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Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: laurie's jeans ()
Date: January 14, 2016 08:06PM

http://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/vienna-council-raises-alarms-as-community-center-cost-rises/article_2b37b676-b605-11e5-9385-9725d207765e.html

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: willie sutton ()
Date: January 15, 2016 10:42AM

With all the property tax revenue coming in from the new houses and the mattress stores, Vienna is still flush with cash.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: Private sector FAIL ()
Date: January 15, 2016 10:59AM

willie sutton Wrote:
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> With all the property tax revenue coming in from
> the new houses and the mattress stores, Vienna is
> still flush with cash.

Vienna's property tax revenues continue to increase, but the mattress store population is declining.

Meanwhile, the issue here is not with cost increases resulting from actual change orders, but rather with cost increases resulting from stupid blunders by incompetent private sector contractors. So much for all that private sector ingenuity and efficiency malarkey, I guess.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: Potterville ()
Date: January 15, 2016 11:24AM

We developers can do anything we want in Vienna...we own the town council...

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: Does't know east from west ()
Date: January 15, 2016 12:59PM

In the real world, developers complain about how tough Vienna is when compared to the County.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: Beans 'n Franks ()
Date: January 15, 2016 01:14PM

Does't know east from west Wrote:
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> In the real world, developers complain about how
> tough Vienna is when compared to the County.



You've said that before...always rising to defend the builders and developers must be tiring work...

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: Does't know east from west ()
Date: January 15, 2016 01:21PM

Beans 'n Franks Wrote:
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> You've said that before...always rising to defend
> the builders and developers must be tiring work...

Someone may have. As for me, I'm all for holding the builders' feet to the fire. Thanks to local government, people in the area can work for a better deal. Cut out the bad, add in the good. More places should have incorporated back in the day.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: What traffic? ()
Date: January 15, 2016 02:16PM

http://www.insidenova.com/news/business/fairfax/developers-applications-show-challenges-facing-vienna-s-future/article_0ec2e6c8-bb82-11e5-8e4b-13d1ceb04ff2.html

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: eat mor chikin ()
Date: January 15, 2016 04:31PM

What traffic? Wrote:
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> http://www.insidenova.com/news/business/fairfax/de
> velopers-applications-show-challenges-facing-vienn
> a-s-future/article_0ec2e6c8-bb82-11e5-8e4b-13d1ceb
> 04ff2.html

The sad fact is that demolishing Marco Polo and building a Chick-fil-A is a step up for Vienna.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: roflmao ()
Date: March 03, 2016 07:48PM

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The Vienna Town Council on Feb. 22 agreed to appropriate $620,000 from the town’s reserves to cover increased costs for the Vienna Community Center’s renovation-and-expansion project, but only after expressing concern about the cost overruns’ magnitude.

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“Whoever was the engineer on this job didn’t do it very well,” he said. “Three-quarters of a million [dollars] on a $10 million or $11 million [project] is a significant piece of money. I’m hoping when we contract out the police station and other projects, we’re a little smarter.” [\quote]

http://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/vienna-council-oks-extra-for-community-center/article_4561f032-db14-11e5-95b5-e78303572a2a.html

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: Huge Hefner ()
Date: March 03, 2016 07:57PM

I'd like to get into laurie's jeans.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: EjXyH ()
Date: March 03, 2016 08:24PM

Private sector FAIL Wrote:
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> willie sutton Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > With all the property tax revenue coming in
> from
> > the new houses and the mattress stores, Vienna
> is
> > still flush with cash.
>
> Vienna's property tax revenues continue to
> increase, but the mattress store population is
> declining.
>
> Meanwhile, the issue here is not with cost
> increases resulting from actual change orders, but
> rather with cost increases resulting from stupid
> blunders by incompetent private sector
> contractors. So much for all that private sector
> ingenuity and efficiency malarkey, I guess.


7.2% cost overrun? The fucking government dreams about numbers that low.

Also, Vienna is relatively reasonable to develop in, try Arlington County or the City of Alexandria.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: Rasmus170 ()
Date: March 03, 2016 08:27PM

Vienna peaked in the 70s. With the new, mostly goddamned gawdawful houses going up everywhere, you might as well file Vienna away as "used to be a nice place to live"

DOn't get me started about the Gestapos in Drag looking for revenue on every street corner.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: Tint Patrol ()
Date: March 03, 2016 09:50PM

If we con't have police on every corner, the terrorists win!

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: homeless guy ()
Date: March 04, 2016 07:26AM

roflmao Wrote:
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>
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The Vienna Town Council on Feb. 22 agreed
> to appropriate $620,000 from the town’s reserves
> to cover increased costs for the Vienna Community
> Center’s renovation-and-expansion project, but
> only after expressing concern about the cost
> overruns’ magnitude.
>
>
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“Whoever was the engineer on this job
> didn’t do it very well,” he said.
> “Three-quarters of a million [dollars] on a $10
> million or $11 million [project] is a significant
> piece of money. I’m hoping when we contract out
> the police station and other projects, we’re a
> little smarter.” [\quote]
>
> http://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/vienna-coun
> cil-oks-extra-for-community-center/article_4561f03
> 2-db14-11e5-95b5-e78303572a2a.html


I hope the Town of Vienna doesn't have to sell the Town Green to pay its bills.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: olmsted ()
Date: March 04, 2016 01:50PM

homeless guy Wrote:
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> roflmao Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
Quote

The Vienna Town Council on Feb. 22
> agreed
> > to appropriate $620,000 from the town’s
> reserves
> > to cover increased costs for the Vienna
> Community
> > Center’s renovation-and-expansion project,
> but
> > only after expressing concern about the cost
> > overruns’ magnitude.
> >
> >
Quote

“Whoever was the engineer on this job
> > didn’t do it very well,” he said.
> > “Three-quarters of a million [dollars] on a
> $10
> > million or $11 million [project] is a
> significant
> > piece of money. I’m hoping when we contract
> out
> > the police station and other projects, we’re
> a
> > little smarter.”
> >
> >
> http://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/vienna-council-oks-extra-for-community-center/article_4561f032-db14-11e5-95b5-e78303572a2a.html
>
>
> I hope the Town of Vienna doesn't have to sell the
> Town Green to pay its bills.

Why would Vienna ever sell the Town Green? It is the most attractive part of the town.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: Gerrymanderer2 ()
Date: March 04, 2016 03:48PM

Raise taxes on the mattress stores. Those bastards run the town and bleed northern Virginia dry anyway. They should contribute to their localities. We have allowed them to have a monopoly on our sleep they can at the very least give a little back.

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Re: Vienna Town Council is Shocked---Shocked---at Cost Overruns
Posted by: we love our mayor ()
Date: March 04, 2016 05:10PM

Huge Hefner Wrote:
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> I'd like to get into laurie's jeans.

That is just wrong.

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