February’s general County Board meeting was an active one with over 100 public comments and the vote on the long-planned Pentagon City Sector Plan update. This revision to the neighborhood-wide framework will result in greater density, walkability, and hopefully expanded green space in the neighborhood immediately around the Metro station on the Blue and Yellow […]
The Season for Second Chances For 9 years I proudly served as a communications consultant within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with a large part of my job working alongside local police from across the country. I learned a lot and had plenty of fun with law enforcement officers in places such as Stockton […]
Last week, [ARLnow] invited the four candidates running in the general election for a seat on the County Board to write a post about why [ARLnow] readers should vote for them next Tuesday (Nov. 2).
Theo, 42, works as a communications consultant, video producer and political organizer. He points to his experience in housing activism, serving on the county’s civic federation and chairing the Libertarian party of Northern Virginia. Theo opposes subsidies for Amazon and thinks the civilian review board has been “hobbled and watered down.”
I and the other candidates headed to Lyon Village’s candidate forum, where about 80% of the questions were about housing, development, and residential zoning.
The Courthouse West site is a prime example of “in-fill development”, being mostly a surface parking lot smack in the middle between Clarendon and Courthouse Metro stations. The developer has stepped forward with a bold request to re-zone and change the land-use designation far higher than the surrounding blocks. I’m fully supportive of changing the […]
The excellent Alliance for Housing Solutions has compiled our candidate responses to the Arlington Branch NAACP’s candidate guide
A few years after I first moved into Arlington, during one excursion into the Courthouse neighborhood I spotted a full-length mural on the backside of a commercial building.
This past Monday, the local Arlington Branch NAACP held its forum for the County Board candidates. I want to first off say it was my favorite format of all candidate events I’ve attended so far. It struck an excellent balance between letting us have time to go into details and explain our positions, while also […]