| Keefe,
Aaron, McMahon Elected to RA Board |
By Erick Soricelli
Observer Staff Writer |
| A longtime volunteer with Reston civic and recreation organizations
and two incumbents were elected to three-year terms on the
Reston Association board of directors on Tuesday, April 12. |
| William J. "Bill" Keefe, a land-use planner with
commercial real estate law firm Walsh Colucci Lubeley Emrich
& Terpak PC, replaces Vicky Wingert as at-large director.
Wingert didn't run for a second term. |
| Keefe received 3,311 votes running against former RA executive
vice president Gerald R. "Jerry" Volloy, who had
2,718 votes, and ReMax real estate agent Brian M. "Rock"
Brown with 1,277 votes. |
| Keefe is also a former chair of the Reston Planning & Zoning
Committee, a member of the Reston Runners club and a commissioner
with Reston Youth Basketball. |
| Keefe said he had a lot of support from volunteers and from
the Alliance for a Better Community (ABC), a Reston organization
that endorsed his candidacy. He reaffirmed positions he took
early in the campaign about upgrading recreational facilities
in Reston. Keefe supports adding a skate park in Reston and
revitalizing RA pools and encourages all RA members to volunteer. |
| "I think Bill's commitment to the community is very
proven," said current RA board President Rick Beyer.
"He has some outstanding insight on areas of recreational
facilities." |
| Hunters Woods/Dogwood District director Barbara Aaron and
apartment owners designate Tim McMahon were unopposed for
reelection. McMahon received 1,481 votes and Aaron 1,369. |
| Aaron, a Long & Foster Realtors real estate agent, said
she wanted to keep working on RA's first update in 20 years
of its governing documents; the rules and guidelines for RA
members. |
| "I think the biggest thing will be to educate on the
issue," Aaron said. "It's fine to say, ‘It's fine
where we are, we shouldn't change,' but something's going
to change." |
| McMahon's election came under new rules opening the seat
up by allowing apartment owners to declare candidacy or nominate
a candidate rather than limiting apartment owners to appoint
only one candidate. |
| McMahon, assistant director of housing and community development
for Reston Interfaith, has taken mainly neutral stances in
governing documents work sessions. Elected in August 2004,
McMahon said he hasn't had as much time to review the issues
as other board members. |
| Despite that, he said he wanted to present clear comparisons
between the existing and draft documents on issues affecting
apartment owners, such as voting rights. |
| The RA board had deliberated about changing member categories
and rights for members who fit into more than one category.
Under the current system, "owner-occupants," members
who live in homes they own, have two votes. |
| The board was scheduled to vote on a new slate of officers
and hold a governing documents work session on Wednesday,
April 13, after The Observer's deadline. |
