Saturday, April 24, 2010
Arlington's FY 11 Budget - From Need to Greed
The Arlington County Board of Plutocrats outdid itself today, County Board's budget priorities focused on "wants not needs" yet again. New all-weather athletic fields constructed in every Arlington neighborhood will be the County Board's top budget priority during Fiscal Year 2011.
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Bonds to fund a new Wakefield High School...ooops, Wakefield Sportsplex will be on the County Board's agenda on Tuesday, along with extravagant funding for sports and recreation.
Artisphere is hiring, no budget cuts there.
Check out Item 22 on the County Board's agenda - housing - which will up for discussion at the continued CB meeting Tuesday.
On Monday, April 26th, at 7PM there will be a planning charade at the Central Library on Quincy Street regarding Zimmerman's proposal to gentrify East Falls Church and replace what's left of affordable housing with expensive brick box condo buildings.
As designed by the all-Yuppie School Board, the new Wakefield HS will require trailer classrooms starting in 2014.
How about the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust wanting 100 more acres for open space in Arlington? Where's that going to come from? Demolishing more affordable housing?
There's talk of the Army Navy Country Club selling it's land in Arlington and building a huge golfplex in the outer burbs.
Sign the petition for change of government. Put sanity back into Arlington's governance.
Tonight they will vote on the $662,400 for renovating 2 tennis courts and a basketball court and $5 million for design and engineering services fro more extravagant recreation projects.
They approved the $662,400 without even a discussion.
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