Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know a single person who can stand him,

Stay inside your bubble.

Justin is very popular in DelRay which spawned him. He is getting all of his ideas from the DelRay hipsters. He came to our neighborhood civic association and was using DelRay lingo that most of our older neighbors could not understand. He is very sensitive about growing up in PG County and went to VCU and has no advanced degrees.

1. I guess used language about complete streets and multimodalism that some of you could not understand. But that many better informed people can. Not just Del Ray hipsters, but plenty of others.

2. Your personal attacks are nasty and are not helping your cause. Is that why you set your facebook group to private and kicked out people who are not "reliable".

1. Speaking of personal attacks, your snide comment about “better informed people” sounds like the sort of attack that you decry. The people who thought the mayor’s language was “hipster lingo” work for the Department of Transportation and WAMATA. They characterized his comments as uninformed and ignorant of urban street design needed to accommodate many modes of transportation. Some of the issues they pointed out in the original Seminary Road plan and that the mayor said were not needed have been added after the fact following a few accidents on the road.

2. Not sure about the Facebook comment as that is not something I use. I asked my social media person at work why people would be removed from a group and the group made private, and he said to contact the site administrator for the reason.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know a single person who can stand him,

Stay inside your bubble.

Justin is very popular in DelRay which spawned him. He is getting all of his ideas from the DelRay hipsters. He came to our neighborhood civic association and was using DelRay lingo that most of our older neighbors could not understand. He is very sensitive about growing up in PG County and went to VCU and has no advanced degrees.

I’ve lived in Alexandria over 25 years and I never heard of “DelRay lingo”...

Do you guys know what hipsters actually are? They don't live in Del Ray.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know a single person who can stand him,

Stay inside your bubble.

Justin is very popular in DelRay which spawned him. He is getting all of his ideas from the DelRay hipsters. He came to our neighborhood civic association and was using DelRay lingo that most of our older neighbors could not understand. He is very sensitive about growing up in PG County and went to VCU and has no advanced degrees.

1. I guess used language about complete streets and multimodalism that some of you could not understand. But that many better informed people can. Not just Del Ray hipsters, but plenty of others.

2. Your personal attacks are nasty and are not helping your cause. Is that why you set your facebook group to private and kicked out people who are not "reliable".

The group was only set to private after a city council member who was reading without joining called his fellow citizens conspiracy theorists. Only two people that I am aware of were removed. One was a huge supporter of Justin who lost her shit and threatened to dox members of the group, which is crazy. The other was a troll who couldn’t stop calling other posters some pretty unsavory names.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know a single person who can stand him,

Stay inside your bubble.

Justin is very popular in DelRay which spawned him. He is getting all of his ideas from the DelRay hipsters. He came to our neighborhood civic association and was using DelRay lingo that most of our older neighbors could not understand. He is very sensitive about growing up in PG County and went to VCU and has no advanced degrees.

1. I guess used language about complete streets and multimodalism that some of you could not understand. But that many better informed people can. Not just Del Ray hipsters, but plenty of others.

2. Your personal attacks are nasty and are not helping your cause. Is that why you set your facebook group to private and kicked out people who are not "reliable".

DP.

When Wilson came to our civic association, he tried to talk about streets and would not talk about MacArthur and its ongoing problems. We have given up and are moving to Arlington. I really don’t understand why Alexandria can’t hire a first rate school superintendent and improve the schools.
Safe streets, scooters, bike lanes, and affordable housing are laudable goals that I support. But Arlington offers that sling with schools with good principals and teachers. Attention is really in the wrong places if Alexandria wants to retain and attract middle class families

The Mayor and Council do not hire the supt of schools - the elected school board does.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know a single person who can stand him,

Stay inside your bubble.

Justin is very popular in DelRay which spawned him. He is getting all of his ideas from the DelRay hipsters. He came to our neighborhood civic association and was using DelRay lingo that most of our older neighbors could not understand. He is very sensitive about growing up in PG County and went to VCU and has no advanced degrees.

1. I guess used language about complete streets and multimodalism that some of you could not understand. But that many better informed people can. Not just Del Ray hipsters, but plenty of others.

2. Your personal attacks are nasty and are not helping your cause. Is that why you set your facebook group to private and kicked out people who are not "reliable".

DP.

When Wilson came to our civic association, he tried to talk about streets and would not talk about MacArthur and its ongoing problems. We have given up and are moving to Arlington. I really don’t understand why Alexandria can’t hire a first rate school superintendent and improve the schools.
Safe streets, scooters, bike lanes, and affordable housing are laudable goals that I support. But Arlington offers that sling with schools with good principals and teachers. Attention is really in the wrong places if Alexandria wants to retain and attract middle class families

So they announced the new scooter rules over the weekend. The new rule is, no scooters at all on sidewalks ever. Seems sensible, but it’s actually a ploy: with no scooters allowed on sidewalks, the city is committing itself to not only maintain the Seminary bike lane but to plant more bike lanes city wide. Justin’s hipsters win and Alexandria loses again.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know a single person who can stand him,

Stay inside your bubble.

Justin is very popular in DelRay which spawned him. He is getting all of his ideas from the DelRay hipsters. He came to our neighborhood civic association and was using DelRay lingo that most of our older neighbors could not understand. He is very sensitive about growing up in PG County and went to VCU and has no advanced degrees.

1. I guess used language about complete streets and multimodalism that some of you could not understand. But that many better informed people can. Not just Del Ray hipsters, but plenty of others.

2. Your personal attacks are nasty and are not helping your cause. Is that why you set your facebook group to private and kicked out people who are not "reliable".

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know a single person who can stand him,

Stay inside your bubble.

Justin is very popular in DelRay which spawned him. He is getting all of his ideas from the DelRay hipsters. He came to our neighborhood civic association and was using DelRay lingo that most of our older neighbors could not understand. He is very sensitive about growing up in PG County and went to VCU and has no advanced degrees.

Happy to report that white posts have been installed to keep motorists away from the raised blocks along the bike lanes which have caused several blown out tire incidents.

They really need to be installed on the other side of Seminary Road as well, particularly when the bike lane ends and reverts to bike decals on the road way.

It would also be helpful if all the bike lanes were painted green as the bicycle lane is painted at Quaker Lane and Seminary to indicate where bicyclists should cross Quaker Lane to Janney's Lane.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know a single person who can stand him,

Stay inside your bubble.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I applaud Amy Jackson for speaking up and at least bringing this issue up. I feel like any backlash by other council members is ill placed and at least she listened to citizens and tried to do something vs. the rest just pretending that everyone is biking...
https://www.alxnow.com/2019/12/11/tensions-flare-on-city-council-as-one-member-fights-to-reverse-seminary-road-decision/

She was disrespectful to other council members and the public in springing something at 11PM with no advance warning. Even CM Chapman, who supported keeping Seminary four lanes, had to reprimand her for that. She is not being collegial or working jointly with her colleagues. In keeping with the bitterness, conspiracy talk, and lies of her online supporters on FB. Which cannot be pleasing to CM Chapman. Nor really, to anyone in the City who wants the Council to function - including lots of people and institutions with no interest in Seminary either way.

Couldn't disagree more. She was very polite given the circumstances and broke no official protocol or process. The only person behaving rudely was the mayor with his exaggerated and dramatic sighs, moans, and antics.

For the record, the first person to use "conspiracy theory" in this was Aguirre. And for that I thank him. It gives us more ammunition to use to highlight how out of touch he and the mayor are.

Your bike lanes are going bye-bye.

Get ready.

She used a technical piece of the City code to justify her introducing it. It was technically not out of order, but as CM Chapman (who OPPOSED the road diet) had to explain to her, it was rude and uncollegial.

If her behavior was justified, then you have a problem with CM Chapman. Are you going to try to remove him from Council too?

As for conspiracy theory, anyone who has read your FB group knows exactly what he means. He is 100% correct and its about time you are called out for it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I applaud Amy Jackson for speaking up and at least bringing this issue up. I feel like any backlash by other council members is ill placed and at least she listened to citizens and tried to do something vs. the rest just pretending that everyone is biking...
https://www.alxnow.com/2019/12/11/tensions-flare-on-city-council-as-one-member-fights-to-reverse-seminary-road-decision/

She was disrespectful to other council members and the public in springing something at 11PM with no advance warning. Even CM Chapman, who supported keeping Seminary four lanes, had to reprimand her for that. She is not being collegial or working jointly with her colleagues. In keeping with the bitterness, conspiracy talk, and lies of her online supporters on FB. Which cannot be pleasing to CM Chapman. Nor really, to anyone in the City who wants the Council to function - including lots of people and institutions with no interest in Seminary either way.

Couldn't disagree more. She was very polite given the circumstances and broke no official protocol or process. The only person behaving rudely was the mayor with his exaggerated and dramatic sighs, moans, and antics.

For the record, the first person to use "conspiracy theory" in this was Aguirre. And for that I thank him. It gives us more ammunition to use to highlight how out of touch he and the mayor are.

Your bike lanes are going bye-bye.

Get ready.

Aguirre has become a bigger behavior problem than the mayor and that is something. I don’t know a single person who can stand him, and a neighbor who campaigned for him expressed regret. He is an incredible disappointment.

+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I applaud Amy Jackson for speaking up and at least bringing this issue up. I feel like any backlash by other council members is ill placed and at least she listened to citizens and tried to do something vs. the rest just pretending that everyone is biking...
https://www.alxnow.com/2019/12/11/tensions-flare-on-city-council-as-one-member-fights-to-reverse-seminary-road-decision/

She was disrespectful to other council members and the public in springing something at 11PM with no advance warning. Even CM Chapman, who supported keeping Seminary four lanes, had to reprimand her for that. She is not being collegial or working jointly with her colleagues. In keeping with the bitterness, conspiracy talk, and lies of her online supporters on FB. Which cannot be pleasing to CM Chapman. Nor really, to anyone in the City who wants the Council to function - including lots of people and institutions with no interest in Seminary either way.

Couldn't disagree more. She was very polite given the circumstances and broke no official protocol or process. The only person behaving rudely was the mayor with his exaggerated and dramatic sighs, moans, and antics.

For the record, the first person to use "conspiracy theory" in this was Aguirre. And for that I thank him. It gives us more ammunition to use to highlight how out of touch he and the mayor are.

Your bike lanes are going bye-bye.

Get ready.

Aguirre has become a bigger behavior problem than the mayor and that is something. I don’t know a single person who can stand him, and a neighbor who campaigned for him expressed regret. He is an incredible disappointment.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I applaud Amy Jackson for speaking up and at least bringing this issue up. I feel like any backlash by other council members is ill placed and at least she listened to citizens and tried to do something vs. the rest just pretending that everyone is biking...
https://www.alxnow.com/2019/12/11/tensions-flare-on-city-council-as-one-member-fights-to-reverse-seminary-road-decision/

She was disrespectful to other council members and the public in springing something at 11PM with no advance warning. Even CM Chapman, who supported keeping Seminary four lanes, had to reprimand her for that. She is not being collegial or working jointly with her colleagues. In keeping with the bitterness, conspiracy talk, and lies of her online supporters on FB. Which cannot be pleasing to CM Chapman. Nor really, to anyone in the City who wants the Council to function - including lots of people and institutions with no interest in Seminary either way.

Couldn't disagree more. She was very polite given the circumstances and broke no official protocol or process. The only person behaving rudely was the mayor with his exaggerated and dramatic sighs, moans, and antics.

For the record, the first person to use "conspiracy theory" in this was Aguirre. And for that I thank him. It gives us more ammunition to use to highlight how out of touch he and the mayor are.

Your bike lanes are going bye-bye.

Get ready.