Category Archives: civic

Draft comments on January 2023 Draft History and Social Science Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools

[March 14, 2023, 1pm. I may continue to tinker with these before tonight’s public hearing]

Update, March 15, 2023.

Here are my remarks as delivered, just within the 2 minute limit:

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And here are the comments I submitted to the online form:

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Comments on Chain Bridge Road-Eaton Place Intersection Improvements

On February 27, 2023, I posted the following comments to the City of Fairfax page soliciting comments comments on proposed Chain Bridge Road/Eaton Place Intersection Improvements

Thank you for hosting the open house on February 22.

I submitted handwritten comments on the paper feedback form, but I would like to elaborate on them here, so others may see them. I wish to emphasize the importance of this intersection to a much larger bicycle network, and to ask for changes to the design that would make it more useful to cyclists.

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