Albemarle BoS Debate Podcast
Last night's debate has been posted by the Charlottesville Podcasting Network. These podcasts, sponsored by the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors, have proven to be an outstanding method of communication to the public. Not everyone can attend these forums, but do have the ability to…
Eminent Domain in Albemarle County
If you can find time in your schedule, please consider attending the Albemarle County Planning Commission's meeting this evening at 6pm. They will be discussing, among other things, another approval for part of the Old Trail development in Crozet. The Jefferson Area Libertarians have this…
Eminent domain in Albemarle?
From Lisa Provence's article in The HooK last week - Paul Minnerly is used to developments springing up around his Crozet home. What he isn't prepared for: a future road connection going through his one-acre lot. ... "The county requires me to reserve a right…
Don’t forget about the candidate forum this evening.
Dennis Rooker and Christian Schoenwald present different ideas as to how the county should grow and develop. Find the time to listen to the podcast of the previous forum. Decide whether you want to continue to grow the way we have been, or whether we…
“A free shot”
Way off topic, but I had to note it. Bryan McKenzie with the DP has an excellent idea In the face of an egregious violation of group mores, a group member could call for a free shot to quickly and adequately express societal disapproval. A…
Local Politics and CAAR’s endorsements
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors elections are upon us again - this time with two hotly-contested races. CAAR has decided to endorse two candidates, Christian Schoenwald in the Jack Jouett District and David Slutzky in the Rio District. We typically do not vocally and…
Eminent domain roundup
Wow. On May 24, the five-member township committee voted unanimously to authorize the municipality to seize Segal's land through eminent domain and name its own developer. "They want to steal my land," Segal said. "What right do they have when I intend to do the…
Urban transit and the monorail
I have long been an advocate of some form of efficient mass transit in our region. This discussion over at Slashdot sheds some light on why the monorail project in Seattle appears to be coming to a crashing halt. Is mass transit economically feasible? I'm…
Free Enterprise Forum enters the Rich Collins fray
Today the Free Enterprise Forum released an Amicus Curie brief in support of private property rights. I wrote about this case here and here. The Amicus Curie brief fully supports the right to free speech but contends such a right does not supercede the right…