As expected, City Councilor Meredith Richards has thrown her hat into the ring for the 5th District race. She filed the paperwork yesterday to seek the Democratic nomination. Her opponent for the nomination is George D. Shropshire III, a Campbell County truck driver and Teamster. The winner of that nominating convention will be pitted against newly-Republican incumbent Virgil Goode, of Rocky Mount. Bob Gibson has the story in today’s Progress.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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Running a Democrat against newly minted Republican Virgil Goode for Congress is about like running a Republican for the all-Democratic City Council in Charlottesville.
It’s a good thing and promotes better public policy through more discussion of issues, but it probably won’t work in terms of electing somebody new.
Democrats run the show in Charlottesville because there are more of them and because Republicans haven’t put up substantial oppostion (like two strong candidates running as a team) very often.
Virgil Goode won as a Democrat, won as an independent and the Republicans love him, not to mention plenty of other folks.
Meredith has her work cut out for her.
Isn’t it interesting that between the two posts, only 10 people have a comment? And this supposedly is her stronghold area. An optimist would say that this is good; no one is writing and complaining about her at least.
Courics’s seat, Goode’s seat, next I hear it’s van Yahre’s seat. The woman hasn’t met a political office she doesn’t want (except for the one she already has, apparently).
Why is she on City Council if every two minutes she’s running for something else? Doesn’t anybody else think this is odd? Time to vote her out (next time) and let her campaign full time for any seat in any locality that will have her.