Three local organizations queried candidates for City Council. As a public service, the Advance is publishing the candidates' responses to these questions over the next three days.
OMGosh. It's right here in WARD 1 MATT ROWE's comment. He's a JASON GRAHAM clone: 'PRESERVATION should be meaningful and NOT AUTOMATIC. It should reflect public input and long-term community value. WE OWE IT TO FUTURE RESIDENTS (nope) to make thoughtful choices that honor our past while also keeping the city vibrant, livable, and responsive to the needs of today'.
There ain't loads of residents going to the public comment mic saying we gotta keep the city vibrant and then dissing historic preservation in the same quote.
Historic preservation IS what makes the city vibrant.
Residents go to the mic In fact, to say the opposite of what MATT ROWE & JASON GRAHAM promote (as come-heres) in their 'vision' to turn our charming city into a cheap knockoff to be 'a mirror of Alexandria' with all its traffic, parking garages at $20. a pop, and DENSITY, LOSS OF GREEN SPACE & peeling off layers of a neighborhood to build R26 'missing middle' Zoning for All housing. These residents, especially some vocal ones in Ward 1, are saying:
DON'T FAIRFAX FREDERICKSBURG.
Nope to Matt Rowe, out of touch and a Jason Graham clone.
Ward 1 residents:
VOTE for KEN GANTT. He has 8 years on Planning Commission under his belt. and the common sense to know what 'sensible growth' looks like in our city.
OMGosh. It's right here in WARD 1 MATT ROWE's comment. He's a JASON GRAHAM clone: 'PRESERVATION should be meaningful and NOT AUTOMATIC. It should reflect public input and long-term community value. WE OWE IT TO FUTURE RESIDENTS (nope) to make thoughtful choices that honor our past while also keeping the city vibrant, livable, and responsive to the needs of today'.
There ain't loads of residents going to the public comment mic saying we gotta keep the city vibrant and then dissing historic preservation in the same quote.
Historic preservation IS what makes the city vibrant.
Residents go to the mic In fact, to say the opposite of what MATT ROWE & JASON GRAHAM promote (as come-heres) in their 'vision' to turn our charming city into a cheap knockoff to be 'a mirror of Alexandria' with all its traffic, parking garages at $20. a pop, and DENSITY, LOSS OF GREEN SPACE & peeling off layers of a neighborhood to build R26 'missing middle' Zoning for All housing. These residents, especially some vocal ones in Ward 1, are saying:
DON'T FAIRFAX FREDERICKSBURG.
Nope to Matt Rowe, out of touch and a Jason Graham clone.
Ward 1 residents:
VOTE for KEN GANTT. He has 8 years on Planning Commission under his belt. and the common sense to know what 'sensible growth' looks like in our city.