Three years into his tenure as Penrose Neighborhood Association president, Alex Sakes can proudly say he got a grocery store to corral its shopping carts roaming Columbia Pike.
The vaunted “Arlington Way” has become a political football. The concept, dating to the 1980s, of active consultation between our governors and governed, is the subject of a lengthy draft statement blasting county government assembled over months by experienced acti .
The county and school boards for our 21st century citizenry trundle along with a 90-year-old system of elections and governance. Hence the all-volunteer Arlington Civic Federation, after two years of research and public forums by a task force, released recommen .
The Arlington County and School boards would be more competitive and diverse if they were bigger, better-paid and elected via ranked-choice voting, says a group of community leaders and former elected officials. For about two years, members of the