Comments on: Board to Approve New Playground for Ft. Myer Heights Park

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:16:04 +0000

Agreed. And Arlington needs to look at eliminating some taxes to stay competitive with some of the other regional jurisdictions.

By: pcruse

pcruse — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:38:49 +0000

The Fire Dept. is being asked to cut 3% from their budget next year, as is the police dept. That means the possible elimination of a fire truck and/or a recruit school. Arlington is also offering early-outs to try to further reduce the workforce.

By: Arlington

Arlington — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:43:57 +0000

Instead of parks think how to eliminated begging poeple from our courners?

By: belligerent teen

belligerent teen — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:44:00 +0000

on death metal albums?

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:36:13 +0000

Nevermind, found it on the county webpage. About 9 1/4%. We are spending nearly $100 million a year to pay off debt.

By: Westover

Westover — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:33:46 +0000

I am all for the swim center and other nice stuff, after we take care of the essential services the cops, fire department and teachers provide. This project shows that we just need to look closer at how we are spending the money on these projects.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:29:17 +0000

What was the % of the budget going to debt service I saw floating around the other day? It was quite a number of percentage points.

By: Westover

Westover — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:27:28 +0000

Or having mild dyslexia and using a browser without a speel check.

By: Westover

Westover — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:26:18 +0000

As opposed to the Ikea-esq playground equipment like the stradal slides that I have personally seen three kids split there heads when they feel off? This stuff is no safe than the old stuff, it just gets the kids in a different way.

By: malaka

malaka — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:24:33 +0000

This is where someone steps in and accuses you of using some fancy European spelling of responsible and ridiculous.