tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post8078239797532443588..comments2023-06-30T03:37:24.439-04:00Comments on Arlington Yupette: County Board, County Manager, Chamber of Commerce Intimidating Local Media into Endorsing Pike Streetcar SystemArlington Yupettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00238598782969327427noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-38204578281673251792012-06-26T16:43:07.216-04:002012-06-26T16:43:07.216-04:00Post Metro Section ran an article about the trolle...Post Metro Section ran an article about the trolley folly today without providing any information about articulated buses, let alone the Vegas ACE bus.Done Dealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-26218716217513118192012-06-25T20:04:41.557-04:002012-06-25T20:04:41.557-04:00Post ran a front page report today about insider t...Post ran a front page report today about insider trading by Members of Congress in advance of the Recession - 4 years after the trading occurred.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-81722864790841200162012-06-25T19:11:50.874-04:002012-06-25T19:11:50.874-04:00Why is Arlington County signing on to an expensive...Why is Arlington County signing on to an expensive and unsafe streetcar system with the local media getting along and going along? Where is the Washington Post?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-59305295239348988562012-06-25T17:12:42.285-04:002012-06-25T17:12:42.285-04:00From the Twitter: @psullivan1
Full Wapo story com...From the Twitter: @psullivan1<br />Full Wapo story coming tonight on Columbia Pike streetcar; meanwhile, here is what #ArlingtonVa residents think. http://wapo.st/Q5zv6fAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-74781552861241748662012-06-24T06:18:41.045-04:002012-06-24T06:18:41.045-04:00How many of their pet advisory commissioners have ...How many of their pet advisory commissioners have retired the last few C.B. meetings? About 20? Replaced by?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-20817808963547188602012-06-23T17:52:30.845-04:002012-06-23T17:52:30.845-04:00They are looking for TWO low cost, low real estate...They are looking for TWO low cost, low real estate tax retirement residences, summer in the frost belt, winter in the sun belt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-89000365920065552682012-06-23T17:44:17.303-04:002012-06-23T17:44:17.303-04:00Biased opinion? Do you attend County Board Meeting...Biased opinion? Do you attend County Board Meetings? The 60-something and 70-something advisory commission members who produced the smart growth 'planning' for the County Board to rubber-stamp are outta here for dumb growth retirement opportunities far away from Arlington County.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-28040957477663411582012-06-23T17:27:03.247-04:002012-06-23T17:27:03.247-04:00Big bunch of over 50's looking for a big payof...Big bunch of over 50's looking for a big payoff from smart growth gentrification before they retire to some depressed dumb growth community. Near a major medical center, of course, constructed during their parents' and grandparents' heyday of tax-borrow-and spend based on the growth of American manufacturing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-82201225607882363452012-06-23T17:20:30.041-04:002012-06-23T17:20:30.041-04:00Yes. Except for Wilbur Romney and a few others the...Yes. Except for Wilbur Romney and a few others the Boomers are retiring when they reach 65. Leaving their kids, like me, to clean up their parents' messes. My Dad is a tax-borrow-spend Liberal and recently retired from the school system. There was never an APS program that he didn't want to fund.30-Something Private Sectornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-21552178899512121872012-06-23T17:16:40.368-04:002012-06-23T17:16:40.368-04:00Do you have any proof or are you just expressing y...Do you have any proof or are you just expressing your own biased opinion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-54750816001380015102012-06-23T17:11:05.631-04:002012-06-23T17:11:05.631-04:00ALL the County Board will be at or past retirement...ALL the County Board will be at or past retirement age (55-65) within 5 years, So will most of the other VIP decision makers, like County Manager Barbara Donnellan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-15732063181740935552012-06-23T17:03:35.786-04:002012-06-23T17:03:35.786-04:00The people who are benefiting and will benefit in ...The people who are benefiting and will benefit in the future from smart growth urbanization-gentrification are a) Not Arlington Residents and b) Arlington Residents who will be retired and living in dumb growth or no growth communities within 5 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-20285719840252288832012-06-23T08:37:57.188-04:002012-06-23T08:37:57.188-04:00FYI, pissed off people who have seen the Vegas ACE...FYI, pissed off people who have seen the Vegas ACE Bus Youtubes, and the video clip of the ACE and Deuce buses in operation that the Green Party showed at the last County Board meeting (agenda item 44), are contacting the USDOT Inspector General.2100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-1134340516573836212012-06-23T08:33:54.160-04:002012-06-23T08:33:54.160-04:00I resent tax dollars being spent to promote one tr...I resent tax dollars being spent to promote one transit mode over others without a fair alternatives analysis. This is what Public Information Director Diana Sun and her bloated staff do in the County Manager's office, when they aren't producing AVN videos and press releases touting smart growth urbanization / gentrification. Like Barbara Donnellan, Diana Sun doesn't live in Arlington, last I heard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-16347700582091883182012-06-23T02:00:04.305-04:002012-06-23T02:00:04.305-04:00Libby's neighborhood streets are getting a com...Libby's neighborhood streets are getting a complete makeover.fairgrrlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-48675144643251533112012-06-23T01:57:29.044-04:002012-06-23T01:57:29.044-04:00JaJaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-68043743078190446022012-06-23T01:57:14.701-04:002012-06-23T01:57:14.701-04:00Der Reitsfuhrer's?Der Reitsfuhrer's?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-31245704385849258982012-06-23T01:56:42.802-04:002012-06-23T01:56:42.802-04:00Speaking of streets, guess whose street is being r...Speaking of streets, guess whose street is being repaved?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-992716471832973682012-06-23T01:52:50.581-04:002012-06-23T01:52:50.581-04:00Thanks for showing us what a cool articulated bus ...Thanks for showing us what a cool articulated bus looks like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-8908964455497244482012-06-23T01:51:47.713-04:002012-06-23T01:51:47.713-04:00Polling? Showing me an artist's rendition of a...Polling? Showing me an artist's rendition of a couple of minivans on the Pike and then ask me if I like SUVs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-61214673858424059382012-06-22T22:09:53.160-04:002012-06-22T22:09:53.160-04:00YES...time for the truth to be told. Purpose of lo...YES...time for the truth to be told. Purpose of local blogs is to keep us ignorant and distracted with stories about $2 million dog park renovations and backyard chickens.T,Y.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-31283278496136201662012-06-22T21:52:44.562-04:002012-06-22T21:52:44.562-04:00Arl Now? They're a bunch of wise guy Yuptards ...Arl Now? They're a bunch of wise guy Yuptards who hate members of minority groups except for the nice Latina ladies who clean their $2300 / month apartments subsidized by Mom and Dad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-32022332824946289592012-06-22T21:46:31.563-04:002012-06-22T21:46:31.563-04:00How about the 'poll' Arl$Now is taking abo...How about the 'poll' Arl$Now is taking about transit alternatives for the Pike, featuring artist renditions of streetcars on the Pike and censoring comments related to state-of-the-art articulated buses?Pike Ridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-34080716346759718082012-06-22T19:54:38.331-04:002012-06-22T19:54:38.331-04:00Thanks for this blog, Cindy.Thanks for this blog, Cindy.Mark, 22206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-963208964879498427.post-27161426818409468612012-06-22T19:51:56.730-04:002012-06-22T19:51:56.730-04:00Worst by far is Arl$Now. Bunch of dumbasses who th...Worst by far is Arl$Now. Bunch of dumbasses who think they are wise guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com