Arlington County Really Does Flush Money Down the Toilet
Required reading in today's Washington Post is the page 1, Metro section, article by Annie Gowen, which discusses how “eco-friendly Arlington hired . . . (an) artist to redecorate its sewage treatment plant, hoping to transform a stinky industrial site near Route 1 into a pretty “gateway” to its "world-class community” . . . Now, after $646,000 of public money has been spent on artist fees, the plan itself has landed in the toilet.” ACTA’s president who is quoted said the county’s effort “borders on lunacy.” The question now is whether taxpayers will hold anyone on the County Board accountable in November. Kudos to the Post reporter Annie Gowen for pursuing the story.