tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post7765864365379150014..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: May 31st Site Plan Forum to Fast-Track 'Development for the Sake of Development'Arlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-44111674920026502042014-06-01T08:20:30.122-04:002014-06-01T08:20:30.122-04:00Same old CivFed geezers and geezettes, plus the us...Same old CivFed geezers and geezettes, plus the usual ACDC facilitators for whatever the County Board wants insofar as neighborhood-by-neighborhood redevelopment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-54257135092137243262014-05-31T11:23:23.717-04:002014-05-31T11:23:23.717-04:00'Community Leaders' are going right along ...'Community Leaders' are going right along with whatever they're told will be the new program at this meeting.civfed delegatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-85377977959458275402014-05-29T20:40:10.332-04:002014-05-29T20:40:10.332-04:00That the New Urbanists are even considering bulldo...That the New Urbanists are even considering bulldozing Lubber Run Park to provide more public infrastructure (school classrooms) for New Urbanist massive infill is appalling. Obviously their agenda is to replace existing park land with re-purposed streets, sidewalks, parking lots, street medians, anything else they can reclassify as 'open space'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-64192179043114228522014-05-29T12:55:50.336-04:002014-05-29T12:55:50.336-04:00Another proof of the Fisette-Tejada Theorem: The V...Another proof of the Fisette-Tejada Theorem: The VIP Decision Makers' enthusiasm for Smart Growth is directly proportional to the distance they live from mixed-use redevelopment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-69166434663208940962014-05-29T08:51:17.591-04:002014-05-29T08:51:17.591-04:00Like Scott McCaffrey, Scott Brodbeck got out of Do...Like Scott McCaffrey, Scott Brodbeck got out of Dodge before Rolling Thunder arrived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-41867097646415926432014-05-29T08:48:42.551-04:002014-05-29T08:48:42.551-04:00Fraternity/sorority stuff that passes for a social...Fraternity/sorority stuff that passes for a social life here ---- as promoted by ArlNow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-17560192035182174352014-05-29T07:25:53.532-04:002014-05-29T07:25:53.532-04:00Next to be bulldozed is the open space at Lubber R...Next to be bulldozed is the open space at Lubber Run.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-59188567216262174542014-05-29T07:24:35.020-04:002014-05-29T07:24:35.020-04:00Residential real estate assessments will rise anot...Residential real estate assessments will rise another 4% or 5% next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-89975020527053830922014-05-29T07:23:27.297-04:002014-05-29T07:23:27.297-04:00I am also 20-something and also "voting with ...I am also 20-something and also "voting with my feet" when looking for my next job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-83232801500374887472014-05-29T07:20:03.464-04:002014-05-29T07:20:03.464-04:00Arlington's Site Plan Review Committee is made...Arlington's Site Plan Review Committee is made up of current and former Arlington Democratic Committee members.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-45199203134781426812014-05-29T07:17:58.694-04:002014-05-29T07:17:58.694-04:00Probably not.Probably not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-17513831874823941442014-05-29T07:16:48.683-04:002014-05-29T07:16:48.683-04:00Will Arlington residents, taxpayers, voters, homeo...Will Arlington residents, taxpayers, voters, homeowners be allowed to ask questions at Saturday's forum?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-64202458571001725902014-05-29T07:13:50.043-04:002014-05-29T07:13:50.043-04:00Arlington's so-called "Planning Staff&quo...Arlington's so-called "Planning Staff" are arrogant and downright nasty when you ask them what the benefits of their in-fill projects are to our neighborhoods. <br /><br />Then, when you figure out the benefits, you find they amount to a negative number.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-18962255285151737182014-05-29T07:00:52.915-04:002014-05-29T07:00:52.915-04:00Hey, thanks for this blog. I'm 26, been living...Hey, thanks for this blog. I'm 26, been living and working in Arlington since I graduated from college, and this is not a place where I want to buy a home and raise kids. The fraternity/sorority stuff that passes for a social life here gets really old after about 3 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-2924153941090761652014-05-29T06:50:09.107-04:002014-05-29T06:50:09.107-04:00Can we have some transparency regarding what corpo...Can we have some transparency regarding what corporate welfare neighborhood redevelopment deals the County Board makes with the REITs behind closed doors in the County Board's offices?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-76809978389908393142014-05-28T20:37:34.008-04:002014-05-28T20:37:34.008-04:00Air Quality? What's Air Quality?Air Quality? What's Air Quality?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-37385597131645124712014-05-28T20:36:12.235-04:002014-05-28T20:36:12.235-04:00Multiple interacting organizations, several are ta...Multiple interacting organizations, several are taxpayer funded, who get the gold mine while older neighborhoods suffer the consequences.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-77560493337008424922014-05-28T18:04:44.884-04:002014-05-28T18:04:44.884-04:00Arlington residential 'teardown' developer...Arlington residential 'teardown' developers are good buds of at least two C.B. members, including Jay Fisetts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-36932431972951297762014-05-28T17:44:29.205-04:002014-05-28T17:44:29.205-04:00Is it possible to build affordable condos (or dupl...Is it possible to build affordable condos (or duplexes) for people who earn $64,200 per year? If not, why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-50641268550942544222014-05-28T17:32:32.436-04:002014-05-28T17:32:32.436-04:00Look at who's already appointed to the site pl...Look at who's already appointed to the site plan review committee, bunch of Democratic Party hacks who will rubber stamp any site plan put in front of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-28826641551026120332014-05-28T15:19:23.381-04:002014-05-28T15:19:23.381-04:00LEED is a corporate welfare gift to developers, Do...LEED is a corporate welfare gift to developers, Dominion, and Washington Gas.<br /><br />If there is one thing that's prevented widespread on-site renewable energy in Arlington it's LEED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-23286938175517693482014-05-28T09:34:31.147-04:002014-05-28T09:34:31.147-04:00Anyone else notice that all the 'Smart Growth&...Anyone else notice that all the 'Smart Growth' boosters in the local media left town for the weekend before 'Rolling Thunder' arrived?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-67033492233343766262014-05-28T09:24:00.311-04:002014-05-28T09:24:00.311-04:00New Urbanism is an urban planning disaster. How sm...New Urbanism is an urban planning disaster. How smart is it to gentrify anyone who doesn't earn at least $100,000 per year to suburbs (recently bulldozed out of farmland) via HOT lanes?<br /><br />In line with the propaganda about 'transit oriented development' Arlington County Government and Arlington Public Schools approved the creation of 15,000 parking spaces in the County over the last 2 1/2 years.<br /><br />Arlington's air quality is terrible on the way to becoming horrible.<br /><br />When will it end?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-38072009194110128142014-05-28T09:11:49.629-04:002014-05-28T09:11:49.629-04:00LEED is anti-renewable energy on-site.LEED is anti-renewable energy on-site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-53110671987632142112014-05-27T21:44:50.740-04:002014-05-27T21:44:50.740-04:00Affordable housing? You need to earn $53,500 to be...Affordable housing? You need to earn $53,500 to be at 50% of area median income and $64,200 to be at 60% of area median income.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com