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Affordable Housing-Talk Not Action in Fairfax, Reston
The shortage of affordable housing in Fairfax County and Reston rarely gets the analytical attention that the Connection’s edition of August 16-22 delivered in Mercia Hobson’s “3rd Wealthiest County in U.S. Fails to Provide Affordable Housing.” The article is based on conversations with several knowledgeable staff members of one excellent Reston’s charitable organization, Cornerstones, people serving the homeless and those in danger of becoming homeless.
Adventure on Metro Rail
Adventure on Metro Rail
Opinion: Independent Progressive: Reston Association--All Virtual?
Now that the country is emerging from the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, most organizations seem to be returning to an actual, more normal way of operating.
Opinion: Independent Progressive: Coup at the Capitol, Our Capitol!
January 6, 2021 is a date that will go down in history right along with September 11, 2001.
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.
Opinion: Independent Progressive: Fall in 2020, the Lost Year
Ah, October! It is one of my very favorite months of the year with the clearing and cooling air, and the trees showing their fall colors.
Opinion: Independent Progressive: Face Masks – Public Health Measure or Political Litmus Test?
Only in America in the age of Trump could a simple, straightforward public health precaution become a kind of political litmus test symbolizing personal freedom or, in some cases, manliness?!
Opinion: Commentary: Police Brutality, Peaceful Protest and Crime
It was my intention to dedicate this week’s column either to the adventure of running the Reston Farmers Market during Covid-19 or the whereabouts of the RA CEO.
Opinion: Independent Progressive: Vote YES on Virginia Constitutional Amendment
As one looks out over the public policy landscape in the midst of a seemingly out-of-control pandemic, it is easy to feel powerless and distressed at the direction of the country’s drift.
Opinion: Independent Progressive: Highlights and Lows in Reston’s First Half of 2020 Covid
Here we are in July, half way through 2020. Is it my imagination or have these six months been longer than most years?
Opinion: Independent Progressive: Lake Anne Audit—Mismanagement, Appearance of Self-Dealing
On June 11 the Forensic and Integrity Services group of the audit firm Ernst & Young presented the findings of its forensic audit of the prior Board of the Lake Anne Condominium Association (LARCA) to a membership meeting.
Opinion: Independent Progressive: Fairfax Primary—A Blue Wave
Interviewing the four impressive Democratic candidates for County Board Chairman.
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Opinion: Independent Progressive: Surging Newcomers for Supervisors, School Board, Not Legislature
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August Getaway to Oregon
The impetus for the trip came from my two surviving younger sisters, one of whom made our reservations at Crater Lake National Park over a year ago. The spectacularly beautiful wonder of nature was to be the centerpiece of a 12-day trip which also included touring part of the Oregon Pacific coast and stays at Gold Beach, Ashland, Steamboat and Eugene.
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