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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, it’s voting time. For those unhappy with the missing middle proposals, is Clement the only choice? And what differentiates Ferranti from Theo, really?[/quote]

No fan of deFerranti but he has a wealthy wife and a nice, new home in Arlington so he can devote all of his time to the ACB.   Adam Theo McCellan uses his middle name as a surname because his incarceration records are easy to find on Google. He is a “consultant.”  He is the YIMBY candidate and also favors rank choice voting, the next divisive issue in Arlington.  Audrey Clement is a long time candidate for different offices.    Many anti MM residents say they are voting for Clement as a protest vote.   Many pro MM residents, particularly young renters, say they will vote for Theo, believing that they can buy a $500,000 2 bedroom 2 bath in a quad plex in one of the popular single family neighborhoods

DeFerranti will probably win but there will be more protest votes than usual. [/quote]

What was Adam Theo arrested for?[/quote]

What he calls "teenage indiscretions."  He spent a few months in jail and was able to get his felony record swiped by a sympathetic lawyer.[/quote]

I thought it was bad checks in his 20s.[/quote]

He doesn't really seem to be hiding it:

https://www.theoforarlington.org/2021/12/the-season-for-second-chances/?iframe=true[/quote]

Felony for bad checks? WTH? Automatic disqualifier.  [/quote]

I'm fine with second chances. But I think there's something deeply cynical about telling gullible renters that they're entitled to their choice of housing in their desired location at a price that fits the salary of their chosen career.[/quote]

Do you think there's any thing cynical about telling elderly voters that nothing in their neighborhood needs to change, ever, because what they're used to is what the deserve forever?

I'm not voting for anyone who describes themselves as socially liberal and fiscally conservative, which is code for "I've got mine and that's proof that the system works"[/quote]

In my Arlington neighborhood the elderly voters are all for Missing Middle housing. They know it will increase the value of their lots when they sell.  It is the younger people, particularly the government workers in the original houses with modest additions, and the new buyers in the McMansion who are against Missing Middle housing.  A lot of them moved from DC or congested parts of Arlington.  All I heard last night during trick or treating was:  "We don't want to turn our neighborhood into Clarendon/Ballston/Crystal City/Shirlington.

I do wonder about people who think in terms of "codes" and then try to interpret the "codes" for sad little reasons.[/quote]

During a recent stroll in North Arlington we saw many signs opposed to missing middle.  Even at the older ramblers.  And were approached by several out for a stroll or walking dogs - all older people who did not hesitate to say Hi and delve into why they wanted no missing middle.

The author of the Washington Monthly Missing Middle article https://washingtonmonthly.com/2022/10/30/arlington-virginia-missing-middle-housing-zoning/  [b]Why I Can’t Afford to Live Where I Grew Up
I’m a proud daughter of Arlington, Virginia. But its land use policies are keeping homeownership out of reach for natives like me.
by Gabby Birenbaum
October 30, 2022[/b]

Parents bought their first property, a Lyon Village 4 bedroom colonial SFH, in 1998.  Note 1st - seemed to have missed the condo, duplex, townhouse, old rambler/bilevel, less great neighborhood phase of property ownership. So the author was born shortly after the parents moved in so she's 23 or 24 and expects a N ARL SF? Financing source of down payment?  Sale price? Was it  a fixer upper?

ARL has had decades of pass downs- sales excluded from comps for tax assessment because the property is a gift or sold to relatives at below fair market value.  There are new builds or renos that were passdown properties.  All those properties you see are not builders.  Some have the same or only slightly larger impervious surface cover.  ARL is public water and sewer so impervious surface is what counts for stormwater.  ARL also has some no sidewalk streets and limited off street parking capacity-smaller lot sizes.  Similar original vintage neghborhoods in Bethesda can be worse with more narrow streets - parking on both sides, no sidewalks, 2 cars can't pass, limited or no off street parking.

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