UVA employee Willa Neale is running for Charlottesville School Board, and Colette Blount has changed her mind, and she’s running for reelection. #
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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 met Willa Neale when we were both PTO presidents in the city schools. My sense is that she would be a great member of the school board. I’m glad she’s running.
Does this trouble you?
” “No, I would not run for School Board. I think that would not be a sign of respect for the current candidates and it would not show my commitment to this position of City Council,” Blount said at a candidate forum hosted by the Senior Statesmen of Virginia. “We’ll see what happens four years from now, but right now, City Council.”
Have we learned anything post-primary that would inform the School Board election?
I would like the School Board to stay strong in terms of diversity, that has been one of the great things about it since it went elected, increased minority representation.
Good news is that there is a strong slate of candidates to choose from.
I appreciate the sentiment she was trying to express, even if she shouldn’t have been so forceful. A better response would have been, “I am focused on city council and can’t even speculate what would happen if I did not win in the primary. My attention is on the present race and not speculation.”