tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post7971300439979008445..comments2023-09-16T04:58:07.261-04:00Comments on the Annandale Blog: Board of Supervisors approves Seven Corners redevelopment planAnnandale Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543558586252790593noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-87740052344735519832016-10-22T21:12:04.614-04:002016-10-22T21:12:04.614-04:00Penny Gross has ZERO interest in solutions that ar...Penny Gross has ZERO interest in solutions that are in the best interest of her constituents. We have seen that time and time again over the years. She panders to the developers and ignores serious and legitimate concerns raised by those who will bear the costs, in so many ways, of the plans she forces through without batting an eyelash. Why the citizens of Mason District continue to re-elect Penny Gross is not ncomprehensible. Speaking of improved and needed transportation, does anyone with any decision making authority realize that there is NOT ONE bus stop from one end of Sleepy Hollow Road to the other??? We can't use public transportation to get to Seven Corners today because it doesn't exist! If we're talking about increasing the density, someone better get real about this issue, or the 5000 new residents will have no other choice BUT to drive their cars!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-79896615447263562142015-08-04T18:22:43.145-04:002015-08-04T18:22:43.145-04:00This place will never get out of the dumpster, its...This place will never get out of the dumpster, its doomed to be a dump. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-54930203615819197012015-08-04T07:52:26.322-04:002015-08-04T07:52:26.322-04:00I love how you have input on a subject and name ca...I love how you have input on a subject and name calling as an arguement comes right out. Can an arguement on each side not be made without name calling? By the Way, Name Calling is not an arguement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-22869221572752550482015-07-31T11:38:03.391-04:002015-07-31T11:38:03.391-04:00"Mollie Loeffler was a precinct captain who w..."Mollie Loeffler was a precinct captain who worked to elect Ken Cuccinelli " Which explains why Penny has been receiving all the big corporate campaign contributions. If you'd bothered to check VPAP, you'd have noticed that Mollie is running a shoestring independent campaign. She owes nothing to the GOP and her ideas clearly don't reflect a commitment to anything Cuccinelli was blathering about. Nice try, but your effort at misdirection falls short. As this campaign unfolds, it will become increasingly evident that Mollie is the only candidate with any real ideas about how to address Mason's growing difficulties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-37926654028973909422015-07-31T10:32:51.073-04:002015-07-31T10:32:51.073-04:00After Penny's calculated cold determination to...After Penny's calculated cold determination to have it her way at the Tuesday night BOS meeting, how could anyone want her to continue as our Supervisor.<br /><br />FOUR other supervisors had to prevail to get her to address our concerns. And, then she only did that because they refused to vote for her plan if she didn't.<br /><br />No more, please. Haven't you figured out that party affiliation has nothing to do with local politics. So Penny is a flaming liberal and a bought and paid for crony of developers. Just check out her list of contributors at VPAP. <br /><br />We need a fresh start in Mason District. Get over the politics and let's save Mason District. If re-elected Penny will do a lot of damage in the next four years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-64411923283732419812015-07-31T09:46:13.803-04:002015-07-31T09:46:13.803-04:00TO: Anonymous7/29/15, 5:55 PM
Please familiarize ...TO: Anonymous7/29/15, 5:55 PM<br /><br />Please familiarize yourself with social policy for affordable housing so you understand that dispersing affordable housing decentralizes poverty. This is something President Obama has recently ordered HUD to review in all jurisdictions receiving federal financing. Dispersing affordable housing gives low income families a chance to assimilate and succeed. It reduces crime and gang activity. <br /><br />So, Mollie Loeffler's testimony Tuesday night was right on. Seven Corners, Bailey's Crossroads and Culmore are deep pockets of poverty. Dranesville has zero affordable housing. Even land use plans in Dranesville approved by the BOS on Tuesday night did not include affordable housing. It would seem that Dranesville's Supervisor Foust is practicing NIMBY. <br /><br />The fact is that FFX County needs to place affordable housing throughout the county and give low income families a chance to better their quality of life. At the same time dispersement relieves the pressure of concentrated poverty in mature communities and reduces overcrowding of schools and the stress on emergency services, etc. People pile into boarding houses and crowd into apartment because there is no where else to go. The ADU policy in FFX County must change for the better.<br /><br />Your knee jerk reactions about NIMBY and dispersing affordable housing are misguided and misdirected. You do not help further serious discussion such as is needed for affordable housing in FFX County. <br /><br />Familiarize yourself with the facts before you point fingers. Also, consider that Supervisor Gross was perfectly willing to involuntarily relocate about 500 families in favor of building subsidized apartments for families earning up to $130,000 a year.<br /><br />Mollie Loeffler is pragmatic, knowledgeable and has a heart. She wants better circumstances for low income families and dispersing affordable housing throughout the county would help them. <br /><br />Supervisor Gross was callous in her disregard for 41 speakers at the BOS Tuesday evening. She and Task Force Chairman Thillman orchestrated their premediated conclusion for the Seven Corners Plan and she wouldn't let go. Four other Supervisors rose to the rescue of Mason District constituents and refused to vote for her plan without changes. This is stunningly shameful behavior for our elected representative.<br /><br />Thank you Supervisors Cook, Hyland, Herrity and Symth for standing up for the people of Mason District. Something our very own Supervisor Gross would not do.<br /><br />Mollie has my vote. I can't stomach more of Penny Gross.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-86121626329768465232015-07-31T01:59:17.880-04:002015-07-31T01:59:17.880-04:00Penny Gross has reached functional obsolescence. ...Penny Gross has reached functional obsolescence. VOTE GROSS OUT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-89141218358333236792015-07-30T23:11:36.948-04:002015-07-30T23:11:36.948-04:00Mollie Loeffler was a precinct captain who worked ...Mollie Loeffler was a precinct captain who worked to elect Ken Cuccinelli the Attorney General of Virginia. She wanted him to be Governor. She volunteered for him.<br /><br />Ken Cuccinelli was the worst AG in the history of Virgnia. Mollie still worked to make him Governor.<br /><br />So no, I will not support Mollie Loeffler, someone who volunteered and worked hard to make Ken Cuccinelli the Governor.<br /><br />PS: I also saw her speech at the BOS. The Cuccinellite was way out of her league. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-30252849882735176642015-07-30T18:23:35.294-04:002015-07-30T18:23:35.294-04:00To congratulate Penny on the success of all the ha...To congratulate Penny on the success of all the hard work she put into initiating and seeing through to fruition this redevelopment plan is to be attacked on this blog; and to criticize Mollie's underwhelming performance is considered nonsense.<br /><br />Just because the NIMBY's have their single-family homes and don't care if others have to live in dilapidated and increasingly worn out housing and have made it clear they don't want any more density (tough) - it sure doesn't mean they will be able to drag their favored NIMBY candidate to victory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-18647907752417847272015-07-30T17:57:42.265-04:002015-07-30T17:57:42.265-04:00Mr. Clyde Miller, I assume under the guise of &quo...Mr. Clyde Miller, I assume under the guise of "Mollie Loeffler", is posting the same material on Mollie's website as he is on the Annandale Blog. They have become one in the same. Take whatever you read here with a grain of salt. This is also the same Mr. Miller that rushed the stage at the BOS hearing and had to be calmed down by Sharon Bulova.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-11904225310382439112015-07-30T17:54:52.309-04:002015-07-30T17:54:52.309-04:00Mr.Miller (who I assume is responsible for at leas...Mr.Miller (who I assume is responsible for at least 70% of these "anonymous posts) will say anything to denigrate Supervisor Gross, including use the insulting language above about her personal appearance.<br /><br />There is nothing that will ever satiate the likes of Mr. Miller. It looked on TV that Mr.Miller tried to rush the stage and confront the Supervisors at the hearing. I was alarmed and taken a back by his aggressiveness. It was scary! I am so happy Chairman Bulova was able to calm him down before something bad happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-83916713195907217532015-07-30T17:08:21.515-04:002015-07-30T17:08:21.515-04:00To annon 3:33pm
You don't know what you are b...To annon 3:33pm<br /><br />You don't know what you are babbling about. As Donald Trump would say: "You're fired!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-58917578797085294372015-07-30T15:59:22.675-04:002015-07-30T15:59:22.675-04:00"It is painfully obvious..." (?) Maybe t..."It is painfully obvious..." (?) Maybe to you, but I've watched Penny hide out in her office for years and that's the real issue here. It's ridiculous to assume that residents living in close proximity to the Route 7 corridor wouldn't be resentful of being ignored. Mollie's campaign simply reflects their discontent. Furthermore, Penny's the one receiving all the campaign contributions from developers. So, she and not Mollie would more appropriately be dubbed the Donald Trump of Mason DistrictAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-44682210252034027232015-07-30T15:33:30.260-04:002015-07-30T15:33:30.260-04:00It is painfully obvious that Mollie (with the help...It is painfully obvious that Mollie (with the help of Tina Trapnell) politicized this entire process from the start solely to try and give her campaign a boost. It was a complete farce with Mad Mollie and her posse of angry NIMBY's trying to trip up the project at every turn just for her campaign purposes. Mollie may be good at campaigning, but she is clueless as to what it takes to govern. She is the Donald Trump of Mason District.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-74094981895059545942015-07-30T14:58:35.461-04:002015-07-30T14:58:35.461-04:00Kidding doesn't quite describe it. A better de...Kidding doesn't quite describe it. A better description would be drawing conclusions based on what you want to believe and ignoring (or being ignorant of) the facts. Mollie Loeffler has posted a statement on her campaign website which is similar to yours. Penny plainly ignored many important details of this plan and it was up to her more competent counterparts to fill them in. When the video of this marathon meeting is posted online, everyone will be able to see how far Penny was out of her depth. The Seven Corners plan is in its very early stages and I shudder to think what mess Penny will make of it. I'm especially concerned that she'll rubber stamp whatever increases in density that the developers will inevitably propose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-18160028491324179502015-07-30T14:51:17.978-04:002015-07-30T14:51:17.978-04:00Whatever you think of the plan, Penny is hardly it...Whatever you think of the plan, Penny is hardly it's most articulate voice. She tends to ramble and suck the air out of the room. Perhaps intentionally. It's a proven stock defense. <br /><br />Despite her long tenure in local gov, she's not a natural politician. Perhaps that's to her credit. And the perma-scowl is not her fault, but it does present as irritatation in the face of dissenting viewpoints. <br /><br />Much of the neighborhood ire she's faced was unneccessary and a product of her (and Thillman's) condenscending manner and behind the scenes orchestration of the process. <br /><br />She certainly owns that. <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-53794205893514270482015-07-30T13:11:38.291-04:002015-07-30T13:11:38.291-04:00You must be kidding. Penny Gross dismissed the te...You must be kidding. Penny Gross dismissed the testimony of 40 residents and was pushed to make changes by the 4 supervisors who did listen and respond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-9692906271198589532015-07-30T13:05:59.900-04:002015-07-30T13:05:59.900-04:00And I'll take 4 more years of Penny over a Rep...And I'll take 4 more years of Penny over a Republican in sheep's clothing who caters to angry NIMBY's and would be a disaster as supervisor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-13776526205561485522015-07-30T11:38:32.011-04:002015-07-30T11:38:32.011-04:00I want to commend the supervisors for their work, ...I want to commend the supervisors for their work, This is a well thought out plan the included views of all. I disagreed with some out comes but I accept my neighbors views. I did recent those who used the issue for their political purpose and not for our neighborhood improvement. A special call out to Penny Gross for standing tall.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-73940115315416892652015-07-30T11:11:36.467-04:002015-07-30T11:11:36.467-04:00Stay classy there, 10:55.Stay classy there, 10:55.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-53107362333527832292015-07-30T10:57:05.441-04:002015-07-30T10:57:05.441-04:00I will take 3 minutes of Mollie over the diatribe ...I will take 3 minutes of Mollie over the diatribe of PennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-82858490844324126832015-07-30T10:55:48.697-04:002015-07-30T10:55:48.697-04:00Better a NIMBY than a I dont give a flying F about...Better a NIMBY than a I dont give a flying F about your backyardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-79529656251951438112015-07-30T10:53:25.691-04:002015-07-30T10:53:25.691-04:00This is just a negotiating strategy. The buildings...This is just a negotiating strategy. The buildings in area C are crumbling. As soon as office rents drop off a cliff the tune will change<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-22542522080103368002015-07-29T23:18:49.701-04:002015-07-29T23:18:49.701-04:00The more appropriate question is why anyone would ...The more appropriate question is why anyone would believe your nonsense. Mollie did just fine. There are a startling number comments about Mollie in this thread that are deliberately erroneous and clearly submitted by supporters of Penny. These factually misleading remarks are a contrived effort to shift attention away from the numerous expressions of legitimate concern made here and elsewhere about Penny's unwillingness to consider the opinions of her constituents. However, it's too late for such games. Penny's arrogance and ineptitude are matters of record. So, kindly spare us the contrived comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-64481981775950241302015-07-29T21:54:09.506-04:002015-07-29T21:54:09.506-04:00I like an earlier posting that suggested Trump run...I like an earlier posting that suggested Trump run for Supervisor and build his 70 story, 7 facet Trump Tower with a statue Penny Gross perched on the spire. So simple: density, luxury, heliport, grand boulevards and certainly a plus for the NIMBY property owners......go Trump.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com