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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, just no. I can't vote for either of them.  [b]Come election time for the first time in many years, I just won't vote.[/b]

The only candidate I would be willing to vote for would be the one who would end the City's Affordable Housing program and turn it over to a private entity. It does not make economic sense for a tiny City to be paying to house people when there are so many other pressing infrastructure needs.

Developers can't wait to slap up buildings and retail over in Arlington, yet it's been 10 yrs and the City can't get a developer to actually do anything with Landmark Mall. They like to pretend it has something to do with different landlords but the reality is the developer doesn't want to pour money into something that will just lose money.  Landmark is completely car dependent, the surrounding neighborhoods can not support upscale retail and dining, and they can't offer anything unique enough to convince people to drive to come to the area.

The schools are pretty much a lost cause at this point.  Speaking of Landmark, the City should get the developer to sell it back to them in a fire sale and the City can turn it into a massive secondary school with all the amenities students could possibly want or need. At least it would be of some good use instead of sitting vacant.

Oh yeah, and then there is the ill fated Victory Center building over on Eisenhower. Built something like 10 years ago, never occupied by a single tenant and apparently now needs to be renovated.  Crazy they couldn't attract a single tenant to an office building that was in walking distance to a metro. 
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I support you in all your statements.  I am asking that you DO vote.  Even if it is a write-in.  Maybe we should all come up with an alternative so that together we can make a statement.  We're in between a rock and a hard place with this slate, and no good can come of it.  Please vote if only to say "no" to them.[/quote]

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