This post over at Commonwealth Watch makes me want to scream (on my native-of-Charlottesville wife’s behalf) “NIMBYs UNITE!””ASAP” (Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population.) While I was ammusing myself with their goals, principles, etc. I ran across their “Board of Directors.” These are folks who want to stop growth, and yet I find it interesting where many of them came from. Could these liberals be talking out of both sides of their mouths?
Browsing Category Politics
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…. …”The county requires me to reserve a right of way for future connections,” says Justin Beights with Beights Development, which is building Old Trail…. Two questions initially arise – one: what business does the County have requiring a road through someone else’s property? two: Why won’t either the County and/or the Developer put in writing that they will not use eminent domain to take this right-of-way?
Albemarle County BoS Forum
Last night’s forum is a podcast. Click here to listen or download. Thanks to the Free Enterprise Forum and Wordcast productions.
Jack Jouett BoS Debate
The forum this evening was attended by only about twenty people, due in large part to the high school football games that were rescheduled from Friday to today.Dennis Rooker and Christian Schoenwald disagreed on many aspects of how Albemarle is and will grow…. First and foremost, Dennis Rooker stated that the Old Trail development in Crozet is an almost perfect model of how a new urbanist development should look…. Are they really going to sell so many homes almost 50% current market value? What kind of kooky deed restrictions are they going to have?Cvillepodcast should have the forum posted later this evening or tomorrow morning.
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 need to grow more wisely.Stop by Jack Jouett Middle School this evening at 7pm.Thanks to the Free Enterprise Forum for sponsoring tonight’s Forum and for furthering the public’s access to the candidates.
Albemarle County BoS Candidate Forum this Monday
This Monday, 10 October at 7pm, the candidates for the Jack Jouett seat of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will be at a forum sponsored by the Free Enterprise Forum. Dennis Rooker and Christian Schoenwald present different ideas as to how the county should grow and develop…. Decide whether you want to continue to grow the way we have been, or whether we need to grow more wisely…. Start here.The BoS’ decisions on land use and growth policies directly affect how we all live, whether we live in the contested districts or not.
Register to Vote!
The deadline for voter registration to be qualified to vote in this November’s election is Tuesday October 11th. If you want your voice heard, vote.