What is the point of the article, I wonder? It's more hand wringing that MoCo didn't get Amazon but that's silly. Amazon was going to NoVa for a long time. Bezos's competition was for show. It's an opportunity for Hans to point the finger at everyone but himself. He always voted along with the rest of the council. He's voted to raise taxes, he voted along with Navarro on all her hair brained schemes. He's done nothing to promote the business climate in MoCo. Up until recently, he didn't act like that was even very important.

No one is comparing all of VA to MoCo. Certainly not the article cited. Whatever gave anyone this wrong idea??

The article misstates how unions work. You have to wonder if it was done deliberately since the misstatement is so glaring.

Anonymous wrote:Once again, comparing a tiny part of Virginia to all of MD. Comparing a huge Virginia to a tiny DC. Overall in the first quarter of 2019, VA had 2.7% economic growth. MD overall was slower, 1.9%, I think. This is comparing apples and oranges overall. MD has population over 6m, and VA over 8m nad is a huge state compared to MD. The only reason for any growth is NoVa. I am glad that it has growth, as MoCo leadership is basically doing nothing but talking. NoVa progress might eventually help MoCo. Still, comparing NoVa to all of MD is stupid.

Exactly. The NoVa vs. MoCo discussion is not that useful. It's a talking point for Hans Reimer, who has been on the county council for 10 years and has always voted to raise taxes because he's "progressive". Then he gets in the Post acting like he's a rational, responsible business person. He's such a fraud.

Once again, comparing a tiny part of Virginia to all of MD. Comparing a huge Virginia to a tiny DC. Overall in the first quarter of 2019, VA had 2.7% economic growth. MD overall was slower, 1.9%, I think. This is comparing apples and oranges overall. MD has population over 6m, and VA over 8m nad is a huge state compared to MD. The only reason for any growth is NoVa. I am glad that it has growth, as MoCo leadership is basically doing nothing but talking. NoVa progress might eventually help MoCo. Still, comparing NoVa to all of MD is stupid.

MoCo continues to go down the tubes. Anemic job growth. They roll out the carpet for illegal immigrants, which costs schools and taxpayers billions in extra costs. Rather than focus on actually trying to make more policies to make it easier to generate jobs in MoCo, MoCo has made it harder with so many layers of additional red tape now that there has to be a social justice warrior diversity analysis needed for businesses. People looking to start a business will just simply stay away from all of the red tape and open up elsewhere. Wait until MoCo needs to raise taxes soon in the future because their budget deficits are getting worse (even during a good economic time). Property values will start to plummet as well. The only thing keeping MoCo together are govt jobs. If the govt ever has to have a sequester to control the ballooning deficit or relocates agencies to other locations in order to save money (like the USDA), MoCo is utterly screwed beyond belief. There is very little in the way of economic diversity in MoCo, because it is completely incapable of growing jobs due to Democrats.

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Anonymous wrote:Dems took over and this will slow here in NoVA.

Yes, Northern Virginia is on the path toward a Montgomery stagnation and decline, just a decade or so behind. Hopefully by the time it gets really bad I'm ready to leave and possibly take a pre retirement job in a southern or mountain west state.

Unfortunately for the rest of Virginia, it's going to experience a much more severe decline as progressive policies take hold.

The article suggests the exact opposite. Enjoy your bunker.

Anonymous wrote:Dems took over and this will slow here in NoVA.

Yes, Northern Virginia is on the path toward a Montgomery stagnation and decline, just a decade or so behind. Hopefully by the time it gets really bad I'm ready to leave and possibly take a pre retirement job in a southern or mountain west state.

Unfortunately for the rest of Virginia, it's going to experience a much more severe decline as progressive policies take hold.

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Anonymous wrote:The MoCo school busing initiative certainly won't help

Fairfax has one too.

No it doesn't. Stop perpetuating this myth.

"One Fairfax" Of course I understand the DCUM version of the MCPS initiative is not reality so Fairfax might not be either...

There is a meaningful difference in the steps that MCPS and FCPS have taken relative to”busing initiatives.”

MCPS is paying big bucks to a consultant to come up with a busing plan and prioritized demographics in the SV boundary changes.

FCPS had 1-2 School Board members talk about “equity” before they reversed course and made clear there would be no cross-county busing.

Yes, we get it. FCPS is racist, we know. MCPS actually is trying to desegregate pubic schools. Surprise, surprise, racist segregation in Virginia, except not a surprise at all.

When MoCo finally learns that lobbing allegations of racism at its more successful neighboring jurisdictions won’t improve its competitive standing, it might actually stand a chance.

Whitman, by the way, is whiter than any high school in FCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:The MoCo school busing initiative certainly won't help

Fairfax has one too.

No it doesn't. Stop perpetuating this myth.

"The One Fairfax policy, adopted in 2017, commits the county and schools to intentionally consider equity when delivering policies, programs, and services." This is essentially the same as MCPS's Policy FAA. For better or worse, at least everyone's doing the same thing.

https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/facilities-planning-future/school-boundary-adjustments/boundary-policy

Arlington County has something along those lines too
https://newsroom.arlingtonva.us/release/to-eliminate-disparities-in-outcomes-the-county-will-work-with-aps-and-other-partners-to-ensure-equitable-decision-making/

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Anonymous wrote:The MoCo school busing initiative certainly won't help

Fairfax has one too.

No it doesn't. Stop perpetuating this myth.

"One Fairfax" Of course I understand the DCUM version of the MCPS initiative is not reality so Fairfax might not be either...

There is a meaningful difference in the steps that MCPS and FCPS have taken relative to”busing initiatives.”

MCPS is paying big bucks to a consultant to come up with a busing plan and prioritized demographics in the SV boundary changes.

FCPS had 1-2 School Board members talk about “equity” before they reversed course and made clear there would be no cross-county busing.

Yes, we get it. FCPS is racist, we know. MCPS actually is trying to desegregate pubic schools. Surprise, surprise, racist segregation in Virginia, except not a surprise at all.

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Anonymous wrote:The MoCo school busing initiative certainly won't help

Fairfax has one too.

No it doesn't. Stop perpetuating this myth.

"One Fairfax" Of course I understand the DCUM version of the MCPS initiative is not reality so Fairfax might not be either...

There is a meaningful difference in the steps that MCPS and FCPS have taken relative to”busing initiatives.”

MCPS is paying big bucks to a consultant to come up with a busing plan and prioritized demographics in the SV boundary changes.

FCPS had 1-2 School Board members talk about “equity” before they reversed course and made clear there would be no cross-county busing.

MCPS has also made it clear there will be no cross county bussing.

Its intentions are far from clear and only fuel the county’s inability to compete.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-preparing-for-legal-battle-over-countywide-boundary-analysis/

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Anonymous wrote:Well Amazon is about to inject a large number of NOVA jobs and Loudoun is still the fastest growing county.

Why would someone want to be in a quickly growing county? I live in Anne Arundel and this pace of growth is more than enough.

This is what I find concerning. There’s enough growth happening in MD to make people think everything is fine, when in reality it’s not.

What does that mean? Why would moderate growth not be “fine”? It’s certainly fine with me. I commute to DC and don’t need there to be more jobs in my backyard.

I respectfully disagree that our growth in MD has been moderate. It’s been anemic at best.

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Anonymous wrote:The MoCo school busing initiative certainly won't help

Fairfax has one too.

No it doesn't. Stop perpetuating this myth.

"One Fairfax" Of course I understand the DCUM version of the MCPS initiative is not reality so Fairfax might not be either...

There is a meaningful difference in the steps that MCPS and FCPS have taken relative to”busing initiatives.”

MCPS is paying big bucks to a consultant to come up with a busing plan and prioritized demographics in the SV boundary changes.

FCPS had 1-2 School Board members talk about “equity” before they reversed course and made clear there would be no cross-county busing.

MCPS has also made it clear there will be no cross county bussing.

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Anonymous wrote:The MoCo school busing initiative certainly won't help

Fairfax has one too.

No it doesn't. Stop perpetuating this myth.

"One Fairfax" Of course I understand the DCUM version of the MCPS initiative is not reality so Fairfax might not be either...

There is a meaningful difference in the steps that MCPS and FCPS have taken relative to”busing initiatives.”

MCPS is paying big bucks to a consultant to come up with a busing plan and prioritized demographics in the SV boundary changes.

FCPS had 1-2 School Board members talk about “equity” before they reversed course and made clear there would be no cross-county busing.