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Redistricting Fever: They Found a Phone!
2008-03-31 21:55:00 Exactly a month to the day after the Fairfax County School Board enacted its awesome plan to transform South Lakes High School into a mecca of peace, love and Bratz understanding, the pro-school FairfaxCAPS has demonstrated its proactive approach to improving county schools by filing suit to stop redistricting forever and give every aggrieved parent in Fox Mill and Oakton Heights a pony and generate enough billable hours to move an entire team of lawyers to Great Falls.On Friday, March 28, a suit was filed on behalf of 11 parents of children affected by the proposed redistricting plan, with the support of The Fairfax Coalition of Advocates for Public Schools (Fairfax CAPS).The suit states that the School Board's decision was invalid because it was “arbitrary and capricious and undertaken in excess of its authority.”It further maintains that the school board did not comply with its policy on school boundary adjustments and ignored information demonstrating that the redistricting... More About: Phone , Redistricting , Fever
Tall Oaks Un-Giant To Open in May
2008-03-28 20:55:00 Somehow forgetting to credit our own awesome, world-exclusive scoop, the local newspapers finally figured out that Tall Oaks Shopping Center is getting a new, international-themed grocery store, complete with beef blood and pork blood and whatnot.Because the old media, ink-on-dead-tree types tend to do things like "ask questions," though, we now know more about the awesome new grocery. First of all, "El Grande Supermercado" translates into "Fresh World." The grocery store won't have a pharmacy, but it will open in May, as a flapping sign along Wiehle Avenue now suggests."Fresh World will carry things that you couldn’t find anywhere else," said Dallon Cheney, principal at KLNB, the leasing agent. The store specializes in seafood and fresh fish and its aisles are arranged by international foods. Super Ee, Fresh World’s parent company, currently owns a store in Springfield and there are plans to open more in Virginia and Maryland later in the year. And like the Easter miracle of o... More About: Open , Giant
Meet Your Neighbors: Why Does Reston Hate America?
2008-03-28 04:40:00 It's somewhat shocking that a community that had its roots in the free-thinking 1960s would attract people who would dare protest the 5th birthday of our Glorious Reworking of the Middle East by standing in front of such glorious beacons of democracy as the Pizzeria Unos and the (appropriately named?) Banana Republic. The irony? While the protesters were carrying around signs saying "it's all about the oil," their lovely stucco-and-cardboard residences sit on land developed by an evil oil company, whose name -- and here comes the double irony! -- refers to the sandy region we've worked so hard to liberate and/or bomb, all because -- and here comes the triple, hat-trick irony! -- oil was so darned cheap back then that said evil oil conglomerate chose to invest in real estate to make more money! Oil cheap and real estate hot? Talk about a crazy, upside down world!Anyway, if these folks truly had the courage of their convictions, they'd move to a community that wasn't created from... More About: America , Hate , Meet , Reston , Neighbors
Caddyshack 2: Why Does the RA Hate Gophers?
2008-03-26 15:27:00 Ah, Reston's gardening plots. Perhaps the finest example of the planned community's communal, Earth-friendly spirit. Except maybe for the pesticides and the gopher assassinations.Of the four garden locations, the site at Lake Anne is the only one that is not completely organic, Greenberg said. Gardeners at all other plots are forbidden from using any pesticides or fertilizers containing chemicals.First, we learned that the RA is condoning the napalming of tree stands, now this? Which makes us wonder: What kind of hell-spawn pests are menacing the good people of Reston's beloved tomatoes and carrots and whatnot?She said sometimes moles, groundhogs and other animals get into the plots, so RA has been looking at adding a nesting area for red-shouldered hawks.We have a simpler and more effective suggestion: More About: Hate
Metro's Silver Line: Insult to Injury
2008-03-26 15:10:00 Remember that time Metro was going to build an awesome monorail ride through the wonders of Tysons Tegucigalpa, allowing riders to squint through the smoke from the track fires to get a glimpse of such architectural wonders as the Bed Bath N Beyond and Olive Garden? But then developers grassroots organizers in that fair community decided to spontaneously demand that a tunnel be built, all the better to maintain the area's Paris-like, pedestrian-friendly boulevards? And then they sued, leaving a Tysons car dealer as the person who made the most sense as other Tysons developers jumped ship out of embarrassment? Yeah, that was awesome.Well, now that awesome lawsuit, which would have stopped Metro construction until a tunnel could be constructed out of millions of tiny, gilded mosaics that depicted the ghostly face of Crystal Koons, has been withdrawn, but not because of some touching, sitcom-like change of heart that happens precisely 24 minutes into the show. Instead, tunnel backers ... More About: Injury , Silver , Line , Insult
At Tall Oaks, Hope No Longer Blooms Eternal, But a Grocery Store Still Retu
2008-03-24 00:30:00 It's only appropriate that on Easter, we discovered that the awesome empty Giant at the Tall Oaks Shopping Center Stucco Wasteland will soon be (ahem!) resurrected as another grocery store. Only it's not one of Food Lion's bleach-and-NASCAR-free Bloom alternatives. Instead, according to two festive multilingual signs in the windows, an "international" grocery by the name of El Grande Supermercado will soon take its place. Thanks to our extensive language skills, we can ascertain that the store's name translates to "The Big Supermarket." There's apparently another iteration of the chain within spitting distance of the Mixing Bowl in Springfield and another on Gallows Road somewhere near Falls Church. They don't have a Web site, but fortunately, we can always count on the intelligent, well-travelled users of the Internets to give us the lowdown, in the form of the picture above and the thoughtful, in-depth review below:Wtf. There's an "El Grande Supermercado" (which translates ... More About: Store , Hope , Eternal , Grocery
Just Call it No Oaks
2008-03-21 15:23:00 Hey, guess what? Just four months after Giant vacated Tall Oaks Shopping Center Stucco Wasteland, the center may be on the verge of announcing an awesome new anchor tenant. Here's the thing, though: It probably won't be Bloom, it might not even be a grocery store, and it'll likely require a few teensy tiny site modifications to make the shopping center more visible from Wiehle Avenue, like cutting down a whole slew of trees.KLNB Retail's Julie Cyphers, who oversees the leasing of Tall Oaks, said she “anticipates there being [an announcement] soon,” but would not elaborate because nothing has been signed.With that store filled, Cyphers said she is optimistic about the remaining vacancies in the shopping center, which combined with the Giant space total 49,366 square feet of empty space, double the amount of occupied 24,634 square feet.“We're talking to a number of folks,” she said about the center's other vacancies. “I feel like we'll probably pick up speed once the ... More About: Call
Reston's Vibrant Economy, pt. 17: How the Reston Home Depot singlehandedly
2008-03-20 14:14:00 Reston's awesome Home Depot(tm), which is a great place to wander around and stare randomly at various home-improvement implements like doors and huge sheaths of siding (hopefully they're up to snuff in the Cluster of the Year(tm)!) and terlets and whatnot before buying a tacky potted plant and a box of Tic-Tacs and slinking out the door, apparently just singlehandedly solved the global warming crisis, with a little help of coal-plant loving Dominion power:Jenna Caudillo of Falls Church, Va., today purchased the 1 millionth compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb sold under Dominion Virginia Power's discount program for the energy- and money-saving bulbs. Caudillo purchased the bulb at The Home Depot in Reston."At our house we try to do little things to reduce the impact on the environment and save money," said Caudillo. "We have found replacing regular bulbs to be a simple and cost-effective way to reduce our electric bill and help the environment without any noticeable change to o... More About: Economy , Reston
Meanwhile, in the other Anti-Reston: We don't cotton much to them tall buil
2008-03-20 14:03:00 Remember Columbia, that other planned community in Maryland with lots of earth tones and Satanic street names and a distaste for all things related to Christmas? Well, they're at it again. When that planned community was designed, in their infinite wisdom planners decided to reserve the absolute heart and soul of the town, its geographical and spiritual center, for a shopping mall. Yeah, that Orange Julius was awesome. Anyhoo, they're planning to revitalize their "town center" and whatnot, and even though they brought in one of the people behind Reston 's Fake Downtown, folks there know one thing: they don't want their awesome mall to look like Reston's Fake Downtown. Resident Sal Cosentino said he didn't want to see a "high-density downtown area" in Columbia, like Ward designed in Reston Town Center. Cosentino, who has visited Reston, said he felt as though he were being "compressed by buildings." There was scattered applause.Yeah, that's definitely how we feel when we wander... More About: Tall , Anti , Cotton
Welcome to Lakeport! Just watch where you park
2008-03-19 18:08:00 Congratulations to Lakeport Cluster for being named the RA's 2007 cluster of the year (PDF). Sweet! Fortunately, the cluster has its own Web site, so we didn't have to leave the house to do a little of what those stuffy, old-media dead tree folks might snidely call "reporting" on what makes this little slice of Reston so special. What do the residents of Lakeport want us to know about their neighborhood? According to the notice front and center on their site, where not to park:Some time ago the Lakeport Board of Directors suspended the enforcement of our parking regulations due to problems with the towing company. Since that time, adherence to the Lakeport parking regulations, which are outlined in the Lakeport Handbook, has become lax.All residents should be aware that, effective immediately, parking regulations will be enforced and those automobiles parked in violation of the Handbook guidelines will be subject to towing.Flyers will be placed under the windshield wipers of all v... More About: Watch , Park
Meet Your Neighbors: Shiny Happy People
2008-03-19 17:51:00 One thing about people from Reston: They love mauve. Also, they stay busy-- or at least busy enough to provide for the local newspapers touching tales about the Human Struggle, or maybe determination, or another one of those terms you see at the bottom of all the inspiring posters in your sales manager's office.Take 60 years young Ken Stringer, who was one of three Fairfax County residents who climbed Mount Aconcaqua in Argentina, which the article tells us is "the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas."Tom Hughes, 51, of Vienna, Bob Gaskins, 41, of Chantilly and Ken Stringer, 60, of Reston, flew to the state of Mendoza in Argentina on Jan. 16 to tackle the eight-day climb to the summit, which peaks at 22,841 feet. Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on earth, measures 29,028 feet.The trio had previously tackled Mount Rainier in Washington state in 2004. While that peak reaches 14,410 feet, Hughes said Rainier is technically a bit more difficult than Aconcagua. Rainier is addit... More About: People , Happy , Meet , Neighbors , Shiny
St. Patricks Day, Reston style
2008-03-17 23:06:00 The word "poop" spray scrawled in green spray paint on a neighborhood sign off Center Harbor Road in North Reston .Hey, at least the vandal(s) respected the spirit of the holiday -- and Reston's nature-friendly ethos -- in their choice of spray paint. Reston go bragh! More About: Style , St Patricks
Redistricting Fever: Injunction Junction, What's Your Function?
2008-03-13 17:17:00 FairfaxCAPS, the positive, pro-school, not-gonna-sue group that thinks all Fairfax County schools are awesome, but that some are more awesome than others, is getting ready to sue.FairfaxCAPS, Inc. directors are taking steps needed to file, on behalf of interested parties, a lawsuit requesting a court-ordered injunction to stop the redistricting. A local law firm with a special expertise about education law in Virginia is being selected. Sweet! Guess someone found a phone.They have, as they say in the movies, a plan:If the lawsuit is successful, a court-ordered injunction against the redistricting in effect would block the February 28 redistricting decision and restore the previous high school boundaries. Future steps would be up to the School Board, but School Board members have acknowledged many flaws in their process, and would need to pursue other options, including potentially conducting a new boundary study with an improved and transparent and fair process.Awesome. But we've... More About: Redistricting , Fever , Function , Junction
Metro Silver Line: Keep Clapping!
2008-03-12 21:06:00 Hey, remember that time the Feds were going to cancel funding for Metro 's awesome E-ticket ride nonstop through the wonderland of Tysons Tegucigalpa directly to the end of the mile-long, slow as molasses security lines at Dulles? But then after people started whining about the need for mass transit and gas prices and no-bid contracts and tunnels and whatnot, they decided to give Virginia officials another month to file some awesome paperwork in quadruplicate before officially rejecting the plan? Yeah, that was awesome. So March 1 rolled by about... oh, 12 days ago, and no word on the project. Whazzup with that?Well, apparently Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Margaret Peters are now BFFs! They released a joint statement last week saying everything's hunky-dory, and then went off to see an early show of "Step Up 2 the Streets" or maybe listen to some Bobby Sherman records or something:U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters and Virginia Gov. Tim Kai... More About: Silver , Line
Reston's Vibrant Economy Part 16: When power amplifiers are banned, only cr
2008-03-11 15:29:00 A Reston company pleaded guilty to illegally selling technology with military applications to China.WaveLab Inc. pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria to unlawful export of electronic components.In court documents, the company's chief executive, Walter Zheng, admitted that WaveLab shipped hundreds of power amplifiers to China even though it knew the technology had military applications and required an export license that WaveLab lacked.The company has agreed to forfeit $85,000 (€55,134) _ roughly equivalent to the profits from the sales. It could be forced to pay a fine of up to $500,000 (€324,317) when it is formally sentenced on June 6. A man who answered the phone at WaveLab said everyone was too busy to talk and hung up. Shocking. Dismaying. Downright unpatriotic. What the hell is a power amplifier, anyway?Meanwhile, the usual suspects lost wheelbarrows full of money this last quarter: Millennium Bankshares Corp. lost $9.9 million in 2007, which sounds ... More About: Economy , Power , Part , Banned , Amplifiers
This Week in Crime: We know better than to make jokes about the dedicated p
2008-03-11 15:24:00 A suspicious package was left in front of the Herndon Post Office this morning. Police blocked off the main parking lot for about 30 minutes before sounding the all clear. More About: Jokes , Crime , Week , Make , Dedicated
Redistricting Fever: The real truth about Bratz (OMG A Restonian World Excl
2008-03-11 02:37:00 During the respectful public discourse about the recent uneventful West County redistricting decision which no one hardly noticed, one of the many reasons proffered for not wanting to send children to South Lakes High School, aside from IB band programs neighborhood inclusiveness socioeconomics school spirit football real estate values was Bratz dolls. No, really. Seems that some people thought that kids in the South Lakes district supposedly played with Bratz dolls, while the good-hearted children from decent places like Oakton Heights and Fox Mill only played with Barbies -- but of course only the multiethnic Barbies, because no one there sees race! -- and this apparently said something about upbringing, or propensity to take IB, or whatever. So imagine our surprise when we visited Freecycle earlier today:Offer: Brazt Styling Head smaller head, you can fix hair, or put on makeup. Just the head, no accessoriesnear fox mill shopping centerThat's right. Ladies and gentlemen, the Smo... More About: Truth , World , Real , Redistricting
Restonian on Your Side(tm): Consumer Watch
2008-03-09 19:53:00 Should we be concerned that every one of the gas pumps at the Exxon on Wiehle Avenue has a bright red REJECTED sticker on it, courtesy of the state department of Weights and Measures?More to the point, should we be concerned that the gas station is still open for business when every one of its gas pumps has a bright red REJECTED sticker on it, courtesy of the state department of Weights and Measures?That is all. More About: Watch , Consumer , Side
This Week in Crime: Catching up
2008-03-07 18:44:00 Earlier this week, a Vienna woman was charged with murdering her husband at their home on Cromwell Road, which, as the Connection points out, "is one of those narrow, hilly country roads where big houses sit on large plots of land."Winding its way between Vienna and Reston, Crowell Road's genteel manner was shattered in the middle-of-the-night hours early Monday morning when, Fairfax County Police said, 52-year-old Marysusan Giguere shot and killed her husband, Ronald.That's a shame, but it's really not lurid enough for, say, a Dateline NBC spot.On the 100-foot-long driveway leading to the Giguere home, a seething diatribe, rife with sexual allegations and accusations, was hand-painted in white paint. Known throughout the community for caring for stray or injured animals, the Gigueres have large decorative stone dogs guarding their home. Fairfax County Animal Services removed seven dogs, two cats, two horses, several goats, and many pet birds from the home on Monday. Much better.... More About: Crime , Week
The hands that built Reston's Fake Downtown (tm)
2008-03-07 17:31:00 Some undocumented workers got shafted while building one of the new shiny high-rises in Reston's Fake Downtown .About a dozen immigrant drywallers — some illegal — were never paid for their work last summer at a Reston Town Center project by their employer, Salvador Blanco, an unlicensed labor broker, according to contractors on the job.Among them was Flor and her husband, Juan Carlos, both illegal immigrants from El Salvador. The couple, who asked to be identified by their first names only because they feared deportation, said when they weren’t paid for a month’s work, their family back home had to sell what little property they had to cover the medical bills for their sickly 4-year-old daughter.The workers eventually received compensation totaling about $35,000 from C.J. Coakley Co., the subcontractor that hired Blanco, and Hitt Construction, the general contractor, after carpenters union officials alerted the contractors and property owner, Boston Properties, of the probl... More About: Hands
Democracy in action
2008-03-06 16:29:00 The four candidates for the RA board squared off for the first time earlier this week, and the heated debate was blistering, full of catchy jibes like "Change you can Xerox" and "Yes we can."Actually, not so much. Instead, folks talked about newcomer nights and indoor tennis facilities.Four candidates are running for two seats; Cheryl Beamer is running for reelection against John Bowman for the Hunters Woods/Dogwood position and Richard Chew is running against Barbara Zicari for the At-Large seat being vacated by Bill Keefe.So who's for hope, and who's for change? We're not sure, but there was some interesting discussion about transparency.Two questions asked at Monday night’s forum for Reston Association (RA) Board candidates related to the board’s work behind closed doors.Forum moderator Robert Goudie, member of the forum organizer Alliance of Reston Clusters and Homeowners (ARCH), asked when the candidates felt it was appropriate for the board to hold executive sessions."I... More About: Action , Democracy
'Okay, kids. This is what a subpoena looks like. Can everyone say 'subpoena
2008-03-06 16:08:00 Remember how FairfaxCAPS, the awesome pro-school group with lots of friendly pictures of kids of all ethnicities on its Web site, was going to take a positive, proactive approach to helping Fairfax County's school system make sure everyone gets a fair shake, except maybe for a few malcontents in South Reston who take some weird foreign classes? Well, in the wake of last week's redistricting decision that eliminated the Madison Island and maybe Gilligan's Island, and forced kids from affluent neighborhoods to attend the newly fenestrated South Lakes High School, not so much.In the wake of the decision, the largest of the citizen groups opposed to the boundary changes, Fairfax County Coalition of Advocates for Public Schools, continues to accept pledges of donations through its web site for its legal fund.The form's disclaimer states that “pledges made here will only be used in the event of a lawsuit against Fairfax County School Board.”Founder Nick Pesce told The Times on Feb... More About: Kids
This week on an exquisitely special 'Reston Heights': You can check in anyt
2008-03-05 06:14:00 When the awesome Westin Hotel in Reston Heights opens in April, it won't just be a place for weary business travelers to sit in darkened conference facilities and watch pay-per-view porn once they're back in their rooms. It'll be exciting for local residents as well!The upcoming opening of the Westin Reston Heights will spark the launch of the 35-acre Reston Heights project, a master-planned community that will serve as a decidedly upscale lifestyle center."While many people primarily associate Reston with Reston Town Center, there is so much more to our town, and we are thrilled to play a major role in bringing new opportunities to the community," said The Westin Reston Heights Director of Sales and Marketing David Catalon.According to Westin Reston Heights General Manager Sami Zeitoun, the hotel will be a hub for area residents as well. In addition to offering residents the opportunity to energize their spirits with a relaxing weekend getaway, the hotel will unveil Vinifera, a ... More About: Check , Special , Week
Moldgate Revisited: The Saturday Night Massacre (only on a Monday, and with
2008-03-05 05:55:00 Remember how a whistleblower with courage and pluck, kind of like Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich only not a woman, dared stand up to the monolithic Fellowship Square Foundation and say its Lake Anne buildings were filled to the gills with scary, toxic mold? We sort of forgot about it, too, but it turns out that after getting fired, he's now been evicted.An ex-employee of the Fellowship Square Foundation was evicted from the Lake Anne location Monday after he refused to move out upon his termination in August.Oliver Thomas was hired by the Fellowship Square Foundation as the chief of maintenance for both buildings on April 1, 2003. He was fired in August 2007 in what he believes was retaliation for his vocal concerns about mold and bacteria growing in the building's infrastructure.Thomas and his family maintain that the 35-year-old building's heating and cooling system is corroded and contains mold that has caused the family severe allergies and health problems.Director James Ga... More About: Night , Saturday , Massacre
Your Redistricting Fever Box Score: 10-2
2008-02-29 14:07:00 As expected, the Fairfax County School Board voted 10-2 to approve the awesome redistricting plan for South Lakes High School, ensuring that socioeconomically privileged brats and Bratz alike will learn together in perfect harmony.Board member Stuart D. Gibson (Hunter Mill), a proponent of the plan, said it is "about making sure that all children we serve have the same access to the services we expect for all our children."Two board members supported by anti-redistricting proponents voted against the plan.Newly elected board members Martina A. Hone (At Large) and James L. Raney (At Large) urged the board to halt the process and rethink the school system's approach toward drawing boundaries.Hone proposed a countywide moratorium on boundary changes, with exceptions for new schools, to allow a review of all attendance zones."I believe that this is the healthiest thing for our community to do," she said, "especially after this very difficult exercise: to stop, assess, plan and make the... More About: Score , Redistricting , Fever
Redistricting Fever: Hey, who told the Washington Post people were upset ab
2008-02-28 15:34:00 In anticipation of tonight's awesome meeting at which the Fairfax County School Board will decide whether to redistrict South Lakes High School into what folks in transitional neighborhoods like the ghetto-like, $758,000-a-home Oakton Heights might call a magnet reeducation center for affluent children, kind of like the classic 1980s movie Richie Rich, only a) without MacCauley Culkin and b) with slightly more focus on IB, the Washington Post ran a front-page story about this whole sordid mess. Guess what they figured out? People are upset!At least they clued into how damaging all these months' of back-and-forth about band programs, Bratz dolls, and vaguely racist anonymous message board comments have been, using the Fox Mill neighborhood as an example:For months, Fox Mill parents have managed an uneasy peace, smiling across driveways, agreeing to disagree. But lately, tempers have flared. About two weeks ago, board member Kathy L. Smith (Sully) proposed an alternative -- to split... More About: Washington Post , Redistricting
Own a piece of Reston history (aside from the original shag carpeting in yo
2008-02-28 15:28:00 In anticipation of its upcoming renovation, the Reston Museum is holding an auction tonight. Just think -- you could own one of the items that makes the museum so popular with foreign tourists.The auction, to be held Thursday, Feb. 28, will have a silent portion from 5:30-6:30 p.m. followed by a live auction. Phil Tobey will be the auctioneer.Items for both auctions consist of donated Reston memorabilia and items that aren't necessarily a good fit for the museum.“We have a lot of other things people would enjoy but are not really appropriate for us to keep; either we have duplicates or they're not relevant to the history,” she said.Lillienthal said one of the more interesting items is an abstract ink drawing by Jim Rosant, one of the original architects of Lake Anne Plaza. The drawing was donated by Bob and Cheryl Simon.Another is an out-of-print book by Tom Grubisich titled "Reston: The First Twenty Years." Grubisich is a writer and former longtime resident of Reston.Awesome ... More About: History , Original , Piece
Metro Silver Line: Maybe Really the End of the Line?
2008-02-27 13:55:00 After winning an extension last month to finish up some paperwork and maybe collate it and put it in a nice plastic binder from Staples so it can be filed and ignored by the Federal Transit Authority, time may be running out for Metro 's awesome Silver Line extension, which would give commuters an awesome monorail ride through the architectural wonderland of Tysons Tegucigalpa before encountering a track fire somewhere near Wolf Trap and getting disgorged along the median of the Toll Road.With the end of the month looming, officials for the Dulles Rail Project are busy working with the Federal Transit Authority to get the project approved before the current construction contract expires.That situation could seem familiar because at the end of January all of those players were in the exact same position, until they agreed to a one-month extension in the contract, giving everyone involved more time to win over the FTA.Now, that extension is about to expire, and sources close to the pr...
This Week in Crime: Good thinking!
2008-02-25 16:23:00 A Reston woman was arrested after entering D.C. Police headquarters and attempting to take a guard's gun:Cynthia Nixon, 40, entered the building at 300 Indiana Ave. NW about 3:45 p.m. and pulled out a handgun, police said. She approached a private security officer who was guarding the door, demanding, "Give me your gun," according to charging papers filed yesterday.Nixon then pointed her handgun at the guard and pulled the trigger, but the weapon did not fire, according to the charging documents.The charging papers quoted Nixon as telling police that her plan was to "rob a police officer of his weapon." Well, at least she went to the right place. More About: Crime , Week , Good , Thinking
Meanwhile, in the Anti-Reston: The sessions were okay, but you should have
More articles from this author:2008-02-25 16:09:00 Remember how Herndon's Crowne Plaza hotel was going to host that awesome, vaguely racist conference? About 50 protesters tried to enter the hotel to disrupt the American Renaissance Conference on Saturday, but police held them back. Too bad, because it sounds like they missed quite a show inside:Among the seminars were "Understanding the African Mind" and "Mexico From the Inside: Who the Mexicans Are and Why They Do What They Do.'' For sale outside conference rooms were neckties decorated with Confederate emblems and books such as "Race Differences in Intelligence'' and "Zoological Subspecies of Man.''The Post felt compelled to point out that of the 100 attendees, "most of them [were] white men." You think?Meanwhile, Jared Taylor, the group's founder, pointed to national politics to say they're not so extreme after all:Taylor said a theme of the conference was the intersection of immigration and race, which he said is reflected in the presidential campaign. "The country is ... More About: Reston , Anti , Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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