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Published August 1, 2011 at 9:28AM

In an editorial, the Washington Post suggests that now would be the “wrong time” to start building a proposed streetcar line along Columbia Pike.

After all, the Post opines, the federal funds that the county hopes to receive for the $140-million-plus project may become difficult to obtain now that the federal government is on the verge of approving spending cuts. Arlington’s leaders, the Post editorial board says, would be better off spending the county’s share of the 4.7-mile streetcar line’s big price tag “elsewhere” — perhaps on additional capacity for the burgeoning Arlington Public School system.

Opinion

Morning Poll: Heat Edition

By ARLnow.com

Published July 19, 2011 at 9:00AM

Needless to say, it’s hot out there.

With temperatures expected to reach the upper 90s today and the lower 100s Friday, some people have got to be getting sick of summer and nostalgic for cooler weather.

Opinion

Morning Poll: Why Wegman’s?

By ARLnow.com

Published July 15, 2011 at 9:24AM | Updated February 13, 2024 at 11:02AM

It seems that every time we run a story on a new retailer coming to Arlington, someone chimes in in the comments, saying that they’d much rather have a Wegman’s.

News

Favola Campaign Defends ‘Clerical Error’ in Poll

By ARLnow.com

Published July 14, 2011 at 9:47AM

Barbara Favola’s state Senate campaign is defending a telephone poll that erroneously identified Democratic primary opponent Jaime Areizaga-Soto as a Republican.

The poll, conducted on behalf of the Favola campaign, asked residents negative questions about both candidates. In a statement, the Favola campaign said calling Areizaga a Republican was a “clerical error.”

News

Areizaga-Soto Campaign Criticizes Negative Phone Poll

By ARLnow.com

Published July 13, 2011 at 1:42PM | Updated July 13, 2011 at 4:49PM

Update at 4:45 p.m. — The Washington Post reports that Favola has ordered her pollster to stop calling Areizaga-Soto a “Republican” during the poll.

The Jaime Areizaga-Soto state Senate campaign, criticized last week for its negative campaign mailers, is now fighting back against a telephone poll apparently conducted on behalf of opponent Barbara Favola’s campaign.

Opinion

Morning Poll: New Clarendon Metro Plaza

By ARLnow.com

Published July 13, 2011 at 9:07AM | Updated July 13, 2011 at 10:23AM

The project, set to begin construction later this year or early next year, is intended to improve the currently under-utilized space by creating “an active, multi-use plaza to accommodate the farmers’ markets, music events, vendors and other community activities, while enhancing pedestrian access to Metrorail and transit.”

The improvements include new pedestrian paving, street and plaza lighting, “seating walls,” movable tables and chairs, covered bike parking, modular newspaper racks and a Clarendon Boulevard curb extension.

Opinion

Morning Poll: Concerns About Property Records

By ARLnow.com

Published July 11, 2011 at 9:19AM

According to the Sun Gazette, however, county leaders are now deciding whether including the owner’s name in the county’s public real estate assessment database presents privacy concerns.

Over the weekend, the County Board responded to a resident’s complaint about its online property records system by asking county staff to “look into options for redacting the names of property owners” from the search results, according to the paper.

Opinion

Morning Poll: Parking Rate Increases

By ARLnow.com

Published July 1, 2011 at 8:51AM | Updated July 1, 2011 at 9:10AM

Parking is getting more expensive in Arlington. Starting today, parking rates are going up by 25 cents.

The hourly long-term meter rate is increasing from $0.75 to $1.00 while the hourly short-term meter rate is increasing from $1.00 to $1.25.

Opinion

Morning Poll: New Comcast Guide

By ARLnow.com

Published June 29, 2011 at 10:56AM

The new guide was touted in mailings as faster and easier to use with a few new features that had been requested by customers. Many local customers, however, have taken to our comments section to blast the new guide, which eliminated the sleep timer and picture-in-a-picture functions that were available with the old guide.

Now that you’ve had a week to try it out, how do you feel about the “upgrade?”

Opinion

Morning Poll: Parked Trucks on the Pike

By ARLnow.com

Published June 22, 2011 at 9:05AM

Delivery trucks are making a regular habit of blocking one lane of Columbia Pike in front of the new-ish Siena Park apartment building (2301 Columbia Pike).

The design of the building and the surrounding block seems to discourage delivery truck drivers from parking anywhere but right out front. Other than a tiny, often-full set of parking spaces cut into the sidewalk in front of the building, however, the only place for trucks to sit is right smack in the right-hand westbound lane of the Pike.

Opinion

Morning Poll: Dating in Arlington

By ARLnow.com

Published June 16, 2011 at 9:12AM | Updated February 13, 2015 at 9:28AM

Earlier this month, Bloomberg News declared that single women had “long odds” when it came to dating in the District.

D.C. has a female-to-male ratio — 112 women for every 100 men — that’s higher than any of the 50 states. Plus, the article suggests, men in Washington are much more focused on their careers than on making good conversation.

Opinion

Morning Poll: Groupon Return Visits

By ARLnow.com

Published June 9, 2011 at 9:35AM | Updated June 9, 2011 at 10:08AM

While consumers only see the great money-saving bargains — for instance, $40 worth of food at a local restaurant for $20 — merchants have to accept that running a Groupon-type deal is probably going to be a money-losing proposition in the short term. Since Groupon typically gives merchants 50 percent of its deal revenue, that means that Joe’s Restaurant is only receiving $10 for giving away $40 worth of food. Low-margin businesses like restaurants will often lose money on that — and the losses will add up, since Groupon can sell hundreds or even thousands of coupons at a time.

The silver lining for businesses that use Groupon — and the entire premise of ‘daily deals’ in general — is customer acquisition. The idea is that by getting a whole bunch of people to try your food (if you’re a restaurant) or services (if you’re, say, a yoga instructor) you can get a certain percentage of those deal purchasers to come back later and pay full price.