CHO gets their runway extension approved by the county…by calling it a “driveway.” #
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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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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?