tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post2829585792229134166..comments2023-09-16T04:58:07.261-04:00Comments on the Annandale Blog: Citizen activists frustrated by lack of action to clean up Seven CornersAnnandale Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543558586252790593noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-56671528131786145582014-03-28T10:18:46.875-04:002014-03-28T10:18:46.875-04:00TRUE THAT!TRUE THAT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-29399393178295719192014-03-28T10:12:14.710-04:002014-03-28T10:12:14.710-04:00Love this. This is my motto. Also one idea is to...Love this. This is my motto. Also one idea is to get a couple vans - and have day laborers go out there and GET ER DONE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-26649452914767311032013-03-02T15:07:08.397-05:002013-03-02T15:07:08.397-05:00the problem is that you all keep voting in, penny ...the problem is that you all keep voting in, penny gross and her crew. this includes the majority of police assigned to mason district. the laws are clearly there yet she does not enforce them, and ignores them. she believes in over crowding, littering, sex in the park, illegal garages on the streets. if she did not believe in these things how come she ignores them? i had one police officer tell me he would not enforce the parking laws becuase "he did not want to get in trouble". also how many of these mason district workers, including police, actually live in mason district? i'd suggest not very many. they get our money and have no vested interest. penny gross and her crew need to be voted out. yet how many of you complaining actually vote? i don't know how many times we've been to the mason district office it takes an act of god to get them off thier you know what to do any thing. they are single focused, simply minded and do not have the nterest of the tax payer in mind. i know that my neighborhood has shelters in it, and numerous subsidized housing. as a result the streets are strewn with garbage. the parks are loaded with garbage. the park, vdot and mason district needs a house cleaning. how many of you will step up to the plate and vote and vote for someone other than penny gross? do you know she is a resident of florida? does she even pay fairfax county taxes? how much does she make?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-34730439791827840112013-02-22T11:17:33.962-05:002013-02-22T11:17:33.962-05:00It is FFX Countys progressive marketing campaign f...It is FFX Countys progressive marketing campaign for new advertising on public roadways! If you sell junk or cannot get rid of it, throw it on the right of away until someone who needs it picks it up, a homeless person can use it, or its just plane old good housing for rat nesting. <br /><br />For all we know VDOT may be charging the owner of the mattress a fee for using the right of way. Mr. Dunlap has been known for such creative revenue generators.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-65096120242912617842013-02-22T00:38:40.430-05:002013-02-22T00:38:40.430-05:00The mattress in the Willston Center parking lot (i...The mattress in the Willston Center parking lot (in the top photo) was still there on Feb. 21.Annandale Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543558586252790593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-62723138719063586602013-02-13T10:04:44.299-05:002013-02-13T10:04:44.299-05:00In short VDOT has no money yet they still want to ...In short VDOT has no money yet they still want to control. It is hard for us to respect them when they let our communities fall apart yet also tie our hands from helping resolve the issue. My community has had run-ins with VDOT as well where we are stone walled behind expensive and time consuming bureaucratic rituals to perform simple tasks. It wasn't this way before Dunlap arrived on the scene though he's just part of the problem. How can he state those requirements for the cleanup with a straight face? Who made those requirements and instructed him that was the way to enforce them? CLEAN HOUSE VDOT. GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE. FRANKLY, YOU SUCK AT IT RIGHT NOW. Fairfax County has similar individuals in the parkland system though they pale by comparison to VDOT. The simple answer is ignore them and do the work. Most folks do this anyway after they lose faith in process. I drive down Columbia Pike from Rt. 7 to downtown Annandale and the gutters, sidewalks and islands are ridiculous. Sidewalks are mostly covered, huge weeds grow out in the gutter cracks and, left unchecked for years, have created huge piles of dirt and debris,and NOBODY does anything about it YEAR AFTER YEAR. Trash is everywhere. Go outside the beltway and you don't see this nearly as much. Why is Mason District treated like a ghetto for services? Our government discourages anarchy in helping keep our communities clean but they also promote it with their inaction. So again I say ignore them. Clean whatever you want up that's public property despite County or VDOT land. Take control, don't ask for it. You see what asking gets you. I'd love to see how much money VDOT spends on cleaning Annandale year over year. It can't be much. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-77617563287562240682013-02-01T13:58:35.714-05:002013-02-01T13:58:35.714-05:00The trash-strewn streets, parks and open lots, and...The trash-strewn streets, parks and open lots, and grass road dividers that are overgrown and neglected... and local goverment officials point fingers at one another on whose responsiblility it is.<br /><br />I've lived in Annandale for close to 30 years and mostly I've enjoyed its quirkiness, but that quirkiness has turned into sloppiness; it wasn't like that before.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-19569395019617614362013-01-31T15:39:20.383-05:002013-01-31T15:39:20.383-05:00Please see the announcement from our Mason Distric...Please see the announcement from our Mason District Supervisor's Office: <br /><br />"At Tuesday’s (1/29) Board of Supervisors Hearing, the Board authorized a public hearing on a proposed agreement with the VDOT Commissioner of Highways that would allow the County to remove signs located in the public rights-of-way. This public hearing is required before the program can be implemented. The date for the public hearing is set for Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at 4 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA 22035. If you would like to register to testify, sign up on-line at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bosclerk/speaker_bos.htm, or call 703-324-3151; TTY 703-324-3903. If you are speaking on your own behalf you are given three minutes to speak; if you are speaking for a group you have five minutes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-58746277403841204092013-01-31T11:50:09.290-05:002013-01-31T11:50:09.290-05:00Too Funny and very true!Too Funny and very true!CDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-5895006683799467352013-01-29T22:21:45.516-05:002013-01-29T22:21:45.516-05:00That, my friend, is the best comment here. Don...That, my friend, is the best comment here. Don't play their B.S. bureaucratic games, just go out and do it. Like you said, they aren't going to arrest a huge group of good citizens, right? <br /><br />Of course one risk is that the pinheads might actually fine them though. No good deed goes unpunished.Liberty for allnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-32026362080900816702013-01-28T20:36:32.096-05:002013-01-28T20:36:32.096-05:00Honestly, do we have to politicize even 'trash...Honestly, do we have to politicize even 'trash? And in the meantime, the state of Virginia, which seems to be the huge stumbling block here, is headed by a Republican governor with a Republican state legislature. So, I'd pay attention to the splinter in my own eye, before I worry about someone else's. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-41778220432747973922013-01-28T14:03:34.798-05:002013-01-28T14:03:34.798-05:00How accurate you are. FFX should remove its welcom...How accurate you are. FFX should remove its welcome sign on Route 1 and replace it with: <br /><br />Welcome to the Litter Capital. Come back and visit us some time, and don't forget to leave us your litter! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-49946346500469375232013-01-28T13:39:46.664-05:002013-01-28T13:39:46.664-05:00Comment from California: Your problems are not uni...Comment from California: Your problems are not unique - they are found across the nation. Bureaucrats infest all levels of society - they actually work hard to get where they are, rising higher in position and income than they are qualified for and generally receive pay and job security that is not justified based on their results. Pass the buck, CYA, blame anyone other than yourself for failures under their areas of responsibility. Police, City councils, newspapers, T.V., Radio - must have the support of the people to function or stay in business. Start small and work up ... you will be able to make a positive change. The squeaky wheel get the grease! Do not accept the unacceptable - go squeak. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-73330024379478367462013-01-28T13:33:21.726-05:002013-01-28T13:33:21.726-05:00Apparently all the government organizations cannot...Apparently all the government organizations cannot do anything but prevent folks from cleaning up the government owned roadways.<br /><br />In other words, government wants the litter to stay there.<br /><br />Apparently government is protecting our freedom so well, we're not even free to pick up the trash on public property. And our government employees apparently want to be free of any responsibility as well, but they don't want to be free of their overly large paychecks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-2844175385451848342013-01-28T12:42:29.749-05:002013-01-28T12:42:29.749-05:00I think the easiest way around this is for Anonymo...I think the easiest way around this is for Anonymous to organize Saturday walks. Instruct each participant to bring one large garbage bag every Saturday... You know, in case in rains. ;) Maytonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-85536088164071352262013-01-28T11:58:28.136-05:002013-01-28T11:58:28.136-05:00Wow, in Maryland they allow you to just adopt a se...Wow, in Maryland they allow you to just adopt a section of road and come get it done. None of this insurance and liability none sense.<br /><br />Good ole Yank ingenuity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-24730728200107688312013-01-28T11:51:54.399-05:002013-01-28T11:51:54.399-05:00Well, this is an area of the state that voted Blue...Well, this is an area of the state that voted Blue this election, for bigger government. People got what they've been voting for so enjoy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-11611601473048168052013-01-28T10:29:26.448-05:002013-01-28T10:29:26.448-05:00Screw'em.
Just go out and pickup the trash.Screw'em.<br /><br />Just go out and pickup the trash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-22759265042959402432013-01-26T18:14:56.926-05:002013-01-26T18:14:56.926-05:00And that is because we are a third rate county w n...And that is because we are a third rate county w no governing laws. That keeps business away, because workers do not want to live here. Regulating rifrap doesn't mean more government it means effective government that can enforce the regulation of poor behavior. If business moves in its because they know they can find good skilled labor force, that ratchets up home prices and the economy and then the crap has to move by default to a poorer district. And right now that is us. We lost Exxon Mobile. The FBI is looking at building their new headquarters in Prince William and we are left w the auto body shops and discount loan stores. The BOS needs to go to school to learn the economics of successful urban governments. If you like living in the discount county junkyard , FFX Coubty is for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-47085468747736178852013-01-26T16:50:38.061-05:002013-01-26T16:50:38.061-05:00There is a good chance that some of the folks comp...There is a good chance that some of the folks complaining just voted for more government, more red tape, more bureaucrats, and less personal liberty. Perhaps the folks throwing their mattresses away in someone else's front yard should take their garbage to the dump. Of course when Brayana Osinaga threw her mattress, moving trash, and condom wrappers in my front yard it was me that had to load it up and haul it to the dump, and pay for it. There are people in this world that throw their trash away in their neighbors yard, and there are people that don't. Unfortunately the folks that don't do that are now outnumbered in Fairfax. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-87809920198686489202013-01-26T12:12:24.643-05:002013-01-26T12:12:24.643-05:00Our local government has become impotent at the me...Our local government has become impotent at the mercy of a very ignorant and backwards state government and its own stubborn ego. Fairfax County needs to succeed as its own municipal entity or continue to be impotent as it is currently. Take your pic: impotence or effective and responsive government. <br /><br />Look at the streets and storefronts in Fairfax City, City of Alexandria and Arlington (has jurisdiction of its roads, and is not a municipality). When one crosses the Fairfax border line into anyone of these other municipalities, its like going from the Bronx to OZ. Even DC, that was once a very poorly run city with a negative bond rating and filthy streets boasts a better quality of life. It now has continuous annual financial surplus budgets, because everyone wants to live there and not in the slums of inside the beltway communities of FFX County. <br /><br />Our leaders in FFX need to get smart, get with the program and look to the successes of other failing communities that have pulled themselves out of a downward spiraling demise. We have fallen from grace and become a third rate place to live and I am sorry I ever invested in this County. Until the County reconciles that it is failing its citizens, it will only continue to loose its status as a place to do business and live. <br /><br />By doing nothing, people will continue to blame the immigrants, demographics, economics, etc and not look at the fundamental drivers that is keeping Fairfax County from thriving. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-72865507949574509202013-01-26T08:37:48.333-05:002013-01-26T08:37:48.333-05:00This is just more proof that our government (take ...This is just more proof that our government (take your pick - State, Local, Federal) is so laden with red tape that they can't be effective at all.<br /><br />We're trying to get a new school built in Mason District area - and it's bogged down in so much bureaucratic red tape that the best case scenario is that FCPS will have one built in about 8 yrs. <br /><br />Totally unacceptable as is this situation. <br />Jill Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971771490896500225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-6412565113433622802013-01-26T08:26:23.483-05:002013-01-26T08:26:23.483-05:00Thanks Annandale Blog, Kay and Nancy for explainin...Thanks Annandale Blog, Kay and Nancy for explaining what happened to the litter clean up last year that Kay Cooper and Nancy Verona organized. Has VDOT been sued so many times that it requires a $1,000,000 liability insurance to clean up a piece of road? How are residents expected to help? Our government officials are perfectly fine letting things go to hell. Can’t residents even clean up the trash? Where is the agreement between Fairfax County and VDOT that allows for the County to clean its roads? Our board of supervisors is so afraid of taking responsibility for its roads so they can say it’s the state’s responsibility not theirs. They tell us we have to do whatever VDOT says and make no demands on VDOT or the state government. How is it that the self-governing Arlington County, City of Alexandria, the town of Vienna, McLean, Great Falls all in Fairfax County, don't have trash like Seven Corners and Annandale? The residents need to demand that the County take over the roads. Yes, that means having to pay more for new roads and their upkeep, but we will have the freedom to be innovative like Arlington. We are not getting any money now from the state and we are not getting any services either. I’m so tired of hearing we can’t do that because that’s the state’s responsibility, we can’t do that because of the state Dillon Law. It’s so convenient. We can’t take any responsibility for the deterioration of our communities because of all the red tape. If our County government does not start governing itself and take over the roads, neighborhoods, the businesses will continue to deteriorate right before our eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-89927689065137372992013-01-26T08:01:05.885-05:002013-01-26T08:01:05.885-05:00Perhaps the first mistake was asking for gov't...Perhaps the first mistake was asking for gov't permission in the first place.<br /><br />If 500 people can show up at a mall and burst into coordinated song and pageantry during a flash mob, surely a clean up squad in NOVA could do the same thing. Why go through the pain of permit applications, insurance and other nanny state requirements? Think like a traditional American libertarian (the philosophy, not the party) and just get 'er done! Surely some people interested in the cleanup have big pickups. Put the one with the biggest bumper at the back of the group with emergency flashers on and there's your traffic safety rig. What are the permit reviewers and police going to do? Arrest 100 people for cleaning up? Not likely, since they didn't bother the Occupy morons who weren't exactly helping to improve the areas they took over.<br /><br />Maybe if we stop looking to the gov't first for permission on every perfectly reasonable thing, the gov't won't feel obligated to provide bureaucracies to grant or deny permission.<br /><br />bazzingaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-24192994643260139932013-01-25T23:21:22.193-05:002013-01-25T23:21:22.193-05:00Actually, this is just part of the process. Remem...Actually, this is just part of the process. Remember, the purpose of government is to make everyone equal. It will just take a little while to make sure everyone (except of course, the more equal people) live in the exact same amount of garbage. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com