Hello:
AY endorses Audrey Clement for Arlington County Board, for many of the reasons discussed in the post below. Audrey's opponent, Libby Garvey, would do over the next four years what's she's done over the past four years - rubber-stamp neighborhood-by-neighborhood infill gentrification, dismissing the costs and consequences, everything from neighborhood flooding to multi-modal gridlock. Even Senior Democrats, who will likely vote for Libby, are concerned that Arlington will become Portland-on-the-Potomac if Libby is re-elected, and they've made plans to quietly leave the County before that occurs.
Audrey's given Arlington Residents a choice every election for several years when the other political parties opted out of nominating candidates. That is shameful. What other option do we have for changing our Government, besides elections?
Audrey has worked hard as a candidate and as a member of the Transportation Commission. She often takes issue with County Government's growth-for-the-sake-of-growth agenda for the future, and fire-aim-ready planning by planners who don't and won't live in Arlington. Audrey spends a considerable amount self-funding her campaigns, attends debates, maintains a campaign website, audreyclement.com , where she offers pro-active alternatives to the status quo, and engages in all the activities a candidate who is serious about being elected needs to do.
Were it not for the perennially biased local media, specifically the Washington Post, which put profits ahead of Journalism, Audrey would have been elected to the County Board last year.
Consequently, AY endorses Audrey Clement for Arlington County Board.
