David Murray one-ups a cross-stitched portrait of Katamari Damacy’s Kuro with a multimedia work featuring Opeo rolling what looks like ~2 meter katamari across a meadow…only to be one-upped in response. The pressure’s on, David. 9:30pm Update: David made BoingBoing! #
Nailgun: TMBG are playing Starr Hill on May 8. Here’s an insufficiently-known fact: In their series of venue songs, they wrote one about Starr Hill and Charlottesville. It’s the second track on their 2004 release, Venue Songs, and can be seen in video form on their website, complete with introduction by John Hodgman and mysterious non-Charlottesville footage. #
For six months now, the Hessian Hills and Canterbury Hills have been plagued with burglaries — dozens of them, often on weekdays, in the afternoon or early evening, with electronics and similar high-dollar items stolen. Some houses were hit twice. Now the police think they’ve got someone. In a join press release (below), the county and city police have announced the arrest of 41-year-old William Frances Breckenridge on Monday, charging him with stealing from a vehicle and homes. If this really is the guy that’s committed all of the crimes, that list of charges will have to get a whole lot longer. Thanks to Al for the news.
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The Planning Commission unanimously rejected Biscuit Run at last night’s meeting, Charlottesville Tomorrow reports. (Local media outlets left before the meeting ended.) Of the 27 members of the public who spoke at the meeting, only four supported the enormous proposed development. Significant factors in the decision appeared to include the need for significant upgrades to the sewer line (which simply can’t handle thousands of new people), the major expansion to transportation infrastructure that would be required, and some more traditional concerns like proffers, school capacity, etc.
Now comes the fun part: the Board of Supervisors. That’s because the Planning Commission’s vote is simply a recommendation to the BoS, who can choose to accept or reject the recommendation. A unanimous recommendation is tough to ignore without looking bad, but it’s hardly unheard of. Muddying the waters, three members of the BoS are up for reelection, and no industry gives quite as generously as developers.
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