tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post8392440621348123278..comments2024-03-29T02:53:45.372-07:00Comments on Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row: VDOT out of step with MD, VA leaders on new Potomac River crossingRobert Dyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-28072109330880917342015-07-27T04:08:14.761-07:002015-07-27T04:08:14.761-07:009:38: In politics and hyperlocal journalism, lifel...9:38: In politics and hyperlocal journalism, lifelong resident trumps resume every time. I also happen to have an extensive resume as an activist in local politics. But I'm glad you brought up resumes, because there are still questions about Hans Riemer's. For example, was he or was he not the youth director for the Obama campaign on Election Day in November 2008, as he's claimed in 2010 and 2014? #OopsRobert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-35711856804381177922015-07-26T21:38:31.939-07:002015-07-26T21:38:31.939-07:00"Lifelong resident" is not a resume. De..."Lifelong resident" is not a resume. Deal with that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-80246890869569216382015-07-26T19:22:20.556-07:002015-07-26T19:22:20.556-07:005:49: Lose your "resentment" over the cr...5:49: Lose your "resentment" over the credibility lifelong residents have over carpetbagging outsiders who unpack the U-Haul, and then use tens of thousands of dollars from Wall Street crooks and their lobbyists to run for office.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-87257759365439281352015-07-26T17:49:02.312-07:002015-07-26T17:49:02.312-07:00Hans Riemer is a twice-elected County Council memb...Hans Riemer is a twice-elected County Council member, not some random "outsider telling us how we're going to live". Lose the resentment, seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-49986579787664581152015-07-24T21:38:29.639-07:002015-07-24T21:38:29.639-07:004:49: It's not only real, but they've even...4:49: It's not only real, but they've even gotten involved in financially backing BRT propaganda here in Montgomery County. Just what we need, more outsiders telling us how we're going to live and commute. Something they have in common with Hans Riemer.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-32410000558164426462015-07-24T21:36:31.085-07:002015-07-24T21:36:31.085-07:005:02: Yeah, it's so bad that we lost Intelsat,...5:02: Yeah, it's so bad that we lost Intelsat, CEB and, most recently, Lidl headquarters to Virginia in the latest round of corporate changes of address. Put the pom poms away.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-85249918909406859432015-07-24T06:55:12.584-07:002015-07-24T06:55:12.584-07:00I should also point out that when an NIH Institute...I should also point out that when an NIH Institute moves, a lot of contractor leased space goes with it. NIH contractors will often lease space in the same building or office park. You may remember during one of the shutdown showdowns the lease of the giant HHS Building on Parklawn was re-negotiated to keep them from moving out of the county. In all the NIH cases so far the space has remained in the county.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204848548917113353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-38393591328935675532015-07-24T05:02:30.679-07:002015-07-24T05:02:30.679-07:008:03 PM - how many times do you need to be reminde...8:03 PM - how many times do you need to be reminded that the situation is the same or worse in NoVa?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-10961270393049231212015-07-24T04:49:16.797-07:002015-07-24T04:49:16.797-07:00"There is a formidable astroturf opposition i..."There is a formidable astroturf opposition in Virginia, funded by urban developers"<br /><br />Oh, here we go again with this lame fantasy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-9104456355002656182015-07-23T20:05:58.849-07:002015-07-23T20:05:58.849-07:008:17: Well, the Outer Beltway has taken even longe...8:17: Well, the Outer Beltway has taken even longer than the ICC from first being proposed. But if you start the clock with Bob Ehrlich and other elected officials getting behind the ICC to benefit Konterra, it actually didn't take that long to build it. Same thing with the Woodrow Wilson bridge for National Harbor. When a developer needs something in order to build, you'd be amazed how quick it gets done.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-12500013189928452282015-07-23T20:03:08.041-07:002015-07-23T20:03:08.041-07:007:02: Real reason for vacancies in Rock Spring/Roc...7:02: Real reason for vacancies in Rock Spring/Rockledge: failure of the county to attract the large employers who require those kind of office park sites - defense, aerospace, high-level cybersecurity, research and development laboratories. They're a different category from the employers who are better fit for urban office space like at Pike & Rose or Bethesda Row.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-53857743440409754652015-07-23T20:00:03.374-07:002015-07-23T20:00:03.374-07:006:31: You are largely correct, although the bigger...6:31: You are largely correct, although the bigger problem has been that Maryland's past governor was opposed. There is a formidable astroturf opposition in Virginia, funded by urban developers who will profit if people can't easily commute from farther away locations, and developer front groups like the Rockefeller Foundation and Piedmont. Basically, there's one set of homebuilders who do residential in exurbs who would benefit by the crossing, and another who do "inside the Beltway" mixed-use development. They are battling it out through proxy groups. We need to put those private financial considerations aside, and do what is best for commuters region wide - building additional river crossings.Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-49206860759615362082015-07-23T19:52:09.683-07:002015-07-23T19:52:09.683-07:00There goes Dyer, poisoning the well again.There goes Dyer, poisoning the well again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-47263865329923181922015-07-23T19:48:58.540-07:002015-07-23T19:48:58.540-07:00Andrew, I agree, that Post article was absolutely ...Andrew, I agree, that Post article was absolutely biased, if not outright propaganda. Since when does Dan Zak write about real estate, anyway?Robert Dyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975969463714952623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-33896197343918203992015-07-23T10:43:13.279-07:002015-07-23T10:43:13.279-07:00I deleted my own comment to fix a couple of typos....I deleted my own comment to fix a couple of typos.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204848548917113353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-17125581982840239552015-07-23T08:19:52.047-07:002015-07-23T08:19:52.047-07:00Oh how I wish the troll(s) would just go away! You...Oh how I wish the troll(s) would just go away! You can't have a serious discussion without some jerk attacking Dyer for some warped personal reason. I wish the site editor would just delete those comments as soon as they appear since they add nothing at all to the thread.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-56502855311542328782015-07-23T08:17:04.748-07:002015-07-23T08:17:04.748-07:00They should do both, but the new bridge crossing w...They should do both, but the new bridge crossing would take 20 years at least, based on how long it took to build the ICC. Adding a lane to the American Leg Bridge is a good short-term fix. It is indeed already 5 lanes wide anyway -- the right-most lane is an exit for Clara Barton or GW Parkways.. They should make it a through lane instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-83756477281454987472015-07-23T07:37:49.890-07:002015-07-23T07:37:49.890-07:00Readers are so scared of Dyer's censorship tha...Readers are so scared of Dyer's censorship that they are self-censoring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-74358592454682437772015-07-23T07:37:30.309-07:002015-07-23T07:37:30.309-07:00MoCo residents commuting back home from Tysons in ...MoCo residents commuting back home from Tysons in peak rush hour would love to be moving at 23mph. I call BS on that mph data. Traffic is crawling at best, stop and start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-13388023677695596902015-07-23T07:33:22.188-07:002015-07-23T07:33:22.188-07:007:30 AM looks like the commenter removed his own c...7:30 AM looks like the commenter removed his own comment. How is that Dyer censorship? More like self-censorship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-75470612932634360822015-07-23T07:30:21.144-07:002015-07-23T07:30:21.144-07:00@ 7:10 AM - And Dyer's shameful censorship con...@ 7:10 AM - And Dyer's shameful censorship continues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-67024839563977859162015-07-23T07:24:11.848-07:002015-07-23T07:24:11.848-07:00I think the article is a bit skewed. The bulk of t...I think the article is a bit skewed. The bulk of the vacancies there are caused by NCI moving to Shady Grove *Hospital* nowhere near a Metro. NIAID did move to Fisher's Lane near a Metro. But NCI chose to move away from a reasonable walk to White Flint to a potential future stop of the CCT. I work in Rock Spring and it's 8 minutes on the bus from White Flint when I go that way. The NIH Shuttle time from Medical Center is much, much longer.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204848548917113353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-89315094438778149502015-07-23T07:10:56.125-07:002015-07-23T07:10:56.125-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204848548917113353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-77607758701716454232015-07-23T07:02:29.018-07:002015-07-23T07:02:29.018-07:00Executive Boulevard and Rockledge are the next Whi...Executive Boulevard and Rockledge are the next White Flint.<br /><br />Interesting article in yesterday's Post explaining why suburban office parks are going the way of enclosed suburban shopping malls:<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-old-suburban-office-park-is-the-new-american-ghost-town/2015/07/20/b8e7653a-1f6e-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28521945.post-88047622514831449902015-07-23T07:02:11.359-07:002015-07-23T07:02:11.359-07:00I am sure the companies we want to do this for wil...I am sure the companies we want to do this for will be glad to help pay for a new bridge and to help buy up all those properties along the route. They will not even ask for a tax break for locating to MoCo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com