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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just build more schools.[/quote]Yes! Go down to the garden where the have money growing trees, cut a few of them down, and voila- build more schools. What are you people not understanding about how easy this is?![/quote]

The last time a school bond referendum lost in Arlington was 1973.

https://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/10/Bonds_history.pdf[/quote]

The issue in Arlington is space. We  are 26 square miles, and getting more densely packed by the day. Everyone has been asking how they have continued to approve all of these apartments without any contributions to infrastructure. As it stands now, a developer can put up a high rise in Ballston and as long as they pay into affordable housing its a go. The affordable housing fund gets beefed up and they throw up a bunch of mulitifamily units. They both impact the schools, but neither has to account for it. The Arlington County Board has really proven its incompetence.[/quote]

well, 1, the pp was claiming that money was the obstacle. I was debunking that. and 2, yes it's getting denser, but that doesn't explain why a damn good proposal to use TJ's parking lot was not accepted. That implies that the problem is one of political will, not "golly gee there's no room in the county for a single additional building."[/quote]

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