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(Updated at 5:00 p.m.) Many of the sidewalks built over the last two years in Arlington are already crumbling, and the county is trying to figure out why.
At least a dozen sidewalks all over the county — like the ones pictured above — appear significantly damaged, their surfaces crumbling and creating tiny pieces of debris. These are not pieces of aging infrastructure that plague the county, these are recently installed sidewalks that have worn down rapidly.
Arlington's Department of Environmental Services oversees the sidewalks, and Engineering Bureau Chief Ramzi Awwad said DES knows about the issue and has been investigating it for "several months." All of the sidewalks they have inspected — between six and 12, he said — were installed within the last one or two years. All of them have been built by the same specifications the county, and other surrounding jurisdictions, have used well before these issues came to the fore.
"Each location is unique with its specific properties," Awwad said today. "There's elevated water content in the top millimeter or two. When salt is applied to newly poured concrete, that's when the deterioration occurs."
Awwad said it's not a safety issue — the damage is just to the very top level of the sidewalk — but he said the elevated water in the concrete was present during construction, not a result of excess precipitation. At this point, the county doesn't know how the excess water got into the concrete, and doesn't have a plan to repair it.
The specific type of deterioration occurring in Arlington's newest sidewalks could be attributed to freezing and thawing. According to engineering training center PDHOnline, freezing and thawing can take its toll on any concrete with excess water underneath the surface. The photo used to illustrate freezing and thawing damage (on page 6 here) looks nearly identical to the issues Arlington's new sidewalks have encountered.
According to a paper by concrete supplier Cemex, "It is not uncommon in the concrete industry for the contractor to add water to the load prior to or even during the unloading process to increase the slump and improve the workability of the concrete." Too much water can cause the concrete to be more permeable, and therefore more susceptible to further water infiltration
Awwad said all of the sidewalks DES has inspected for deterioration were county projects completed by private contractors. Some private developers install their own sidewalks, adhering to county specifications, and none of the privately built walkways have reported this problem.
"The majority of what we've observed and we're aware of has been county projects built by contractors," Awwad said. He said different contractors have built the sections of now-deteriorating sidewalks.
Since discovering the problem, DES has instituted some changes.
"We've studied and implemented some best practices that will help this from occurring in the future," he said. "That's our first goal. In addition, as part of our investigation, we are studying repair methods that can remedy the issue."
Awwad said the investigation should be wrapping up in a matter of weeks. He said the county investigates based on resident complaints, and the spots they have inspected so far have been brought to them by the public. The public can report crumbling sidewalks online or on Arlington's app.
"Our residents are really our eyes and ears, particularly in capital improvement projects," he said. "Residents are the ones who notified us, and we're always appreciative when they do."
(Updated at 1:45 p.m.) Arlington Department of Human Services Director Susanne Eisner is retiring, ARLnow.com has learned.
Eisner will leave her post at the end of May, DHS spokesman Kurt Larrick confirmed. She is the latest high-level Arlington staffer to retire, following Police Chief Doug Scott's announcement in January and County Manager Barbara Donnellan's announcement last Friday.
Eisner has been with DHS for more than 30 years, joining the Arlington Employment Center in 1984 and working her way up to director in 2005. Although the timing is conspicuous after Donnellan's announcement last week, a source tells ARLnow.com there's "nothing sinister here" and that Eisner is just hoping to travel with her new husband.
Eisner immigrated to the United States when she was 8 years old and worked as an immigrant counselor before she joined DHS, her biography says. In DHS, she has served as chief of the Economic Independence Division and served for three years as DHS deputy director before taking over the top job from Marsha Allgeier.
"She is proud to have completed the consolidation of all DHS services here at Sequoia Plaza (Public Health and Behavioral Health are joining us here this summer, joining the rest of the programs that came her in 2010) and maximizing the integration of human services in a centralized location," Larrick said in an email. She is "also proud of all the work the department has done to strengthen, protect and empower Arlingtonians in need."
The county has not formally announced Eisner's retirement. It's unclear who will take over the department when she leaves her position.
Photo via Arlington County
(Updated at 11:55 a.m.) An Arlington General District Court judge saved a man's life in his courtroom Thursday morning, performing CPR after the victim suffered a heart attack.
The victim was testifying at the trial of an alleged trespasser when he started "gasping for air," his friend George told ARLnow.com. George, who declined to give his last name or his friend's name, alerted Judge Thomas J. Kelley Jr., who cleared out the courtroom and came down from the bench to render aid.
When it became apparent that the victim was having a heart attack, Kelley laid him on the floor and started performing chest compressions, George said. Sheriff's deputies Edwin Hill and Phyllis Henderson assisted Kelley and performed mouth-to-mouth, according to Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Maj. Susie Doyel.
"It was a flash, [Kelley] was down off that bench in a hurry," George said. "When I got to the hospital, the EMTs stabilized him and said whoever performed CPR on him probably saved his life."
George and the heart attack victim are childhood friends and Arlington natives, and the victim's house was allegedly broken into recently, which is why they were in court.
Between the time Kelley began administering CPR and paramedics arrived, George said the victim began breathing and regained his pulse — but then his heart stopped again, prompting the hero judge and deputies to begin CPR again.
"The judge had control of everything. He didn't blink," George said. Later Thursday afternoon, after ensuring his friend was in stable condition, George went back to the court house to thank Kelley. "He was telling me he had [performed CPR] years back and he was glad he still had the skill set."
Photo courtesy Maj. Susie Doyel
Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein isn't making many political donations these days.
They would almost certainly get returned, given that the former Democratic donor is a convicted sex offender and has recently been in the headlines for claims that he used underage girls as sex slaves, with Britain's Prince Andrew named as a potential beneficiary.
So why did Gwendolyn Beck, a long-shot independent candidate for Congress in Virginia's 8th District last year, receive what appears to be Epstein's only political donations of 2014, totaling $12,600?
Beck — a Rosslyn resident who used to work in the financial industry — tells ARLnow.com she simply asked a number of billionaires in her Rolodex for donations, and Epstein was one of them.
"I did call every billionaire I know to ask for campaign funds, and Mr. Epstein sent the donations," Beck said via email. "I haven't spoken with him personally in years. During my years at Morgan Stanley (started in 1995), I managed a portion of his investment funds (about $65 million), and knew him personally. While the press has tagged him 'a man of mystery' because they can't explain how he made his money, it's mostly a combination of real estate and complex derivatives."
Beck continued: "At the time, he had a girlfriend he was very close to, and was a hardworking, thoughtful man (he comes from a poor background and made a lot of money really fast). I think he went off the deep end when she left (I left Morgan Stanley by this time and had no relationship with them), and got involved in very bad behaviors which he's sought therapy for and paid his time in jail."
Beck, who ran on a platform of being "financially responsible, socially inclusive," said her decision to accept the cash — given to her campaign and two PACs she controls — "is a question of forgiveness."
"Did voters forgive Marion Berry, etc. – the list is long," she said. "I am deeply opposed [to] and shocked by his behavior, but he has paid his debt to society. Although humanly flawed, he can be a great asset to our nation because he understands finance on a level most people can't comprehend."
Beck finished a distant third in the November general election, with 2.7 percent of the vote, to 31.7 percent for Republican Micah Edmond and 63 percent for the winner, Democrat Don Beyer. That's despite other large donations to her campaign coffers from a number of other wealthy, notable people.
Richard Kramer, chairman of Republic Holdings, donated $7,600. Mort Zuckerman, billionaire owner of the New York Daily News and U.S. News and World Report, donated $2,600. George Albrecht, owner of a Boston-area car dealership chain, also donated $2,600.
Beck said they all supported her centrist message.
"They all believe in our Fiscally Responsible, Socially Inclusive message and that Congress needs at least one independent," she said. "This bipartisan fighting needs to stop. Mort Zuckerman and Richard Kramer have interests in VA08, believe in our message, and think I should continue to get a voice for independents. Mr. Albrecht is a 'like-minded' wealthy family friend who was helping me."
Career-wise, Beck was a sales manager for the now-defunct Eastern Airlines before transitioning to the financial industry in the 1990s, working for firms like Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. A few years ago, she wrote a book, Flirting with Finance, which teaches finance through romantic stories. She was photographed attending a state dinner in 2010 with Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), as The Smoking Gun pointed out yesterday.
Most recently, Beck said she has been volunteering in Arlington, studying for a master's degree in gerontology from George Mason University and working as an analyst for an investment firm. As for future political plans, she said she was still contemplating her next move.
"Not sure at this point," she said. "I do believe Congress needs more 'centrist' independents and that our country would be better served with their voices being heard."
Virginia Hospital Center refused to admit the potential Ebola patient from the Pentagon on Friday, according to county officials, despite the hospital saying two weeks earlier that it was ready to handle such patients.
Responding to an inquiry from ARLnow.com today, the Arlington County Fire Department confirmed reports that VHC refused the woman — who at the time was thought to potentially have the deadly Ebola virus — when medics brought her to the hospital. She never left the ambulance.
"We were turned away," said ACFD spokeswoman Lt. Sarah Marchegiani. "We followed our protocol and brought the patient to the closest hospital (VHC), at which point we were rerouted to Fairfax Inova."
VHC has not responded to multiple requests for comment from ARLnow.com. Marchegiani said the hospital claimed not to be prepared for such a patient, even though the department had previously been told VHC could accept suspected Ebola patients.
"The reason told to our medical director was that they couldn't handle the patient," said Marchegiani. Earlier this month, however, VHC told TV station WUSA 9 that it was ready to deal with potential Ebola patients.
"Virginia Hospital Center wants to reassure our community that the Hospital has the infrastructure and procedures already in place to screen, and if necessary, isolate, test and treat all high-risk patients. We drill and prepare for just such situations; therefore, our staff is highly trained to take appropriate precautions for a suspected and/or confirmed Ebola case.
A multi-disciplinary taskforce has reviewed our infection control guidelines and reinforced education of the Hospital staff to ensure it can detect a patient with Ebola Virus Disease, protect all healthcare workers so they can safely care for the patient, and respond to the patient in a timely manner."
An ARLnow.com tipster indicates emergency responders called the VHC emergency room from the scene at the Pentagon, and were told to bring the patient over. The tipster claims hospital administration refused to allow the patient inside once she arrived at the hospital. The person tells ARLnow.com there was a "heated exchange" between the emergency physician and hospital administration inside the emergency room while the patient waited in the ambulance. The tipster also claims hospital administration worried it would lose business if it came to be seen as an "Ebola hospital."
The county's emergency officials reportedly have had talks with officials at VHC since the incident. ACFD confirms VHC has agreed to accept potential Ebola patients in the future.
Arlington County officials also have confirmed that the patient had not traveled to West Africa, as she allegedly first told authorities. In fact, she had not left the country at all, the county said, and had no contact with other potentially infected people.
"She had stated that she had traveled to Sierra Leone at the scene and did exhibit symptoms consistent with Ebola, so responders took all appropriate steps," said Diana Sun, Arlington County's Director of Communications. "There was an investigative process that went beyond Arlington. During the course of this, people close to the patient were interviewed and stated that she had not left the country. The patient herself, later in the afternoon, recanted her story and said that she had not left the country. When that last piece came in, public health officials felt confident in not pursuing" further testing for the Ebola virus.
There's no word yet on whether the woman will face any charges.
Arlington Public Schools' capacity crisis is only getting worse, and members of the community are clamoring for good solutions fast.
APS Assistant Superintendent for Facilities and Operations John Chadwick said the school system grew by 1,200 students in the 2014-2015 school year, 400 more than APS had projected. That's the equivalent of two full elementary schools, Chadwick said.
The growth means that initial APS projections of seat deficits will need to be revised. With last year's numbers, APS projected having 960 more middle school students than seats in the 2018-2019 school year; once projections with this year's numbers are calculated, that figure is likely to reach over 1,000.
"We are experiencing an unprecedented rate of enrollment growth," Chadwick told a crowd of more than 100 parents and residents at Williamsburg Middle School last night. "Determining the location of those seats is a really challenging process, but we have to make decisions. If enrollment continues to grow as projected, we're going to look at many more sites for new schools and renovations before we're through."
At the heart of the discussion during last night's community meeting is the School Board's impending decision to try to add 1,300 middle school seats in North Arlington by some combination of building additions and renovations to existing APS properties, or constructing a new school at the Wilson School site in Rosslyn.
Other options on the table include:
- Building additions onto the Stratford school site on Vacation Lane, which currently houses the H-B Woodlawn and Stratford programs, to form a new neighborhood middle school. Stratford and H-B Woodlawn would be moved the Reed-Westover site with additions and renovations.
- Expanding both the Stratford and Reed-Westover buildings and constructing an addition onto an existing middle school.
- Moving H-B Woodlawn and Stratford to the Wilson School site and constructing a new neighborhood middle school at the Stratford building.
"Our goal is try to get secondary seats as soon as possible to alleviate what we see as imminent future crowding in our schools," Lionel White, APS director of facilities planning, said.
Many residents and parents have complained that APS has faltered in both informing and seeking input from the community, but last night's meeting was viewed by some as a significant step toward alleviating the crisis.
"I think for the first time, everyone's realizing we're wasting too much time and we've got to get more seats," said Emma Baker, a parent of two Jamestown Elementary School students. "We need to start building now."
Baker had attended previous meetings between staff and parents, and she said last night was the first time she felt everyone was actively trying to reach the best decision, instead of hemming and hawing. "It's a very different tone," she said.
Jamestown teacher and mother of two Megan Kalchbrenner said the option of building additions onto four existing middle schools is "not an option" — staff generally agreed, saying it would cost $16.5 million over budget and wouldn't be an optimal long-term solution.
"What I want to know is what are they going to do for kids in the next two years?" Kalchbrenner asked. "We have capacity issues today."
Last year, there were eight "relocatable classrooms" — classrooms in trailers adjacent to schools — at Williamsburg, four at Swanson and one at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Chadwick said the interim plan before major construction is still being developed, and he couldn't reveal any concrete solutions.
(Updated at 11:40 a.m.) "Highline R&R," a new bar that bills itself as the future "social anchor" of Crystal City, is coming to the former Bailey's Pub space at 2010 Crystal Drive.
A permit application reveals that the establishment will have a seating capacity of more than 150. The company behind the application traces back to the offices of Bedrock Management, which operates numerous well-known local bars, like the Continental in Rosslyn; CarPool in Ballston; and Penn Social, Iron Horse Tavern, RocketBar and Buffalo Billiards in D.C.
"Highline will be an industrial themed, craft beer and signature cocktail bar and restaurant that will serve as Crystal City's social anchor," according to the bar's Facebook page, which was created on July 29.
Multiple calls to Bedrock Management have not been returned.
The R&R in the name stands for railroad — echoing the bar's industrial theme — but it might also stand for "rock and roll." Located in a large space above McCormick and Schmick's, Highline is rumored to be a potential live music venue.
No word yet on a potential opening date. An interior demolition permit for the space was approved on Monday.
Two wrecks, two friends, two deaths, one block apart. One friend died, and the other is now facing jail time for manslaughter.
Friday morning, police say Aman Singh Lail drove drunk and slammed into another car at the intersection of Fort Myer Drive and eastbound Lee Highway in Rosslyn, killing the 24-year-old driver. Amazingly, ten months prior, his friend Sami Ullah died when, after driving 90 miles per hour across the Key Bridge, he lost control of his 2008 BMW M5 and crashed just before the intersection of Fort Myer Drive and westbound Lee Highway.
The grim coincidence is tied together by a photo Lail posted in May on his Instagram account. "The last time I saw my brother Sami," he wrote. Also posted on Instagram: a photo of what appears to be the tricked-out Jeep involved in the wreck.
Police have released few details about this morning's accident, only saying that it occurred just after 2:00 a.m. when Lail's Jeep Wrangler, which was traveling eastbound on Lee Highway, collided with Saqlain Chowhury's Chrysler Crossfire at the Fort Myer Drive intersection. So far police are not saying how fast the vehicles were traveling, which had the green light at the intersection and whether Chowhury was wearing a seat belt.
Lail, a 24-year-old Baltimore resident, is now charged with DUI Aggravated Involuntary Manslaughter, a felony punishable by 1 to 20 years in prison. Given Lail's prior driving record, he might see the upper end of that range.
As pointed out in the comments section of our initial article, Lail has faced nearly three dozen vehicle-related charges since 2008, and that's just in Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties alone. Among them:
- One for disregarding traffic lights in Fairfax County on Aug. 16, 2009
- One for Driving While Intoxicated in Arlington on Nov. 7, 2009, which was later amended to a charge of reckless driving
- Nine speeding violations, including one for going 97 in a 55 in Fairfax on Jan. 7, 2012
- One DWI conviction in Fairfax County, on Feb. 5, 2012
Lail is being held without bond at the Arlington County Detention Center.
Update at 2:15 p.m. on October 17 — Because Congress came to an agreement last night that re-opened the government, both the Army Ten-Miler and the Marine Corps Marathon will proceed as originally planned.
The route of the Army 10-Miler race has been changed and the Marine Corps Marathon is in jeopardy due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, ARLnow.com has learned.
The 10-Miler, which is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 20, starts and finishes near the Pentagon in Arlington. Originally slated to cross the Memorial Bridge into D.C., the course has been altered so that the race will cover more distance in Arlington, thus avoiding National Park Service territory impacted by the shutdown.
Runners will now double back on Route 110, heading southbound before crossing the 14th Street HOV bridge into D.C., according Lt. Dave Green, of the Arlington County Police Department Special Operations Section, which coordinates road closures for large events.
Shaunteh Kelly, media relations coordinator for the race, could not immediately confirm the route changes when reached by ARLnow.com.
The situation is more dire for the Marine Corps Marathon, which is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 27. The race may be postponed or canceled if Congress doesn't act to reopen the government by the end of the week, we're told exclusively.
"I don't want to put people in panic mode, but if as of Friday evening the government is still closed, it's probably not going to happen," Lt. Green said of the race.
Green said police agencies are still "plowing ahead" on the assumption that the government shutdown will be lifted in time.
"As of right now all participating jurisdictions are moving forward as if it is going to take place," he said.
Tami Faram, spokeswoman for the marathon, said that organizers were still planning for the race to go on. As reported by Runner's World, Marine Corps Marathon staff is paid with non-appropriated funds, and thus not subject to furloughs.
"From our standpoint… we're continuing to plan for Sunday, October 27," said Faram.
"We're waiting with everyone else," she said of the shutdown. "We just don't have a crystal ball."
Faram would not confirm whether a cancellation or postponement is possible should the government remain shut down. She did note, however, that 60 percent of the race is run on National Park Service property.
According to Green, too much of the 26.2 mile race is on federal property to make changes in the route feasible. That includes the marathon's iconic finish, at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Rosslyn.
The marathon has never been canceled in its 37 year history. The race was run last year despite Hurricane Sandy barreling down on the East Coast. The storm hit Washington after the race finished.
Should any changes be made regarding the race, Faram said, information will be posted on the Marine Corps Marathon website and Facebook page.
Update at 8:55 p.m. — The Marine Corps Marathon released a statement tonight via Facebook.
Dear Runners,
Since the government shutdown occurred, the Marine Corps Marathon continues its coordination with hopes of a conclusion in time to host the event without impact. Without a resolution to the government shutdown this week, the MCM as planned is in jeopardy of being cancelled.
While still considering and exploring all possible options, the MCM has targeted this Saturday, October 19 as the date to officially notify runners of the status of the event. It is sincerely the hope of everyone associated with the organization of this event that MCM participants can run as planned.
Flickr photo (bottom) by Wolfkann
A Florida man has been charged with reckless driving after driving nearly a mile on the W&OD trail in Arlington yesterday (Wednesday) evening.
The man was in a rental car with his wife and kids when he drove northbound onto the trail at Columbia Pike, according to Arlington police spokesman Lt. Mike Watson. After receiving numerous calls from trail users, a police officer on a motorcycle caught up with the vehicle, a Chrysler 300 sedan, in Glencarlyn Park.
According to Watson, the man claimed that a GPS navigation system on his phone directed him to use the trail. The Florida resident was issued a court summons for reckless driving and was escorted off the trail and back onto local roads, Watson told ARLnow.com.
While trying to catch up with the errant driver, police officers marveled at the fact that he didn't realize he was driving on a bike trail.
"He must think it's the world's smallest two-lane highway," one said on a police radio channel. No one was hurt during the incident.
Last month, a McLean woman was arrested after allegedly driving five miles while drunk on the W&OD trail in Fairfax County, striking and seriously injuring a 65-year-old bicyclist in the process.
Also last month, gates were installed on the Capital Crescent Trail in Northwest D.C. to prevent drivers from mistaking it for a road. No such gate was in place where the man entered the W&OD trail yesterday.
Photo via Google Maps
Plans to open a new law school in Arlington have fallen through, ARLnow.com has learned exclusively.
In April, the Arlington County Board quietly approved a site plan amendment for the vacant National Gateway building at 3500 and 3550 S. Clark Street, along Jefferson Davis Highway near Potomac Yard. The amendment was granted to allow the office building to be used for educational purposes.
Specifically, the building was to be occupied by a new 1,300-student law school, complete with 22 classrooms, a law library, a bookstore, a moot courtroom and a cafe.
Since April, however, no construction permits have been issued for the building. InfiLaw System, a Florida-based consortium of independent law schools that was planning to open the new school, now says that plans have fallen through, at least for now.
"The InfiLaw System was exploring opening a law school in Arlington, Virginia," confirmed Kathy Heldman, the organization's vice president of marketing, via email last night. "We have decided to put the initiative on hold."
No word yet on whether InfiLaw might revive the law school plans at some point in the near future. The decision is another blow to Arlington's commercial real estate market, which is reeling from the National Science Foundation's decision to move to Alexandria and the Fish and Wildlife Service's expected decision to move to the Skyline area of Fairfax County.
Photo via nationalgatewayarlington.com
(Updated at 8:30 p.m.) An accidental shooting at Arlington National Cemetery sent one person to the hospital on Memorial Day (Monday).
The incident happened at the cemetery's parking lot around 9:30 a.m., an hour and a half before President Obama was scheduled to lay a wreath at the cemetery.
According to a spokeswoman for Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall (JBMHH), which has jurisdiction over the incident, a cemetery visitor returned to his car in the parking garage after visiting the gravesite of a friend. The man reportedly opened the door to his vehicle and tried moving a handgun from under the seat.
The privately-owned gun fell out of its holster and underneath the vehicle, however, and fired once as the man attempted to retrieve it. The discharged bullet hit the leg of a vehicle passenger — the man's mother — who then had to be transported to George Washington University Hospital with a non-life threatening injury. Nobody else was injured.
Visitors are prohibited from bringing a gun to the cemetery, according to JBMHH spokeswoman Sharon Walker.
"Weapons of any type are not authorized on military installations or reservations such as [Arlington National Cemetery]," said Walker. "Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Police and Arlington National Cemetery security personnel responded to the call."
The Ft. Myer Fire Department and the Arlington County Fire Department also responded to the incident.
The owner of the gun was an active duty military service member, according to JBMHH spokeswoman Leah Rubalcaba, and the charges are pending under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to Walker.
Photo via Google Maps
Update — Krusinski was acquitted by an Arlington County jury on Nov. 13, 2013.
FIRST REPORTED BY ARLNOW.COM: The chief of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch of the U.S. Air Force was arrested and charged with sexual battery in Arlington over the weekend.
Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski is accused of fondling a woman in a Crystal City parking lot early Sunday morning.
"A drunken male subject approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks," according to a Arlington County Police Department crime report. "The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police."
"Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, of Arlington, VA, was arrested and charged with sexual battery," police said. "He was held on a $5,000 unsecured bond."
An Air Force spokeswoman confirmed Krusinski's rank, job title and the fact that he works at the Pentagon to ARLnow.com, but had no further comment.
The victim did not know Krusinski, said Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck. Police were unable to say how Krusinski sustained cuts on his face that appeared in his booking photo. He did not require medical treatment.
Update at 5:05 p.m. — Lt. Col. Krusinski has been removed from his position pending an investigation, NBC News reports.
One county employee was fired and three others were disciplined after financial irregularities were discovered at Arlington's Senior Adult Travel Program, but no criminal charges were brought after a months-long investigation that one source says was "botched."
The investigation started in fall 2011, after four improperly-opened bank accounts were discovered, but only came to light this month after one of disciplined employees appealed her punishment at a public Civil Service Commission hearing, which was attended by ARLnow.com.
The four accounts were opened, unbeknownst to county officials, at an Arlington PNC Bank branch in 2010. They were opened by an Arlington Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) employee who coordinated the Senior Adult Travel program, we're told by a source with knowledge of the investigation.
The county-run senior travel program organizes dozens of trips per year for Arlington residents over the age of 55. The activities range from day trips to cultural performance, casinos and historic sites — on a new county-owned bus — to overnight trips to Europe and elsewhere. The program has two employees, an annual budget of $134,046 and recorded 2,738 trip reservations in Fiscal Year 2012, according to DPR Director Jane Rudolph.
The four accounts were used to deposit fees paid by travelers and to pay for senior travel program expenses, but were outside of the county's direct control. By personally opening and controlling the account, the employee (who has not been officially identified) was able to conduct transactions — like paying for meals and other expenses on the trips — without the restrictions and hassle of the county's internal financial controls.
"It was well-meaning employees who thought they were enhancing the experience of seniors," Arlington County Director of Human Resources Marcy Foster told ARLnow.com. "They were delivering quick and efficient services, and they thought that was the way to do it."
But operating the accounts, and cashing checks written out to Arlington County in accounts not controlled by the county, was a serious violation of county policy. After one of the accounts was discovered by an audit in late 2010, DPR management and budget analyst Celia Wong-Walsh was directed by then-DPR Director Dinesh Tiwari to close it.
For nearly a year, however, the account remained open. Wong-Walsh, the employee who appealed her punishment this month, told the Civil Service Commission that she could not force the bank to close the rogue account. She says the bank told her that the account could only be closed by the employee that opened it.
Wong-Walsh, who has since retired, had some of her unpaid leave stripped for failing to proactively work with the employee to close the account. She appealed the punishment, saying she did not have the legal authority to close the account and didn't even know that more than one rogue account had been opened.
(The commission upheld the county's disciplinary action but reduced the amount of leave that was taken away.)
The accounts were finally closed in September 2011, after the Arlington County Treasurer's Office discovered them independently. The discovery was made when a $200 check written from one of the accounts bounced in August 2011, and the woman who it was written to contacted the treasurer.
A police investigation followed, but no criminal wrongdoing was found.
"We didn't find any money missing," said Foster. "There was no criminal activity."
That point was disputed by a source with knowledge of the investigation, who spoke to ARLnow.com on the condition of anonymity. The source said up to $17,000 might have been missing from the accounts, but any solid evidence of that was lost because it took too long to investigate.
"The case was so screwed up that they couldn't prosecute," the source said.
(Updated at 10:20 p.m.) A 60-year-old male real estate agent has been accused of stealing women's clothing from a house that's for sale in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, Va. The alleged incident was caught on the homeowner's video surveillance system.
Stephen Brumme, of Silver Spring, Md., was arrested and charged with burglary and possession of burglarious tools after a homeowner on the 4100 block of 11th Street N. approached police with the video. The homeowner — we'll call him William (not his real name) — spoke exclusively to ARLnow.com last month on the condition of anonymity.
According to William, the incident took place on Saturday, Feb. 9, while he and his wife were out of town, participating at an out-of-state athletic competition.
Brumme entered the house legally and signed in as a real estate agent, in advance of a client showing up to tour the home, but is seen on a surveillance camera going through what William said is his wife's clothing, in a bedroom closet and a dresser. According to William, Brumme pocketed three of his wife's shirts before the client showed up and Brumme is seen leaving the bedroom to answer the door.
William said he and his wife were "creeped out" by the video when they watched it.
"Our reaction was a feeling of being violated by a creep who wanted to go through our things," he said. "I like to think that people are good, but often times they're not."
The video was recorded using a Dropcam, a camera that transmits and records video online via Wi-fi. William said the camera was in plain sight in the bedroom. He said the video also assisted him after he found a razor blade in his garbage disposal following some showings by other real estate agents.
Brumme was released on bail following his arrest. Police say his real estate license was "immediately suspended." Cops are now asking other home sellers to come forward if they believe they might have been burglarized.
"His behavior leads us to believe there are additional victims," said Arlington County Police Department spokesman Dustin Sternbeck. "He went straight to the closet and the drawers. He knew exactly what he was looking for."
Amy homeowner who believes they might also have been a burglary victim is encouraged to contact ACPD at (703) 558-2222, or Det. Timothy Parsons at (703) 228-4172 or [email protected]
Video and mugshot courtesy ACPD. Note: Sound might not be synced with video.


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With all the data-endangering threats floating all over the Internet, keeping copies of your files in a safe place from where you can recover it at any time in case something goes seriously wrong seems like a great idea. Although backing up files may look like a job for professional software, there are plenty solutions on the market ready to take this chore off your hands without giving you the hardest time of your life.
Uranium Backup is a solution that addresses the needs of a large pool of users, starting with the uninitiated and ending with the advanced category that requires special options. For the basic features the application comes free of charge and for added functionality you will have to pay. Thus the Gold version, which includes all the features and volume shadow backup, has a little over $400 written on the price card.
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You have to know from the beginning that there is no restoration option in the free version of the application. For the paid editions the file restoration function is limited to tape and CD/DVD. So basically the program will copy the data to a given location, which you'll have to access manually in order to get your information back.
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Go to the ZIP Compression tab to manage the compression level, protect the backup file, or choose the encryption algorithm (AES 256-bit, AES 192-bit, AES 128-bit or PKZIP classic). Further options present let you select a bunch of file formats you do not want compression for. However, this is not the place to enable the ZIP encryption. During our testing, although we enabled the ZIP compression and encryption from this window, the result was a simple copy process of the data. For this to be successful choose the "Compression and Encryption" options from the context menu of the destination location (right-click on the destination location).
Additionally, Uranium Backup can handle running programs or files before and after the actual job. The choices here include setting a buffer time before/after the execution of the task (some program might hang for a while and it would be best to cover that period).
The General options of the software permit enabling the software to run at Windows startup, enable ZIP file encryption and password (the latter works from the ZIP Compression section of the backup set), define the temporary folder path for creating the backup and password-protect the configuration.
In order to keep an eye on the backup activity you can enable an activity window in the system tray, as well as a percentage progress bar during the file copy operations. Notification options are also available, under the form of a balloon tip.
The Executions tab, although it sounds pretty scary, is not. It actually deals with the actions to be taken when backup operations are run. Thus you can enable the freeing of memory used by the application during the backup procedure, choose to create the ZIP backup locally before transferring it to a network destination, or set the maximum time amount for an operation to be run. You can also exclude system temporary folders from the backup set. In case of errors, the application can warn you about folders with insufficient access rights. There are also options for dealing with locked files (the app can perform a reading check to detect locked items or combine this with the file copying operation).
In case of an unsuccessful event, you might want to know what went wrong and logs are the best chance to pinpoint the issue. Uranium Backup can create and keep as many log files as you want. This can be obtained under the Logging tab of the General Options panel.
The Good
The application provides a very basic FTP client that is extremely easy to handle and supports passive mode.
The multiple schedule plans are definitely a must for Uranium Backup as they allow you to plan the tasks ahead and avoid manual running of the backup sets. ZIP encryption and compression of the data permit you to back up the data and protect it from prying eyes.
The Bad
Uranium Backup is pretty good with backing up your data, but it comes with some slip-ups. The lack of a restore function from local and even network locations is a must for backup software. Also, displaying all the options and warnings in English when the rest of the interface is in English cannot be overlooked.
The Truth
Uranium Backup is not among the best freebies out there to back up your data. In lack of a wizard, a newbie is likely to have difficulties while working with the software. The most confusing part is the presence of the options belonging to the paid editions of the product.


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- Cartoon Characters: Clay Puppington, Doughy, Principal Fakey, Coach Stopframe, Joe, Orel Puppington, Bloberta Puppington, Nurse Bendy.
- Voice Actors: Scott Adsit, Dave Herman, Jay Johnston, Carolyn Lawrence, Britta Phillips.
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It's a huge blow for a disabled man in Britain, who was hoping to enjoy the outdoors the way he used to — his specialty wheelchair has been banned from public roads and sidewalks.
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"It is ridiculous that I should have found a chair that could help me do all that, then told I could use it, only for the authorities to turn around and say that if I used it on the roads I would be doing something illegal," he said.
Jim has used a wheelchair since 1999 due to chronic back and joint conditions, neurological problems and arthritis which leave him in constant pain.
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"NHS wheelchairs are fine but when they get to anything other than a flat, even surface they are useless," he said.
"I used to be someone who was very into outdoor pursuits before I had to use a wheelchair and I had hoped the tracks would mean I could get back out and do the kinds of think I used to love doing."
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Hey Robin! Why didn't you post a photo of the real chair this man wants to use around town?! There is no use for this type of chair.. other than mountain climbing!!! Around town... no frekin way!!! If this wack job tried to enter my store with that thing, I would have him arrested!!! And don't think I don't feel for the guy! I am disabled myself!! But I'm not a idiot eigther!!!!
Diane, it's taboo to question the rights of disabled people over the rights of able bodied people but somebody has to. For too long there are disabled people who think the world owes them a living and what they demand has no limits. They do not see that able bodied people have needs, problems and feelings of their own while they ride roughshod over them. I have been bullied for years by disabled people and suffered from migraines because of it. Only when I was able to make a connection between these two I decided not to have much to do with them. My migraines lessened and became less painful and frequent.
The complaint seems to be that the asphalt roads would be damaged -- it's a shame, because he needs the extra mobility, but I understand why the authorities said, "no."
Frank S., it's not "just" a wheelchair......click on the link! It's not what is pictured in the article........it's a TANK and YIKES! If he wants to use this in the mountains, or whatever, fine. It looks dangerous and no reason to allow such a contraption on public streets or anywhere that vehicles or people would be "exposed".
I'm all for "enabling" the disabled, but when it comes to affecting and ENDANGERING others, why do their needs take pecedence over others rights and needs? Isn't democracy supposed to be about the welfare and wishes of the majority?
Re. his paying taxes, I doubt he's paying the taxes that go to maintaining public streets and sidewalks with having a wheelchair. If this contraption is damaging the surface of said streets, it isn't HIM who will be paying to repair them.
There the safety factor considerartion towards others too, you know!!
Whats the big deal ...its a wheel chair
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Holy cow! Just clicked and viewed the Mercury link and the picture is scary. I am all for people's right but this is a going a bit overboard. This thing is deadly.......!!
Jeez! Click on the' Mercury' link and see the actual photo. That contraption looks like something out of The Terminator! Imagine that running amok in your local mall and leaving big black scuff marks from those wide tracks!
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posted May 31 2013 10:09PM
Sitting here on the verge of another weekend, I'm reminded once again of technology and the ways we rely on it and the pitfalls of same.
What do I mean? OK, I use an app for the current temperature when I'm on air. Usually it's reasonably accurate, but just now I checked it and it told me the temp was 82. OK that's probably true, given the weather lately. It also told me it was sunny out, which was disproved by a quick peek out the window.
That's all true, and I use it to illustrate a point: it can be problematic to rely too much on technology. So then I had an idea: why don't I go get an old-school mercury thermometer? That way I won't need some device to tell me what the temperature is.
Maybe I will do that. In the meantime, I guess I could get it off the internet, right? Wrong. I went to the NWS website and it told me the current temp was NA, which I suppose is another way of saying that some piece of technology was not working properly, which just proves my point again.
So that's why I've got "mercury thermometer" on my shopping list. Maybe I can get one of those cool tin-framed ones. If I can find one. Do hardware stores carry them? I'll start looking there.
If you're still reading, thanks. That was a tangent, even for me. Cheers.
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posted May 29 2013 10:36PM
Do you ever find yourself making assumptions about people based on what you would consider to be silly criteria?
This is not an out of the blue question. Today as I was leaving home to come to work I grabbed my old Dale Earnhardt Jr hat and put it on. I noticed that the hat was a little dirty, a little beat up, and for just a moment I wondered if anyone I encountered during my day would think anything of it. Then I realized, well, the people here at the station already know full well I'm an oddball, and anyone I see in most of my other stops is likely to be wearing a beat up old cap themselves. So I dismissed the thought.
However the notion would not stay gone. It kept coming back to me. I was reminded of a scene I saw in a movie once, I think it was Joh Waters'
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Of course, it's something we try not to do. But first impressions are almost impossible to harness...you see someone, and you think something based on how they look, how they act, how they speak, all of the above or some combination thereof. Sometimes our first impressions are dead-on, sometimes they totally wrong.
So if you see me walking around in my raggedy old #88 hat, be kind. It's perfectly broken in. Cheers.
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posted May 21 2013 10:05PM
Is it just me or do you find it obnoxious when you're browsing the social media, and there are all these pictures of food? Like, as in people who are just sitting down to a meal and they take a picture of it? I don't like this for two reasons.
First, if I'm hungry I certainly don't want to look at a photo of someone's 18 ounce NY strip, you know what I mean? Also, if it's something weird or outrageous or gross there is a chance that looking at a picture of it might just spoil my appetite for whatever it is I'm planning on eating (which no one else will know because there will be no pics, but will most likely be chili. Or pizza. I'm rambling.)
As I've written here before, I think social media in general has many great applications. I think it's wonderful how so many bars to effective communication have been eliminated through the use of the internet.
Photographing your food is not one of these uses. I just can't get behind it. Of course, you're free to do it and I certainly respect that. But I don't like it, and I know I can't be the only one. Take pictures of the restaurant, photograph the parking lot, the traffic light, your highly attractive server, just please don't take pictures of your meal, or if you do, keep them private for your own enjoyment. That would be just fine. Cheers.
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posted May 17 2013 11:13PM
It's almost air conditioner time again. I have a love/hate relationship with my air conditioner. I hate installing it because it's heavy and unwieldly. I hate running it because it runs up my electric bill. And yet I love it because it keeps me from drowning in my own sweat in the summer.
My neighbors already have their air conditioner running, which is strange, not only because it's not warm enough for that yet, but also because the people who lived in that apartment before them also ran their air conditioner at weird times, only in their case they ran it well into the fall before finally taking it out just prior to the end of October, by which time temps were in the low 60s and not hot by any means. But I went home last night and it was on, and it was about 66 outside. I wondered if their place was like a refrigerator inside, the way the WAYZ studio is at night. Like it is as I type this, in fact.
But it's inevitable that summer will come on full steam soon enough, and I'll resist pulling that AC out of the closet until I just can't take it anymore. Then that night will come when I'm laying there trying to sleep and can't because I'm roasting and covered in sweat. So I'll get up, manhandle the unit into the window, turn it on, and stand in front of it until all the sweat evaporates from my skin. It's become a ritual, and part of that ritual is waiting as long as I can stand before I do it. Last year I made it to the 4th of July before I put the AC in. But it wasn't pleasant and I do not intent to wait that long this year.
Hoping you have a comfortable summer...Cheers.
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posted May 15 2013 4:41PM
As I've mentioned on the air once or twice, I'm a beer drinker. As I've also mentioned a time or two I'm cheap....well, let's just say "thrifty." So it was nice to discover
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It's Amazing What Soap Can Do (Another Story of My Clumsiness)
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posted May 8 2013 11:16PM
There is no good time to splatter detergent all over yourself, but right outside the laundromat is probably the best place.
I was carrying my laundry basket inside. My big jug of detergent was inside the basket, balanced precariously atop my towels, clothes, etc. The bottle began to slide and I knew it was going to fall. I caught it by the cap just as it fell free from the basket. Unfortunately the cap wasn't sturdy enough and gave way. The bottle fell to the asphalt and splashed bright blue soap all over me.
I stood there for a moment, stunned motionless. What do you do when something like that happens; when you've just had a potentially embarrasing experience right outside in a relatively busy place? Right, you look around to see if anybody saw it. I looked, and while there were plenty of people in the vicinity, none of them were paying attention to me.
I pulled a towel from the basket and wiped myself off with it. And when I say I was covered in detergent, I mean it. It was on my pants, it was on my shirt, it was on my shoes, it was on my hat, droplets of the stuff were on my eyeglass lenses, and it was on my face and hands. A little more and I could have passed for a member of the Blue Man Group.
But it all worked out. The detergent I wiped off my person just meant I needed that much less in the washing machine. I try to be optimistic about these things, tough as it sometimes is. Ignore the dampness from the drying soap and enjoy the fact that you now smell REALLY clean. That's what I tried to do. Cheers.
Spelling And Other Mistakes
by JD
posted May 6 2013 6:45PM
I reelize knott evrywon iz a gud speler. Ime a pritty gud speler. Wen I wuz a kyd I one a hole lotta speling beez.
OK, seriously. I do honestly understand that not everyone is good at spelling. Personally I don't expect every piece of written communication I recieve to be spelled perfectly. Forensic analysists specializing in letters and notes have said for decades that most of us have what's called "trademark misspellings," or words that we consistently spell wrong. They use these consistently misspelled words to help catch bank robbers and suss out fake suicide notes and things like that. When I was a kid I consistently spelled the word "is" as "iz" because it has a "z" sound. I also frequently added a "u" to Yourk, er, York, because it sounds like "your."
Now speaking of the word "your" I'm continually surprised by the fact that the world at large has apparently forgotten the difference between "your" and "you're." Here's what I was taught back in the first grade: Since "you're" is a contraction of "you are," all you need to do is mentally change "you're" to "you are" when you write. If it makes sense, use "you're." If not, use "your."
That said, I completely understand that in this social media driven world in which we're living, sometimes we misspell or misuse words deliberately to save time or space. I do it, you probably do it, we all do it on occasion. However, when this is done it's usually apparent by the context. I'm big on context. I think that many of the questions people ask can be avoided simply by considering context.
Here's an example: In a supermarket I once saw a pyramid stack of cans of soup. On top of the stack was a sign reading "99¢." I took this to mean that all the soups in the display were 99¢, Another shopper walked past me and asked a clerk if a can of soup on the shelf was also 99¢, This can of soup was a different brand and was not included in the display. The clerk, looking bemused, told her that no, only the soups in the display were 99¢. Looking at how it was all set up, I figured this was obvious. The other shopper didn't. She made a smarmy remark about how the store could have made it a little clearer exactly what was 99¢ and walked away. The clerk, apparently used to such treatment, went back to stocking shelves without another word. I stood there and regarded the display. I tried to think of how the store could have made it any clearer what products were included in the sale price and I couldn't. They only way they could have made it clearer would have been to put individual price tags on every single can. My point is that I saw from the context that the sale price only referred to the soups in the display.
Every day I try to be a little more observant. Every day I try to avoid asking dumb questions. I try not to burden anyone else with things I can figure out on my own. Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail. Also, I try to avoid redundantly repeating myself over and over and over. I also try not to say the same thing in different ways at length. Finally I try be concise in my thoughts and the way I express them by not droning on and on and on about the same thing and by avoiding the trap of saying in 100 words what could adequately summarized in 10 and while I'm at it I try to avoid run-on sentences because that's just bad form.
All kidding aside, I try to always remember that I'm as human as anyone else and everyone else is as human as I am. Making the occasional boneheaded mistake is just human nature, and so I try to remind myself of that and to have patience when the mistakes of others fall into my lap. After all, it's no fun when you mess up, realize you've messed up, come clean about it only to have someone beat you over the head with it. We've all been there and it's bad.
And, as often happens with my blog posts, I see that I've completely lost my original point, whatever it was. Cheers.
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posted May 1 2013 12:56PM
With the internet and social media having become virtually ubiquitous it's easy to forget that they had beginnings, in some cases not all that long ago. It makes sense: before everyone had Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, etc, someone had to have the first ones. Someone had to post the first YouTube video, and someone had to send the first instant message.
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truck: 04, early build, f550. Bought the truck 2.5 months ago. it had a blown egr, passed compression tests, but had the heads pulled and checked, arp's, oem gaskets, full bpd kit. ugraded up piping, new ipr, upgraded turbo oil return, egr baffle.... more things, long list. The list by the way was sourced by reading this site for about 3 months straight. So thank you.
So I have a sgII and monitor ICP boost, ect and eot. My question is this;
When starting the truck cold, it fires right off. 650-880psi for icp (I typically cycle the key 2-3 times depending on how cold. lower than 20* its plugged in. and I run 5w40 motorcraft synthetic.) when starting the truck warm, it fires right off but (hard to describe) it lags? it slowly comes up to idle? The rpms dont jump to life in a 1/2 second. it maybe takes 1 second, but the engine sounds different for a brief moment. ( there is literally a 1/2 second difference in time) No injector snap? I havnt noticed any difference in ICP, and there is no loss of power. at wot I'm up at 3800-4000psi, hard pulls up hill its 3600+. I just want to make sure if something is getting screwy I'm catching it now and not later. Is this normal?
Thanks. If this is covered somewhere else just point me in that direction. Searching for (lagging warm start) (odd hot start) etc returned nothing. Thanks guys
One way to possibly describe this best might be this;
The below numbers are representational of the way the engine brings itself to idle. (no " it should be cranking at 150rpm...")
Starting with the engine cold the rpms/time from cycle of key would look like so 50/.1 50/.2 50/.3 50/.4 50/.5 450/.6 950/.7 1200/.8 1000/.9 950/1.0
starting with the engine warm rpm/time from cycle of key would look like 50/.1 50/.2 50/.3 50/.4 50/.5 200/.6 375/.7 550/.8 650/.9 775/1.0 950/1.1
I hope I didn't make it more confusing. certainly seeing it written out it makes sense, the engine is warm and knowing so it doesn't need to explode to life... The sound of the two is very different though...just want to make sure.
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does anyone elses truck act this way upon warm start?
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