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Parties Nominate Council Candidates

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 6, 2006 in Politics. 4 Comments

For the first time in years, there’s nothing new in the City Council race, despite the pair of nomination conventions this weekend. On Saturday, Democrats nominated the only two candidates for both seats that are up (Rob Schilling’s and Blake Caravati’s), John Yellig wrote in yesterday’s Progress, and on Sunday, Republicans nominated incumbent Schilling, their only candidate, Liesel Nowak writes in today’s Progress. Conventional wisdom holds that Schilling’s best shot at reelection is to run alone, so as to be many people’s second choice, rather than having that diluted with another Republican.

Charlottesville Tomorrow provides the audio for the entirety of the Democratic convention and the Republican convention, while Rick Sincere provides a report from the Republican convention. And, as long as I’m providing audio, the musical stylings of Rob Schilling are available on his CD Baby page.

From here the general election begins, leading up to the May 2 election.

Maurer on Millie

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 5, 2006 in General News. Closed

In today’s Daily Progress, David Maurer has a sweet profile of Mildred Carter, 54-year veteran of Timberlake’s Drug Store. It opened in 1917, and Millie started there in 1952. She still works forty hours a week, and is an indispensable part of many patrons’ lives. And she’s always been nice to me.

When is David Maurer going to start releasing collections of his articles as books? I’d buy a dozen of each one.

Blogging Round-Up

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 2, 2006 in Blogs. 4 Comments

Here are some of my favorite Charlottesville blog entries from the past week.

The Cool Honey has ruled Mayor David Brown “UNBELIEVABLY dope”. The Food Geek reports on the huge crop yield increases that come of organic farming. Bill Emory talked all night into the guts of the machine. Jim Duncan is torn on what to do about growth. Joe has ten quotes that make his life better when he applies them. David Murray promotes the kitten apocalypse. Jennifer went to the Paramount for the first time, saw Yo Yo Ma, and loved every minute of it. Brian Wheeler is blown away by developers’ proffers in Northern Virginia. Michael reminds himself that only the penitent man shall pass. Rick Sincere points out that nobody minded funerals being protested until the targets turned from homosexuals to veterans. Lincoln Michael came in second in The Hook’s fiction contest. And, finally, C.R. is celebrating his first anniversary of blogging.

What did I miss?

Crozetians Protest Growth Plans

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 2, 2006 in Development and Politics. Closed

As of the 2000 Census, Crozet had a population of 2,820 souls. 1,316 of them signed a no-growth petition that was delivered to the Board of Supervisors last night, calling on the county to limit the Crozet population to 12,000 people, Brian Wheeler writes. Charlottesville Tomorrow has a podcast of the remarks made by the public about the Crozet Master Plan.

The Crozet Community Association is asking where the leadership is from their BoS rep, David Wyant. He was elected, after all, on opposition to growth, or so it seemed at the time. It would be interesting if newly-elected Rio representative David Slutzky turned out to be the Crozetians’ best friend.

Proffit Road Closing in Summer

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 2, 2006 in Transportation. 4 Comments

For all of us who live on Rt. 20 north of Proffit Road, we know that there are only two vaguely-direct routes home: Stony Point Road from Pantops, and Proffit Road from 29 N. (When all else fails it’s possible to circle way around and take Burnley Station or, on the other side of the mountains, Stony Point Pass.) So when an accident closes off Proffit, things get kind of crazy. On Charlottesville Tomorrow, Brian Wheeler reports that Norfolk Southern needs to replace the single-lane bridge over Proffit this summer, so the road will be closed for a month or two. That would be the lovely, though rickety, wooden bridge that spans one of the sets of tracks in what was once the town of Proffit.

We’ll all be changing our driving habits for a while, I suppose.

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