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Description
Each year, the County puts together a legislative package that it tries to get adopted in Richmond. County Board Chair Katie Cristol, and Vice-Chair Christian Dorsey set out the Board's wish list.
A
Welcome
back
to
County
Board
wrap-up
I'm,
your
host
Cara
O'donnell
and
our
guest
today,
County
Board
Chair
Katie
crystal
and
board
vice-chair
Christian
dort
Dorsey.
Thank
you
both
very
much
for
joining
us.
Now.
Each
year
the
county
puts
together
a
legislative
package
that
it
tries
to
get
adopted
in
Richmond
during
the
General
Assembly's
legislative
session,
which
is
rapidly
approaching.
A
B
You
know
possibly,
this
is
not
the
year
to
advance
large
earth-shattering
priorities,
although
we
did
have
that
kind
of
year,
just
in
2018
between
Metro
funding
and
Medicaid
expansion,
and
so
we
as
always
prepare
lists
of
priorities.
Things
that
are
important
to
Arlington
is
interest
important
to
our
residents.
It's
a
way
of
giving
guidance
to
our
legislative
liaison,
who
is
down
in
Richmond,
basically
full-time
and
a
way
of
reminding
ourselves,
as
we
all
take
time
in
Richmond
to
lobby
and
meet
with
members
of
the
General
Assembly
about
the
community
priorities.
We
most
wish
to
elevate.
B
A
B
Taken
a
lot
of
actions
recently
that
have
big
consequences
for
localities
and
most
of
them
are
not
funded
or,
for
example,
in
the
case
of
Metro
funding.
This
state
has
tried
to
solve
financial
needs
by
passing
the
buck
on
to
localities,
so
between
that
and
the
persistent,
what
I
think
would
be
fair
to
characterize
as
a
dramatic
underfunding
of
public
schools
in
the
Commonwealth
paired
with,
as
Christian
was
mentioning
some
of
the
unfunded
implications
of
Medicaid
expansion.
B
Really
our
top-line
priority
is
reminder
to
the
state
which,
by
the
way,
is
experiencing
a
budget
surplus
that
this
might
be
a
really
nice
time
to
revisit
some
of
those
many
obligations,
financial
obligations,
they've
passed
on
to
localities
and
look
for
how
the
state
can
be
taking
on
a
slightly
bigger
role
of
its
own
funding
responsibilities
to
those
core
services.
How.
B
C
Know
I
think
there's,
fortunately,
the
issue
that
we
we
have
in
our
legislative
package
or
not
Arlington
specific
per
se.
You
know
these
budget
issues
are
shared
by
many
jurisdictions
throughout
the
state.
So
it's
a
matter
of
equity,
it's
a
matter
of
fairness,
and
so,
when
those
affect
a
broad
swath
of
the
Commonwealth
I
tend
to
have
a
higher
degree
of
confidence
that
we'll
we'll
see
some
movement.
That
doesn't
mean
I'm,
confident
it
just
means
it
grows
from
zero.
C
A
B
B
C
B
We're
actually
it's
it's
nice
to
see
it
in
our
legislative
package
reflecting
the
desires
of
our
citizens,
but
we
would
also
join
a
number
of
localities
around
the
state,
including
some
that
you
might
be
surprised
by
in
South,
West,
Virginia
and
others
who've
all
thrown
their
hats
in
the
ring
and
said
this
is
the
earth.
That's.
A
A
Right
well,
let's
see
how
that
goes
as
well
as
some
of
the
many
other
issues
that
the
General
Assembly
will
take
on.
That's
going
to
bring
us
to
the
end
of
County
Board
wrap
up.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
today
and
thank
you,
Katie
and
Christian
for
offering
your
insights
into
the
board
and
its
processes.
Remember
all
of
our
county
board
meetings
are
open
to
the
public
and
live
streamed
and
archived
on
our
website.