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Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces

BRC worksession April 28 — Mayor Signer and Vice-Mayor Bellamy are briefed by City Manager Maurice Jones. April 28th the Charlottesville City Council met in work session to hammer out details of a resolution to be considered May 2 at their regular session setting up a commission.
The resolution is available on the City’s website.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that City Council does hereby authorize the creation of an ad hoc blue ribbon commission on race, memorials and public spaces and tasks the commission with the mission to provide Council with options for telling the full story of Charlottesville’s history of race and for changing the City’s narrative through our public spaces;

Andy Taylor for President

Andy Taylor statue Providence RI — Problem solved. Opie can be Attorney General, Aunt Bee Secretary of State

keeping it simple

Bernie Sanders storefront — February 11, 2016 Central Virginia for Sanders HQ, 300 Water Street, Charlottesville, VA, centralvaforbernie@gmail.com

grass roots presidential politics — HQ interior

Yes we can

south coast sign — A new phrase make its way into common use.

Holly

Holly Edwards — Bumped into this lady January 17, 2000, first national celebration of M.L. King day. Didn’t know her at the time. Seven years later she was elected to Charlottesville City Council where she served with high distinction.

election day

Recreation Precinct, paper ballot — There is that Emma Goldman quote: “If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal”

Jay James, WINA, interviews — Hmm. Wes Bellamy would disagree.

open for business

public comment timer — October 19, 2015- Louisa County Board of Supervisors approved a conditional use permit to allow the open pit mining of vermiculite
in the Green Springs National Historic Landmark District.
The applicant for the zoning change is admired community wide as a good man.
The mining company has, in the past, done award-winning reclamation of a mining site.

So… What the hay?

The highlights of the decision to grant the CUP are on the web.
To cover the subtleties, the principal actors, the hard choices, the layers of compromise,
thousands of words and a fearless newspaper would be required.
The Louisa Comprehensive Plan executive statement, vision and goals recognize the national significance of the Green Springs district.
The Louisa County zoning code allows for the refusal of a CUP if it is not compatible with the surrounding area.

But what the hay.

Tour de Trump

West on Main — As much as the electorate likes to make fun of Mr. Trump, hey, he is the candidate who brought bicycle racing to Charlottesville.

1989 style — The year, 1989. We were taking pictures with film and United Press International (UPI) covered the story.…

City Council

matters from the public — I went to my first City Council meeting when I was 45 years old.

Monticello 53rd annual

nickel porch — FOB Terence R. McAuliffe, Governor of Virginia, addressed the crowd gathered for the 53rd annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello.

pipeline protest — Court was called into session, petitioners at Monticello took the oath of citizenship. McAuliffe posed for photos with the new citizens. I am fairly sure the Governor did not pause, on his way up to Monticello, for photos with these petitioners. The “Macster” is a deal maker. Energy companies are granted audience, common citizens can hold their breath.

new citizens — The naturalization ceremony provides a happier meditation on the strengths of our country.

“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.”-Oath of Citizenship