2015 Arlington County Board General Election – How They Stand

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  • October 5, 2015 at 3:48 pm #917425
    chris_s
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    On Tuesday November 3rd, Arlington voters will elect two new members of the Arlington County Board.

    The deadline to register to be eligible to vote for the Nov. 3 election is Tuesday, Oct. 13. You can register to vote online.

    Out of town on November 3rd? Vote absentee in-person:
    In-person absentee voting runs through Sat October 31 at
    Courthouse Plaza
    2100 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 320
    Arlington, VA 22201

    M-F, Sep 18-Oct 30, 8am-5pm, except as follows:
    Thu Oct 22 & 29: 8am-7pm
    Sat Oct 24 & 31: 8:30am-5pm

    How do these candidates stand on cycling issues? Glad you asked. I sent the same questionnaire that I used in the Democratic Primary two the two new candidates. In addition I offered the two Democrats an opportunity to update their primary responses if they desired. Their responses:

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  • October 6, 2015 at 1:06 pm #1038994
    scoot
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    Reading between the lines, Mike McMenamin’s responses regarding road width and parking are troubling.

    We know the effect of road width on driver behavior: the wider the road, the faster people will drive. So width per se is detrimental to bicycle safety, not contributive. Wide roads encourage drivers to speed, thus scaring bicyclists away from using the roads and increasing the danger to pedestrians attempting to cross them.

    He sounds overly interested in maintaining or even augmenting existing parking. The reason Arlington is perceived to have a parking shortage is because parking is underpriced, so quantity demanded naturally exceeds the supply. In order to ensure readily available parking in the busiest corridors, you need to price it high enough that many people will choose alternatives. The relationship of parking policy with bicycle safety is simple: bicycle safety varies inversely with the number of parking spaces. Every existing parking space makes bicycling a little bit more dangerous and a less attractive transportation option; every removal of a parking space would help to accomplish the opposite.

    “True champion”? :rolleyes:

    October 6, 2015 at 1:15 pm #1038982
    rcannon100
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    @aclement65@hotmail.com 125560 wrote:

    That’s outrageous! I never even received the questionnaire!!!!!!

    Remember, Audrey is an avid cyclists – so she would know about this survey, which has been done every election, posted to facebook, posted to twitter, and posted to local Arlington Blogs.

    Another possible reason this may not be her is – really….. HOTMAIL????

    Anyway, for the record, before Chris did this survey, I did this survey. And I contacted Audrey via every POC available. And never received a response.

    Maybe she just got lost along the way, being inconvenienced by a bike race.

    {Seriously – since this is an non-authenticated email address and is not the email address on her website, I think we can assume this is not her}

    October 6, 2015 at 2:16 pm #1038999
    mstone
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    @chris_s 125575 wrote:

    It’s her. I was sent the same survey responses via a hotmail address that I have verified is hers.

    oh well, I was giving her the benefit of the doubt

    October 6, 2015 at 2:38 pm #1039003
    ShawnoftheDread
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    So one of the candidates got taken out by the trollheim. Maybe if we take, say, the head of NPS out for a ride on a damp morning we might get somewhere.

    October 6, 2015 at 2:57 pm #1039004
    jrenaut
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    I liked Audrey Clement better as a cycling advocate when she was “refused to respond”.

    October 6, 2015 at 4:27 pm #1039006
    rcannon100
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    @jrenaut 125593 wrote:

    I liked Audrey Clement better as a cycling advocate when she was “refused to respond”.

    What makes you think she has responded?

    October 6, 2015 at 4:40 pm #1039008
    ShawnoftheDread
    Participant

    But she’s a committed cyclist, has a Ph.D. and an Ivy League education, and is Green. She’s the perfect candidate for Arlington.

    October 6, 2015 at 5:33 pm #1039016
    dasgeh
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    @rcannon100 125595 wrote:

    What makes you think she has responded?

    I trust Chris when he says he’s verified the response. Why would you trust him on the others and not this one…

    October 6, 2015 at 6:03 pm #1039035
    ShawnoftheDread
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    @dasgeh 125606 wrote:

    I trust Chris when he says he’s verified the response. Why would you trust him on the others and not this one…

    I took Bob to be suggesting that her posts weren’t really a response, not that they weren’t from her.

    October 7, 2015 at 1:16 am #1039065
    rcannon100
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    @chris_s 125575 wrote:

    It’s her. I was sent the same survey responses via a hotmail address that I have verified is hers.

    No actually I missed this. So Chris, you have confirmed – (1) she doesnt know how to use email and (2) she uses hotmail?

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    I would love our Green Party candidate to make a green oath that if she fails to garner 5% of the vote, she will do the green thing – reduce her carbon footprint – and NEVER RUN FOR OFFICE IN ARLINGTON AGAIN (which includes the carbon footprint from all those plastic campaign signs she puts up all over the county – and then fails to take down)

    October 7, 2015 at 1:31 am #1039066
    jrenaut
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    Whenever I get an email from a Hotmail account I assume that someone I was friends with in college had their account hacked.

    October 13, 2015 at 12:51 pm #1039362
    chris_s
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    Another opportunity to quiz the candidates on cycling issues:

    With Election Day drawing close (November 3), it’s important to educate yourself on the candidates running for the Arlington County Board this fall! We’re here to help, with a great opportunity to hear from all four candidates later this month:

    Reception and Candidate Forum on Environmental Sustainability and Smart Growth
    with candidates Audrey Clement, Katie Cristol, Christian Dorsey, and Mike McMenamin

    Friday, October 23, 2015
    6:00 Reception | 6:30 Forum
    Cafe Sazón (4704 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA 22204)
    RSVP (free) requested >>

    Join Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment, the Coalition for Smarter Growth, the Mount Vernon Group of the Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club, and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association for a forum with the candidates for Arlington County Board.

    We’ll pose questions and hear the candidates’ viewpoints on issues related to smart growth, energy, bicycling, transit-oriented development, stormwater protection, and natural resources. You’ll be able to join in as well — submitting questions for the candidates.

    We know you may be coming straight from work, so we’ll have plenty of food and drink thanks to our friends at the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization and Cafe Sazón!

    RSVP (free) requested >>

    Cafe Sazón is a partner of Arlington’s Car Free Diet — check arlingtontransit.com for your options getting there car-free.

    October 21, 2015 at 7:21 pm #1039865
    dasgeh
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    True story: my neighborhood hosted a candidates forum on Monday. Afterwards, while making small talk, I mentioned to one unnamed-but-principally-a-cyclist candidate that I was surprised that I was nearly #500 at the monolith that morning. The candidate did not know what the monolith was and had never seen it (I described it in detail).

    October 21, 2015 at 10:46 pm #1039872
    Henry
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    @chris_s 125988 wrote:

    Cafe Sazón is a partner of Arlington’s Car Free Diet — check arlingtontransit.com for your options getting there car-free.

    Cafe Sazón is next to the Goodwill visible from where the W&OD crosses Columbia Pike.

    October 21, 2015 at 10:47 pm #1039874
    Henry
    Keymaster

    @dasgeh 126540 wrote:

    True story: my neighborhood hosted a candidates forum on Monday. Afterwards, while making small talk, I mentioned to one unnamed-but-principally-a-cyclist candidate that I was surprised that I was nearly #500 at the monolith that morning. The candidate did not know what the monolith was and had never seen it (I described it in detail).

    Assume you are talking about the Bike-o-Meter. And did the unnamed-but-principally-a-cyclist candidate think the monolith was a good thing?

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