Arlington Sun Gazette Green Party Candidate Thinks Odds Are Better This Year by SCOTT McCAFFREY, Staff Writer (Created: Thursday, April 12, 2007 5:49 AM EDT) Last November, Josh Ruebner finished third in the balloting for County Board. This year, he needs to finish in the top two to make history and become the first Green […]
“Arlington Courthouse Greens Run First Candidate,” Arlington Greens Spring 2007 Newsletter
Main anti-war group plans rally against Israeli policies By Daniel Treiman The Forward February 2, 2007 The anti-war group behind the recent demonstration that brought tens of thousands to Washington to protest the Iraq War already has plans for another mass rally in the nation’s capital. This time, though, the target of the protesters’ ire […]
Arlington Sun Gazette County Can Do Even More for Environment (Created: Monday, January 8, 2007 6:55 AM EST) Editor: Upon being elected County Board chairman for 2007, Paul Ferguson unveiled an ambitious, yet practical, initiative to reduce county government carbon emissions 10 percent by 2012. The plan, known as Fresh AIRE (Arlington Initiative to Reduce […]
Welcome to the website for Josh Ruebner, Green Party candidate for Arlington County Board. In 2006, I ran for the County Board to promote affordable housing and to end Arlington’s over-development and gentrification. The Arlington Sun Gazette gave me the highest grade-an A minus-for any of the County Board candidates at last fall’s Arlington County […]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110101276.html By Annie Gowen Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 2, 2006; VA20 In nearly a dozen civic forums and debates in Arlington this election season, the two challengers looking to unseat County Board Chairman Chris Zimmerman (D) on Tuesday have said that residents routinely raise concerns about the rising cost of living in the […]
Arlington Connection Incumbent Zimmerman defends record against attacks from Republican and Green Party challengers. By Seth Rosen October 31, 2006 Every time there is a heavy downpour, 18th Street floods, making it difficult for children to catch the school bus and deluging adjacent yards in the Cherrydale neighborhood. Maureen Ross and many of her fellow Cherrydale […]
Letter to the Editor, Submitted October 31, 2006 The Washington Post cites Chris Zimmerman’s expertise on smart growth, affordable housing, and development in its endorsement of him for Arlington County Board [“Choices in Arlington”, Tuesday, October 31, p. A20]. However, the policy failures of Chris Zimmerman and the rest of the all-Democratic Arlington County Board […]
http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2006/10/30/arlington/opinion/acmt931.txt Civic activist John Antonelli had it right a few weeks back: All it would take to bring Arlington’s wayward County Board back to reality is for voters this year to turn out incumbent board chairman Chris Zimmerman. Overnight, the four remaining Democratic board members would get their collective act together and return to governing […]
October 20 (Arlington, VA)—Josh Ruebner, Green Party candidate for Arlington County Board, urged Virginia’s voters yesterday to reject Ballot Question #1, also known as the Marshall-Newman Amendment. Ruebner’s remarks came at a candidates’ forum hosted by the Arlington Gay and Lesbian Alliance. According to Ruebner, “Ballot Question #1 is a discriminatory measure that would strip […]
