Mar 22, 2012 by RestonDad
Please take a moment right now, and vote.
Click this link to vote online.
Ok? Done. I voted. I’ve urged you to vote. My civic duty is done.
No. Wait a minute!
Here is a little perspective,
and an endorsement,
from a Lake Anne Village resident.
So, finish reading this post, then vote.
Elections for the Reston Association Board of Directors are underway, and voting ends March 30th.
Yes, you do have another week.
But voting has been open for almost 3 weeks, and you haven’t voted yet.
If you don’t do it now – or immediately upon finishing reading this post – you probably won’t.
Last year, only about 15% of eligible voters voted.
This year, according to RA webisite:
Unofficial vote Tally as of 3/16, Less than 7% had voted
Maybe it just seems too minor an office, and you don’t know the candidates.
In it’s own little quasi-governmental Reston-regulatory way, it is akin to running for City Council in DC, I suppose.
It’s kind of a big deal, on a hyper-local level.
For one thing, the Reston Association has a $15 million dollar budget that the Board oversees.
The biggest issue for me, regarding the RA Board this year, is the amount of sway they have in steering all the development and re-development that will be coming along in the next couple of years.
Lake Anne Village is going to be impacted by the development that comes with metro, and more pointedly with the redevelopment that is on the map for Lake Anne Village Center and the Crescent Apartments.
Endorsement:
Eve Thompson
If you live in Lake Anne Village – any of the clusters or condos that surround the Lake – you should be pleased, as I certainly am, that Eve Thompson is running for an At-Large Seat on the Board of directors.
Eve Thompson.
Eve is one of two candidates that Robert E. Simon, Jr has endorsed.
Although I will vote for 2 candidates, Eve is the only candidate this blog will publicly endorse.
I Enjoy Life @ Lake Anne.
Eve has greatly contributed to that enjoyment.
Eve and her family have lived in Lake Anne Village for a long time.
She has served several terms on the Lake Anne Condo Board of Directors.
And, Look at what she did while serving on that Board:
Head of the Landscaping Committee!!
Chaired the Merchants Committee
Leads the Marketing and Events efforts of the Merchants committee,
And runs the Saturday Craft Market.
Eve, I greatly admire your dedication and attention to matters large and small.
The Farmers Market, the Craft Market, and the various festivals on the plaza give us all a reason to walk down to the plaza on Saturday mornings.
The flowers, colorful umbrellas, tables and chairs, enhance the experience, give us a chance to pause, enjoy and hang around.
Your hard work is evident, and appreciated by all who enjoy the markets and festivals.
I will feel much easier about the future
of our lovely village in the woods
if an At-Large seat on the Board of Directors
is filled by a dedicated,
hard-working Lake Anne Village resident.
Go Eve!
Finally, Eve is a master of open communication with her community. Anyone who has liked the Lake Anne Paza facebook page knows how often Eve updates about local happenings on the Plaza. This election season, she has created a separate facebook page and a blog about her campaign.
Open and frequent communication is essential.
Now, I urge everybody reading this to go over to that stack of mail, and fish out the manila envelope you received from the Reston Association at the beginning of the month.
It looks like this. You will need your unique, secure User Name and Password which was mailed to you with your paper ballot. Call 703-435-6512 or send an email to electionscommittee@reston.org. If you can't find it.
Leave this open on the computer for a moment while you go find that form.
Now, click on the big VOTE button and vote for Eve Thompson – and another candidate of your choice.
Click this link to vote online.
There are links on the sidebar for more information about the candidates and some articles from Reston Patch.
Those links will open in a new window.
This window, with this post, should stay open until you vote.
Please don’t close this window until you cast your ballot.
Vote now.
Please.
Thank you.
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SATURDAY NIGHT
