Christian Dorsey bankrupt

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Arlington County board member Dorsey conveniently announced his bankruptcy two days after bring re-elected to the County Board.

[Anonymous]

Interesting. He filed last month, but was only revealed now.

Arlington County Board Chair Christian Dorsey, who was penalized Thursday for failing to disclose a campaign contribution to the Metro board in a timely manner, filed for bankruptcy last month after falling behind on his mortgage and accruing tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt.

Dorsey (D), 48, also serves as Northern Virginia’s representative on the Metro board. In a brief interview late Thursday, he attributed his personal financial troubles to a drop in income since he was elected to the five-member Arlington board four years ago.

He said he chose to seek protection under federal bankruptcy law because he was faced with foreclosure on his family’s home in the Columbia Forest neighborhood in South Arlington.
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Dorsey told The Post last month that Arlingtonians should vote for him because he has “the fitness to solve Arlington’s biggest issues — [someone who will] make sure we have a real housing plan, who has the capacity to come up with a storm-water management plan that is fiscally responsible and will work.”

On Thursday, he said he did not consider telling voters of his personal financial travails during the campaign because “the public’s interest is to see that I’m able to do the public’s business.”

Other county board members reached Thursday expressed support for Dorsey and declined to discuss details of the bankruptcy petition.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/arlington-county-board-chair-christian-dorsey-files-personal-bankruptcy-petition/2019/11/07/caccd748-0197-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html

[Anonymous]

He needs to resign. This should be a wake up call for Arlington County to really take a look at who is making decision about future. This guy can't even manage his own life, why should he be in charge of managing a county?

[Anonymous]

If you voted for Trump, you’re not allowed to say anything about this.

[Anonymous]

Agree - he needs to go. Now.

Very poor judgment and an embarrassment to Arlington County. We deserve someone who can at least manage their own finances.

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Anonymous wrote:If you voted for Trump, you’re not allowed to say anything about this.

Here is the difference, friend.
Everyone who voted for Trump were well aware of his bankruptcies and his ability to overcome them.
Dorsey hid his bankruptcy from the voters. Convenient.

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I was feeling sympathy when I saw the ~$60k county salary, but that evaporated when I saw he earned another $60k/yr through his business.

If you can't make it work on $120k, how can you make decisions for the county? I know $120k doesn't go super far in Arlington, but it's certainly enough to live on.

[Anonymous]

This guy should resign pronto. How shameful and embarrassing for the county. He is also getting penalized for not disclosing the WMATA contribution?

"The board penalized Dorsey for waiting four months to disclose the June donation, instead of within 10 days as required by the board’s ethics code. It also punished him because he improperly participated in board discussions involving union interests when he should have recused himself."

and

"The bankruptcy petition shows Dorsey has mortgage and auto loan debt of $484,807, as well as credit card or unsecured debt of $86,733. He also faces an Internal Revenue Service tax lien of $27,595."

He needs to get off the Board and get his own life on track.

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Anonymous wrote:This guy should resign pronto. How shameful and embarrassing for the county. He is also getting penalized for not disclosing the WMATA contribution?

"The board penalized Dorsey for waiting four months to disclose the June donation, instead of within 10 days as required by the board’s ethics code. It also punished him because he improperly participated in board discussions involving union interests when he should have recused himself."

and

"The bankruptcy petition shows Dorsey has mortgage and auto loan debt of $484,807, as well as credit card or unsecured debt of $86,733. He also faces an Internal Revenue Service tax lien of $27,595."

He needs to get off the Board and get his own life on track.

+1. What an embarrassment for Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was feeling sympathy when I saw the ~$60k county salary, but that evaporated when I saw he earned another $60k/yr through his business.

If you can't make it work on $120k, how can you make decisions for the county? I know $120k doesn't go super far in Arlington, but it's certainly enough to live on.

His wife should get a job rather than be a political gadfly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He needs to resign. This should be a wake up call for Arlington County to really take a look at who is making decision about future. This guy can't even manage his own life, why should he be in charge of managing a county?

+1. I am disgusted by the bankruptcy itself and even more disgusted that it wasn’t disclosed prior to the election. Wholly unethical.

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Anonymous wrote:If you voted for Trump, you’re not allowed to say anything about this.

Has Trump ever filed for personal bankruptcy? If you don't understand finance you are not allowed to comment.

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His wife DOES have a job:

"Feldman served as his campaign manager this year and designed his election literature, for which he paid her $8,000, according to his campaign finance disclosure reports."

[Anonymous]

As an Arlington resident, I’m more concerned about the fact that we apparently pay our board members so little for something that apparently is practically a full-time job. County board membership shouldn’t be only for the wealthy.

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Anonymous wrote:As an Arlington resident, I’m more concerned about the fact that we apparently pay our board members so little for something that apparently is practically a full-time job. County board membership shouldn’t be only for the wealthy.

The guy has been on board for several years--he knew what the salary was and could have stepped down if it was not enough for him to support his needs. The fact that he didn't and makes me question his judgement and therefore question how effectively he will/can make decisions about county.