How far will the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) go to ensure good ideas get on the table for new developments in Albemarle County? Today they went to Chapel Hill, NC. PEC board member Tony Vanderwarker filled a Cessna Citation III jet with a Charlottesville-Albemarle delegation eager to learn about neighborhood model developments in Chapel Hill […]
On May 21, 2007, the Board of the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority (RWSA) held their monthly meeting and reviewed several items related to the FY 2008 budget and the community’s 50-year water supply plan . RWSA has two customers, the Albemarle County Service Authority and the City of Charlottesville. FY2008 BUDGET During the budget […]
On May 19, 2007, the five candidates seeking Democratic nominations for three seats on Charlottesville City Counci l held another in a series of forums at the Jefferson Area Board for Aging. Over sixty people attended the event, which was hosted by the Charlottesville and Albemarle Democrats as part of their monthly breakfast meeting. Columnist […]
MPO Board receives public comment during meeting on May 16, 2007 A fare free system for the Charlottesville Transit Service took one small step towards becoming a reality during a recent meeting of the Policy Board of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). Members unanimously passed an informal resolution to direct consultants working on the creation […]
City transportation activist Peter Kleeman is collecting petition signatures to get on the November 2007 ballot as an independent candidate for Charlottesville City Council . Kleeman last ran for Council in 2000 on the “Democrats for Change” slate with Maurice Cox and Kevin Lynch , both of whom went on to win seats on Council. […]
On May 15, 2007, The Fry’s Spring Neighborhood Association (FSNA) served as the host for the second in a series of forums featuring City Council candidates. There are three open seats and five candidates have declared. All of them are Democrats. The only incumbent in the race, Mayor David Brown, was not available to attend […]
On May 15, 2007, Randal O’Toole of the Cato Institute and the American Dream Coalition was the keynote speaker of the Free Enterprise Forum’s Economic Opportunity Luncheon at Starr Hill Restaurant. O’Toole is an economist and public policy expert opposed to the use of city and county planning, and the author of several books including […]
At the May 9, 2007 meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors , the Fiscal Year 2008 budget was approved for Albemarle County. The day after the meeting, I started to document some key points in the discussion. By coincidence, this was the Word of the Day on Dictionary.com: denouement 1. The final resolution […]
Lindsay Dorrier (Scottsville) On May 14, 2007, close to four hundred Albemarle County Democrats attended a caucus to nominate candidates for six races, including three seats on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors . Marcia Joseph (Rivanna District) and Ann Mallek (White Hall District) were unopposed for their party’s nomination. Supervisor Lindsay Dorrier won his […]
(L to R) Democrats Jennifer McKeever, David Brown, Holly Edwards, Satyendra Huja, and Linda Seaman. The five Democratic candidates for three open seats on the Charlottesville City Council participated in their first candidate forum on Thursday, May 10th, in the cafeteria at Walker Upper Elementary School. These forums are important opportunities for the public as […]
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