Arlington Sun Gazette, September 10, 2006 Rating the Candidates at the Civic Federation Debate http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2006/09/11/arlington/news/nws869b.txt (Created: Sunday, September 10, 2006 11:14 AM EDT) The Sun Gazette’s “Political Notes” column this week assigns letter grades for the performance of candidates at the annual Arlington County Civic Federation debate, held Sept. 5. “It was, as Wall Street […]
September 7, 2006, 7:30PM, Barcroft Community House, 800 S. Buchanan St. Opening Statement Good evening. I would like to thank the Barcroft School and Civic League for organizing this candidates’ forum and for inviting me to participate. My name is Josh Ruebner and I am the Green Party candidate for Arlington County Board. It is […]
September 5, 2006, 7:00PM, Hazel Conference Center, Virginia Hospital Center Opening Statement Good evening. I want to thank the Arlington County Civic Federation for organizing and inviting me to this forum. My name is Josh Ruebner and I am the Green Party candidate for Arlington County Board. I have lived in Arlington for the past […]
Arlington Sun Gazette, September 5, 2006 Challengers Rap Zimmerman on Development Policies by SCOTT McCAFFREY, Staff Writer (Created: Tuesday, September 5, 2006 11:08 PM EDT) Are County Board policies on development set to turn Arlington into a community where only two types of people – the wealthy and the super-wealthy – can afford to live? […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arlington Green Party Candidate Releases Platform (Arlington, VA) August 30—Green Party candidate for Arlington County Board, Josh Ruebner, released today his platform for the November 7 general election. The platform focuses on confronting Arlington’s gentrification and affordable housing crisis; advocating for effective mass transportation options to ease Northern Virginia’s gridlock; proposing ideas […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arlington County Fair Unfair to Green Party Green Party Candidate & Volunteers Removed from Fair Grounds (Arlington, VA) August 21—Green Party candidate for Arlington County Board, Josh Ruebner, and a team of campaign volunteers were removed from the grounds of the Arlington County Fair on Saturday after distributing campaign literature. Despite the […]
Arlington Sun Gazette, August 21, 2006 http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2006/08/25/arlington/opinion/acmt941.txt Highs & Lows THUMBS UP: To the Green Party of Virginia, which has fielded its first County Board candidate (Josh Ruebner). He will be in the race with Democrat Chris Zimmerman and Republican Mike McMenamin. Do we agree with many of the positions espoused by Ruebner and the […]
Arlington Connection, August 19, 2006 http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=70192&paper=60&cat=104 Campaign Season Begins The fall campaign season kicks off with a series of candidate debates at the Civic Federation’s monthly meeting on Sept. 5. The forum will be held at the Hazel Conference Center at Virginia Hospital Center, and begins at 7:30 p.m. Republican Tom O’Donoghue and Independent Jim […]
Arlington Sun Gazette, August 14, 2006 http://www.sungazette.net/articles/2006/08/14/arlington/news/nws889a.txt Green Party Candidate Rips C. Board from Left by SCOTT McCAFFREY, Staff Writer County Board members may talk about preserving affordable housing and Arlington’s inclusive, diverse community, but their actions are resulting in the destruction of both. That’s the conclusion of Josh Ruebner, and it has propelled him […]
Starbucks CEO Calls Himself ‘an Active Zionist,’ but Can You Find It Anywhere on the Web? Barbara Ferguson, Arab News WASHINGTON, 4 August 2006 — It started out as an Internet parody of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz thanking customers for supporting Starbucks and Israel. The spoof read, in part: “I want to thank you for […]
