April 2007 Archives
April 29, 2007
The New Town Green Has No Fence; Why? Comments (7)
Please walk down and see the new Town Green. Look at where the tiny grassy area is located. Now imagine sitting there with a three year old child. Now imagine that three year old darts from your side - something EVERY three year old does. Now look where Maple Avenue is 35 feet away with no fence there to stop a child from being run over. While this may seem like a small issue to Maud and the rest of "the out of touch with reality set", it is representative of the SLOPPY and UNPLANNED way this Town operates. We can't keep being STUPID. We now have a $10 million dollar "park" that NO mother in Vienna will EVER take a child to unless that child is on a leash!
Vienna Will Soon Offer Discounts on Child Leashes!
April 27, 2007
Prominent Citizen Speaks Comments (11)
A prominent Vienna citizen, someone who has lived in Vienna for 50+ years and who has the respect across both aisles, had a blunt comment about Maud's new Town Green:
"Where is the GREEN?"
Good point. It's clearly not only this little ole website ticked off about this boondoggle expenditure of $10 million dollars by Maud Robinson.
Police Department Problems: Don't Blame Maud! Comments (5)
Clearly, there are problems in the Vienna Police Department. From the May 07 Town Newsletter comes this ditty buried in the fine print:
POLICE: Significant increases in this budget include increased funding for polygraph examinations to aid in faster recruit processing, additional supply costs associated with the purchase of LED light bars for new cruisers, and instituting a program of signing bonuses in an attempt to improve Police Officer recruiting.
Get that? Not extra money for anything tangible regarding safety, but rather extra money to buy testing equipment to land people who might be willing to work for the Town of Vienna! That is NO SMALL problem. Why do people NOT want to serve in Vienna? Is Maud able to handle that question? Or is she, as usual, not responsible for anything in Vienna? Problems in the Vienna Police Department may have to do with Maud's demand that our Police move BACK into the Town Hall basement. Other posts here show the Police are none too happy themselves.
Now that the facts are on the table, all Maud apologists are welcome to post now. Your time to spin this is here!
April 26, 2007
Ray Daly Responds With Defeatist Tone Comments (5)
The other day we asked these questions:
Would you like sidewalks in Vienna?
Would you like more outdoor cafes and restaurants?
Would you like a book store in Vienna?
Would you like your basement and yard to not flood every time it rains?
Would you like entertainment in the evening at local establishments?
Would you like something more than a bank on every corner in Vienna?
Would you like to limit nail salons in Town?
Would you like to see an honest effort at reducing traffic?
Would you like to see a new & functional Post Office?
Would you like to see The Vienna Inn SAVED from destruction?
Ray Daly, a Vienna resident, responded:
Sidewalks: Yes
Outdoor Cafe: Out of anyone's control.
Flooding: Not enough info.
Entertainment: Already great and mostly out of our control.
Bank: Every town has this problem.
Nail salons: People should be free to start businesses that the market supports.
Reduce traffic: Not convinced that more can be done that is within our control.
Post office & Vienna Inn: need new threads with more detail.
With that kind of defeatist attitude it is easy to see why Robinson is often reelected. Ray Daly is already convinced that NOTHING in Vienna can be achieved.
Limiting banks and nail salons along with adding entertainment and outdoor cafes are NOT out of our Town Council's control. Good government works within private/public partnerships to create incentives to attract more than nail salons. At one time the market forces in Times Square in New York City supported a Red Light District. The GOVERNMENT changed that. This Chewbacca logic about "market forces" in a community like Vienna is antiquated and foolish.
More on the Vienna Inn? Here.
More on the Post Office? Here.
Lastly, the fact that you have thrown away all hope for traffic solutions surely points to the need for a fresh set of eyes on Town Council. What's your risk Ray? Maud says we can do nothing. Other people want to try and fix it.
April 25, 2007
"Would You Like Heroin or Crack with Your Continental Breakfast?" Comments (25)
A Safe Family Fun Get Away Sponsored by Mother Maud!
From the papers:
During a traffic stop, David Andre Byrd, 36, no fixed address, was charged with unauthorized use of the SUV he was driving and driving without a license. The owner of the vehicle, Rafeal Dermundo Graves, 47, 9302 Brandon St., Manassas Park, was located at the Wolf Trap Motel, 430 Maple Ave., W. Graves and another occupant of the room, Kenyetta Lakeisha Basil, 22, 1320 Madison St., N.W., Washington, DC, were charged with possession of heroin and possession of cocaine. Basil was also charged with possession of marijuana.
So while Maud is getting rich, who is minding the store? Why have we let Maud cut the Police budget? Is there a reason Vienna has an Alexandria like Route 1 motel that the average person would be scared to step foot in? Does anyone know if this place has the beds you can put a quarter in?
Definition of a Political Machine Comments (2)
2007 Picture from Connection Newspaper
Since 1980, a time period covering 26 elections (with three council seats up for each one of those elections), three (3) challengers have won running for Vienna Town Council:
1985: Bob Robinson defeats Mary Jane Cronin
1988: Martha Pruett defeats Mary Jane Cronin
1993: Martha Garvie defeats Frank Lillis
No incumbent has lost in Vienna since 1993. And who has had the control over that time? Who has to shoulder all blame for all of Vienna's current problems? Maud wanted all of the power. She has had the reigns. She along with lieutenants like George Lovelace are responsible.
Doesn't it make sense to give new people with new energy the opportunity to solve issues Maud and George clearly can't solve?
April 24, 2007
Absentee Voting for the Vienna Town Election Comments (1)
In-person absentee voting for the Vienna Town Election begins Monday, March 26 and ends Saturday, April 28th, at the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 323, Fairfax, VA 22035
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/eb/upcoming.htm
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 28th, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 24th: Final day to submit application for absentee ballot BY MAIL.
- Saturday, April 28th: Final day for IN PERSON absentee voting.
Am I eligible to vote absentee?
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/eb/absentee.htm#eligible
You may vote absentee, either by mail or in person, if you are unable to go to the polls on Election Day because you ...
- are a student or the spouse of a student attending a school outside Fairfax County
- will be away from Fairfax County on business
- will be working and commuting for 11 or more hours between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.
- will be away from Fairfax County on personal business or vacation
- are unable to go to the polls because of illness or disability (see below for physical disability or illness)
- are the primary caretaker of a confined family member
- have a religious obligation
- are confined awaiting trial
- are confined having been convicted of a misdemeanor
- are an election official
- are on active duty in the military outside Fairfax County
- are the spouse or dependent residing with a member of the military outside Fairfax County
- are an overseas citizen* whose most recent United States residence was in Fairfax County
April 23, 2007
Why? Comments (7)
Real simple question as Vienna heads to the polls in about a week:
Why is it important for some to re-elect Maud?
The Maud benefits don't seem to be definable.
One response that came in:
The failure over the years of Vienna residents to take an active interest in the administration of their tax dollars by not knowing the issues and the candidates, and by not voting... has allowed Town leadership to become a stagnant and aging garden club of personal agenda that has ignored the common needs of our community and has failed to do the right thing when doing the right thing is very often hard and selfless.Lawless boards ruling from the hip, failure to maintain and communicate a full public record of Town business, sound bites over substance, endless planning that amounts to zero progress, major capital expenditures of dubious value to the community, failure to maintain a viable commercial district and tax base to afford residents local goods and services and in turn tax relief, failure to take responsibility for failures, blatant conflicts of interest that mirror favoritism toward the usual suspects, and on and on. Need another sidewalk survey, Vienna? How about a another beautification award for your collection! Some folk singing? A house and garden tour? Another quarter million dollars a year in arts and crafts? Another increase in your water bill and real estate tax? Another speed bump or Bukont encroachment on your right-of-way?
HOW ABOUT A REALITY CHECK! VOTE, VIENNA!!!
April 22, 2007
The Important Stuff Comments (3)
A regular participant here put forward this opinion today:
"As I see it, this website was born out of extreme frustration over the harm imposed by the arbitrary, capricious, inequitable, and preferential enforcement of select personal opinion over the inherent rights of residents living in the Windover Heights Historic District. But that is now not the only garden club concern this website is free to discuss. If this blog is a new low, it is only because there has never been public political discourse in Vienna in which the public is protected from those wielding power and does not have to suffer patronizing and false discourse with OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. Anyone who has participated here regularly can view current affairs and sense a positive difference, despite any raw edges."
It is not surprising that Maud has made this website her ONLY campaign issue in 2007. When you do as she has done for so long, obliterating the messenger any way possible is all she has got. So when you ask Maud about the lack of sidewalks, more and more traffic and blowing up the Vienna Inn and her only response is to immediately talk about this website, feel free not to reward her with another 2 years to do NOTHING.
Maud's campaign manager in action:
"If we can avoid real issues for a few more weeks, Maud wins again. Everyone keep quiet about real problems!"
April 21, 2007
Imagining Vienna... Comments (22)
Would you like sidewalks in Vienna?
Would you like more outdoor cafes and restaurants?
Would you like a book store in Vienna?
Would you like your basement and yard to not flood every time it rains?
Would you like entertainment in the evening at local establishments?
Would you like something more than a bank on every corner in Vienna?
Would you like to limit nail salons in Town?
Would you like to see an honest effort at reducing traffic?
Would you like to see a new & functional Post Office?
Would you like to see The Vienna Inn SAVED from destruction?
If you answered "Yes", then please don't vote for Maud Robinson or George Lovelace. They have no solutions. They have had their day in the sun. They both are plotting to raze the Vienna Inn. Time for both of them to move on.
Postal Over "Hysteric Condos" Comments (22)
A Maud supporter writes in yesterday:
I find your site to be pretty disgusting - the web equivalent of talk radio. Trashing Town Council members in order to get the zoning laws changed so you can put up condos in the historic district. It's disappointing that you are dragging political discourse in Vienna to such laws [sic]. Your site has solidified my support for Maud and George.
The truth about hysteric district condos was set forth last year.
Mock-up of 100-Story Planned Hysteric Condos
p.s. If you believe this, you are voting for Maud!
April 20, 2007
A Letter to the Editor Comments (26)
A letter to the editor recently published:
Editor:Your April 4 edition included an article about the incumbents running for Vienna Town Council. Maude Robinson got the majority of the quotes. Let's look at some of what she said:
1) "the most pressing need for Vienna includes the need for increased sidewalk construction in town...." How many years has it been since the town commissioned a survey of residents to learn where voters would like to see new sidewalks? And how many new sidewalks have actually been constructed? Perhaps the candidate would like to point to her successes in this area? I don't believe a single new sidewalk has been built under her reign.
2) Mrs. Robinson is a champion for limiting redevelopment in downtown Vienna. Here the candidate has been so successful in making Vienna an undesirable place for developers that the past two decades of national growth and prosperity have yielded so little new development in downtown Vienna that the strip has become run-down, its stores outdated. It fails to provide for the needs of local residents, so most residents must shop elsewhere to meet most of their needs--a recipe for a dying commercial district.
3) Robinson's goal is to maintain the low building profile of the town, except for possibly the addition of a parking garage. So what she is saying is that the town's landmark, its signature building, the structure that would be visible above all else, would be a parking garage. Is this good urban design? Is it appropriate for maintaining "small town character" or any kind of community character? These questions don't even begin to address the wisdom of constructing a (presumably public) parking garage on a sprawling, nearly two-mile long commercial strip.
Maude Robinson has been a fixture in the town for as long as many of the outdated commercial properties. It's time for her to go.
Anne Smith
Vienna
In her point #3, Anne is referring to the Vienna Inn which Maud is seeking to demolish and replace with a parking garage.
April 19, 2007
Scathing Criticism? We Agree Comments (8)
In an article, Bill Turque a Washington Post Staff Writer writes:
"...http://HistoricVienna.com, which has been scathing in its criticism of the two longtime council incumbents, Robinson and Lovelace..."
We agree with his characterization. In his piece Maud Robinson says:
"...there is nothing wrong with the Maple Avenue corridor."
Robinson is correct if you are a hermit who never leaves your house or perhaps lives under a rock. But if you are real person living in 2007, Robinson's statement sounds like a ramble from someone clearly past her political and rational prime.
Robinson also adds:
"...that the only sentiment for big changes on Maple Avenue has come from those in the building and development communities."
Maybe Robinson would explain to the people of Vienna how she assembled her $5 million dollar plus fortune?
Current Robinson Campaign Brochure
April 18, 2007
Brian Trompeter: Bought and Paid For; He Should Be Tossed Comments (14)
Brian Trompeter, the local reporter for Vienna we recently profiled, sees this website in simple terms:
"...www.historicvienna.com a Web site that posts photos and derogatory comments about Town Council members and people who serve on the town's boards and commissions..."
Does this site rip incompetent politicians? Of course. But how does Trompeter ignore the volume of detailed content contained herein? EASY. Trompeter is a journalistic fraud desirous of seeing Maud stay in office.
Should Brian Trompeter Be Deciding Vienna Elections?
Or Should He Be Given a Lollipop & Sent to His Room?
Seeman and Cole Want Video Now? Comments (15)
Apparently, this website has finally caused Vienna officials to admit video is needed. From the Sun Gazette:
Council member Laurie Cole said her budget line item for recycling bins is dead-on-arrival, but she hopes proposals to video-stream council meeting and replace some town vehicles with hybrid cars will still be considered. Mayor M. Jane Seeman called the budget “tight” and said she hopes the council can find ways to finance meeting video-streaming...
Words mean nothing - let's see action.
April 17, 2007
Tragedy at Virginia Tech Hits Vienna Comments (3)
Maxine Turner, a Madison High School graduate, was killed yesterday at Virginia Tech. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends.
Virginia Tech Thoughts Comments (3)
While as a free country we can't protect every corner, we the people of Vienna need to examine if some of our public facilities (schools, Town Hall, Community Center, Library, etc.) have precautions in place to deal with the unexpected. Do we have cameras in place? Do we have plans in place to communicate? There is nothing positive to take from the VA Tech tragedy except to try and prevent the next one...and to prevent a similar tragedy time is of the essence to put a plan into action.
One mourner at Virginia Tech pleaded "for parents near and far who wonder at a time like this, 'Is my child safe?'"
Berry Street Project: Blame Maud Comments (25)
For all those people who signed a petition regarding the Berry Street condos, for all those people who made it to a standing room only Planning Commission meeting tonight, keep in mind why it all happened. Maud. Maud Robinson is to blame. She creates these situations. She creates these conflicts. Then she attempts to convince people she is the savior. Enough Maud. It's time for someone else to fix Vienna's problems. She needs to go to Del Boca Vista.
One of the critics of the condo project tonight brought up an interesting side issue. She wanted to know why with all the new houses (read: huge increase in assessments and corresponding tax revenue) in Vienna do we have crumbling roads, no sidewalks and almost non-existent storm water management. The answer here too is Maud Robinson. Ladies and gentleman she is in control. She has failed. It is time for her to go. It's all happened on her watch. So if she knocks on your door proclaiming to "fix" Vienna, tell Maudasaurus to go jump in a lake.
Who Takes Responsibility for the Town Green? Comments (2)
From a reader:
The Town News Letter with candidate statements has arrived. It's time for new people, Vienna. Lovelace has nothing to add (say) and Robinson runs on history... "Vote for me, Maud, because I control it all and it will all fall down if you don't". This voter resents being asked to grant Lovelace another "special privilege just because", and I resent Maud's scare tactics and false starts on issues that have languished far too long. It is time for Lovelace and Robinson to retire. Why wait for them to expire in office... Town government is not a retirement plan at tax payer expense. Vote, Vienna! Send Maud and George home for a couple years and bring in some new energy... all of Town staff will be renewed with a fresh start.Noticeably missing from the candidate statements is any mention of our new glorious Town Green. Now isn't that interesting! An $8m and counting centerpiece capital improvement? project and nobody responsible for it wants to take credit or talk about it! I'd say they are running scared. It's vote for me May 1 and back to my garden club government May 12 at my Town Green dedication. Wake up, Vienna, and go vote!
Vienna Town election will be held on Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 6:00am to 7:00pm at the Vienna Community Center.
April 16, 2007
Preparing for Beulah Road Construction Comments (4)
From the Connection:
Area residents and school officials are getting ready to adapt to traffic slowdowns and street access nearly one month before the probable start of a more than $4 million reconstruction of a three-quarter mile stretch of Beulah Road that will likely last until the summer of 2008.
Beulah Road will definitely be a transportation nightmare for some time.
Meet Your Local Reporter Brian Trompeter Comments (3)
When a reporter is present at a public meeting, hears a Vienna Town Council member propose banning the video taping of meetings, and then refuses to NAME that Council member, it's worth NAMING the reporter.
Meet Brian Trompeter of the Sun Gazette. Wonder if he will have the courage to print before an election that Maud would love nothing better than to get rid of the Vienna Inn?
Maud Robinson on "Tall" Parking Garages; The End of the Vienna Inn Is Near Comments (7)
From Maud Robinson recently:
"We need to preserve Vienna’s low skyline...that’s an important element of Vienna’s character. At the same time, [I] accept the fact that our height level might need to be increased in certain areas...for a parking garage."
Where does Robinson plan to install the new 5-6 story parking garage? Can you spell V-I-E-N-N-A I-N-N!
April 14, 2007
Maud & Jane Equal Power Lines Everywhere Comments (5)
Many people don't even notice them, but take a look at the power lines in Vienna. They are everywhere. EVERYWHERE. They make our community look second rate. When you see Maud or Jane next ask them how they could have supported all above ground power lines for the last 50 years. Did they have NO vision?
April 13, 2007
April 12, 2007; Readership Records for HV Comments (5)
Yesterday was our busiest day ever. Nearly 7x the readers as a typical day one year ago.
April 12, 2007
Maud Waxes On About the Wonderful Benefits of Monoxide Park Comments (1)
From the Vienna Times:
A specific focus of questioning for incumbent candidates at the forum was the construction of the town green, a pet project of Robinson's that will be dedicated May 12. "The town green is more than a park for pleasure. It tells people that we're for more than just passing through," Robinson said. [Susan] Stich has been a vocal critic of the town green in the past, but at the forum Dellinger also took the opportunity to distance himself from the project. "I was not on the council when the decision was made for the park," Dellinger said. Lovelace and Robinson spoke at the forum at much greater length than any of the other candidates, apparently due to a combination of physical proximity to the podium and the hands-off style of NARFE moderator Don Wiesnet.
Hands off? Give us a break. Maud runs the show and that includes NARFE's show too. Doesn't anyone except this website have the ability to tell this incoherent blabber mouth Maud to sit down?
Keep in mind, while kids across this Town have no sidewalks, while our roads are in disrepair, while water problems are causing Vienna residents regular damage to their homes, Maudasaurus and her Garden Club cohorts like Laine Hyde are using MILLIONS $ of tax money on the pet project of the decade the Town Freaking Green. When the people of Vienna finally figure out what the likes of Maud and Laine have done with taxpayer money, the piper will be paid. Patience!
Breathe in the Fresh Air at Maud's Monoxide Park!
Sun Gazette's Brian Trompeter: Maud's Lackey Comments (32)
Last night at the Planning Commission meeting the Sun Gazette's Brian Trompeter approached a Vienna resident and asked, "if it was true that [name withheld] left the NARFE candidate's debate the other day and while leaving slammed the door?" The resident Trompeter asked this asinine question to was not there and had no clue what he was talking about.
Now ask yourself: is the best we got? This guy goes to a candidate's debate where Maud Robinson was clearly out of control acting like a belligerent bully, and the only thing Vienna's local reporter is focussed on is a rumor that someone may or may not have slammed a door. Brian Trompeter will write anything Maud Robinson wants.
He is also the reporter that refused to reveal which Town Council member wanted to ban video. We all know it was Maud, but Trompeter was there and has refused to say since it would embarrass her. Nice journalistic integrity.
Maud Takes Brian Trompeter for a Walk
April 10, 2007
NARFE Members: Is Angry Maud Still Your Choice? Comments (22)
NARFE had a candidate's debate today. The highlights were Maud's pronouncements:
1. Maud believes the Town Green will be an economic focal point (she was serious) for Vienna. She hinted that the Vienna Inn will be replaced by a parking garage. Maud said the Town Green will make people stuck in traffic stop their car and park since they will see Vienna has a downtown.
2. Maud sees no big deal with all of the bank robberies in Vienna since no one has been hurt.
3. Maud, Laine Hyde and Seeman's daughter Linda Colbert all railed against this website. We bet most people don't care one way or the other, but it sure is telling that Vienna's political elite is focused here!
4. Maud essentially said that if you don't like her - move out of Vienna.
George Lovelace may have had the best line when he said the Town Green will be a place for young people to go and talk on their cellphones. Brilliant George, just brilliant.
Small Town or Fantasy Island Comments (4)
Are we going to keep pretending we only have small town problems or are we going to elect leaders who work to solve the real problems of a community 3 miles from Tysons inudated with tens of thousands of cars daily on our roads? Small Town or Fantasy Island? (image)
April 09, 2007
Berry Street Legal Justification Comments (19)
Here (PDF) is the legal justification for the Berry Street project.
Maud's Campaign Brochure; The Same One She Used in 1867 Comments (22)
Maud Robinson's campaign brochure:
Why is there no mention at how much money she has? She so loves to rail about "rich" developers, but apparently wants no one to know her wealth of $5 million plus.
April 08, 2007
Zoning Administrator Report on Bukont Projects Comments (1)
Here is Greg Hembree's Staff Report (PDF) on Bukont's two new projects. Hembree is Vienna's Zoning Administrator.
Condo Debate Off Track Comments (3)
The condo debate on this web site seems to have gotten into some weird sidetracks. Some thoughts:
1. There should be no condos in the middle of residentially zoned areas.
2. Condos should be considered or not considered only in commercial and transitional areas.
If we all keep the debate in these confines there will be more productive conversations about the topic.
April 06, 2007
Town Council in Persistent Vegetative State Comments (1)
Last year at the Vienna elections, a medical van pulled up and they unloaded a guy in a wheel chair clearly in a catatonic or vegetative state hooked up to what appeared to be a portable life support system. No joke, Maud tickled the poor guy under the chin, he never budged or recognized her or even blinked...and they wheeled him in to do his civic voting duty. Yeah, power held for a long time is not pretty (or clean).
April 05, 2007
Dan Dellinger Opines Comments (3)
From the Connection this week about Dan Dellinger:
Some of [Dellinger's] ideas for tackling [traffic] problems include finding ways to increase the efficiency of the flow of traffic through Maple Avenue and working to introduce a shuttle system in town.
Dellinger is not Maud and not George, but he needs to resign from the nonsensical Historic Vienna, Inc. Board of Directors immediately and ditch the idea of a shuttle bus (who pays?, upkeep?, don't we have Metro Buses already?) and concentrate on REAL issues.
George Lovelace: Saying Nothing Comments (2)
From George Lovelace this week:
"I’ve grown to understand Vienna, grown to understand what it is to be in Vienna, and how it’s important to retain those ideals that the town was founded on...The last thing I want to see happen is for Vienna to lose its unique quality."
Blah, blah, blah, blah...
Do any of these incumbents have the ability to say something remotely relevant? Do we simply put Lovelace back in office because he is a nice guy? We should give new people a chance to solve problems that Lovelace clearly can't solve. It's time for George to get the gold Vienna watch and an easy chair. Him and Maud could perhaps form a checkers club to pass the time.
Does Anyone Think the Traffic on Maple Avenue Equates with Small Town? Comments (18)
From Maud Robinson comes this:
"I’ve lived in this community and INVESTED [she sure has!] myself in this community for the last half century and I want to preserve it as the small town community that it is...Developers always look to recreate and imitate a small town nowadays, but we don’t need any imitation in Vienna, we have the real thing right here."
A great project for "small Town Vienna"? A wax museum.
2007 Campaign Slogan: "Money, That's What I Want!"
Alternate Slogan: "Forget Term Limits, Town Council for Life!"
Vienna Council Candidate Back for 2nd Shot Comments (2)
From the Sun Gazette:
Vienna Council Candidate Back for 2nd Shot
by BRIAN TROMPETER, Staff Writer
(Created: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 5:56 AM EDT) Susan Stich will make a second bid for Vienna Town Council. Susan Stich says she is making a second run for the Vienna Town Council because the town could benefit from new perspectives on traffic and development.
Continue reading "Vienna Council Candidate Back for 2nd Shot" »
April 03, 2007
Town of Vienna Muscle to Suppress Opposition Comments (20)
This is an interesting letter (PDF). It is the second page of a letter sent to residents of Windover Heights for the annual "Walk on the Hill Fake History Jamboree" put on every year by Historic Vienna, Inc. (Town funded club). This year we note the interesting highlighted section aiming to suppress political speech. For 30 years this dilly dally affair has attracted every politician in the area (Tom Davis is always there) and political signs are the norm. Now, this year, with opposition to the Maud Machine in place, Historic Vienna, Inc. on tax payer funded letterhead wants to eliminate politics. Yeah, that's gonna happen. Not.
Nice try Laine! We bet there is NO record as to WHO these mystery residents are who made the request. Maybe we will all be lucky enough to have some goons there assaulting camera men again.
Maud Robinson: "Greed is Good!" Comments (2)
As we approach the Vienna campaign season, as we watch wasteful Town spending, as we watch older residents squeezed out of Vienna due to financial concerns, as we listen to politicians like Maud Robinson rail against developers pretending to be "of the people", it is worth noting the lie Maud Robinson has been living all these years. She is STINKING RICH. Loaded! Millions. A $5 million plus net worth for her is the best estimate. The proof is in. The next time you see Robinson around Town playing the pauper role, just keep in mind the REAL "greed is good" life she has been secretly leading all these years.
April 02, 2007
Who Is Running for Vienna Town Council in 2007? Comments (15)
Who is running this year for Vienna Town Council?
Five candidates are running for three seats:
- Deborah Brehony
- Dan Dellinger
- George Lovelace
- Maud Robinson
- Susan Stich
Two of the candidate have websites:
