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Fears of economic disruption, political instability and mass deportations are on the minds of Arlington elected officials following the re-election of Donald Trump.

The local economy’s extensive ties to the federal government leave some local leaders deeply worried about the president elect’s talk of relocating tens of thousands of government jobs.


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Falls Church City Council members appear ready and eager to give the 6600 and 6700 blocks of Wilson Boulevard the honorary name “Saigon Blvd.”

The new name, which would not impact Postal Service addresses or public-safety responses, will pay tribute to those who came to the local area from South Vietnam after that country’s fall to North Vietnamese forces in 1975.


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Efforts to expedite the conversion of outdated Arlington office buildings to residential uses have moved another procedural step forward.

Planning Commission members voted 8-0 Monday (Nov. 4) to recommend County Board approval of a number of staff proposals aimed at culling aging, often empty, commercial building stock, replacing it with apartments or condominiums.


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Democrats in Arlington County Board and School Board races emerged victorious last night by wide margins.

Democratic nominee JD Spain, Sr. claimed 58% of the vote in the race for County Board, according to unofficial election results. This happened in the first round of tabulation, avoiding the need for further tallying under ranked-choice voting.


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It might not be a record-breaker, but Arlington ballots are adding up as the last three hours of voting approach.

And when all is said and done, turnout may be around 80% of the county’s 161,000 active registered voters.


Schools

Rather than a frontal assault against it, Arlington School Board members may try to win a delay in implementation of the state’s new school-accountability regimen.

School leaders plan to ask the General Assembly to intervene and postpone the Virginia Department of Education’s new School Performance and Support Framework, a two-pronged evaluation and ranking system that is replacing the previous accreditation process.


Schools

Arlington School Board members in mid-November will consider a major overhaul to how the school system tackles boundary adjustments.

If adopted, school leaders will start looking at boundaries on a two-year cycle rather than the current five years, and will apply a new set of criteria to guide how to make them.


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Some say requiring real-time, in-person authorization of tows from private property is a needed consumer protection.

Others, however, believe it can endanger those working in local retail outlets, apartment-management offices and other front-line businesses.


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A coalition of environmental advocacy groups is hoping recent controversy over tree-clearing along the Potomac River leads to creative thinking about the future.

Leaders of nine organizations dispatched a letter to Christine Smith, acting director of the National Park Service’s George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP). While much of the letter focused on the tree-clearing matter, there also was a call for ways to atone and move forward.


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Arlington residents for several years have been following the saga of Missing Middle. Now it’s a case of missing minutes.

Minutes, which give a description of the proceedings of each County Board meeting and chronicle the actions taken, haven’t been posted for public review since April.


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