[chambley1]

Arlington County Board

countyboard@co.arlington.va.us

[Movemout]

I feel that to make this article more relevant you should have pointed out a couple of things. First, Arlington is liberal bastion of do-gooders who do not have a problem with illegal aliens tramping their streets in general. Second, and best, is that WETA is public service television. They should do a documentary on their own reaction to these scruffy day laborers creating a hostile environment for their employees. It would be delicious.

[Flyer]

The new day-laborer site will be located adjacent to the WETA broadcast facility

NOT IN MY BACK YARD!

Liberal hypocrisy.

[leadpenny]

Putting the day-laborer building in the planned location will also inconvenience high-profile guests who arrive to be interviewed on the ``NewsHour," public broadcasting's signature news program that is produced from WETA's studios in Shirlington, Rockefeller said.

This is a great story and I hope it has legs. From time to time I drive through Shirlington as a cut-through to Glebe Rd. and see the day-laborers congregating near the hot dog stand. It would be fun to see Jim Lehrer and the other hosts of The News Hour take a stand on the proposed building. Arlington County libs want to be the keepers of the welfare state but don't want to be reminded of them on a daily basis. What a bunch of hypocrites.

[FreedomPoster]

30 workers show up? And we have to have a government solution?

Heck, around here, there are Minute Marts that have that many illegals show up in the morning. That is the day laborer gathering place, no governmental expenditures involved.

[lafroste]

The Arlington County Board's decision to build a $100,000 pavilion to house day laborers ....

After more than three hours of public comment and debate, County Board members voted 4-1 to spend up to $140,000 to create the new facility....

Dang that 40% budget increase didn't seem to take very long. What if this article had been a full blown sunday filler.....?

< prescience>

Commissioner Blitzen defended the $250,000 dollar structure saying that it was only fair...
Critics blasted the proposed $500,000 project siting rapidly escalating costs, but defenders maintained that it would be a $1.2 million well spent to aid those less fortunate than the taxpayers.

< /prescience>

[mountaineer]

``This is not going to be a good solution," Rockefeller said. ``It would absolutely complicate our lives."

Sharon "Mrs. Sen. John D." Rockefeller IV, like most liberals, considers the great unwashed as complications, not people.