It’s hard out here for a protestor. But a drizzly afternoon didn’t deter a handful of locals who came out to the First Amendment Monument on May 2, following President George Bush’s veto of the war spending bill. They were organized by MoveOn.org, which staged similar protests around the country.
The median home price in Albemarle County this May was $554,000 and the median rent is around $2,200. Either is out of reach of many in the community—especially those on government salaries. “Police officers start at $60,798, firefighters at $59,825,” said Kaki Dimock, Albemarle’s chief of human services, at a June 17 Board of Supervisors […]
The final adoption of Virginia’s budget has authorized all localities to ask voters for permission to increase the sales tax by 1 percent to fund public school modernization and construction projects. If the electorate consents in November, $15 million a year will be generated for Charlottesville. Fluvanna County supervisors have already adopted a resolution seeking […]
On the fifth anniversary of the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue, Swords Into Plowshares announced the design concept for the next stage of the project: ROOTED, by Model of Architecture Serving Society and Dana King. The former monument’s melted-down bronze will be transformed into a new public artwork at the center of a […]
