First, thanks to Audrey Clement and John Vihstadt for running for School Board and County Board. In a multi-party system it should not be up to Independents to run year after year against an entrenched political machine.
Second, the Election sends a clear signal that the Arlington Democratic Party does not want responsible government, fiscally or otherwise.
What Arlington Democrats want is what they had before John Vihstadt was elected - unrestrained spending for extravagant infrastructure, unrestrained neighborhood-by-neighborhood in-fill urbanization / gentrification, unrestrained free-range behavior by Millennials (remember pub crawls?).
It will be interesting to see how County Government meets the demands of thousands more Millennials Amazon will bring to Arlington.
Unfortunately, anyone over about 50 who is for responsible government, responsible behavior, responsible anything, was seen, is seen, and will be seen as a Donald Trump surrogate, so long as Donald Trump is President.
Next Blue Wave will be in 2019 for the Virginia General Assembly elections. Next Blue Wave after that will be in 2020 for the Presidential elections.
Thanks again to Audrey and John for running.
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