January 30, 2007

Maud and Laurie Blow Hard About Tysons Corner Comments (7)

From the Sun Gazette today come this bit of news:

Members of the Vienna Town Council Monday night expressed concern that traffic in Tysons Corner, already congested, will become unmanageable if Fairfax County officials continue approving massive redevelopments there. “The word for development at Tysons is ‘tsunami,'” Town Council member Maud Robinson said at the council meeting. “It's going to be unbelievable,” she said. Council member Laurie Cole said the council has approached county officials about the need to view developments in a broader context. “We were rebuffed,” Cole said. “All of us are going to be living with the consequences of this piecemeal approach to land use.” Robinson said that solid planning tools are being ignored in an effort to jump-start transit-oriented projects in Tysons Corner and Dunn Loring. “A good principle, like smart growth, is being corrupted for the sake of development,” she said.

Isn't this great? A couple of do nothing Vienna politicians, seemingly only capable of moaning, have the solutions to Tysons growth? We would like to see Robinson and Cole pipe down about Tysons and try to resolve something, anything within Vienna's borders. Isn't it painfully obvious by now that the County views Maud Robinson and Laurie Cole as simply loud mouth gadflies?

There Is A Reason Robinson and Cole Were "Rebuffed"

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