What's the real deal about real estate taxation of the Army-Navy County Club and Washington Golf and Country Club? Real deal is that County Government needs land the two country clubs occupy very soon for public infrastructure if Amazon decides to locate another headquarters here, and within the next several years otherwise.
As has been mentioned on this blog before, elected and appointed VIPs who run County Government and the Arlington Public School System have long been addicted to New Urbanism, commonly referred to as Smart Growth, which is mixed-use redevelopment-for-the-sake-of-redevelopment imposed upon low and medium density suburban neighborhoods. This redevelopment paradigm is also also referred to as 'more Clarendons everywhere' among Arlington's planners, few of whom choose to live in Arlington, let alone Clarendon.
Arlington has been ruled by a one political party for almost four decades. Although Arlington is controlled by self-described 'Progressives' the County is actually regressing from authoritarian government to a repressive regime, like the People's Republic of China. Not surprising given the human behavior that's been either criminalized or demonized over the past 17 years, both nationally and locally.
So Washington Golf and Country Club and the Army-Navy Club have been lumped with Donald Trump, the NRA, and a laundry list of the Regime's other "deplorables" for the purpose of forcing a sale of most or all of their open space for various types of new infrastructure, from new schools to new upscale townhouses. Assessed value of ANCC is about $157 million and WGCC about $87 million. The amount both clubs pay in real estate taxes every year is about what the County spends on "regionalizing" Arlington's neighborhood parks to provide upscale infrastructure to several local jurisdictions.
As the deal stands now, Amazon would heavily contribute to redeveloping ANCC and WGCC to provide housing and other upscale amenities for its employees while the County and APS would have at least 100 acres for new schools and regional sports and recreation infrastructure.
County Staff, Advisory Commissions, and Civic Association 'community leaders' have been trained or are being trained to facilitate the Amazon deal. Latest were the Advisory Commission Chairs at last night's secret County Board meeting.
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Arlington County Government is worthless. "Long Term Planning" consists of kicking the can down the road another fiscal year.
A.Y. should list the extravagant amounts the County Board voted to spend just for parks and rec projets via its Consent Agenda so far this fiscal year.
WHAT a charade. County Board complaining about losing $1.5 million / year in tax revenue from Country clubs while spending several million per year to buy and demolish single family homes to create at total of maybe 1/2 acre of new open space?
Speaking of squandering tax revenue while complaining about country clubs receiving tax relief to preserve opens space, how many millions has Fibbin' Libby promised her bikster buds to have the County tear up open space for more bike trails?
County Board can't begin to deal with a 30,000 resident population increase over the next 10 years, much less another 30,000 Amazon employees.
Except by appropriating any and all open space for redevelopment.
Last night Arlington's White Citizens Council voted to tax both country clubs as residential property. Same bunch who are calling for "diversity". Why are these middle-aged and elderly North Arlington residents allowed to claim they represent everyone who lives in Arlington?
The Civic Federation is and has been controlled by middle-aged and elderly Limousine Liberals who spent about a half-hour last night ranting against country clubs.
Of the 55 or so CivFed Delegates who attended last night's meeting, two were from minority groups, at least 2/3 were the usual upscale Old Guard North Arlington Democrats.
Civic Federation members are largely ignorant about what's actually occurring in the County, and typically vote their prejudices.
Bunch of f****** old hippies like Bill and Hill who've spent the past 40 years getting rich.
In memory of Martin Luther King Jr., I am refusing to have my life micromanaged any more by an bunch of Limo Libs from Arlington's Great White North and will boycott the CivFed's Annual Banquet, which I have attended in the past.
Buy and bulldoze 100 homes in A$hton Heights where the CivFed's VIP Nannycrats live and have thus far been off-limits to anything except Architectural Digest makeovers.
So Governor Northram vetoed the tax relief legislation. County Government needs the golf courses for open space. Now what?
There has been a deal. Look for the Army-Navy CC to go from an 18 hole to a 9 hole course during the next decade and sell at least 100 acres to the County.
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