Tim Kaine’s APF proposal. Jim Bacon says:
Tim Kaine has gone astray. He’s taken a populist, NIMBY-like position here. The problem in Virginia isn’t “out of control” growth, and the solution isn’t giving local governments the power to nix proposed developments that will generate negative traffic impacts. Kaine’s proposal would simply give local governments power to block projects without enouraging them to make the kinds of positive changes they need to make.
APFs are good in a theoretical vacuum; in practice, they simply don’t work. We will continue to hear more about APFs regardless of who is elected.
Bird Flu preparations. Makes my current read even more compelling. A bit more on bird flu.
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Be Kind. It Matters
Reupping this story from April. This encounter has stuck with me. In early January I was returning a gift, and tried to get it put back on my wife’s credit card, which I didn’t have. The young girl working at the counter tried to make…
Deleting Facebook – An Experiment (Part 1 of 2)
"If you're not the customer, you're the product," as the saying goes. I am tired of being the product.* I have a new facebook account; the old one is deactivated. Why? I've long said I hate facebook, but use it because I must - for RealCrozetVA community,…
Public Spaces in Private Spaces – What’s the Balance?
What if ... the only available public spaces to freely assemble are private? The forthcoming Market Plaza in Downtown Charlottesville is going to be a massive project, Market Plaza will feature 68 residential units, 55,000 square feet of office space and 10,000 square feet of retail…
Looking For Christmas Trees and Lights in Charlottesville?
This is last year's post with Christmas tree farms and locations - I'll update it this year, if anything has changed.