tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post2611667280224332553..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: FY 2015 Financial Forecast and Budget Guidance: County Can't Afford Zimmerman's $treetcarArlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-32704520661347283782013-12-02T07:54:27.899-05:002013-12-02T07:54:27.899-05:00Sales tax revenue is way down 4th quarter of this ...Sales tax revenue is way down 4th quarter of this calendar year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-82631104926787355832013-11-26T11:05:18.480-05:002013-11-26T11:05:18.480-05:00The plainclothes cops attending CB meetings look s...The plainclothes cops attending CB meetings look so scruffy that if they continue to attend someone will call 911 reporting them as 'suspicious persons'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-41937903351358001252013-11-25T02:28:47.383-05:002013-11-25T02:28:47.383-05:00Vote by the Civic Federation was 40-2 in favor of ...Vote by the Civic Federation was 40-2 in favor of an "independent budget authority".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-74646134427624956642013-11-25T02:26:33.552-05:002013-11-25T02:26:33.552-05:00All indications point to major residential real es...All indications point to major residential real estate tax increases in our future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-18840608769394265052013-11-22T19:37:51.302-05:002013-11-22T19:37:51.302-05:00With Zimmy gone I am looking for County Board meet...With Zimmy gone I am looking for County Board meetings that last a couple hours, not a couple days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-83799882691911853132013-11-22T19:30:53.716-05:002013-11-22T19:30:53.716-05:00Plainclothes cops attending CB meetings? LOL. Besi...Plainclothes cops attending CB meetings? LOL. Besides the County Board only 1 or 2 County residents attend the Tuesday night meetings when the 1 or 2 items pulled from the consent agenda heard. The other 15 or so in the CB room live outside Arlington, including the cops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-39258347035515483552013-11-22T19:18:56.336-05:002013-11-22T19:18:56.336-05:00I wonder what antics Congress will engage in betwe...I wonder what antics Congress will engage in between now and next September 30th.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-71772599042407228702013-11-21T19:40:36.568-05:002013-11-21T19:40:36.568-05:00And every year for the next 5 fiscal years.And every year for the next 5 fiscal years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-49804041024878312642013-11-21T19:39:08.647-05:002013-11-21T19:39:08.647-05:00Residential real estate tax rate up 5% next year?Residential real estate tax rate up 5% next year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-45636611202197876052013-11-21T19:34:28.647-05:002013-11-21T19:34:28.647-05:00It's too cold to stake out the skateboard park...It's too cold to stake out the skateboard park. County Board room is nice and warm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-6596996881586472802013-11-20T18:16:05.204-05:002013-11-20T18:16:05.204-05:00Why do plainclothes police attend County Board mee...Why do plainclothes police attend County Board meetings? Who even shows up to complain anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-15510268671377813352013-11-19T23:22:07.452-05:002013-11-19T23:22:07.452-05:00Who did they think they were fooling at tonight...Who did they think they were fooling at tonight's CB meeting? Our taxes are gonna go way up to finance all their gimmes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-78468248770683918282013-11-19T23:17:50.246-05:002013-11-19T23:17:50.246-05:00Residential real estate taxes are going to go way ...Residential real estate taxes are going to go way up to fund the never ending demands for more new programs in the school system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-40819835089653155432013-11-19T14:09:41.833-05:002013-11-19T14:09:41.833-05:00What a 'independent budget authority' comp...What a 'independent budget authority' comprehensive audit would find is the County would operate just as well, if not better, with 10% fewer employees.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-5936454090476553312013-11-19T14:04:31.924-05:002013-11-19T14:04:31.924-05:00Click on the photo to enlarge. I want a BRT system...Click on the photo to enlarge. I want a BRT system on the Pike now, not a streetcar system 5 yrs and $500 million from now.Pike Ridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-832498730537617732013-11-19T10:46:30.297-05:002013-11-19T10:46:30.297-05:00CivFed overwhelmingly passed a resolution last mon...CivFed overwhelmingly passed a resolution last month calling on County Government to move towards establishing an Independent Budget Authority aka Inspector General Office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-11505281591009600262013-11-19T10:34:54.784-05:002013-11-19T10:34:54.784-05:00Donnellan's budget guidance document assumes Z...Donnellan's budget guidance document assumes Zimmy's handpicked successor won't raid the General Fund to the tune of a $50 million per-year TIF for affordable housing on the Pike and another $50 million per-year TIP for the Pike streetcar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-64624530900666546652013-11-19T10:15:52.651-05:002013-11-19T10:15:52.651-05:00STOP Pike $treetcar planning now, order 'off t...STOP Pike $treetcar planning now, order 'off the shelf' hybrid bus rapid transit vehicles, and save the taxpayers a huge amount of money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com