politics – Page 2 – Black and White

election eve

picture from long ago, far away, Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, summer of 1969. The end of the world was delayed from then until now, maybe we can negotiate a bit more delay?

Jesus 2020

Heel Dust

Charlottesville’s City manager, Dr. Tarron Richardson, resigned today. Will we ever know the who, what, where, why, when and how?

Sandy Hausman of WVTF asked:

Is there something particularly difficult about managing in Charlottesville. I know in general local government management tends to move around a lot, but it is a tough situation when you are reporting to both the Council and to the voters in a sense but is Charlottesville particularly challenging, is it a bunch of people who are too smart for their own good? Why would you say that we have had so much turnover? I’d like to hear from both the manager and the Mayor on that…

And so, the City Manager leaves the city in his heel dust. Leaves with a $205,000 severance check and his health insurance paid for the coming twelve months.

colleagial

Dave Norris and Holly Edwards — Missing the time before the Charlottesville Council Chambers turned into the Thunderdome. Our Mayor at the time, Dave Norris, had a public access TV show, Postcards From Charlottesville. Here he chats with Councilor Elect Holly Edwards . Good days.

quadrennial

Wish I was in South Carolina today. There would be pictures .

“People who complained that New Hampshire was no place for a presidential primary just haven’t been to South Carolina. The flinty Granite State has its faults, but it looks like an island of tolerance compared with this capital of implacability, fierce fundamentalism and dirty politics.”
Losing Battles (Washington Post, 2/20/2000) Mary McGrory

EOB Long Road

Eisenhower Executive Office Building Secretary of War Suite

washington dc, EOB, National Portrait Museum — a country where it’s ok to speak one’s mind.

honk for peace

honks for peace — the faithful, January 2016.

broken promise?

Developer of Carlton Views III is hoping that the Planning Commission will allow a departure from their proffer: Proffer 3(f) states: “The Landowners shall retain the existing tree canopy on the east side of the Subject property, adjacent to Franklin Street, within an area designated as open space for the PUD.” To date the City has shown low expectations regarding this developer’s work product. (If you’d like to know more DM me, Planning Commission will decide last thing tonight)

#impeachment

Egypt, Metropolitan Museum, Sackler Wing? — House Intelligence Committee, communication between the Schiff and the Nunes.

Schiff and Nunes

cat (D), dog (R) — Must see TV, House Intelligence Committee televised hearings. In the interest of saving your time, see the visual summary of the day’s events above.