County Board Hosts 'Sit Down' with Moran. They Decide to Go Forward with More Wasteful Tansportation Spending.

On June 15th, the Arlington County Board hosted a 'sit down' with Congressman Jim Moran. Check it out on the County Board's Web site. Result - we can expect more inefficient and expensive transportation 'solutions', from both Moran and the County Board, across the Eighth Congressional District, especially in Arlington.

County Board to Vote $10 Million for Cultural Center on June 13th. $$ignature Theater to Host Campaign Gala for Fi$$ette on June 15th

Check out the agenda for the June 13th County Board meeting at arlingtonva.us. Jay Fi$$ette'$ orchestrated County Board vote for the welfare-for-the-wealthy Cultural Center on June 13th will be followed by a $$ignature Theater campaign kick-off gala for Jay Fi$$ette on June 15h at the $$ignature.

"Community Leaders" Attend Another Black Tie Gala While CivFed Fumes About Street Paving

Check out the June issue of the Arlington Civic Federation's monthly newsletter at civFed.org. Nice to see that some organization is (finally) concerned about Arlington's deteriorating infrastructure.

Arlington County Spends Extravagantly on County Personnel

Several A.Y. visitors asked how much Arlington County spends on personnel. You can obtain information from the County's Budget Web site at:

http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/ManagementAndFinance/budget/page68453.aspx

These data reflect the County Manager's proposed funding for various departments, funds, and other activities. The County Board's final funding is slightly higher.

A.Y. notes the following, check it out yourself --

County Board Office

Number of Full Time Equivalent Employees - 7.75
Personnel Costs - $978,504
$$$ per Employee - $126,258

County Manager - Main Office

Number of Full Time Equivalent Employees - 12.0
Personnel Costs - $1,747,091
$$$ per Employee - $145,591

County Attorney's Office

Number of Full Time Equivalent Employees - 14.0
Personnel Costs - $2,099,813
$$$ per Employee - $149,987

Office of the Chief Information Officer

Number of Full Time Equivalent Employees - 3.0
Personnel Coats - $508,909
$$$ per Employee - $169,636

Arlington's Performing Arts Snobs - Welfare for the Wealthy Elitism at Its Worst

Think the Washington Shakespeare Company and Classika-Synetic Theater need $10 million from Arlington County for a new home in the Newseum Cultural Center? Think the Signature Theater needs an annual stipend from Arlington taxpayers? Check out who's on their boards of directors.

http://www.classika.org/classika3.html

http://www.washingtonshakespeare.org/board.html

http://www.sig-online.org/bod.htm

http://www.sig-online.org/2009gala.htm

http://www.rosslynva.org/who-we-are/rosslyn-bid/officers-and-board

http://www.rosslynva.org/who-we-are/rosslyn-renaissance/officers-and-board

Newseum Cultural Center Charade - Who Cares About Taxpayers?

The two major players in the Newseum Cultural Center charade, The Classika Theater and Washington Shakespeare Company, EACH have an extremely wealthy and influential major league K. Street tax lawyer on their board of directors. Who is representing Arlington's taxpayers?

County Board Spends Extravagantly on Self-Serving PR

The Arlington County Manager's Office alone employs 15 people who write and broadcast PR for County Board members and the Board's pet people, pet organizations and pet programs. Cost to Arlington taxpayers? At least $1.3 million.