I took some photos and recorded some video at Perriello’s healthcare forum this evening. That place was packed to the gills. #
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The Washington Post editorial board concludes that Elisha Strom is both a very unpleasant woman and within her right to free expression. Defending free speech means defending even the most unpleasant speech. #
- Crozet Hardware. By Charlottesville Tomorrow. / CC BY 2.0
Crozetians believe overwhelmingly that their #1 priority is limiting growth, WCAV reports. The county surveyed Crozet’s citizens about the Master Plan—which currently calls for the population to more than double—and it was in that context that they volunteered their concerns about population growth. Specifically, they’re also looking to stop the 250 corridor from sprawling out, and instead build up downtown. A 2006 county report forecast a maximum Crozet population of 24,000 in 15 years, a number that left many Crozet residents horrified, no doubt spurring contributing to the strong support for a sustainable population that this survey has shown.
- The USPS Distribution Facility on Airport Rd.
It was just a few years ago that the USPS built their processing facility on Airport Road, but they’re already looking at shutting it down, Jason Bacaj reports in today’s Daily Progress. A study of their operations will be running for the next few weeks, which will determine whether they’re going to keep it open, move all of the operations to their new facility in Richmond, or do something between those two. The results of the study are due to be announced late next month. If they were to shut down this facility, my understanding is that all mail sent within Charlottesville would have to be routed through Richmond, though I certainly hope that’s not right. Charlottesville’s original mail sorting facility is now the home to the central branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, which took it over in 1977; if abandoned, I wonder what the future holds for their current facility.
Juandiego Wade proposes putting portraits of Obama in all city schools. And if the next president is a Republican? Wade isn’t sure what to do then. Um. #
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