An Open Letter to Arlington City Residents:
For the record , I don’t like getting into political matters. I don’t like divisive talk or controversial topics. I hardly spoke a word, one way or the other, during the superheated 2016 presidential elections. But this affects me greatly, so I can longer be silent. I am not an Arlington resident, so technically you don't have to listen to me; but I am a wife of an Arlington firefighter and have a vested interest in an amicable outcome to the civil service implementation. I’ve watched this saga unfold over the past year or so, and it has only gotten worse. More divisive. More unforgiving. More finger pointing. More inflexibility. Less cooperation. Less collaboration. Fewer good intentions. If I step back and forget that I am a firefighter wife for just a moment, the city’s angle on all of this is still an enormous misstep from my perspective. As a Human Resources professional, it is my opinion that the choices being made, the tactics being used and the words being spoken (ch
