Remember Albemarle Place, the very model of new urbanist mixed-used development? Well, now it’s “Stonefield” (blech), and it’s just a shopping center. Charlottesville: “the “Napa of the East Coast”. #
Remember Albemarle Place, the very model of new urbanist mixed-used development? Well, now it’s “Stonefield” (blech), and it’s just a shopping center. Charlottesville: “the “Napa of the East Coast”. #
The BoS has finally canned the Eastern Connector. The public didn’t want it, the state can’t afford it, and the city 86d it three years ago. Good luck condemning hundreds of acres in Keswick. #
Remember the city’s plan to provide every middle and high school student with a laptop? That’s happening, Graham Moomaw writes in the Daily Progress. It’ll start next school year, giving them Windows tablets—which, since they’re really unpleasant to use otherwise, will be supplemented with a keyboard and a stylus, plus a protective case. The cost per system will have to be determined when the bids come in, but the thinking is that the whole thing should run less than $1M.
The idea is to move to electronic textbooks, rather than continuing to use increasingly expensive paper textbooks. Also, some publishers are simply eliminating paper textbooks in favor of electronic ones, and the school system is concerned that they’re going to run out of decent print options. In theory, the bulk of the cost of these computers should be covered by textbook savings.
Some Stony Point Elementary parents are worried about a plan to put a mobile phone tower atop the school, something about radio waves being scary. Wait until they find out that there are radio stations in town—they’ll freak. #
Ken Boyd is running for a third term on the Board of Supervisors, he announced today. Boyd represents the Rivanna District, which is basically comprised of northeast Albemarle. His announcement comes as a bit of surprise, since it was one year ago that he told Will Goldsmith: “I’ve all but come to the conclusion that this is going to be my last term on the Board of Supervisors.” The “all but” is enough wiggle room for some mind-changing, apparently.
This announcement helps to explain Boyd’s bizarre support of a Tea Party talking point, calling for an end to Albemarle’s reduction in pollution emissions, declaring that the county has been “infiltrated” by agents of the United Nations, and that this “cancer” must be removed from county government. Boyd hasn’t historically been prone to conspiracy theories, and presumably is talking this up to establish his bona fides with the far right, whether to avoid a primary challenge or just to get their support.
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