There will be a special election for Charlottesville Treasurer in April. #
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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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So I guess we’ll be spending $30K to have an election for Treasurer in April just for the sake of a six-month tenure before we vote again for the same office in November.
The Tea Party has managed to cast this special election in such partisan terms with overblown rhetoric. It’s tiresome (and costly to taxpayers) to have every practical function of government, assuming the perceived interests of JATP are at stake, rolled up into some moral battle for first principles, or whatever.
The interim treasurer is already accountable to the public. He’ll avoid mistakes if he has any desire to keep his job beyond November. And I still don’t understand how a “Democrat” or a “Republican” treasurer will perform their job any differently.
The idea is not to allow the Democrats to hand that plum slary to the son of a former (just happened to be) a former Democratic mayor and party chairman. Maybe if they had announced that they were opening the door wide to allow others to seek that position rather than act as though they own it things would have been different.
nep·o·tism
/ˈnepəˌtizəm/NounThe practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, esp. by giving them jobs.
I’m sure Occupy Charlottesvile would have opposed this appointment?