Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 16:10     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
For a suburb with the wealth of Arlington, its schools really aren't that great. Arlington is in the top 10 richest in the county (and of course North Arlington is even crazier in terms of wealth), and yet its schools barely register in any national rankings. Even in statewide rankings, its schools are pretty mediocre.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 15:41     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
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Anonymous wrote:NoVa is going to be come MoCo in five years!


Oh no! How terrible!

-happy Montgomery County, Maryland, resident


You love paying all those taxes!


Arlington resident here. I get really good value for my taxes! A high-quality public school system, tons of parks and playgrounds, fast and responsive services like downed tree removal, curbside composting collection, and significant investment in new and upgraded public infrastructure. Most Arlington residents don't get all Reagan-y about paying taxes. Instead we recognize that generous public services are worth it.


Do you feel that justice is served appropriately in Arlington Co?
I disagree completely that APS is high-quality. I’m sure that you live in Lyon Park, though!
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 13:55     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
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Anonymous wrote:NoVa is going to be come MoCo in five years!


Oh no! How terrible!

-happy Montgomery County, Maryland, resident


You love paying all those taxes!


Arlington resident here. I get really good value for my taxes! A high-quality public school system, tons of parks and playgrounds, fast and responsive services like downed tree removal, curbside composting collection, and significant investment in new and upgraded public infrastructure. Most Arlington residents don't get all Reagan-y about paying taxes. Instead we recognize that generous public services are worth it.


It’s more of a Fairfax beef, as people in in the northern and western parts of the county know the southeastern part of the county is a voracious money pit that’s also home to the Chair of the Board of Supervisors and the most politically aggressive members of the School Board. They stand to pay more taxes and get fewer services.


Would you rather let your neighbors inside Fairfax County decay and become an extension of DC crime and poverty? It's truly in everyone's best interest to develop, invest, and gentrify the entirety of Fairfax County through the use of focused funding to the poorest areas. Raise the bottom instead of trying to distance yourself so much that we create slums in our own county.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 13:23     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
Declining SAT scores.

Low SOL scores.

Low teacher morale.

Recruiting and retention crises.

Obsession with equity over achievement.

Neglect of overcrowded schools.

Growing number of pariah schools performing below state average.

School Board members who spend more time talking about their own sexuality than academics.



Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 10:09     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
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Anonymous wrote:I agree with you. This is not the moderate left-leaning I moved to in 2009. I do think Loudoun has the potential to swing back to the GOP but most of Fairfax is headed the way of San Francisco. Every day I wish we still had Sharon Bulova running Fairfax, she was amazing and led the county through some difficult times. Jeff McKay is worthless and that's why his unknown primary opponent received over 40% of the vote.

Why else has Fairfax County lost population in recent years? Get out while you can.

Exactly. Schools are in shambles.


How so?
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 10:03     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
Anonymous wrote:I agree with you. This is not the moderate left-leaning I moved to in 2009. I do think Loudoun has the potential to swing back to the GOP but most of Fairfax is headed the way of San Francisco. Every day I wish we still had Sharon Bulova running Fairfax, she was amazing and led the county through some difficult times. Jeff McKay is worthless and that's why his unknown primary opponent received over 40% of the vote.

Why else has Fairfax County lost population in recent years? Get out while you can.

Exactly. Schools are in shambles.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 09:58     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:NoVa is going to be come MoCo in five years!


Oh no! How terrible!

-happy Montgomery County, Maryland, resident


You love paying all those taxes!


Arlington resident here. I get really good value for my taxes! A high-quality public school system, tons of parks and playgrounds, fast and responsive services like downed tree removal, curbside composting collection, and significant investment in new and upgraded public infrastructure. Most Arlington residents don't get all Reagan-y about paying taxes. Instead we recognize that generous public services are worth it.


It’s more of a Fairfax beef, as people in in the northern and western parts of the county know the southeastern part of the county is a voracious money pit that’s also home to the Chair of the Board of Supervisors and the most politically aggressive members of the School Board. They stand to pay more taxes and get fewer services.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 09:55     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NoVa is going to be come MoCo in five years!


Oh no! How terrible!

-happy Montgomery County, Maryland, resident


You love paying all those taxes!


Arlington resident here. I get really good value for my taxes! A high-quality public school system, tons of parks and playgrounds, fast and responsive services like downed tree removal, curbside composting collection, and significant investment in new and upgraded public infrastructure. Most Arlington residents don't get all Reagan-y about paying taxes. Instead we recognize that generous public services are worth it.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 09:31     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NoVa is going to be come MoCo in five years!


Oh no! How terrible!

-happy Montgomery County, Maryland, resident


You love paying all those taxes!


You get what you pay for.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 09:20     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NoVa is going to be come MoCo in five years!


Oh no! How terrible!

-happy Montgomery County, Maryland, resident


You love paying all those taxes!
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 07:01     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
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Anonymous wrote:I miss the times of moderates in VA.


What specifically do you mean by "moderate"?


times when candidates mattered more than party, when democrats would win seats in southwest virginia and republicans would win in fairfax.


Yes, and those times were stupid. You vote for a party platform, not a person.


Sure, but it was when people were willing to less to the other party. Go back to any election before trump and people were much more moderate, plenty of republicans in fairfax until around 2015.


The GOP jumped the shark.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 07:00     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
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Anonymous wrote:I miss the times of moderates in VA.


What specifically do you mean by "moderate"?


times when candidates mattered more than party, when democrats would win seats in southwest virginia and republicans would win in fairfax.


Still waiting to hear what makes a “moderate” in 2023.

What positions are "moderate" in 2023?
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 06:58     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
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Anonymous wrote:Loudoun is the place to go at this point. At the very least Republicans usually receive 40% of the vote or more and they have multiple Republican school board members/supervisors.

The Sheriff is also a hardline conservative who makes county liberals angry, I love it.

I'm not opposed to Democrats, it's just that they have basically purged the moderates out of the party.



Because “moderates” = “magas”

Running these traitors out means a stronger, more united party.


Shows how the far left and far right are both extremist.


There are no non-MAGA Rs these days.


That is true but there are moderate Democrats who aren’t MAGA.


Depends on what you mean by moderate.


No, it doesn’t. Democrats are moderates and Democrats are progressives but they are not MAGA. Are you a teenager?


And republicans are moderates and republicans are conservatives. what’s your point?


DP. At this point, your statement is simply factually incorrect. There are no more Republicans who are moderates; former moderate Republicans are now either independents or Democrats. And the remaining Republicans are not conservative. What are they conserving? Not the environment. Not legal precedent. Not democracy. Not public institutions. What the remaining Republicans are, is radical.


They certainly aren’t democrats, especially given how extreme both parties have become in the last 5 years


Let’s see what “both parties” have done with power lately.

Republicans have stripped women of their reproductive freedom, outlawed healthcare and recognition for trans people, banned books, protected wealthy tax cheats, loosened restrictions on guns, and supported a president who tried to overthrow the government.

Democrats have expanded voting rights, invested in green energy, made school lunch free, enacted paid parental leave, banned employer noncompetes, strengthened background checks for gun sales, and raised the minimum wage.

Only one of those looks extreme to me.

Democrats say that men can get pregnant.


Transgender men can and do get pregnant.

You have an issue with that?


A transgender man is a cisgender woman having undergone extreme surgeries.


You’re definitely confused.
Anonymous
Post 06/23/2023 02:37     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:I miss the times of moderates in VA.


What specifically do you mean by "moderate"?


times when candidates mattered more than party, when democrats would win seats in southwest virginia and republicans would win in fairfax.


Yes, and those times were stupid. You vote for a party platform, not a person.


Sure, but it was when people were willing to less to the other party. Go back to any election before trump and people were much more moderate, plenty of republicans in fairfax until around 2015.
Anonymous
Post 06/22/2023 22:42     Subject: Congratulations for destroying NoVA!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I miss the times of moderates in VA.


What specifically do you mean by "moderate"?


times when candidates mattered more than party, when democrats would win seats in southwest virginia and republicans would win in fairfax.


Yes, and those times were stupid. You vote for a party platform, not a person.