tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post3981051124756499301..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: County Board Passes 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' BudgetArlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-74352808000815982902014-05-11T12:51:50.979-04:002014-05-11T12:51:50.979-04:00Would you increase your spending just because the ...Would you increase your spending just because the assessment on your house has increased? Probably not, but that doesn't stop our revered County Board.<br /><br />As assessments increase, County spending increases...how's that for fiscal symbiosis? No relationship to need, however!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-58312942950652708402014-04-25T15:51:44.104-04:002014-04-25T15:51:44.104-04:00Then there's the YD's, aka the Young Pluto...Then there's the YD's, aka the Young Plutocrats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-32072872989503988562014-04-25T15:50:14.569-04:002014-04-25T15:50:14.569-04:00Every damn gimme group got a taxpayer-funded hando...Every damn gimme group got a taxpayer-funded handout this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-51873992748178746082014-04-25T15:43:19.840-04:002014-04-25T15:43:19.840-04:00While we're at it, time for a big change in th...While we're at it, time for a big change in the Civic Federation. Time for the people who turned the CivFed into their private club to retire to a Gold Coast gated enclave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-54185932807708965222014-04-25T15:36:59.707-04:002014-04-25T15:36:59.707-04:00Go Libby Go !Go Libby Go !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-80945331505743522282014-04-25T03:08:31.506-04:002014-04-25T03:08:31.506-04:00Kick the Pay-to-Play PlutoCrats out of ACDC. And t...Kick the Pay-to-Play PlutoCrats out of ACDC. And their Country Club Democrat attorneys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-24127971830039229362014-04-24T20:57:30.801-04:002014-04-24T20:57:30.801-04:00They want to go after Libby Garvey? For what? Oppo...They want to go after Libby Garvey? For what? Opposing spending $400 million to put 10 (ten) streetcars on the Pike? Even the Rockefeller-Scranton-Romney Republicans of the 1960's tax-borrow-spend era weren't as stupid as their ACDC counterparts are today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-65276957512578353352014-04-24T20:31:47.395-04:002014-04-24T20:31:47.395-04:00Try a 5% assessment increase and 5% tax rate incre...Try a 5% assessment increase and 5% tax rate increase in FY 16, FY 17, FY 18 and FY 19.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-81032435413010646872014-04-24T20:22:59.338-04:002014-04-24T20:22:59.338-04:00County Board Members have been meeting with School...County Board Members have been meeting with School Board members this week in the County Board Offices.2100 toonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-68546159961697169522014-04-24T17:37:11.301-04:002014-04-24T17:37:11.301-04:00PlutoCrats? It starts at the top - Kaine, Warner, ...PlutoCrats? It starts at the top - Kaine, Warner, McAuliffeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-82431076619232549712014-04-24T17:35:56.860-04:002014-04-24T17:35:56.860-04:00Kick the PlutoCrats aka Rockefeller Republicans, a...Kick the PlutoCrats aka Rockefeller Republicans, aka Chamber of Commerce Republicans out of the Arlington Democratic Party, starting with Jay Fi$ette.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-42397207288786907382014-04-24T17:15:53.508-04:002014-04-24T17:15:53.508-04:00Try a 5% assessment increase and 5 cents added to ...Try a 5% assessment increase and 5 cents added to the tax rate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-70351655529748303542014-04-24T10:52:31.145-04:002014-04-24T10:52:31.145-04:00Anyone want to guess what the tax rate increase an...Anyone want to guess what the tax rate increase and assessment increase will be for FY 17 (2016-2017)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-51430678044823130552014-04-24T10:49:00.021-04:002014-04-24T10:49:00.021-04:00They wanted New Urbanism. They got an expensive cr...They wanted New Urbanism. They got an expensive crowded mess. Anyone who doesn't go along with inflating their economic bubble gets put on the Democratic Party-Chamber of Commerce 'Enemies List'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-5435755997238558502014-04-24T10:18:54.425-04:002014-04-24T10:18:54.425-04:00The ACDC new attack on Libby Garvey. The bylaws w...The ACDC new attack on Libby Garvey. The bylaws were adopted on 4/2/2014. Were those bylaws changed to get Garvey?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-31610942066427460112014-04-24T10:03:48.755-04:002014-04-24T10:03:48.755-04:00The bi-partisan group of idiots who run and are ru...The bi-partisan group of idiots who run and are ruining the USA are aiming for a population of close to 600 million by the end of this century, up from 320 million now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-15349292141637417922014-04-24T09:58:18.132-04:002014-04-24T09:58:18.132-04:00I am surprised the tea party hasn't moved ever...I am surprised the tea party hasn't moved every federal activity that can be relocated out of the DC area.<br /><br />Who wants to live and work somewhere that's horribly expensive and where economic growth is increasingly based on young adults consuming vast amounts of alcohol?smart growth sucks, here's whynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-16644098275494503082014-04-24T09:43:14.982-04:002014-04-24T09:43:14.982-04:00Why does anyone want to live and work in an expens...Why does anyone want to live and work in an expensive mess like Arlington? Where you pay $2500 per month to live in a new 1-bedroom apartment next to a used car lot. Where you are kept awake until the bars close by the noise from Millennials partying till they puke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-86404630586036907882014-04-24T00:35:21.205-04:002014-04-24T00:35:21.205-04:00I live in the Rust Belt. Not by choice. Before you...I live in the Rust Belt. Not by choice. Before your wonderful tax-and-borrow-and-spend social and economic system goes to hell, please consider how things were here fifty years ago, outside Cleveland. The Federal Government in the DC area today is like manufacturing in Cleveland 50 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-4348623158610768552014-04-23T22:53:25.127-04:002014-04-23T22:53:25.127-04:00Barbara should retire and get out of Dodge before ...Barbara should retire and get out of Dodge before FY 17.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-30221998889733014842014-04-23T22:32:05.505-04:002014-04-23T22:32:05.505-04:00Sheesh...all that's gonna hit the FY 17 budget...Sheesh...all that's gonna hit the FY 17 budget?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-18468472506086672552014-04-23T22:29:48.188-04:002014-04-23T22:29:48.188-04:00There was a public CIP discussion after the County...There was a public CIP discussion after the County Board Chair's final mark up of the FY 15 budget on April 16th where Michelle Cowan added up all funds the County will need from FY 15 to FY 24 for capital improvement projects. Total was $3.5 billion. Some, like transportation funding, will come from the state and feds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-1576732172074276102014-04-23T22:02:53.461-04:002014-04-23T22:02:53.461-04:00APS CIP meeting tonight was talking about demandin...APS CIP meeting tonight was talking about demanding a $150 million supplemental in FY 17 for new classroom construction because APS will exceed its borrowing limit about then.<br /><br />Also, the Wilson School site will be used for a new middle school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-20784219309268652372014-04-23T17:00:38.280-04:002014-04-23T17:00:38.280-04:00I don't often agree with Walter Tejada about a...I don't often agree with Walter Tejada about anything. But the last thing Arlington needs is the County's volunteer activities privatized so they operate like the Civic Federation, Committee of 100, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-1386764752948595482014-04-23T16:47:21.659-04:002014-04-23T16:47:21.659-04:00Barbara Donnellan should use her 'don't wo...Barbara Donnellan should use her 'don't worry be happy' budget as a good excuse to retire this year, let her successor take the heat for the couple billion in unfunded mandates the taxpayers are going to start paying for in FY 17.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com