Civic Federation committee raps outsiders for trying to dictate housing policy

(RECAP: Is the Arlington County government’s “Public Lands for Public Good” process a case of outsiders’ hijacking a community process and trying to elbow their way into the county, pushing longtime residents out in the process? That’s one of the conclusions, or at least suggestions, in a sometimes scathing dissection of the government’s proposal to increase the stock of affordable housing, a response submitted by the revenues-and-expenditures committee of the Arlington County Civic Federation. The eight-page, single-spaced critique was requested by the Civic Federation’s leadership, and will be part of what is likely to be a contentious discussion of the housing proposal in November.)