Last week, residents may have received a postcard outlining a new tax they can expect next year: a stormwater utility fee. Like electric, gas, or water utility bills, this fee effective Jan. 1, 2024, would charge properties a fee based on use of and impact on Arlington County’s stormwater system. The new fee will replace
APS Evaluating Free Office Space "School Board member Reid Goldstein. drilled Superintendent Francisco Durán on why the school system wasn’t looking at instead taking back space it for years had provided for free to Encore Learning and Edu-Futuro, two non-profit groups. 'There are a lot of non-profits serving our schools, and somehow we’ve decided
Arlington Turns Into Testing Ground For 'Flashy Projects And Policies' - Arlington, VA - Similar to their confusion about ranked choice voting, many Arlington residents are unsure about the Missing Middle Housing experiment.
Arlington County is not adopting ranked-choice voting for the general election this November. When voters hit the polls or mail in their ballots this fall, they will pick two candidates just like they would in previous two-seat years. Those who get the largest plurality of votes even if it doesn't constitute a majority
According to a recent nonpartisan analysis, 84% of Arlington voters ranked at least one of the two winners in their top three. This reflects findings in localities in California, Michigan, Minnesota and Utah that have also administered multi-winner RCV elections in the last five years. In each of these datasets, RCV results reflect the will of the greatest number of voters in a crowded field, even if one’s top choice does not win.