Posts tagged Politics

Transportation Town Hall on Monday

If you would like more bike lanes or rail service or other transportation concerncs, take the time to tell some of the people whose voices matter (not that ours don’t – they just have bigger and better targeted microphones). Town meeting on transportation with Delegate David Toscano and Senator Creigh Deeds Monday, June 16 at 7 PM Albemarle County Office Building – Room A.

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Albemarle County might minimize transparent government

In what’s being billed as an efficiency move, the six member governing body will consider changing the record of board meetings from “near-verbatim” to “summary” style minutes at its Wednesday night meeting. … “Podcasting is where you would go for detail,” Catlin said, adding that the number of podcast listeners has significantly increased since the county began posting the podcasts in December 2006.

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Anyone in the Charlottesville media want to localize this story?

The legislation called for the creation of Urban Development Areas that would steer growth in fast-growth counties into districts where jurisdictions were prepared to concentrate their investments in roads and infrastructure — and allowed localities to assess impact fees to help pay for it. … … One of the reasons that General Assembly Republicans are adverse to new taxes is that HB 3202 significantly has already increased the ability of local governments to raise funds through impact fees.

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