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From YouTube: Here/now: Know Your...County Board
Description
A segment of AVN's monthly magazine show, "Here/now", "Know Your..." provides a behind the scenes look at how our county government actually works. In this episode, we learn what it's like to serve on the Arlington County Board.
A
B
C
Well,
welcome
to
my
office.
This
is
the
office
of
the
chairman
this
year.
I
happen
to
be
the
chairman.
We
have
five
board
members
and
each
run
at
large.
H4
mail
runs
at
large.
That
means
throughout
the
whole
county.
Everyone
comes
out
to
vote
and
you
know
we
get
elected
now
the
there's
a
rotation
for
the
chairmanship
and
this
year
I
happened
to
be
the
chairman
for
the
first
time
and
yeah,
I'm
a
little
busy
these
days.
C
You
know,
and
you
know
we
set
policy-
we
when
a
big
issue
comes
up
for,
for
example,
land
use
or
how
it's
going
to
be
used
or
how
it's
not
going
to
be
used.
We
talk
about
it,
we
have
big
meetings
with
long
projects
and
at
the
end
we
make
those
decisions,
whether
we
accept
it
or
not.
We
also
set
the
tax
rate,
which
is
a
very
involved
process.
The
whole
budget
process
that
we
go
through
every
year,
where.
C
Yeah,
well,
you
know
we
have
what
we
call
the
county
boardroom,
the
meeting
room.
In
fact,
let
me
show
you,
let
me
show
you
where
it
is
it's
over
here.
Thank
you
yeah.
So
it's
back
here,
oh
great,
this
is
the
back
door.
We'll
go
in
get
to
know
the
secrets
this.
This
is
the
secret
entrance
yeah.
So
this
is
where
we
come
and
have
our
public
meetings.
You
know
this
is
where
a
lot
of
the
activities
go.
C
This
is
opponents,
usually
reverse
the
other
way
looking
facing
the
dies
and
the
residents
have
a
chance
to
sit
there.
If
we
have
a
large
crowd
and
people
take
turns
the
at
the
podium,
then
telling
us
what
happened.
So
this
is
what's
happening.
A
C
B
C
Terminology
you
know
and
and
if
you
imagine
how
difficult
it
is
to
learn
in
english,
can
you
imagine
if
you
were
speaking
another
language,
and
so
what
I
did
also
is.
I
had
to
translate
into
espanol
para
que
la
persona.
C
These
are
the
five
seats
for
each
of
the
board
members
and
what
I
call
these.
These
are
the
seats
of
the
people
and
I
happen
to
sit
in
this
chair
over
here.
This
is
the
chairman's
seat
this
year
and,
with
this
gavel,
welcome
to
the
board
meeting
my
job
is
to
facilitate
the
meeting,
keep
it
running,
keep
it
moving
and
move
on
to
the
different
subjects
to
keep
things
going.
So
this
is
where
a
lot
of
the
action
takes
place:
health,
which
has
two
parts,
our
own
physical
health
and
the
health
of
the
environment.