This weekend, August 4th through the 6th, the Commonwealth of Virginia has authorized retailers to sell certain school items tax free. There are price limits for items and not all retailers are guaranteed to participate.
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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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This is a laudable action (not ” to the skies” level but laudable).
Keep in mind, (lest we credit this action as motivated by Legislature compassion for families facing the usual “back to school” expenses ) the pressure to declare a “tax holiday” was brought by businesses losing money to stores across the border, not the Commonwealth sensitivity to family expenses.
This would be more helpful if the schools had sent out their supply lists by now.
Gotta wonder why “garters and garter belts” are included in the state-approved list of items!
Perhaps some private school kids have to wear tall socks pulled all the way up, necessitating such things?
Call me insensitive, but this is really just another give-a-way for breeders. And anyway one weekend is hardly enough time to do any reasonable good. If you’re going to do something like this – do it right and have it last all month. What I’d really like to see would be an end to sales tax for food items purchased at the grocery store.
Further, does this mean that those stores “not participating” in the tax holiday this weekend- does this mean that they get to pocket that extra tax they charge for a larger profit?