"Honey, Get the Kids. Let's Go On A Walking Tour of Maud's New Banks. Bring the Puke Bucket!"

Even Pumpkins Puke at Maud's Leadership

Go to the corner of Glyndon and Maple Avenue and look at the new Commerce Bank under construction. It's only two places down from the now finished Chevy Chase Greek Revival masterpiece (heavy sarcasm).

When you finishing puking, you can start reading again.

These two new banks are a sad day for Vienna. Their construction sets Vienna back years and maybe decades. Some points to consider:

1. The construction of banks, while great for storing Maud's millions, are terrible for the tax base of Vienna. It puts more of a burden on residential taxes.
2. This type of construction perpetuates Vienna as a community with nothing to walk to. The choice to populate our limited commercial land with new banks is beyond words.
3. The appearance of both banks is atrocious by any measure regardless of taste. They both make Vienna look terrible. These banks give the term hodge podge a bad name.

Now of course the Maud defenders will pathetically say she has nothing to do with this, she can't stop construction. They will argue that people have the right to do with their property how they see fit.

Here's the problem with that logic. Government leaders control the zoning. Through good law and incentives, Vienna could get whatever they want built. It's done across this country. Unfortunately, an incompetent crew of leaders currently leads Vienna. It is very sad. There is only so much commercial land left and we are simply destroying Vienna with idiotic and inept construction.