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Arlington County VA has as the Chairman of the County Board one Walter J Tejada. This guy, who I think is an originally illegal alien who managed towangle naturalized citizenship, is completely flake-o.
As Architect pointed out, politicians want to herd folks together for control. This is exactly the Tejada plan, he would bulldoze Arlington's beautiful neighborhoods and put up high-rise apartment/ office buildings everywhere not just on the Metro corridor, so as to all but eliminate by inpractibility car ownership. He also wants an exception from the Dillon Rule (State pre-emption) as regards smoking in bars; and although he has not said it out loud the Board has beforetimes sought an exemption so as to keep the 14 day waiting period for firearms and to severely restrict open carry and eliminate "shall issue" CHPs in Arlington. If Tejada had his way, Arlington would soon be a slaughterhouse comarable to parts of PG County MD.
Here in Alexandria we have a Mayor who wants to do all of the above AND thinks he can force a railroad to move a freight yard so as to increase the value of surrounding properties for development (READ: TAXES) The official excuse is that ethanol is off-loaded at the yard and poses a hazard to - the old standby - children. Also need I mention that our Congressman is the appalling Jim "People have a narrow minded conciet that they are entitled to keep their wealth" Moran, who beats women and kids (It has been in the news) and (Ditto) bad-mouths Jews. And he too is a gun-grabber who cites every instance of unarmed people being slain as a reason to keep people unarmed. OH, be sure that I never vote for the bastard, but enogh people do.
God help us.