CHO gets their runway extension approved by the county…by calling it a “driveway.”
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UVA graduation is this weekend (May 20th). Consider yourself warned. #
Theodore Roosevelt’s Albemarle retreat, Pine Knot, is looking to become more well known and accessible. #
Tablet computers are working out pretty well in city schools. #
VDOT got seven bids for the Western Bypass, but they’re secret until one is selected in June. #
One small car part is the sole evidence of who killed a Waynesboro woman in a hit-and-run on Saturday. The community at Jalopnik figured it out—it’s from the grille of a 2003 Ford F150 XL. #
Does the city have the power to set the speed on the bypass so ridiculously low? Several people argue that it does not. #
Council has again shot down the police department’s request for funding to put CCTV security cameras all along the Downtown Mall. #
A little light reading: Charlottesville’s charter. These are the rules, set by the legislature, under which C’ville exists. #
The plan for Shoppers World has been made public. Stein Mart and DSW will moving in to the complex recently vacated by Whole Foods. #
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I have begun to find it funny when government officials use spin to circumvent legal code. I find it appalling that more commissioners did not protest the use of the new designation. it reminds me of the city’s use of “roundabout” ranther than “traffic circle” in order to qualify for using federal funds and the politicians that it was great “pulling the wool over Washington’s eyes.” It also made a statement about the locals’ integrity. wouldn’t it be funny it the drivers of the 18-wheelers now banned from Old Lynchburg Road start calling them triple-six wheelers. Or a cell phone towner being called birds’-nest. Or a gravel driveway being called a rock garden.
So if it’s a driveway, does that mean I can use it to pull my car right up to the gates the next time I fly out of CHO? After all, my car certainly fits into the category of a “vehicle.”
I don’t know if that stunt is legal or not, but it damn sure doesn’t pass the smell test. Do they really think the public is that stupid, or do they just hope we are?