond capacity works, but we haven’t built that stupid thing yet. The horse is not out of the barn. We could eliminate that and free up space in our borrowing for a 4th comprehensive high school that would have a pool.
John Vihstadt needs to run on that.
We could take the millions in the affordable housing fund and put it toward another elementary school.
We have money, but our priorities are all out of whack.
AND DONT BLAME FAMILES FOR MOVING TO ARLINGTON. As a county we’ve done everything in our power to stick it to Fairfax and elsewhere when it comes to moving people efficiently into DC. We wasted (another) fortune fighting 395 hot lanes- a battle we lost. 66 is another mess partially of our own making. We cancelled the street car- lots of people were against it, because it would serve ffx. Yes, it would have moved many people from Fairfax through Arlington. Now, they will look to live in Arlington.
State politics will NEVER let us exercise extreme use of imminent domain. The state legislature fvcking HATES US. They hate our hippy, granola, “progressive”, immigrant loving, hypocritical nimby asses. THEY HATE US.

The County is never going to give any money from AH or the d*** aquatics center. You have to know this, right? I'm not saying they should not, just that they WILL NOT.