Think Arlington Public Schools and Department of Parks and Rec are over-funded now? Arlington's returning County Board members and current Planning Commission Chair, Erik Gutshall, have already decided to massively fund every want of APS PTA parents and Parks and Rec's 'soccer parents' if Gutshall is elected to County Board on Tuesday.
With Gutshall on the County Board all the Board's Democratic members would have children or grandchildren attending APS. Current County Board members, e.g., Katie Cristol, have already made extravagant promises to parents, and not just about schools and soccer. Promises made in secret meetings about daycare in residential neighborhoods just got the County sued by angry neighborhood residents who were the last to know.
Oh, and Erik is going to get rich quick converting McMansions into multi-family apartment buildings, and no one knows how many more students that would add to APS's enrollment, and to neighborhood parks and rec.
So look for APS to get 50%, or maybe more, of County Government's annual revenues with Erik on the County Board.
What can you expect when Smart Growth has become the Oxycodone of County Government and Democratic County Board members are the biggest addicts?
We have a choice on Tuesday. Fiscal sanity or fiscal insanity. I'm voting for Audrey Clement.
Karen, 22204
