{"id":6597,"date":"2015-03-18T13:49:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T17:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/?p=6597"},"modified":"2015-03-19T08:44:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T12:44:36","slug":"pond-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/pond-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6599\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150211-AAB_0778-mike-signer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6599\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150211-AAB_0778-mike-signer.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Signer\" width=\"1028\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150211-AAB_0778-mike-signer.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150211-AAB_0778-mike-signer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150211-AAB_0778-mike-signer-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Politics in our ten square mile pond is fascinating. In the big water,<br \/>\n state, national, there is a money at play. But in the little pond, it\u2019s about vision, quality of life,<br \/>\nhaving principals and living by them, wanting to make your home better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvilletomorrow.org\/news\/article\/20153-signer-launches-race-for-charlottesville-city-coun\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlottesville Tomorrow has the story.<\/a><br \/>\nMike Signer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6602\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0957-wes-bellamy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6602\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0957-wes-bellamy.jpg\" alt=\"Wes Bellamy\" width=\"1028\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0957-wes-bellamy.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0957-wes-bellamy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0957-wes-bellamy-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These candidates are exemplary. They care deeply about their community.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvilletomorrow.org\/news\/article\/20170-bellamy-enters-cville-city-council-race\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlottesville Tomorrow has the story.<\/a><br \/>\nWes Bellamy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6598\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150228-AAB_0926-lena-seville.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6598\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150228-AAB_0926-lena-seville.jpg\" alt=\"Lena Seville\" width=\"1028\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150228-AAB_0926-lena-seville.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150228-AAB_0926-lena-seville-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150228-AAB_0926-lena-seville-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many different paths lead to a councilmanic run. The candidates are activists: for community engagement, for the environment, for historic preservation, for clean safe streets, for better schools.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvilletomorrow.org\/news\/article\/20279-seville-launches-campaign-for-cville-city-council\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlottesville Tomorrow has the story.<\/a><br \/>\nLena Seville<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6601\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150304_DSC0988-Dede-Smith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6601\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150304_DSC0988-Dede-Smith.jpg\" alt=\"Dede Smith\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150304_DSC0988-Dede-Smith.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150304_DSC0988-Dede-Smith-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150304_DSC0988-Dede-Smith-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two of the candidates are incumbents. They&#8217;ve worked their way through a multitude of meetings in the past four years. Fielded thousands of e-mails. Met with citizens, made site visits. Stayed up late. Read thousands of pages of staff reports. It&#8217;s not easy.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvilletomorrow.org\/news\/article\/20315-smith-reelection-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlottesville Tomorrow has the story.<\/a><br \/>\nDede Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6600\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0946-kathy-galvin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6600\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0946-kathy-galvin.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Galvin\" width=\"1028\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0946-kathy-galvin.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0946-kathy-galvin-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/150311-AAB_0946-kathy-galvin-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a small pond like ours the candidates have guts, and there is little glory in the offing. No one has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2015\/03\/18\/the-self-destructive-mania-of-rep-aaron-schock\/\" target=\"_blank\">office decorated in the style<\/a> of Downton Abbey. The Councilors give us their work and selfless dedication, to make our town a better place.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvilletomorrow.org\/news\/article\/20368-galvin-seeks-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charlottesville Tomorrow has the story.<\/a><br \/>\nKathy Galvin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[32,23,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charlottesville","category-people","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6597"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6607,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6597\/revisions\/6607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}