Morning reading 03-21-2006
Madison County struggles with their comp plan and affordable housing. Major subdivisions in Fluvanna County Augusta County's comp plan consultant fed up, pulls out
Afternoon links for 13 March 2006
Running government as a business - now there's a thought. (via Commonwealth Conservative) More to the point, Richman said, governments don't have to make a profit - "they don't have to satisfy consumers who can simply turn around and take their money elsewhere," Richman said,…
Afternoon links, regional real estate stuff
Predatory Lending article (PDF) Orange County is joining the trend and raising property taxes Biscuit Run headed to the Albemarle County Planners Do you want your employer to provide health care or buy you a house? It's not so far-fetched! Mandate Clustering developments? As Growth…
Greene and Fluvanna news
Trying to stay regionally involved and up to date ... very difficult to do. All counties are facing similar issues with growth, as shown in the respective candidate forums and public meetings. From an article by Nancy B. Miner in the Central Virginian: In a…
Growth, politics and the market (morning reading)
Tom McCrystal has a nice post. Conserve energy. The NYTimes causes a stir this morning with a report on the housing market. Why does their story get so much buzz and press? Greene faces its future with their Board of Supervisors elections. Greene also moved…
October Forum Watch
The Free Enterprise Forum's October Newsletter has been released. As usual, there is a lot of pertinent information. Full text is below. (more…)
Regional Transportation Poll
I am trying out a new feature - a poll to the right. Our transportation/infrastructure issues are not isolated to the City of C'Ville, Counties of Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna, et. al. They are regional issues that need regional solutions and for these governments to gasp!…
Southern Pines development in Fluvanna
It is hard to ascertain from this story in The Central Virginian which side (if either) is right. While it was clear that the Fluvanna County Planning Commission was unhappy with Barry Meade's proposed Southern Pines development, some members felt they did not have the…
Fluvanna and eminent domain
It would be nice to see other local governments do something like this. Alarmed over a decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court last month in Kelo v. New London, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution at its Wednesday, July…
Water shortage in Louisa
DailyProgress.com | Louisa officials looking to solve water shortage: Although Fluvanna and Louisa counties have agreed to the basic outline of an $18 million project to pipe water from the James River to Zion Crossroads, it is still in the early permit process and Louisa…