Loudoun Supervisors will vote to Waste a BILLION dollars on Metro
Since my house hasn’t had power since Friday evening, and won’t have it again until at least Tuesday afternoon, I am staying in a hotel in…
Read articleSupervisor Ken Reid swinging on Metro vote
For Ken Reid, it’s time to decide, base or bounty? Ken Reid is positioned in the eyes of many a metro-watcher as the last frontier, the ultimate swing vote…
Read articleWhere is Loudoun BOS getting the money?
I addition to paying $1.2 BILLION for metro, Chairman Scott York and Supervisor Ralph Buona are now pushing for a new, huge, road, project, connecting route…
Read articleIs the Loudoun Board of Supervisors lying to the public?
Or are they really just this misguided and misinformed? Their latest scheme is to vote for metro, most likely at their June 19th meeting, if they…
Read articleWill Suzanne Volpe be the fifth vote FOR metro?
That’s what I am hearing, from many sources, including this excellent letter from G.Stone to Suzanne, http://novatownhall.com/2012/06/10/supervisor-volpe-goes-wobbly-on-metro-rail-to-loudoun/ (Please note the democrats’ glee in the comments.) Supervisor…
Read articleJanet Clarke’s position on Metro to Loudoun
Supervisor Janet Clarke has written an excellent letter outlining her concerns about metro to Loudoun. I am so thankful for those members of the board who…
Read articleLoudoun should give Metro $1.2 BILLION?
The bad news about Metro continues. In addition to being racist, with 97% of employees being Black and from PG county and DC, it’s also dangerous. …
Read articleLoudoun Chamber of Commerce Supports Countywide Business Tax Increase
After the Loudoun Board of Supervisors had been briefed on the tax increase options to pay for metro (see previous post) the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce…
Read articleProposed Loudoun County Tax Increases to Fund Metro
Loudoun county Board of Supervisors has finally reached the point of figuring how to pay for bringing two miles of metro to Loudoun county. Staff presented…
Read articleDon’t Reform The MWAA — Abolish It!
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority is badly broken according to a new Inspector General’s investigation. So dysfunctional that I say don’t just reform it, abolish it…
Read articleLoudoun County, Looking for a Few Good Supervisors
Blue Ridge district supervisor, Janet Clarke, is asking some very good questions about metro rail, and the cost of bringing it to Loudoun, while Chairman York…
Read articleMove Loudoun into the 21st Century, Not the 19th Century!
Extending Metro a couple of miles into Loudoun will solve all our problems, according to the cheerleaders at the Washington Post, Democrats and developers. It will…
Read articleHouse Values Will Decline in Loudoun with Metro
Today I read this excellent letter to the editor, written by David Dickinson, a resident of Catoctin District in Loudoun. By Mr. Dickinson’s calculations, if metro…
Read articleWMATA tries to hold Loudoun hostage
Last night WMATA told the Loudoun board of Supervisors that Loudoun will have to pay metro bills even if they opt out of metro phase II.…
Read articleWho Will Control MWAA?
The debate over Dulles Metro Phase II appropriately focuses on the cost and impacts of the project. But the debate has revealed another, more troubling issue. …
Read articleLexus Lanes for the 1% in Loudoun
A Transit Project for the 1 Percent? Extending the Metro Silver Line from Reston into Loudoun County will provide benefits to those contractors building the (at…
Read articleWill Metro Rail Improve Air Quality?
(Tenth in a series on the impacts of Metro Phase II to Loudoun County.) The Loudoun Economic Development Commission recently passed a resolution in support of…
Read articleIs $450 Million Too Much For One Vote in Richmond?
Today the Virginia Senate Finance committee voted to give Senator Mark Herring an additional $300 million for metro to Loudoun. That brings the grand total to…
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