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October 23, 2006
Another One Bites the Dust Comments (1)
Becky Hartley has resigned from the Commercial Architectural Review Board. That means the Vienna Town Council now has to replace Dellinger and Hartley on the ARB. Brehony slid off the ARB in the summer. Who is left on the Commercial Architectural Review Board? The Larry, Moe, & Curly trio of Paul Layer, Laine Hyde and Shirley Damon. On top of that, they still can't replace Bukont on the Windover Heights Historic Review Board after 10 months.
Makes you wonder if the Town of Vienna government is held together with scotch tape and Krazy Glue - emphasis on 'crazy'.
And for all of you busy bodies out there looking to be on these asinine boards, remember that your video will be on this web site permanently as a testament to the fraud of it all.
However, if you would like to apply to the ARB and fill the two open spots, send your resume and financial statements to us first. Why here? We will obtain your resume and financial statements legally under the State of Virginia Freedom of Information Act, scan them and post here anyway...so it saves us all time.
Why would we do this? The Vienna government has a nasty habit of withholding information and has even attempted to ban video in violation of State law. This site holds them and their board puppets to the fire. Not like the old days of information control is it Maud?
So your move Maudie - send the next lamb to slaughter!
July 23, 2006
Garish: Rebecca Hartley, Laine Hyde and Paul Layer Comments (3)
The Town of Vienna's Commercial Board of Architectural Review has a rule that no color can be 'garish' on a sign or building. That's it. No objective guidelines. Rebecca Hartley, Laine Hyde and Paul Layer make up whatever they want depending on how they feel at that moment. See the problem there? As you watch this compilation of video from the last meeting below, keep in mind, the questions and comments from Board members are all made up on the fly. There are NO guidelines, no master plan, nothing except busy bodies getting their jollies off being in control.
There is no rule that says you can or can't use orange, purple, pink, green or whatever. There is nothing that talks about selecting colors that don't 'surprise', whatever the hell that means Ms. Hartley! Does Ms. Hartley's big law firm Thelen Reid & Priest LLP know what she does on the side to the people of Vienna? What kind of person says something so off the wall? The biggest problem for any sane person for all of this is the appearance of Maple Avenue in Vienna. This Board is in charge of its appearance. These inane questions, not rooted in any law, supposedly make Vienna beautiful. Yeah, right.
