Many Arlingtonians view Amazon as a distant online sales giant soon to upset housing and wage markets when it settles in as Crystal City’s anchor tenant.

But the Seattle corporation knows the value of putting a human face on its presence.

In diverse Mason District, it is not unusual to meet foreign ambassadors and consuls at cultural events, and a number of American ambassadors and foreign service officers are Mason District constituents.

There is a lot of planning going on behind the scenes now to put together a sea change in the Commonwealth of Virginia’s legislative priorities once the new year arrives.

On Labor Day Weekend of 2018 and on July 8, 2019, the City experienced torrential downpours that caused widespread flooding and damage to many homes and businesses.

After many years of declining turnout in what is termed an “off-off year” election, last week’s results were stunning, as thousands more people voted in local elections than in previous years.

Arlington’s “Hippie High,” as the H-B Woodlawn Secondary program is sometimes dubbed, has broken much new ground in its nearly five decades.

Last week, Virginians went to the polls to vote for their representatives in the statehouse. This year’s election was all about the local offices as well as all 140 seats in the General Assembly.

Tuesday night we saw the blue tide continue to rise, reaching a new tipping point.

Tuesday’s election results were awesome in Northern Virginia, and I am honored and humbled that Mason District voters chose me to serve for another term.

If you voted this week, you rightly presumed your ballot was secret. But a century in the future, who knows?