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• On the article Hybrid Vehicle Tax: We Don't Want It Say Local Residents

  CMurphy

  3:04 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

  We all voted for higher taxes in November.

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• On the article Folk Legend Pete Seeger Joins Alexandria Waterfront Debate

  

  CMurphy

  7:06 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013

  Pretty sure the waterfront debate wasn't on voters' minds in November. The only thing that mattered was electing Democrats whenever and wherever possible. Arguing that point is disingenuous...

• On the article Update: Police Officer Shot in Old Town Alexandria

  CMurphy

  4:10 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

  Thoughts and prayers go out to this officer and his family and colleagues, especially those in the Motor Unit.

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• On the article City Manager Proposes $626.6 Million Operating Budget

  

  CMurphy

  12:00 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013

  Exactly. We begged for higher taxes when we elected everybody in November.

• On the article Gay Marriage in Virginia: About Time?

  CMurphy

  6:49 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

  I'm going to go out on a limb and predict none of you will sway Observer...Likewise, he/she will not sway you. Looks like a good ole fashioned stalemate.

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• On the article Gay Marriage in Virginia: About Time?

  

  CMurphy

  5:33 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

  Remember, President Obama did not support same sex marriage until May 9, 2012. He did not support same sex marriage when he ran for POTUS the first time. If it takes enlightened, thoughtful people like President Obama this much time to come around, surely you all can't get too upset when it takes some of us longer.

  Also, I don't believe Virginia's voters would be overwhelmingly in favor of gay marriage if a poll were conducted today. In fact, based upon the numbers you provided, NoVa would have to go more like 65/45 or so in favor to counter the downstate opposition - which would also be very strong in left-leaning Tidewater.

• On the article NAACP Criticizes Arrest of MacArthur Student for Toy Gun Incident

  

  CMurphy

  4:36 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

  Thank You Edmund Lewis! it's obvious to those of us who have lived here for the past 30 plus years that times have changed. It's also quite obvious that despite the defense of "our hands were tied by the state" that has been offered up so much, there is leeway in how the school officials handle these things. Of course they have to address it, but how they address is seems to be up to some discretion - as it should.

• On the article Charge Dropped Against MacArthur Student Arrested for Incident Involving a Toy Gun

  CMurphy

  1:48 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

  Unmitigated disaster. Failure of school leadership, especially for the Principal and Superintendent Sherman. Shame on both of them.

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• On the article NAACP Criticizes Arrest of MacArthur Student for Toy Gun Incident

  

  CMurphy

  10:49 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

  You're either naive or just trolling if you think this is the first time a ten year old brought a toy gun to school. It's perfectly reasonable to ask whether the policy that you endorse so overwhelmingly has been applied uniformly among all students and at all ACPS schools.

  Just because Sherman said they couldn't reach the mother doesn't make it true. Why not send Officer Lingle or another school resource officer to the boy's house that evening? If not, why not send a school resource officer to the bus stop to make sure the boy doesn't get on the bus the next morning with the gun? Instead, they chose to initiate a sting operation without the mother's knowledge. If this was a matter of saftey, the school dropped the ball BIG TIME by letting the child back on the bus the next morning with the toy gun.

  And it's also perfectly reasonable for the NAACP to wonder aloud if this state policy you endorse so robustly has been applied evenly among students of all stripes and colors here in Alexandria.

• On the article NAACP Criticizes Arrest of MacArthur Student for Toy Gun Incident

  

  CMurphy

  9:34 am on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

  Toy gun could get the child killed, but it certainly won't be hurting anybody else. It's not a weapon. The boy was ten. They let him back on the bus with the gun the next day. How concerned were they?