Metro's record with Hudgins' "leadership" in last two years says it all!

She is probably up for "Politician of the Year" award from AGC.( Assoc General Contractors.)

Hudgins, why aren't you advocating for Reston to become a municipality? It's well past time for A City Called Reston.

Supervisor Hudgins is one of the most thoughtful leaders we have in Fairfax County, especially when it comes to human services and affordable housing. She is always the one to stand up for the people who don't have a voice and does so much behind the scenes many people don't even know about. Are we going to agree with everything our elected officials do, no? Should we look at the bigger picture of what they have and are trying to accomplish, ABSOLUTELY

I agree with BOTH Amanda AND Erin. Personally, I admire Supervisor Hudgins immensely. But practically, I am beyond distraught at decisions she has made that have negatively affected her constituents.

Her championing of the needy is fantastic and to be lauded. Too many continue to give them short shrift and deny that racism affects so many in this country to this very day. Poor health and poorer economic prospects are the result. So there, Mrs. Hudgins has my 100% support.

But in the economic sphere, she is a disaster. The scheme to push through financing of the Silver Line metro with DTR toll increases is pure folly that really hurts Reston and Herndon. Yet, nothing has come of our protests and thorough research to change the original formula. She, Ken Plum and Janet Howell got us into this mess. They now need to get us out and pronto.

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In addition, ignoring the cumulative pleas of a strong community based citizens coalition to curtail huge new developments on inappropriate sites is a further slap that belies understanding of the true goals of good future development for Reston; this is inexcusable. Reston is a SUBURB with a planned URBAN strip running through its middle along the DTR corridor. Hudgin's concept that WE are all going to walk or take mass transit for our day-to-day needs is idiotic and insulting to those of us who have lived in Reston for decades and plan to continue doing so. If increased density and people fleeing the sky-high tolls on the DTR are going to clog up our community, telling us to ditch our cars is not an answer!

Ms. Hudgin’s able representative attends all of the Task Force (appointed by Ms. Hudgin’s herself!) meetings where the members have agreed on prudent development guidelines and planning principals. To ignore this hard working body and approve bad projects is beyond explanation.

The whole community is now incensed by the move to develop Reston National Golf Course. We are all holding our breathes on this one since common sense seems to be lacking in several of the last projects approved by the Board of Supervisors at the behest of Hudgins.

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If the Tysons model of service tax districts including existing residential properties comes to Reston to pay for infrastructure made necessary by new corridor development, the war will be on and we will need to elect a more sensitive supervisor.

One only hopes that Ms. Hudgins rises to the challenges ahead and comes up with better votes than in the recent past. Fingers crossed.

Bravo well stated. Yes it all adds up doesn't it, they are ruining our community before our eyes and making us pay for it's destruction. Almost every controversial issue that has come up in the last 5 years, where the citizens stood up and asked for a change has been ignored. I am so frustrated with my inability as a citizen to have any influence on even simple things. There are days when I question my service to this country and all the important things I have worked on over the years.

Amen… to Erin, Tammi and Gene! Catherine Hudgins has treated her constituents in Vienna and Tysons with the same disregard… With the exception of her vote against the Boone Boulevard Ramp through Tysons Forest where presumably, given her track record, her hand was forced by the attendance at a community meeting of over 300 angry residents representing 15 homeowner and civic associations as well as media coverage

As mentioned, her championing of the disadvantaged is admirable; however, she has repeatedly exhibited a lack of interest and care for those long-time residents who don’t need affordable housing or special services. We have seen first-hand her team’s unerring support of developers over residents…She is disingenuous when she speaks of “protecting older neighborhoods.” Her strong urban bias has consistently resulted in her supporting commercial and residential densification, all of which has continued to degrade our quality of life here in the Tysons area. (Continued below.)

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While she laments increased enrollment at many Fairfax County schools and an increase in special services needs, both of which impact the County’s budget, what does she expect with unbridled urbanization? She says she believes in “sustained and comprehensive management.” Really? Where is she seriously supporting that? Blind support for the half-baked and fiscally irresponsible Silver Line? Voting in favor of the creation of a new tax district in Tysons to cover obvious infrastructure realities? Consistently voting for outright densification of in-fills in surrounding neighborhoods? There are plenty of long-time residents who feel their best interests are not being heard with Supervisor Hudgins’ style of leadership.