Flashback: Maud Flaps Her Lips About Maple Avenue Circa 2002

From Cathy Hudgins 2002 newsletter (PDF) comes a little ditty from Maud called Town of Vienna Planning Workshops:

"The focus of the workshops was to help the Town build on its ongoing efforts at improvement and, most important, to develop a sustainable vision for Vienna's well being in the next 10 to 20 years. The focus was on downtown Vienna, with particular emphasis on the central commercial core encompassing Maple Avenue from Lawyers Road to Glyndon Street, Church and Mills Streets, and a portion of Dominion Road. Topics explored included developing incentives for good building design, attracting businesses and services needed in town, and creating an attractive environment in which to operate a business and shop so that Vienna retains a sound commercial base. Another concern was enlisting the interest and cooperation of business owners. It should be noted that the business community generates approximately 35% of Town tax revenue, hence the emphasis on maintaining its viability. The workshops validated the need to look beyond the present, to have the courage to take new and innovative steps, to respect the past, but not become so entrenched in the familiarity of the present that we forfeit the future."

What happened? WE FORFEITED THE FUTURE. The people who elect this woman are either 1.) ignorant, 2.) scared, 3.) don't care that she contradicts herself, 4.) can't remember yesterday or 5.) are as corrupt and vision-less as she is.