Arlington County Board upcoming elections

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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.

This is unintelligible.

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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.

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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

[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.

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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

Sorry but if you live in Clarendon and your only problem is rent increase, you are lucky. There are renters in the County with far bigger issues than that. Can't you see how privileged you are? Oh and btw, you choose to live in a high-end area where there are newer buildings with many amenities. There are plenty of other choices you can make that are more affordable but you don't want that - you want to have your cake and eat it too. Welcome to the adult world, buttercup!

[Anonymous]

I suspect Katie doesn't need developer money as she lives comfortably rent free in the hearts and minds of so many Arlington reactionaries.

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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.

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]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect Katie doesn't need developer money as she lives comfortably rent free in the hearts and minds of so many Arlington reactionaries.

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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.

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.

The only reason Katie is mentioned at all is b/c she left the residents of Arlington County holding the bag for her bad decisions. Hopefully she at least humbles herself enough to actually listen to the residents of Tysons and learn from her mistakes in Arlington Co.

[Anonymous]

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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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

Sorry but if you live in Clarendon and your only problem is rent increase, you are lucky. There are renters in the County with far bigger issues than that. Can't you see how privileged you are? Oh and btw, you choose to live in a high-end area where there are newer buildings with many amenities. There are plenty of other choices you can make that are more affordable but you don't want that - you want to have your cake and eat it too. Welcome to the adult world, buttercup!

I never said rent increases are the only problem. I said they are a problem and I’m glad we are sending someone to the county board who knows what it’s kind to struggle to find affordable housing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

Sorry but if you live in Clarendon and your only problem is rent increase, you are lucky. There are renters in the County with far bigger issues than that. Can't you see how privileged you are? Oh and btw, you choose to live in a high-end area where there are newer buildings with many amenities. There are plenty of other choices you can make that are more affordable but you don't want that - you want to have your cake and eat it too. Welcome to the adult world, buttercup!

SD, is that you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

Sorry but if you live in Clarendon and your only problem is rent increase, you are lucky. There are renters in the County with far bigger issues than that. Can't you see how privileged you are? Oh and btw, you choose to live in a high-end area where there are newer buildings with many amenities. There are plenty of other choices you can make that are more affordable but you don't want that - you want to have your cake and eat it too. Welcome to the adult world, buttercup!

I never said rent increases are the only problem. I said they are a problem and I’m glad we are sending someone to the county board who knows what it’s kind to struggle to find affordable housing.

Please elaborate on the all the many problems Clarendon renters are facing?

Explain how can someone renting in one of the most expensive neighborhoods (by choice - not necessity) with high-rise apartments ALL less than 20 years old know about struggling to find affordable housing? Gimme a break.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

Cause a girl who can’t even get a decent job is going to tell REITs and corporations to lower rents. This is what RCV got for Arlington.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect Katie doesn't need developer money as she lives comfortably rent free in the hearts and minds of so many Arlington reactionaries.

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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.

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.

The only reason Katie is mentioned at all is b/c she left the residents of Arlington County holding the bag for her bad decisions. Hopefully she at least humbles herself enough to actually listen to the residents of Tysons and learn from her mistakes in Arlington Co.

Ironically the law firm that is suing Arlington County over Cristol pushing MM through is based in Tysons. She won’t have far to go for depositions.

[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.

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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

+100

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

+100

Again, if you live in Clarendon (the most expensive neighborhood) and complain about rent increases, you don't have much to complain about. There are SO many more pressing issues in Arlington County right now that need to be addressed like increasing crime rates which are truly concerning.

[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.”

Because the homeowners have the most skin in the game, engaging NIMBYs tends to mean having to face tough reality and showing your homework, which the YIMBYs HATE.

Luckily, this might all get sorted out satisfactorily in court.

[Anonymous]

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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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

+100

Again, if you live in Clarendon (the most expensive neighborhood) and complain about rent increases, you don't have much to complain about. There are SO many more pressing issues in Arlington County right now that need to be addressed like increasing crime rates which are truly concerning.

Lies. Crime isn't increasing.

[Anonymous]

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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.

I live in Clarendon. Rent increases are a problem. Supporting Maureen all the way.

+100

Again, if you live in Clarendon (the most expensive neighborhood) and complain about rent increases, you don't have much to complain about. There are SO many more pressing issues in Arlington County right now that need to be addressed like increasing crime rates which are truly concerning.

Lies. Crime isn't increasing.

Not a lie - you are just misinformed and have no frame of reference yourself to determine whether crime has increased. There have been 17 carjackings in Arlington this year. Carjackings in this area have primarily been located in DC in the past. Arlington saw this crime spread to the Crystal City/Pentagon City area once Amazon came to town. It bears mentioning that DC crime is way up as well - you can view all the data here: https://crimecards.dc.gov