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 PA because on Saturday there were no hotel rooms in the Leesburg area. No rooms from Winchester to…
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 for all to watch, wonder and wait. Many thought that he was firmly against metro, but…
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 comm…
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 are asking the tough questions and looking out for all of the taxpaying citizens and businesses…
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. A good blog about the many metro problems is here. And some people in Loudoun still think w…
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 agreed on a resolution supporting a new tax on EVERY business in Loudoun County. They also suppor…
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 the tax increase options to the board earlier this week. These increases include: Commercial…
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 altogether and start from scratch. Two-thirds of their $200K…
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 move us into the bright shining uplands of the future, out of the slough of redneck is…
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. Even long time metro supporter, Chairman Scott York, took exception to this ridiculous idea, “If the Loud…