Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-30

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/ tive Planning Commission and
Citizens Advisory Committee.
The AIM board in 1853 then
abolished the Planning Com
mission itself and split its func-
ton among three small. unco-
ordinated committees-thus eff
fectively stopping all planning.
THE AIM board has sane
toned. or tried to sanction.
numerous rezonings from resi-
Dental to commercial, from
single-family to apartments.
thus undermining the integrity
Of residential neighborhoods
and the stability of established
business areas.
Examples OF bad zoningS are
the ARvA motel on Arlington
boulevard. the Altman tract at
Arlington boulevard and Court
House road. other motels near
RosSlyn on Arlington boule-
ward the Altha Hall tract near
Spout Run and North Adams
street, the attempted Giant
Food Store deal in Cherrydale,
the refusal to rezone the 5000
block Of Wilson boulevard TO
residential though no more
commercial is needed there
The AIM board has been spot
and strip coming this county to
death. all too often In the in
tereSt of prominent AIM sup
porters."
MIR. Magruder: The ABC
record on the Master Plan of
1850 for Arlington resulted in
the ruination of certain vital
areas of the county on which
a true Master Plan is geared.
The ABC (which incidentally
changed its name three times
in the last seven years. adding
much confusion TO the political
life of Arlington) first broke the
coming line on Arlington boule-
ward. contrary to the 1913
recommendations OF the Ma
tional Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
The ABC'S inept coming
practices have resulted in some
very damaging effects OF strip
coming along arterial highways.
For example. the ABC's coming
TO commercial the area at
Courthouse road and Arlington
boulevard in defiance OF the
planning recommendations OF
the National Capital Planning
Commission.
THE ABC also Numbered IN
zoning commercial the Ballston
area. between Wilson and
Washington boulevards. That
biunder still plaques Airing
ton today. where a great part
Of the area zoned commercial
by the ABC is either vacant or
used as residential property.
Another ABC blunder was
the creation Of a commercial
zone SHAMELESS in the heart OF
the WILLIAMSBURG residential
area. which tragically deval-
uated the adjacent residential
property
In substance. the ABC
(whose plumbers would be COM
pounded through the admitted
inexperience Of my opponent.
If elected mishandled the abid- I
ing principles Of any Master
Plan until it could no longer !
sustain the meaning OF that 4
name"
I. Both County Board fac
tons have criticized the other
for playing politics during
board sessions instead Of deal /
ing with county business. Do
you feel that neither one, or
both Of these criticisms are
valid?
Mr.. Brown: 1T is really very
hard 20 tell where proper dis
of political issues stops
and politics begins"
Mr.. MagFuder: Il need go no
further in my claim that my
and his chief lieu
tenants on the ABC Council |
are wilfully employing disrup-
tive political tactics than to
point to the recent contrived
charges by Kaul and Krupsaw
regarding the ReasSessment
Boards work in the county.
Many distinguished citizens
Of Arlington have character
lied this prediction attack 4
by the ABC hierarchy as the
lowest form of political cam
paign. The ABC's Kaul and |
Krupsaw are purposely obscur-
ing the basic issues of a stable
taxation program. sound plan
ming. efficient government. and /
protection Of community val
ues which are increasingly be-
ing ignored by the ABC.
Il will continue, in every
way / possibly can. to place
these true issues before the