Bluemont Residents to Vote on Bocce Court Request
Bluemont residents will vote tonight on a petition (below) that calls for the county parks department to build and pay for a Petanque-Bocce court in the neighborhood. The vote will take place at...
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Head of Signature Collection Firm Pleads Guilty
A political strategist whose firm was hired to help a ballot initiative in Arlington has pleaded guilty to two counts of election fraud. Shawn D. Wilmoth was the president of Signature Masters,...
Morning Notes
Petition Contractor Waives Extradition -- The man whose company was hired to collect signatures for a petition to change Arlington's form of government is likely headed to the Arlington County...
Brink Introduces Bills to Prevent Another Referendum Debacle
Del. Bob Brink (D) has introduced two bills in the House of Delegates that attempt to "address the irregularities discovered during the signature gathering process" for last year's failed effort to...
CAGG: Thousands of Petition Signatures May Be Invalid
With the petition to change Arlington's form of government heading toward near-certain defeat, the Coalition for Arlington Good Government is trying to slam the last nail in the coffin with explosive...
Projection: Change-of-Government Effort Has Failed
Start writing the eulogies now. The effort to change Arlington's form of government has failed to attract enough petition signatures to get on the November ballot, ARLnow.com projects. As of 2:30...
Prospects For Change-of-Government Referendum Dimming
It's looking increasingly unlikely that the Committee for a Better Arlington will reach the mark needed to get a proposed change to Arlington's form of government on the November ballot. With...
Change-of-Government Margin of Error: 2,082 Signatures
Change-of-government supporters collected 2,082 more signatures than necessary to get the measure on the November ballot, according to a rough count by Arlington elections personnel. Officials...
UPDATED: County Counting Petition Signatures
Update at 10:05 a.m. -- An additional 54 petition sheets have just been submitted to the county clerk's office, and another batch may be on the way, we're told. Update at 12:05 p.m. --...
Change-of-Government Petitions Submitted
Supporters of a proposed change in the county's form of government submitted their petitions to the Clerk of the Arlington County Circuit Court this morning, the Sun Gazette first reported. A...
Signature-Gathering Enters Homestretch for Change-of-Government Proponents
Thursday is the deadline for change-of-government supporters to submit 14,350 signatures to the county registrar in order to get a referendum on the November ballot. According one of the contract...
Supreme Court Decision May Affect Change-of-Government Petition
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that people who sign referendum petitions generally can't claim a First Amendment privilege for keeping their names secret. The ruling may affect the...
Petition Opponents Call for Signature Submission
The Coalition for Arlington Good Government (CAGG), formed to actively oppose a proposed change in Arlington County's form of government, is calling on supporters of the change-of-government...
Morning Notes
It's Pride Week In Arlington -- June 7-13 is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Week in Arlington. County Board Chairman Jay Fisette, Virginia's first openly gay elected official,...
Professional Signature Collectors Come to Arlington
Update on 6/6 -- An insider confirms to ARLnow.com that paid signature gatherers have been supporting the change-of-government petition drive for the past several weeks. The insider says that using...
