Today in Around the Corner
New enclosed bus stop comes to Westpark Drive out in front of the future Arbor Row development. Is it a sign that the warm winter might allow Home Properties and Cityline to accelerate the construction schedule for the project? Or perhaps a safety consideration along Westpark Drive at a location where the sidewalk becomes patchy.
There is a lot of miscellaneous construction occurring at this location, so we don’t think it’s just paranoia. Across the road near the WRIT Sunrise Living building there is some linear construction leading down towards Capital One. I have a feeling this is some off-site utility work that is necessary for either increased capacity sewer outfall to Arbor Row or perhaps high voltage electrical duct work for the increased demand of the high rise development.
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I know I shouldn’t give them any more eyeballs, but the Washington Examiner has one of the worst articles to date on Tysons. If you haven’t noticed the Washington Examiner has taken every opportunity available to twist reality into some Agenda 21 expose on how Tysons will destroy the region. This time they use an opinion letter to flat out lie to people. For instance when they say that the average home owner in Tysons will pay $720 more on the counties sky-high taxes… you know the same taxes that are lower than all jurisdictions in Maryland, DC, and both Loudoun and Prince William County.
Beyond the absurdity of the statement, devoid of the reality that Fairfax County’s real estate rates are still at historic lows over the past ten years, is the fact that they believe the average resident of Tysons owns a $1 million residence, something that in reality is only the case for 5% of all homeowners. In reality that average price of a unit in Tysons Service District (the only place where this tax applies) is only $325,000, for an annual tax increase of $227.50 per year, only 30% of what the Examiner reported.
You see, the Examiner is a joke. They could care less to have the facts right. Indeed in this case the Examiner is purposefully pretending that the “Tysons Tax” will apply to a much larger population to spread misinformation and to raise the rabble level of readers of theirs that actually believe in this kind of “journalism”. I love that the editorial doesn’t even carry an author name, because not even the writer of this filth would want to be attributed to it.
If you are interested in more “journalism” from the Washington Examiner, try out such stories as “How Obama Killed An American Past Time” or what about “What If Obama Isn’t That Smart?” or wait for it “President Obama’s Immaculate Conception”.
Hey Editor at Examiner, maybe just stick to making up bogus stories at a national level, because each time you write your tripe around here I’m gonna call you out on your crap.
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Which brings me to my final stupid thing Washington Examiner wrote, a red herring story elevated to the status of eminent danger by Taylor Holland (see the above story for the likely culprit) “Cops Request New Station As Tysons Corner Expands“. OH LORD! The end is near! Here come the criminals on Metro right?
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Palette Cleanse of the Day
ArlNow has a great story on a more densely and efficiently used property for Williamsburg Middle School proposed to reduce costs of purchasing land for a new elementary school. I think if most resident’s understood the amount of land that some schools need, and the cost that erupts from urban land prices, they would be ALL in favor of combining properties, reducing the number of recreational fields, and looking into non-owned concepts. It is nice to see Arlington is finding budget friendly ways to provide the needed infrastructure for their growing population. If you’d like to see a concept we came up with for an urban school that could cost far less per child served see our article also (ArlNow)