For years, I’ve been asking Charlottesville City Council to move the elections from May to November. (See the transcript of my last presentation to them on the topic, in July of 2003.) At Monday night’s Council meeting, voter registrar Sheri Iachetta issued her office’s official recommendation, which is (unsurprisingly) that the elections must be November. …
Category Archives: Charlottesville
City Council endorsements.
To all non-Charlottesvillians, I apologize. If you’re from the area, read this. And, while you’re at it, show up at the County Office Building on Saturday at 12:30 and vote at the Democratic Caucus for City Council. I endorse incumbent councilors Meredith Richards and Kevin Lynch for the Democratic nomination for Charlottesville City Council. I …
Any year now.
Dickinson County government is providing high-speed wireless service to local government, businesses, citizens. Still no wireless in Charlottesville.
Charlottesville train station.
I just discovered a great webpage about the history of the C&O Railroad in Charlottesville, run by a fellow named Larry Daily. Most Charlottesvillians don’t appreciate how essential that the rail lines were to the development of and early success of Charlottesville. Nor are most people aware that the offices on Water Street, near the …
Meadowcreek FAQ.
Charlottesville City Councillor Kevin Lynch has written up what amounts to a Meadowcreek Parkway FAQ for cvillenews.com that’s really interesting. We’ve been having debates about the Parkway on the site for years. I will be interested to see what sort of rejoinders are offered up by the site’s users.
You pay for what you get.
In the November election, the White Hall district of Albemarle County elected Republican David Wyant over Democrat Eric Strucko. The outcome was surprising, since Strucko had been campaigning hard for almost two years, while Wyant just stepped in a couple of months before the election. Wyant is a local guy, and so he managed to …
Yes, that would be interesting.
“Wouldn’t that be interesting,” [Denny] Clark, [director of UVa Recycling] said, “if we took a huge dump on the Lawn?” -“UVa talks trash“, Charlottesville Daily Progress, 11/12/2003
Throw me a freakin’ bone.
Mayberry now offers public WiFi. Still no wireless in Charlottesville.
So they’re, what, overpaid?
In the Albemarle County school board race, the extremely-competent Brian Wheeler is pitted against the unfortunate Linda McRaven for the at-large seat. It’s no secret around town that McRaven is loony — everybody’s known that for years. But, man, if this comment isn’t a hallmark of insanity, I don’t know what is: “I have never …
Roanoke gets WiFi.
I’ve been pushing Charlottesville to set up 802.11x-based wireless Internet access throughout downtown for two years ago. I started off attempting to set it up as a private venture, but it became obvious that it would be difficult to do without cooperation from the city. (Additionally, I knew that it wouldn’t do me any good …