By Steve Baker
Frederick Douglass said, “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.” Last year, the Arlington Democrats reached their own limit and in response, sent volunteers beyond Arlington to House of Delegates’ districts around the Commonwealth.
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The 2018 Virginia legislative session again has featured a batch of proposed bills relating to voting rights.
Several of those bills relate to no-excuse absentee voting.
With another week over, let’s take a look back before heading into Super Bowl weekend.
These were our most-read stories of the week:
Redistricting has been thrust into the spotlight recently.
Courts are increasingly entertaining legal challenges to electoral maps, even based on challenges that the process is too political. Reformers are also seizing on perceived momentum to push for change.
By Janet Kopenhaver
As Arlington County updates our community development plans, the arts need to be emphasized and explicitly promoted in these discussions because of the positive impact they have on the economy and the people of our County.
A story posted on the Arlington Sun-Gazette website last Friday asked the question, “Could school system go outside Arlington to find space for students?”
The story only addresses whether Virginia law authorizes Arlington to do so. Answer: yes, but only if Arlington does so in one or more adjacent Virginia jurisdictions: Fairfax County or the Cities of Alexandria or Falls Church.
With another week over, let’s take a look back before heading into the weekend.
These were our most read stories of the week:
Arlington homeowners received some bad news last week when the county announced that residential property tax assessments were up over last year while commercial assessments, driven by office buildings, went down.
The news will put a real strain on the County Board guidance to hold the tax rate steady as they chase the mythical budget gap.
By Larry Roberts
Nearly four years ago, I had the honor of taking on the role of editor of a new ARLnow column titled “Progressive Voice.”
Last Friday afternoon, Arlington County issued its annual information on the assessed value of Arlington property as of January 1.
As per that release, the top line numbers are:
With another busy news week over, let’s take a quick look back at what happened before we leave for the weekend.
These were our most-read stories this week:
Riders suffered through another train derailment on Metro this week. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
Metro was already receiving criticism for its “Back2Good” PR campaign and its expenditure on an ad that ran during the college football national championship game last week.
