Arlington Sun Gazette Trolley System Splits County Board Candidates by SCOTT McCAFFREY, Staff Writer (Created: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 8:25 AM EDT) County Board candidates Mike McMenamin, Walter Tejada, Josh Ruebner, Joseph Warren and Mary Hynes at the Arlington County Civic Federation candidate forum. (Photo by Scott McCaffrey) Is it an economic engine for South […]
Arlington Connection Referendum Delayed The local Green Party’s referendum won’t be on the ballot until 2008 because of a missed deadline. By By David Schultz Tuesday, September 04, 2007 A proposal that could increase the Arlington County’s ability to create affordable housing has been put on the back burner for a year due to a […]
Buckingham Herald Tribblog Tuesday, September 04, 2007 Josh Ruebner to “Meet-n-Greet” In Buckingham County Board candidate, Josh Ruebner (Green Party), will speak to Buckinghamsters at a community forum hosted by the Buckingham Herald Trib on Sunday Sept. 30, 2 to 4 p.m. Mr. Ruebner plans to bring a Spanish-language interpreter with him, so Spanish speakers […]
Arlington Sun Gazette Housing Referendum Showdown Looms by SCOTT McCAFFREY, Staff Writer (Created: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:00 AM EDT) Proponents of the creation of a quasi-independent county housing and redevelopment authority appear to have garnered enough support to send the matter to a countywide referendum, but may have missed their chance – just barely […]
Arlington Sun Gazette Housing Remains Arlington’s No. 1 Problem (Created: Monday, August 20, 2007 1:45 PM EDT) Editor: In his Editor’s Notebook blog entry of Aug. 16 [“Time for a New Political Game Plan”], Scott McCaffrey challenges me to “shake up” my campaign platform by de-emphasizing the issue of affordable housing and to “lay out […]
Arlington Connection Green Light Josh Ruebner is emphasizing affordable housing in his third-party quest to get on the County Board. By By David Schultz Monday, August 13, 2007 Today’s color-coded politics are dominated by the fight between red and blue – i.e., red states against blue states. But Josh Ruebner wants to add another color […]
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 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 […]
