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The Wakefield High School boys basketball team gathers for a team photo after winning the recent Northern Region 5D tournament on its home court late last month. Wakefield is now playing in the Virginia High School League’s Class 5 state tourney, where the Warriors have reached the semifinals. Find updates at www.insidenova.com/sports/arlington. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT
County Government Pressed to Offer Transparency on Amazon Negotiations SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer
Call it a rookie error: New-for-2018 Arlington County Board Chairman Katie Cristol in January promising what she perhaps could not deliver – full disclosure of details surrounding the county’s bid for Amazon’s secondary headquarters. Cristol later backtracked to a degree, saying the county government couldn’t release details in real time due to a nondisclosure agreement signed between the county and state governments. But Re-
publicans, sensing blood in the political water, have chosen to make transparency on the issue a campaign matter. “We would love to continue to drive this message home,” said Matthew Hurtt, a Republican activist, on Feb. 28 – the same day the chairman of the Arlington County Republican Committee called for the county government to release details about any economic incentives being offered to Amazon. Hurtt and Republican chairman Jim Continued on Page 20
More than a dozen Republican members of the House of Delegates voted against, but Arlington’s effort to retain its ability to levy a surtax on hotel stays to pay for tourism promotion is headed to the governor’s desk. The House of Delegates voted 82-17 on Feb. 28 in support of legislation, patroned by state Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd), that extends for another three years the taxing authority. The state Senate previously had passed the measure on a 30-8 vote. The two bodies differed on whether a three-year “sunset” clause should be attached to the taxing authority – the Senate said no, the House said yes – but Howell has said she would accept it, so there should be little trouble for the two houses to reconcile the bill and send it to Gov. Northam. Arlington’s business and hospitality community backed the measure, which allows the Arlington government to add a 0.25-percent surtax to hotel stays. The resulting revenue – about $1.2 million – funds Arlington Economic Development’s tourism efforts. The taxing authority had been in place for 21 years when the General Assembly stripped it in 2011. The authority was restored in 2016 with a two-year sunset provision, requiring county officials to come back this year for reauthorization. A companion bill patroned by Del. Patrick Hope (D-47th) died without consideration in the House Committee on Finance.
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