Joe.My.God talks about The Man in the Orange Hat’s latest fundraising letter.
TMitOH, by the way, said from the dais last week that he was afraid of nothing. Sure doesn’t look like it when you read his screeds.
Hello Ladies may, or may not, be good advice.
I was at the special meeting of the Loudoun BOS Monday night, July 12, when five members of the Board – Scott York, Susan Buckley(DEM), Eugene Delgaudio, Stevens Miller (DEM), and Lori Waters – approved the Kincora application, which includes 1,400 residential units in an area planned as the County’s premier employment center. I was deeply disappointed, as was Supervisor Jim Burton who sent an email to me that I am quoting from here. Many on the BOS professed a commitment to stand by the County’s Comprehensive Plan and to understand the fiscal correlation between residential development and higher taxes but voted for this. The public had no opportunity to speak to the Board on the final version of the application, some items which only surfaced on MONDAY, hours before the vote!
In summary, Mr. Burton and my main concerns are:
1. The current glut of office space in the region and in the County and the failure of other local mixed-use developments to flourish do not provide great confidence that this project will succeed.
2. The proffers, as adopted Monday night, almost force the Board to establish a Community Development Authority (CDA) to finance the necessary road improvements in a meaningful timeframe. CDA’s are an inherently risky financial bet with implications for the County’s fiscal health.
3. The loss of tax revenue for repayment of the Route 28 Improvement bonds due to the ridiculously low buy-out requirement for residential units. Do we need more housing when there are so many units in being (many for sale) and many more on the books)?
Kelly Burk did her best along with Andrea McGimsey and Sally Kurtz to stop this but failed. It is not too late to get this done correctly since their other issues related to this project that will need to be resolved. Let your Supervisor know that you want this done right and at no cost to taxpayers.
Tony F
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I know there are a lot of divisions about this one. But I’m really glad that this vote is over.
I understand where people are coming from on not wanting residential in that area. I also understand where others are coming from in saying that this is a good mixed development, that the road and other transportation proffers are really needed.
Me? I’m happy about the shuttle. I like buses.
So? What’s your opinion of the Kincora application? Remember our guidelines: No personal attacks, no belittling language. Keep it to the application itself, please.
As the temperature rises, so do actionable issues.
Mott’s apple sauce and juice products are everywhere, and their earnings are huge: their parent company earned $555 million last year alone and its stock is up a whopping 180 percent since March 2009!
At the Williamson, NY, facility, they’re actually trying to slash wages by as much as $2.50 per hour. They’re even trying to take away the workers’ pension plan!
I just finished reading Potomac District Supervisor Andrea McGimsey’s letter, “Accolades” in Leesburg Today. She was responding to earlier letters from folks opposed to the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act(CBPA). Her points were:
1. That the Republican Governor of VA in a letter to Sec. of Energy Chu noted that Loudoun County is only one of two counties in the USA that “serve as beacons at the local government level for …energy planning.”
2. The head of the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce said that “going green, saves green”
3. Loudoun is stacking up awards for many things including Energy Star Schools that saved taxpayers 34 million dollars.
4. The BP spill and resulting impact on the environment makes the case for strong rules to preserve our environment.
So why are some folks against these rules? They have had their say but some are still twisting the truth. It is now time to move on and stop spreading falsehoods. Thanks to Supervisor McGimsey for clarifying the issues and for being a champion of the environment.
Just logging in for the first time and look forward to great discussion
Few things are more American than the Muppets.
Happy links of July! Or fourth.
I feel a lot better thinking about the concrete victories, however few, that were won on health care, education, and, if it passes, financial reform, then I do thinking about Al Gore opposing the Iraq war even as I marched in the streets against it. – Chris Bowers
How are you celebrating?
A nice riposte to the Attorney General’s assault on UVA’s academic freedom from the Virginia Democratic Party, in video form.
This is a man following Bob McDonnell’s footprints in trying to rebrand himself as a “moderate.” Virginia should be wary. Freedom doesn’t mean the same thing to Mr. Cuccinelli as it does to the rest of us.