Maud Robinson Uses Her "No Condos" Platform to Control Race and Class in Vienna
Smile Maud, That's the Camera You Wanted to Ban
Vienna has no condos in its commercial section. It has several decades-old apartment complexes, but not one new condo has been built in Vienna. There is one reason for this: Maud Robinson does not want them. She has used her control in Vienna for over thirty years to achieve this end. First her husband as Mayor led the anti-condo campaign, now the 85-year-old Robinson leads the charge from her Council seat. Argue with those statements? We are sure a few cranks will try and "spin" away from the obvious truth.
The end result of Robinson's anti-condo effort?
1. She has single handedly forced seniors out of Vienna.
2. She has single handedly forced young people out of Vienna.
3. She has single handedly forced minorities out of Vienna.
Let's face it; Robinson has used her power over Vienna's zoning to legislate race and class in Vienna. Average hard working people don't have Robinson's wealth. Doesn't Robinson know any young people? There are plenty of young people who would love a condo in Vienna instead of being stuck everyday in 66W traffic headed toward Haymarket. Some condos in downtown commercial Vienna are a must.





Comments
I am curious why this article accuses Maud Robinson of limiting elderly, young, and minority residents (pesumably because they cannot afford to live here because of a lack of afordable housing) yet an article on the same page ridicules the town for allowing an affordable motel to remain in the community. I admit I am one of those town residents who has never stayed at the Wolftrap, mainly because, well, I have a house here, but I certainly would not advocate tearing down a motel because it is affordable enough for "manual laborers" to stay.
Posted by: Ben Andrews | September 22, 2006 01:04 PM