August 2006 Weddings
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Local Bond Votes
How do these get on the ballots? Why are they on the ballots? Why aren't they in greater detail? I have 4 bond issues to vote on, and I've read everything I can find on the county's website, but it's not very clear. One is $10M "to support Metro", which I thought the state paid for, not the county, and what's in quotes is the approximate level of detail I found as to how the money will be spent. How do you all vote on bond issues? I usually vote "no" on principle, but I'm wondering if I knew more about it that I would vote differently...
Re: Local Bond Votes
We normally don't have that many and the issue is a little more publicized than that so it's easier to make a decision.
In general, when a ballot proposal is worded in extremely general non-descript terms I vote no. But I'm not opposed to all bond proposals. Some long-term projects require long-term financing. Though I'll admit that I oppose all of them until they prove their case to me.
If you can't find any details on the issue that would be a big red flag to me and I would probably vote no. Something worth funding is something worth publicizing. Keeping it hidden just tells me that whoever wants that bond proposal knows it wouldn't pass if people knew about it.
I usually forget about them, say "oh shit!" when I see them on the ballot and skip voting on them unless I magically remember enough to make a proper decision. You probably don't want to do that though!
My only idea is your local newspaper might give some insight in its election coverage.
No, I'm in Arlington. Are you guys voting on the same thing? It seems like they should have budgeted for something before they approved it...Here's the piece on Metro:
Metro Contribution: $10,000,000 Arlington is one of seven jurisdictions funding the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) system. The County?s annual contribution supports WMATA?s "Metro Matters" program which was approved by the County Board in 2005 with the goal of improving regional mobility. The capital projects and activities include facility and system upgrades to support future eight car train operations, purchase of additional buses and support facilities.