tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post1237293321956069778..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: County Government, Media Continue to Censor Ballston Park DealArlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-67448627913208946912014-02-05T15:46:01.114-05:002014-02-05T15:46:01.114-05:00How's that for recycling, recycle service work...How's that for recycling, recycle service workers out of Arlington, recycle their formerly affordable apartments into creative class housing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-46153965830362766352014-02-04T16:17:24.008-05:002014-02-04T16:17:24.008-05:00Corporate welfare recipients get tax deductions fo...Corporate welfare recipients get tax deductions for the costs of the vodka and orange juice as an entertainment expense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-75099581831726264982014-02-04T14:58:09.258-05:002014-02-04T14:58:09.258-05:00It's like the Old Ronald Reagan line that welf...It's like the Old Ronald Reagan line that welfare recipients buy orange juice with food stamps and vodka with the change. <br /><br />Elite corporate welfare recipients build expensive luxury in-fill housing and then turn around and build entry-level luxury housing for their children using their own AHIF contributions recycled through 2100 Clarendon Blvd. and AHC.L O Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-34645077374450050132014-02-04T10:22:18.829-05:002014-02-04T10:22:18.829-05:00It's a Ponzi scheme. AHIF funds derived from b...It's a Ponzi scheme. AHIF funds derived from building luxury housing are used to fund huge government, for profit, and non profit bureaucracies that build entry-level luxury housing for the upscale children and grandchildren of the Limo Liberal Elite (aka VOICE) and of course entry-level creative class recent college grads.<br /><br />About right that someone who's a high school drop out working at Ballston Common Mall for $23K has about as much chance of living in a new or newly renovated AHC apartment as he.she does of winning the Powerball lottery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-57984361272203739122014-02-04T09:53:11.302-05:002014-02-04T09:53:11.302-05:00Area median income is about $104,000 this year. So...Area median income is about $104,000 this year. So 60% of AMI = $62, 400; 50% of AMI = $52,000; and 40% of AMI = $41,600Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-13712897679774818372014-02-04T09:09:17.355-05:002014-02-04T09:09:17.355-05:00Anyone know how much the rents will increase at Ba...Anyone know how much the rents will increase at Ballston Park? After AHC takes over a property and does its renovations rents typically increase by 20% to 30%.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-39481131816362838722014-02-03T22:41:27.128-05:002014-02-03T22:41:27.128-05:00Where is the Po$t when it comes to these pay-to-pl...Where is the Po$t when it comes to these pay-to-play deals. Po$t played a major role in the pay-to-play redevelopment of the Alexandria waterfront.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-61845741841368287182014-02-03T21:32:37.208-05:002014-02-03T21:32:37.208-05:00$leazy Wea$el Jounali$t$ for $tupid Growth? Try Pa...$leazy Wea$el Jounali$t$ for $tupid Growth? Try Patricia $ullivan of the Wa$shington Bezo$ Po$t, $ara$ota $cott Mccaffrey of the Arlington $un Gazette, and $cott Brodbeck of ArlNow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-83757022762022216912014-02-03T19:53:47.507-05:002014-02-03T19:53:47.507-05:00County Government and local Media are deliberately...County Government and local Media are deliberately confusing Ballston Park (should be Agenda Item 44) with The Springs (Agenda Item 42) which is another giveaway to the County Board's AHC / ACDC / Chamber of Commerce / Committee of 100 cronies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-45813332655504459572014-02-03T19:41:18.720-05:002014-02-03T19:41:18.720-05:00The odds that a high school drop out earning $23,0...The odds that a high school drop out earning $23,000 per year at Ballston Common Mall will obtain an "affordable" apartment at Ballston Park are about the same as him or her winning this week's Powerball jackpot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-73661069149643530622014-02-03T19:33:09.201-05:002014-02-03T19:33:09.201-05:00Thanks for this. Another behind closed doors deal....Thanks for this. Another behind closed doors deal. What is Zimmerman concocting his last week on County Board to finance his legacy trolley?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-42689994692799791542014-02-03T19:30:07.461-05:002014-02-03T19:30:07.461-05:00Obviously, Arlington County and the County Board a...Obviously, Arlington County and the County Board are no longer interested (if they ever were) in building workforce housing. They are interested in financing deals to benefit AHC which is interested in building as few units of workforce housing (i.e., housing for people who earn $30,000 per year working at Ballston Common Mall) as possible. Smart Growth? What a charade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-10703515757623429932014-02-03T19:19:44.312-05:002014-02-03T19:19:44.312-05:00Glad I voted YES for the housing authority last No...Glad I voted YES for the housing authority last November.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-31537615128455129562014-02-03T16:22:02.776-05:002014-02-03T16:22:02.776-05:00Let's make a housing deal - what fun.Let's make a housing deal - what fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-41244528815416262612014-02-03T16:21:31.719-05:002014-02-03T16:21:31.719-05:00Check out the financials, they're all about wh...Check out the financials, they're all about wheeling and dealing, not about housing people in need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-80104553558896371722014-02-03T15:28:09.947-05:002014-02-03T15:28:09.947-05:00Answers the question where will entry creative cla...Answers the question where will entry creative class yuptards live when they're doing their national security thing in the B-R corridor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-69809736043729531302014-02-03T13:35:29.781-05:002014-02-03T13:35:29.781-05:00They're all a bunch of sleazy weasels -- media...They're all a bunch of sleazy weasels -- media, county government, for-profits, non-profitsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com