Open source, procurement, and gov tech.
Once every couple of years, we Charlottesville Democrats redefine who we are. The core of the party is the 100 people who serve on the Central Committee. These are the people who run the show. If you are a Charlottesville Democrat and you want to run the show — and I encourage you to want …
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From Bloomberg: “The urban sprawl isn’t just inhabited by golf club-wielding stockbrokers. It’s the bleeding over of Charlottesville.” — Eric von Geilker, a housing contractor who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, talking about Albemarle County’s vote for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, after voting for Republicans since at least the 1950s. The county surrounds Charlottesville, which …
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Avoiding schoolwork that I really should have done now because it’s late and I won’t have time before my classes tomorrow shit what was I thinking, I cobbled together Cavalier Daily RSS feed, too.
For all you Charlottesville kids, I’ve set up screen-scraped RSS feeds for The Daily Progress and WINA. It’s not as exhaustive as if each of ’em would get off their managerial butts and have their techs get with the ’00s and spend 30 minutes writing a proper newsfeed, but it’s something.
While driving between Earlysville and Free Union (north of Charlottesville) yesterday, Amber and I had an unusual treat: a bobcat darted across the road in front of us. I slowed the car as I passed it, and watched it saunter off into the forest. I’ve walked the length of the state and driven thousands of …
100 blocks of downtown Spokane, Washington now have free WiFi, at a total cost of just $75k. Still no wireless in Charlottesville. (A tip o’ the weinerdog to Justin.)
Portland to offer free WiFi. Texas highway rest stops to get WiFi. Cows to get WiFi. Still no wireless in Charlottesville.
Today’s Roanoke Times has an article about increased gang activity in the Roanoke/Salem/Blacksburg area. Well, not actually increased gang activity, they admit, but there’s been some graffiti that is painted in red, the color used by the Bloods, so, y’know… Anyhow, here’s my favorite bit, about the Latin Kings, the Bloods and the Crips moving …
Charlottesville has a single Republican City Councilor, Rob Schilling. The guy’s lazy, likes to stir up trouble (but can’t follow it up and turn it into anything substantial), and at the first hint of shouldering his share of the burden, he turns tail. Which is why I got a kick out of Liz Nelson’s story …
Every time that I’m gone from Blacksburg for more than a few days — Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring break over the past 10 days — it is such a disappointment to come back here. Blacksburg and Virginia Tech aren’t bad, but, for me, they comprise a world that has had all sense of possibility and interest …