The Right Note is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s.
The annual closeout process, or second round of spending, is upon us again. Tonight, the County Board will formally receive the excess funds available report and recommendations on how to spend all $284.9 million from the County Manager.
The Arlies are back this week with not one, but two new categories. First, the results from last week’s voting.
Your favorite street for trick-or-treating is N. Jackson Street in Ashton Heights, followed by 14th Street S. in Douglas Park.
Progressive Voice is a bi-weekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the authors’.
The editors of Progressive Voice believe a core value of progressive government is for leaders to self-examine, strengthen and innovate to enhance opportunity for every person. In that vein, we explored Democratic candidates’ approaches to leadership and decision-making as we interviewed Mary Kadera, candidate for Arlington School Board, and Takis Karantonis, candidate for Arlington County Board. The two interviews have been edited and condensed.
All of Metro’s 7000 series trains have been pulled from service, following last week’s derailment in Arlington, leading to major delays this morning.
Metro announced last night that its newest generation of railcars was being held out of service. Investigators appear to believe that the 7000 series has an issue with defective axles, which may have led to the derailment between the Arlington Cemetery and Rosslyn stations.
It was a busy news week in Arlington, and next week — with County Board meetings on tap today and Tuesday — should stay busy.
For those who have been enjoying the summer-like weather recently, meanwhile, bad news: it’s not going to last. Expect fall to arrive this afternoon.
A new week and a new round of Arlies voting, but before we get to the latest categories, the results of last week’s voting.
Your favorite apartment building is Camden Potomac Yard, followed by Barton House.
The weekend is here and it promises to be cloudy, warmer than usual for mid-October, and not as rainy as initially expected.
We’ll take it.
As we continue to move forward with Plan Langston Blvd, improving the Glebe Road divide in Ballston and finding ways to mitigate the significant car collisions on Route 50 pointed out by Vision Zero, sights should be set on improving our planning process integration with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and our relationship with this large state-operated department.
Some major thoroughfares in Arlington are owned and operated by the state of Virginia including Glebe Road, Langston Blvd and Route 50, in addition to interstates 66 and 395. According to many community members and county staff members, a somewhat amorphous relationship with VDOT makes changes to these areas more difficult than most when making improvements to these roads.
There wasn’t much of a need to update one’s wardrobe for the first year of the pandemic, with many folks stuck inside and Zoom calls serving as the primary exposure to the outside world.
With people returning to the office, however, and with travel and events ramping back up, that’s starting to change.
Peter’s Take is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s.
Our experiences with COVID-19 and flash flooding have taught us that all Arlington policies should be implemented based on the best data. This is certainly true for Arlington’s environmental policies.
Another category is upon us for the fall 2021 Arlies, ARLnow’s community awards.
Last week, we asked readers about their favorite handyman. Unfortunately, no one person received sufficient votes to qualify.
For years, Democrat politicians across Virginia campaigned on creating a redistricting commission. Arlington Delegate Rip Sullivan and former Governor Terry McAuliffe were leaders in the effort.
It always seemed like an interesting political maneuver from a party that, while in control of the Virginia Senate 10 years ago, drew a map that divided Arlington into three separate senate districts despite Arlington’s population being roughly equivalent to a single district. Alas, they wanted to use Arlington’s heavily Democrat population to impact three districts, not just one.
