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Four Running to Represent You in Congress

Independent Progressive

It was a dreary, threatening-to-rain Sunday afternoon, and I was a bit bored. It dawned on me that I really had not thought about the coming election right here in my own, new congressional district.

Commentary

Independent Progressive/Master Plan for Transit Station Areas — Outgunned

It never looked like a fair fight. In the fall of 2009, when Hunter Mill Supervisor Cathy Hudgins assembled her Task Force of 25 or so to prepare a Comprehensive (Master) Plan for the Dulles rail corridor, it was clear the community was at a disadvantage. A handful of Reston volunteers faced a phalanx of hired gun slingers, men (100 percent men!) representing commercial developers and their lawyers. The gunslingers were pros doing their jobs, unified in a clear sense of purpose — to maximize profit. Most had worked “community” task force gigs before and knew the county staff advising the Task Force. None lived in Reston.

Independent Progressive: Turning Over More Stones at RA

Opinion: Independent Progressive: You Can’t Open the Farmers Market During a Pandemic

Back in March and April as the Covid 19 pandemic peaked, we were warned that it was unlikely the Reston Farmers Market could be opened for the 2020 season as scheduled (April 25), if at all.

Re-Visioning Lake Anne for Fun and Profit

Independent Progressive

Summer Is Gone, but Not Forgotten

Independent Progressive: Historical Shift in Virginia Elections

Column: Reston Loses Community Builder

Patrick Kane: March 5, 1936 to March 5, 2013.

On Saturday, March 9, St. Thomas a Becket Catholic Church on Wiehle Avenue was filled to overflowing to pay a final tribute to Patrick Kane. Patrick died on March 5, his 77th birthday and just five days before the 50th anniversary of his marriage to his beloved wife Susan. He fought long, hard battles with devastating strokes and finally cancer before leaving us.

Ethics Reform Tough in Virginia—Despite McDonnell

There is a lot of talk in the media that serious ethics reform could happen in this session of the Virginia General Assembly. Don’t count on it! Too many legislators regard special interest gifts as entitlements. While they profess to support limiting “tangible” gifts to a minimal value and more reporting, they fiercely guard their rights to certain gifts which supplement their incomes.

Column: Fall Sports Fun and Folly

In my spare time I’m a bit of sports junky, especially for football and baseball. Since childhood, my favorites have been the Washington football team and the Detroit Tigers.

Commentary: Independent Progressive: What to Wish For in 2018

Commentary: Reston’s Disappearing Performing Arts Center

If you want to read a good book that will inform and entertain at the same time, get a copy of Kristina Alcorn’s “In His Own Words.”

Column: Election Day 2013

Some friends who work on election issues for the Democratic Party have pestered me to stand up and serve as an election officer. The last couple of elections Republican election officers substantially outnumbered Democrats working the polls—not a healthy situation. So, I bit the bullet and signed up.

Commentary: Police View from Inside a Crown Vic

Last Friday, I participated in a “ride along” with a Fairfax County Police Officer from the Reston Station during an eleven and a half hour evening shift patrolling Reston and part of Great Falls. I sat next to my officer-partner’s computer in a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria cruiser.

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Four Running to Represent You in Congress

Independent Progressive

Commentary

Independent Progressive/Master Plan for Transit Station Areas — Outgunned

Independent Progressive: Turning Over More Stones at RA

Opinion: Independent Progressive: You Can’t Open the Farmers Market During a Pandemic

Re-Visioning Lake Anne for Fun and Profit

Summer Is Gone, but Not Forgotten

Independent Progressive: Historical Shift in Virginia Elections

Column: Reston Loses Community Builder

Patrick Kane: March 5, 1936 to March 5, 2013.

Ethics Reform Tough in Virginia—Despite McDonnell

Column: Fall Sports Fun and Folly

Commentary: Independent Progressive: What to Wish For in 2018

Commentary: Reston’s Disappearing Performing Arts Center

Column: Election Day 2013

Commentary: Police View from Inside a Crown Vic

Opinion: Hunkering Down and Looking Ahead

Opinion: Independent Progressive: Living Under Covid-19 – A Farmers Market Glimmer Up Ahead

Adventure on Metro Rail

Opinion: Independent Progressive: New Direction for Reston Association

Opinion: Independent Progressive: Coup at the Capitol, Our Capitol!

Springtime in Reston?

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