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The Tea Party vs. smart growth
The Tea Party movement in Virginia has a new whipping boy: smart growth. One focus is Chesterfield County, the largest suburban area in the Richmond region, which has been beset with the woes of overbuilding and lax oversight for...
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Peter Galuszka
| March 7, 2011; 2:48 PM ET |
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HotTopic, Local blog network, Prince William County, Va. Politics, Virginia, development, economy, education, energy, environment, guns, housing, police, real estate, schools, transportation
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'Urban' doesn't have to mean more dense
It is one of the great myths of suburbia that most suburban households live in detached houses, and that therefore suburbia should be arranged exclusively to cater to detached households. Consider U.S. Census results from Montgomery and Fairfax Counties,...
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Dan Malouff
| February 2, 2011; 2:42 PM ET |
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Fairfax County, HotTopic, Local blog network, Maryland, Montgomery County, Virginia, housing
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When will Pepco learn?
One would have thought that after being pilloried by The Post and (supposedly) being put under the microscope by the Maryland Public Service Commission, Pepco might have cleaned up its act. I got a continuous busy signal on the emergency...
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Laurie Neff, Chevy Chase
| January 27, 2011; 6:54 PM ET |
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Lines drawn over McDonnell's transportation plan
Lines are being drawn over Gov. Robert F. McDonnell's ambitious plan to put $4 billion in transportation projects over the next three years, mostly through the sale of state and federal bonds. A group of 15 business executives from...
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Peter Galuszka
| January 27, 2011; 3:27 PM ET |
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Rough waters for George Allen
It's no surprise that George Allen wants his Senate seat back. The question for him is whether he understands how much the political landscape has changed in Virginia since his disastrous reelection run in 2006. Republican insiders say that...
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Peter Galuszka
| January 26, 2011; 12:35 PM ET |
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HotTopic, Local blog network, Prince William County, Va. Politics, Virginia, crime, development, economy, energy, environment, housing, immigration, police, race, real estate, religion, taxes, traffic, transportation
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Counting Georgetown
Last December, an event happened that GM has been waiting for for years: the release of the five year estimates from American Community Survey. Sounds terribly dry, yes, but what it means is that data on a host of...
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Topher Mathews
| January 6, 2011; 4:46 PM ET |
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