Albert C. Eisenberg* (D)

Office Sought: Va. House of Delegates District 47
Age: 63
Residence: Lyon Park/Ashton Heights.
Education: BA, history, University of Richmond; MA, education, Hampton University.
Occupation: Policy consultant, American Society of Landscape Architects; former deputy assistant secretary, Transportation Dept.
Web site:http://www.aleisenberg.com
E-mail address: delaeisenberg@house.state.va.us
Offices and positions held: Delegate, Va. House of Delegates, 2004-present; member, chairman, Arlington County Board, 1984-99; member, Arlington Chamber; Arlington Committee of 100; joint subcommittee on preservation of open space and farmlands; Va. Commission on the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War; former member, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments; N.Va. Transportation Commission; Va. Housing Development Authority; Arlington Housing Task Force.

Why should voters elect you?

I have worked to protect Virginians, enacting laws to reduce identity theft, insurance scams and contractors' failures, as well as protecting leave for incapacitated school employees.

What do you think is the most urgent problem facing your jurisdiction?

Inadequate transportation choices. Significant safety issues involving bridge repair and road design. Insufficient transit funding; failure to coordinate effective planning among necessary transportation choices involving commercial and housing relationships that foster environmental protection, combat global warming and reduce urban sprawl.

What is your plan to address the traffic problems in Virginia?

We need to work to reduce urban sprawl,by more effectively coordinating how we develop commercial and residential land,in order to afford better,less costly options so we can live and work in places in which people can delight. We should raise the gasoline tax (the last raise was in 1986). Just a few pennies would increase our ability to pay for essential infrastructure,the safety and sustainability of our obsolete highways and bridges, increase transit options from small solutions such as bike trails and more pedestrian friendly environments,to more highly complicated projects such as rail to Dulles Airport. We should deploy more "photo red" safety measures to reduce red-light running. We also need to require that all police and sheriff departments have written policies guiding the use of "hot pursuits", thus reducing death and injury.

Do you think current policies governing growth & development in your area are too restrictive, not restrictive enough or just right?

not restrictive enough

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