Spike Williams is running against Cathy Hudgins to represent Reston and the Hunter Mill district on the board of supervisors.
While officially he is an independent Spike Williams has, or is scheduled to attend several Republican events. But in local elections, party affiliation doesn’t matter so much as what the views are.
Mr. Williams supports Reston residents having the choice to make Reston a town. He says “I embrace democracy and any time government starts trying to erect obstacles to it I get worried.” Supervisor Hudgins has been criticized for blocking the town initiative. Like the other candidates running he says he supports giving Restonites a choice in the town matter.
Spike Williams also believes TOD, or transit oriented development isn’t a blank check for density increases. Before any high density projects are approved, he wants to see that other transit options, and community infrastructure isn’t overwhelmed. He also brought up a point which I hadn’t thought of, which was a concern of the Wiehle Avenue station becoming a dumping point for commuters of all points west. He says he’ll try to get the Silver Line built in one phase to prevent this.
You can visit Spike Williams website to learn more about him and his views. This article is part of our continuing coverage of the 2007 election.
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