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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The City Council voted 4-3, even over the advice of their own Transportation Board and the objections of many residents, to administer the road diet on Seminary and take away two lanes of traffic for the bike lobby.  Justin Wilson is oddly quiet on the matter online.  I am so done with the city caving to the Bike Lobby giving them whatever they want.  [/quote]

ALX Now, a local news blog from the company that runs ArlNow is beginning publication in Alexandria in early October 
It is very effective in needling the Council about similar bad decisions.  Sign up now.  Justin Wilson is going to plotz when he is easily held accountable for his ineptness. 
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Good.

It's crazy that he ignored the will of the vast majority of the city. Had this been put to a vote, Seminary would have remained as is by a loooooooong shot. The mayor is in place to represent the people, not to carry out his projects du jour that happen to coincide with his hobbies. He acted incredibly unprofessionally and I believe doomed his political career outside of the city. Now you know you can't trust him.

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I'm impressed that you know the will of the vast majority of the city. Have you conducted polls?

The mayor is in place to lead. If the voters don't like where the mayor is leading, the voters can vote the mayor out at the next election.[/quote]

Not the PP but I have personally talked to hundreds of people about this project. A vast majority, especially those in Central Alexandria, didn’t want it. I guess we will find out next election cycle.

But regardless of what a vast majority of the citizens want, I have personally heard the mayor state that he was going to vote the way he was going to vote regardless of the will of the majority. His exact words were “I won’t do something stupid even if the majority of citizens want me to.” The Mayor of  Alexandria believes that he can substitute his will for the will of the people in our city. That’s not leadership.  And neither is saying “we can’t do this again” when talking about a process that involves civic engagement simply because city staff mismanaged the process.  [/quote]

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