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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or what? You’ll vote for that guy who wants to give even less to schools?
Great plan,Chief![/quote]

Yes. Let’s just do nothing and then complain about it later. Good approach. 
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You think making the situation affirmatively worse is better than maintaining the status quo for one more year? I don't think you understand the dynamics here. Vihstadt is willing to do far more for schools than de Ferranti, and he's opposed to further expansion of AH while de Ferranti supports its expansion. If we vote out Vihstadt in favor of de Ferranti, the message we will send to the CB is that voters want AH and don't want more money going to schools.

Dorsey and Cristol (both of whom are hostile to school funding) are both up for reelection in 2019. That's the year to make our statement. Not this year.[/quote]

OK. OK. Let's keep him around.

https://www.arlnow.com/2018/07/09/vihstadt-argues-for-another-delay-of-long-bridge-park-aquatics-center/

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DP. To make it clear for anyone who doesn't want to bother with the link, here are some key portions:

[i]"Vihstadt is waging a lonely battle against the oft-postponed project as the county’s budget picture grows increasingly grim. He says the $60 million the county’s set to spend on the new pool would be better spent on building new schools or buying additional park land, particularly considering that Arlington is feeling a financial squeeze at the moment.

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"'Times change, circumstances change, and I just don’t think it’s right to go forward on that project,' Vihstadt told ARLnow. 'Schools have a higher priority. Parks have a higher priority.'

"Yet, just as when he cast the lone vote against the project’s construction last December, Vihstadt appears to be in the minority on that position. His four colleagues on the Board all told ARLnow that they wouldn’t support any effort to postpone the Long Bridge project, even with the county’s money troubles in mind.[/i][i][/i]

Matt de Ferranti, by contrast, reiterated his position that the board is making the right decision by pushing ahead with the Aquatic Center.[/quote]

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