libertarian Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ^Right on!^ Private industry is ALWAYS more > efficient than the gubbermint. > > I'm confident that the Greenway owners wouldn't > screw me. I'll gladly pay whatever they think > their "product" is worth! You will notice, if you drive the Greenway, that the roadway is smooth since it has been repav
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Ok so maybe these people's sob story is a bit unreasonable, but there are plenty of other valuable programs which are not operating right now and it really sucks. The WaPo had a front page story earlier this week about some lady with cancer who could not attend a life saving treatment or something like that becuase it was at NIH and it's closed right now. If that was somebody related to me, I wou
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SW High Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting that $10 million from the bond is > reserved for the South-West High School site... > I've not heard anything about where that potential > site might be, but it's nice that the planning is > in process to relieve the overcrowding sooner > rather than later. Anyone know anything more > about
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Costco_Cluster_F Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > God help anyone trying to shop at that plaza on > the weekend. Not only is it going to be a > challenge navigating near Costco, this will impact > Home Depot very significantly. > > I assumed that this was going to be a gas station > when I drove by there last night, but dread how > badly t
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Krispy Kreme has free donuts for pirates
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Fairfax Costco is getting a gas station. http://ldsnet.fairfaxcounty.gov/ldsnet/ldsdwf/4368767.PDF
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It's drying off the football field. The recent rain made it too wet to play on so it is being dried out
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The lesson learned here is that library staff should discard books in a compactor type dumpster where nobody can see what is being thrown away
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Patch article of course does not mention the Girl Scouts side very much, why they want to build it there, or what the Girl Scouts have done to assauage the resident's concerns. Only that the neighbors are opposed. At least patch is shutting down soon. As the county is constantly restricting the areas where we can park our motorhomes, boat trailers, and broken down cars, I suggest that anyone who
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facepalm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > The article makes a great point, for trucks > carrying 500+ gallons of water. However, in > Fairfax, with a department of 100+ apparatus, only > 5 of them are tankers, the trucks that have the > capacity to carry such volume. Look around, there > are fire hydrants fricking everywhere, elimin
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YOU ARE A LIAR AND IDIOT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So the report suggest that all sources of funding > have been used for these fields--correct? > > Now, let's go to appendix VI of the report for a > breakdown: > > Falls Church HS 100% financed from FCPS--NOT ONE > PENNY FROM DONATIONS > Lee HS 100% proffer funds-which of cor
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What??? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are three CVS stores in the Annandale-area, > located at: 7205 Little River Turnpike in > Annandale, 7859 Heritage Drive in Annandale and > 3921 Prosperity Avenue in Fairfax. I fail to understand how this sentence was relevant to the content of the article
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FFx Resident Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > True, they can park on state roads, but if the > vehicle is non-operational, stays in the same > place for a long period of time, or has a flat > tire, it can be ticketed and towed. Report those > to code enforcement. Check out some of these, they > may apply? If the vehicle is non operational and bas
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History Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Years ago there was an effort to consolidate all > the "blue collar" jobs at Gatehouse, a central > location, which is one reason the parking garage > was overbuilt. That would get them out of schools > and increase the number of available classrooms > available for students. > > Why it never happen
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So Sad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How could you possibly hit someone and not stop, > irrespective of the circumstances (possible > suicide). Who does that? Probably because it is dark outside at 5 in the morning and a truck driver would not notice the bump as any different from all the rest of the bumps on 66
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The Late Steve Jobs Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you're going to use headphones, don't use the > white Apple earbuds. They're much too easy to see > from outside. Spring for a set of black ones and > the opportunity to enjoy your music without being > bothered by FCPD's revenue gathering goes way up. > > > Over the ear ones are the
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Where are the explanatary notes referenced on the last page?
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FCPS did a study and found it was cheaper to renovate a school rather than construct a new one. Read about it here: http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/fpac/meetingagenda/buildvsrenovate.pdf "Considering the cost and environmental implications, and considering that we ensure that renovated buildings contain all essential spaces to allow the effective delivery of the school system’s program of studi
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Did the owner have to pay a fee when he/she collected the animals to cover the costs of Animal Control having to collect them?
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Went at 12 noon at they were out of fries and macaroni and cheese! They had been open an hour and were already out of such staples!
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I heard the chiller broke down recently. I believe chillers last a long time if you do the regular maintenance. Perhaps it wasn't being done here
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Perhaps he will use the paper to lobby against a national online sales tax. With all the slanted articles that people are used to reading in the Washington Post, nobody will notice it being used to lobby for amazon
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Transformer serving the shopping center abrubptly stopped working
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I observed customers using the drive through today
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WTOP is reporting this as a brushfire... Not sure why. There is a huge fire department response. I was stuck in the traffic jam heading south on Waples Mill towards shirley gate. Retards are tring to turn onto 29 north where only 1 lane is getting by, preventing me from driving straight. Anybody get pictures?
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must be nice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So Dale hands out another treat to one of his > favorites. > > This shold have gone into a high poverty school > instead. If it was put in a high poverty school, all the high tech equipment like computers, Cisco routers, etc, would get stolen.
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Fucking amazing Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So while the 495 HOT lanes sit empty, the state > has already forged ahead with the I95 lanes, and > now think they will "fix" 66? Is no one paying > attention to the Beltway? It is the same it has > always been. They don't fucking work. Stop > taking bribes. It is the only logical explanation &g
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Stabitha Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Would be a good time to commit a "real" crime. > > You have to be pretty anal to call the cops about > fireworks on the 4th of July Yeah but since fairfax county has laws against certain fireworks, and those fireworks are only realistically going to be used 1 day of the year, isn't it reasonable to expect tha
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keeps getting uglier Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They > also have used state employees to run personal > errands for their adult children. In the middle of > a workday, for example, a staffer retrieved Rachel > McDonnell’s newly hemmed pants at a tailoring > shop nine miles from the governor’s mansion. > Another time, a state worker was di
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Does anyone else think it is funny that Gov. McDonnell must make an offical proclamation to tell everyone about 1.5 miles of shoulder lane being opened for use? It is taking 20 million dollars of state money to convert pavement that already exists! Approval for such an expense has to come straight from the top.
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