Charlie Clark

Arlington

Contributor at Falls Church News-Press

Articles

Haigh Resignation: Accountability or Scapegoat?

Feb 12, 2025 | nouse.co.uk | David Chu |Charlie Carter |Charlie Clark |Ellie Morrow

In July 2024, 37-year-old Louise Haigh made history by being appointed as the youngest female cabinet minister of all time. She pleaded guilty to a fraud offence back in 2015, which emerged into the public eye and triggered an abrupt end to her role as Transport Secretary. She resigned on 28 November, which is notably the first resignation within Keir Starmer’s cabinet.
The Supreme Court should confirm limits on the OCC's preemption powers

Mar 18, 2024 | americanbanker.com | Charlie Clark |Lise Kruse

From rural towns to our largest cities, more than 3,600 state-chartered banks across the nation are serving their communities, lending to small businesses and providing essential financial services to consumers. As state financial supervisors from North Dakota and Washington, we see every day why the dual-banking system — made up of both state-chartered and national banks — makes the United States economy the most vibrant in the world.
The Supreme Court should confirm limits on the OCC's preemption powers

Mar 18, 2024 | today.westlaw.com | Lise Kruse |Charlie Clark

From rural towns to our largest cities, more than 3,600 state-chartered banks across the nation are serving their communities, lending to small businesses and providing essential financial services to consumers. As state financial supervisors from...
Saskatoon Mayor Calls for a Ceasefire in Gaza

Nov 13, 2023 | muslimlink.ca | Charlie Clark

Far too many innocent lives have been lost already on all sides. I join with other voices supporting Canada and the International community to do everything possible to bring about a humanitarian cease-fire, to secure the release of all hostages and get humanitarian aid to families in desperate need. As the war has escalated, I know this is having deep impacts on our own community.
Arlington’s ‘Missing Middle’ Housing Rezoning Headed to Court

Oct 20, 2023 | fcnp.com | Charlie Clark

The lawsuit brought by 10 Arlington homeowners seeking to block this year’s rezoning aimed at allowing more multifamily housing in residential neighborhoods will head to trial, a Circuit Court judge ruled on Oct. 19. The decision in Marcia Nordgren et al v. Arlington County Board was a setback for the county’s legal team led by County Attorney MinhChau N. Corr, who had sought quick dismissal of the suit’s main six counts.
Falls Church News-Press Online

Oct 20, 2023 | fcnp.com | Charlie Clark

My grandkids, both currently conquering elementary school, have suffered their share of injuries. The events put our extended family through an arm broken on a scooter, a bump on the head from a coffee table (stitches at the E.R.), and a scary grab of some ill-advised medicine to munch on. Their mishaps brought home a message to me in my golden years and prompted me to compile an inventory of youthful injuries experienced by me and my schoolmates.
Falls Church News-Press Online

Oct 13, 2023 | fcnp.com | Charlie Clark

I was jarred recently to come across a local right-wing political advocacy group that, I sense, has largely been forgotten. The Homeowners Federation of Arlington, which fought for smaller local government between 1946 and the early 70s, sought to block school integration, higher-density development and “low-rent housing.”Its leader was a retired investigator for the Unemployment Compensation Board in Washington, D.C., named Karl O. Spiess (1900-85). From his home at No. 1 N.
David Rubenstein Interview at the Arlington Historical Society banquet

Oct 2, 2023 | fcnp.com | Charlie Clark

(Photo: Johnathan Thomas)The nation’s foremost philanthropist working the vineyards of U.S. history shared some well-earned insights Sept. 27 at the Arlington Historical Society banquet. David Rubenstein, the Carter administration attorney and Carlyle Group financier who of late has become a familiar PBS TV interview host, spoke with passion on links between past and future of our democracy.
Falls Church News-Press Online

Sep 29, 2023 | fcnp.com | Charlie Clark

It took five decades and National Hispanic Heritage month for Latino education pioneer Emma Violand-Sanchez to share some highly personal details of her immigration story. The native of Cochabamba, Bolivia, who in 2008 became Arlington’s first Latino school board member, spoke Sept. 14 to the Arlington Historical Society about her pains and triumphs over the “culture shock” common to many who come to America.
Falls Church News-Press Online

Sep 22, 2023 | fcnp.com | Charlie Clark

Skateboards, to us boys growing up in Rivercrest in the 1960s, were homemade slats of wood with wheels from a sister’s roller skates nailed to the bottom— nothing resembling a suspension system so the rider could tilt and steer. You can imagine it didn’t take long for my brother to fall off and break an arm. Today’s professionally made skateboards, sleekly curved and lined with neon decals, are ridden by kids on large, swooping tracks, such as the one at Powhatan Springs Skatepark on Wilson Blvd.