Category: Resolutions

WHEREAS public trust in law-enforcement practices has been eroded in recent years by video footage of egregious police misconduct in various cities around the country;  WHEREAS the wearing of body cameras by law ...

WHEREAS Dr. Tom Connally, Jr., passed away on April 2, 2020; and WHEREAS, Dr. Connally was a dedicated Democratic Party volunteer who supported the party over the course of four decades; and WHEREAS, in the late 1 ...

WHEREAS Erik Gutshall passed away on April 16, 2020, after a brief and courageous battle with brain cancer; and WHEREAS, Erik served as Vice Chair of the Arlington County Board, to which he had been elected in Novemb ...

WHEREAS, in each of the last two years, Oxfam rated Virginia 51st-- the worst place in the nation -- to be employed, because of our state’s anti-worker minimum wage, weak worker protection, and insufficient right-to-org ...

WHEREAS, despite significant efforts, there remains a persistent gap between the average achievement of students of color, English learners, students with disabilities, and economically disadvantaged students and the av ...

Photo credit: Clerk of the Circuit Court Paul Ferguson, left, swears in incoming Arlington Electoral Board member Matthew Weinstein. Looking on is David Bell, who is retiring from the body effective Feb. 29, 2020. Insid ...

Whereas the District of Columbia has no substantive voting rights in either chamber of Congress; Whereas the District of Columbia has a larger population than the State of Wyoming and the State of Vermont, each of wh ...

RESOLUTION BY THE ARLINGTON COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE Urging Governor Northam to Support Transgender Troops Continuing To Serve Openly in the Virginia National Guard, Virginia Air National Guard, and Virginia Defense ...

WHEREAS gerrymandering, the deliberate manipulation of legislative districts to advantage a particular party or group, distorts the electoral process and undermines democracy; WHEREAS Virginia’s Congressional and s ...

WHEREAS despite gains over the past century, women’s rights remain less than fully protected and women continue to face pervasive discrimination; WHEREAS fifty-one percent of Virginians and Americans are women who do no ...