tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post3266643684261279514..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: Arlington Competing for Another Expensive and Meaningless AwardArlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-56027652066152819282009-10-25T09:55:25.350-04:002009-10-25T09:55:25.350-04:00Want to see some heavy-duty Nanny Government behav...Want to see some heavy-duty Nanny Government behavior? Check out Saturday's public comment session at Saturday's County Board meeting. Why is Arlington being so punitive against owners of single-family homes for alleged code deficiencies?22205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-39662604818426174602009-10-24T19:55:28.625-04:002009-10-24T19:55:28.625-04:00That's got it about right about ole Nanny Nanc...That's got it about right about ole Nanny Nancy at the F.D.I.C.Jeeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-43277879328389085542009-10-24T11:49:49.141-04:002009-10-24T11:49:49.141-04:00County Board discussed a site plan for yet another...County Board discussed a site plan for yet another hotel today. Do they know about this award and the people behind it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-74306994558957898692009-10-23T19:55:52.491-04:002009-10-23T19:55:52.491-04:00Hi Honey, I'm from Roxboro originally. The Fed...Hi Honey, I'm from Roxboro originally. The Federal agency you want broadbanded to Mebane is the F.D.I.C. Then you can micro-manage your community while watching banks across the USA fail, just like ole Nanny Nancy herself.Cooternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-28677156356927944402009-10-23T18:31:11.889-04:002009-10-23T18:31:11.889-04:00Shure I want to be a Nanny Nancy in my little Red ...Shure I want to be a Nanny Nancy in my little Red Neck onclave in Mebane NC. How do we get them Federal Govment no-show jobs and get to spend our time putting everyone in Mebane under surveylance?Tiffany - NCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-59603242717515027862009-10-23T08:31:12.932-04:002009-10-23T08:31:12.932-04:00Looks to me as though broadbanding is gonna be lik...Looks to me as though broadbanding is gonna be like manufacturing in the Sun Belt 40 years ago. All-new manufacturing infrastructure was constructed and then was exported, first to Mexico and then to China.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-43188391625061301852009-10-23T08:17:32.278-04:002009-10-23T08:17:32.278-04:00Another Chamber of Commerce approved organization....Another Chamber of Commerce approved organization. This is why we need a real weekly newspaper in Arlington that's not a bunch of hype for the County Board and Chamber of Commerce.anon.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-13800184964518464682009-10-23T08:12:57.347-04:002009-10-23T08:12:57.347-04:00Cindi, you can live in a luxury enclave in the Rus...Cindi, you can live in a luxury enclave in the Rust Belt where the streets are falling apart, street lighting is non-existent, and it's cold as hell in winter, when your job is "broadbanded". Or maybe you would prefer a small city in India? Of course the people who are doing the broadbanding live in 12,000 sq ft mansions in McLean.L.K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-66470828731340894472009-10-23T08:06:12.313-04:002009-10-23T08:06:12.313-04:00IT people from India are judging the competition. ...IT people from India are judging the competition. Does this mean that the County Board will travel to India to receive the award?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-78698647166866298912009-10-23T08:03:05.190-04:002009-10-23T08:03:05.190-04:00I visited their Web site. Looks like they are doin...I visited their Web site. Looks like they are doing for the Rust Belt what Robert Byrd did for West Virginia. Why is Arlington involved in this?Barcrofternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-32815068387174785002009-10-22T19:22:11.148-04:002009-10-22T19:22:11.148-04:00Repigs who run Arlington don't care and haven&...Repigs who run Arlington don't care and haven't cared for years.Flush Rushnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-30111640192610927142009-10-22T19:19:19.873-04:002009-10-22T19:19:19.873-04:00I checked out ICF's Web site. Looks as though ...I checked out ICF's Web site. Looks as though ICF et.al. are involved in moving Federal agencies and employees to the Rust Belt via broadband. Is that a plus for Arlington County?Barcrofternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-35484548895433055472009-10-22T19:00:18.998-04:002009-10-22T19:00:18.998-04:00Meanwhile, Arlington's roads are falling apart...Meanwhile, Arlington's roads are falling apart, we have street lighting worse than most Third World Countries, traffic is getting to be like Third World urban areas, we have limited telecommuting to work despitye extensive broadband, etc.Cindinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-57004866444508560402009-10-22T18:51:49.976-04:002009-10-22T18:51:49.976-04:00I wondered why Scott Arlington Chamber of Commerce...I wondered why Scott Arlington Chamber of Commerce McCaffrey featured this charade in the Sun Fisette blog today.Larrynoreply@blogger.com