Governance Change Postmortem –With their dreams of swift legislative action in Richmond quashed, proponents of Arlington governance changes say they’re not backing down in an effort to achieve their goals. ‘We need to regroup,’ former County Board member John Vihstadt said during a March 12 discussion of the matter at the Arlington County Civic Federation.” [Gazette Leader]
More Meter Enforcers? — “Summertime could bring additional Arlington government staff to hunt for expired (or never-paid-at-all) parking meters. The county’s Department of Environmental Services (DES) has proposed the addition of three new traffic-safety-specialist positions, plus an additional supervisor.” [Gazette Leader]
St. Paddy’s Shenanigans — From Dave Statter: “Officially, @ArlingtonVaPD has listed, so far, three assaults on Saturday & Sunday in the 3100 bl. of Wilson & Clarendon. Two of them occurred inside bars. But there were a lot more calls for disturbances, disorderly customers, and fights… like this sidewalk skirmish early Sunday.” [Twitter]
Early Morning Arrest in Clarendon — From Dave Statter: “Two men in a car with stolen tags connected to a robbery were detained in Clarendon early this morning. When an @ArlingtonVaPD
officer tried to stop the car just after 1:00 a.m. the driver went the wrong way on Wilson Blvd at Washington Blvd.” [Twitter]
Mask Discussion at Board Meeting — “Despite a request from the public, don’t expect Arlington County Board members to again slap on face masks at their meetings, or mandate others to do so. The issue bubbled up at the public-comment portion of the March 16 County Board public hearing, at which a speaker complained that not enough focus was being paid to lingering COVID cases and the impacts on those with symptoms associated with ‘long COVID.'” [Gazette Leader]
Youngkin Appoints Arlingtonians — “Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office announced on Friday a slew of key administration and board appointments, including four people from Arlington.” [Patch]
It’s Tuesday — Expect mostly sunny skies, reaching a high of 55 degrees during the day, accompanied by 10-14 mph west winds and gusts up to 23 mph. As for Tuesday night, skies will be partly cloudy, dipping to a low of 40 degrees with a calming southwest wind around 7 mph. [Weather.gov]
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