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On the article Poll: Is .05 Too Drunk to Drive?
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On the article Visions for Vacancies: The Food Pavilion
djrobb
10:10 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013
ReplyBasically I would like to see the Fish Market, but on the water. I'd like to see a two story casual seafood restaurant / bar. Terraces for having a beer or dinner overlooking the water.
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On the article Letter to the Editor: Komoroske and Wagner on Waterfront and Petition Process Amendments
djrobb
9:28 am on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
ReplyThanks for cutting through some of the rhetoric with facts and standing by your well reasoned conclusions!
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On the article Huntington residents hear Sunoco gas station proposal
djrobb
9:37 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013
ReplyWould rarther see a larger Wawa or Sheetz style convenience store with the gas station.
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On the article Hughes Refuses to Participate in Closed Council Session
djrobb
5:07 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
ReplySo, who wants to speculate about what was talked about?
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On the article Notting Hill to Move Into Vacated Le Gaulois
djrobb
3:52 pm on Wednesday, August 29, 2012
ReplyI am curious about the restaurant. Shoja-Maddahi Seyed Hossein is the same guy that has requested the permitting over and over again for 923 King Street which has sat vacant for at least 6 years. I wonder how these project are interrelated.
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On the article Letter to the Editor: Alexandria Deserves Better Come Nov. 6
djrobb
11:11 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
The recent Democratic Primary results do suggest there is great support for the waterfront plan. All of the candidates who won the primary, with the exception of Allison Silberberg at this point, openly support the plan (a super majority).
http://connection.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/news/documents/2012/05/31/chart_1.pdf
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On the article Letter to the Editor: Alexandria Deserves Better Come Nov. 6
djrobb
8:21 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012
ReplyIf you listen to the constituency and it turns out that Alexandrians generally support the waterfront plan will you support it as their representative or will you choose to push your own political agenda or the agenda of a dissenting grup?
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On the article Waterfront Hotel Hearing Is Means to an End, and Little More
djrobb
9:00 am on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
ReplyI believe the city has spent adequate time so far listening to what citizens want at the waterfront. Obviously people want different things and the city has worked to balance that. The city has tried to accommodate dissenting opinions. It's been a compromise and in a compromise no one gets everything they wanted. There are a lot of Alexandrians who support the plan and support those who support the plan (see democratic primary results). Just because the city has not fully changed the plan to meet the requests of a stakeholder group, doesn't mean the city has not listened. In regards to the informal working session with Carr properties, it sure seems like a good opportunity for citizens to review preliminary work and for feedback to be given to developers not just long before construction, but before the developer has even purchased the property, and before any zoning has been changed.
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On the article City Alters Process for Waterfront Hotel in Response to Concerns
djrobb
2:51 pm on Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Hi Edgar, yes, you raise good points. No resting on their laurels for either party. About 15,000 people turned out for the last city council election, and about 70,000 turned out for the 2008 presidential election in Alexandria. So, potentially, we could see an increase of votes in the city council election by more than 55,000. That's a lot of new votes that can be influenced.
djrobb
10:27 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013
Sounds like some folks on this message board would be OK bringing prohibition back.