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North Arlington neighborhood in the fog on Dec. 7, 2022 (staff photo)

CivFed Preps for Controversial Vote — “The Arlington County Civic Federation plans to set aside its entire February meeting to discuss, debate and (perhaps) vote upon a resolution that drew decidedly mixed reviews at the organization’s November meeting. But until then, the organization will take a breather on the matter. The ‘Resolution to Restore the Public’s Confidence in Arlington County Governance’… has been circulating since September and by the time of the November meeting had grown to include 695 footnotes taking up 100 pages.” [Sun Gazette]

W-L is a Choir Contest Finalist — Washington-Liberty High School’s choir is one of three named a finalist in the 97.1 WASH-FM Christmas Choir Competition. The final voting closes after Saturday. [WASH-FM]

More Bad Driving on I-395 — From Dave Statter: “Record breaking!! A driver recently smashed the I-395S Exit 8C hang time record in a big way. An amazing 1:25. 85 full seconds.” [Twitter]

Pentagon City Pay Phone Down — “I want to get this old ⁦@Verizon pay phone removed or restored on S. Hayes St. in front of ⁦@FashionCtrPC⁩ + ⁦@RitzCarlton.” [Twitter]

It’s Thursday — Cloudy with possible drizzle overnight. High of 55 and low of 46. Sunrise at 7:16 am and sunset at 4:48 pm. [Weather.gov]