The journalist needs to send his skeet to a fact-checker. It's not like the Pinball Basement is new.

For those that need some inspiration, the full list of submissions from last year, including the hundreds that didn't make the cut to become official plow names, is here: alongthepike.com/ARLPLOW.txt

I got excited for a moment, then I remembered that this is Arlington. We only use hard bollards to protect hydrants, not people.

I assume they're still flexible, but bigger and yellow?

There definitely seems to be a contingent in DPR that sees their job as protecting parks from people.