http://reeder4arlington.org Arlington Green Party Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:50:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please sign and return the following petition to the Arlington Green Party.  We will present this petition on February 20 to the Arlington County Board and to Congress in early March 2010: Petition to Congress and the Arlington County Board: Establish a Year-Round Homeless Shelter and a Public Jobs Program for ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2010/01/sign-the-petition-for-the-homeless-and-unemployed/     A Fact Sheet on Homeless and Unemployed Persons in Arlington County Virginia        l.  Over 500 people were counted as homeless in Arlington in January 2009 (a 25-percent rise from January 2008), according to the  Metro Washington Council of Governments  (http://www.mwcog.org)   2. In September 2009 over 5,500 Arlington residents were officially unemployed ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2010/01/fact-sheet-on-arlington-homeless-and-unemployed/ RE: Energy/environmental taskforce--appointment of an Arlington Green‏ From: John Reeder  Sent: Mon 1/18/10 4:38 PM To:   Cc:   Bcc:   Dear Jay:   Thank you for appointing Mr. Davis as a representative of the Arlington Greens on this task force.  We look forward to providing input through him and receiving feed back on the progress the task force is making.  Mr. ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2010/01/arlington-green-appointed-to-cty-energyenvironment-task-force/ Please print out and mail this card to Jay Fisette, Arlington County Board urging him to fund a year round homeless shelter and to seek federal funds to begin a public jobs program in Arlington for the unemployed:     Mr. Jay Fisette Chairman, Arlington County Board                      Date Dear Mr. Fisette           As a resident of ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2010/01/write-a-card-to-jay-fisette-arlington-county-board/ December 12, 2009   Good morning members of the Arlington County Board   My name is John Reeder, and I am here today on behalf of the Arlington Green Party to speak in favor of the petition presented to improve the situation of the homeless and the unemployed in Arlington.   In addition to Arlington Greens, ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2010/01/petition-to-arl-cty-board-and-congress-year-round-shelter-and-a-jobs-program-needed-now/ On December 12, 2009, a group of community activists and Green Party members including John Reeder presented the following petition to the Arlington County Board: Petition to the Arlington County Board—A Plan to Improve the Well-Being of the Homeless and Near Homeless in Arlington County Virginia             December 12, 2009 Whereas:       All people ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2010/01/arlington-needs-a-year-round-homeless-shelter-and-a-jobs-program-for-unemployed/ Arlington Green Party Statement on Suit to Stop I-66 Spot Improvement Project, September 26, 2009   My name is Audrey Clement. I’m Co-Chair of the Green Party of Virginia and a resident of Arlington County. I’m here to tell you that I recently filed suit in federal district court to stop the ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2009/09/statement-of-greens-on-blocking-expansion-of-i-66-in-arlington/ On Sept. 18, 2009, three Green Party members--John Reeder, Josh Ruebner and Audrey Clements, filed a lawsuit against the widening of I-66 highway in Arlington in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. The suit seeks a court order to halt the Va. Department of Transportation from beginning construction of a ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2009/09/i-66-widening-in-arlington-greens-file-lawsuit-to-block/ Democratic County Board members always justify the heavy development in Arlington  with the unsupported claim that Arlington is using "smart growth."   They justify demolishing small houses and small garden apartment buildings and the paving over of open space with "smart growth."  They say Arlington should add more and more people, ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2008/09/is-arlington-using-smart-growth-or-stupid-growth-whatever-happened-to-small-is-beautiful/ [caption id="attachment_68" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="North Tract -Long Bridge Site in Crystal City"]< The proposed North Tract/Longbridge aquatics-recreation center on a 28-acre site that contains toxic waste leftover from many years of railroad yard use may cost in excess of $100 million.  The proposal is to add large swiming pools and recreation ... http://reeder4arlington.org/2008/09/north-tract-longbridge-development-toxic-waste-site-for-a-proposed-100-million-park/