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Garvey: Culture Change in Government Continues
‘We’ve Got a Lot of Work to Do, and We Know It,’County Board Chairman Suggests at Forum SCOTT McCAFFREY Staff Writer
The Arlington County government is making major strides toward providing more user-friendly services to the business community, but still has a way to go, County Board Chairman Libby Garvey said at the annual “State of the County” event on June 21. “Not that the culture was bad . . . but we’ve
needed to move it into the 21st century,” Garvey said at the annual event, sponsored by the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve made a start; we’re working to be more responsive.” Garvey’s remarks, made before about 160 business and civic leaders, came a week after she pushed back a challenge from Erik Gutshall in the Democratic County Board primary. Garvey won 55 percent of the vote, and now faces largely token opposition in the Nov. 8 general election.
Since 2001, the chairs of the Arlington board – a post that rotates annually among board members – have given annual remarks to the business community. In her first outing, Garvey was upbeat. “The state of the county is good. In fact, the state of the county is great,” she said. That said, “we’ve got a lot of work to do, and Continued on Page 18
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Donaldson Run’s Huck Browne swims the boys age 15-18 butterfly June 25 in the Thunderbolts’ opening meet of the Northern Virginia Swimming League season. Donaldson Run lost to Hamlet of McLean in that Division 2 showdown. For details and a full swimming roundup, see the Sports section. PHOTO BY DEB KOLT
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