Expanding our horizons
If nothing else, hopefully this proposed road will broaden the typically myopic Charlottesville/Albemarle discussion of transportation. From today's DP - Recently retired Del. Mitchell Van Yahres and two other prominent Charlottesville residents are promoting an environmentally friendly parkway to parallel U.S. 29 to the west.…
Grassroots and Charlottesville
Blogs seem to be the latest and most efficient means by which to effect change from a grassroots level. The number of people I have met recently who are either blog or read and are influenced by blogs increases almost on a daily basis. The…
FSBOs and Realtors be aware
Albemarle County is targeting illegal signs, despite the fact that this is technically a state issue. The Board of Supervisors requested this sign education program in response to the large volume of illegal signs ranging from real estate notices to yard sales to commercial business…
Transportation/Infrastructure news
This week, Messrs. Kaine, Kilgore and Potts, candidates for Governor, visited Charlottesville. Transportation issues remain one of my most important issues, because (selfishly) I am directly affected every day and this is ultimately a quality of life issue for my clients, thereby once again directly…
Transportation and the Governor’s race
Bacon's Rebellion posted this excellent link to a Q & A with Tim Kaine, candidate for Governer this fall. His ideas for linking transportation and land use planning show that, at the very least, he is thinking about transportation issues. Will all the talk online…
VA Blogging Summit
I haven't mentioned this yet, but I am really excited about the upcoming Summit on Blogging and Democracy in the Commonwealth. You can read more about this and some of the attendees here, here and here. Blogs have become quite a force, as evidenced in…
Forum Watch
August's Forum Watch is out - I will post a link as soon as it is posted. In the meantime, below is the Forum Watch in full. (more…)
Today’s eminent domain article
Courtesy of the WashingtonPost.com - To call it a backlash would hardly do it justice. Calling it an unprecedented uprising to nullify a decision by the highest court in the land would be more accurate. In the four weeks since the Supreme Court sanctioned the…
Eminent Domain being reheard?
The Connecticut homeowners who lost the landmark Supreme Court eminent domain decision filed a petition yesterday for a rehearing. The families want the high court to reconsider the 5-4 ruling they say already has "opened up the floodgates to eminent domain abuse." ... Already, according…