All Entries in the "Environment" Category
Guest editorial: Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part I
Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part I by Carole Thorpe On June 8, roughly 300 people packed Lane Auditorium for a work session held during the regularly scheduled Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting to discuss several items relating to Sustainable Development in our community. This work session was called directly as a result concerns raised by the Jefferson Area Tea Party during [...]
Das boot: Albemarle County sinks ICLEI membership
On a vote of 4-2, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors last night severed ties with the International Council for Local Environment (ICLEI). Supervisors Ken Boyd, Rodney Thomas, Duane Snow, and Lindsay Dorrier all favored ending the association, while Supervisor Dennis Rooker and Board Chair Ann Mallek voted to maintain the county’s relationship with ICLEI. [...]
The Sustainability trap: Albemarle, Charlottesville, and TJPDC’s million dollar assault on individual liberties
The Charlottesville–Albemarle 1998 Sustainability Accords are a radical document. Composed and promoted by radical elements of the local enviro-socialist movement and closely aligned with the ICLEI / United Nations / Agenda 21 Sustainability goals, the Accords are a direct threat to individual liberty. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has committed—and [...]
Infill-tration: Charlottesville Democrats organizing to undermine Albemarle County property rights
Charlottesville Democrats are organizing a visit to the June 8, 2011 Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting in order to promote the dangerous United Nations “sustainability agenda”—not for themselves, but for Albemarle County! Malcontent with their city’s ongoing participation in liberty-stealing $1,000,000 central planning exercises—hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC)— Charlottesville Democrats [...]
All wet: RWSA’s $25M, 30-foot dam provides “no new water”?
After a lengthy and contentious approval process the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority’s (RWSA) new 30-foot earthen dam proposal apparently doesn’t hold (enough) water. In a clandestine April 21 email obtained by The Schilling Show (see below), Albemarle County Service Authority Member, Liz Palmer—a longtime proponent of a larger earthen dam—warns Charlottesville City Councilor Kristen [...]
Guest editorial: Dredge first for financial and environmental health
Dredge first for financial and environmental health by Joanna Salidis This spring, my husband and I bought a 1000 gallon rain water tank. Although we do believe in conservation, our motivation was financial. We spent too much money watering our garden and young trees last summer. Charlottesville’s water/sewer rates are high, and in the future [...]
Guest editorial: Reject the William Taylor Plaza rezoning
Reject the William Taylor Plaza rezoning by Antoinette Roades (Note: The first and last opportunity for public comment is Tuesday, February 8 at the City Council / Planning Commission Joint Public Hearing, 6:00 PM in the City Council Chambers.) An open letter to the Charlottesville City Council and the Charlottesville Planning Commission To: Members of [...]
Guest editorial: Let’s build the earthen dam at Ragged Mountain
Let’s build the earthen dam at Ragged Mountain by Vic Peña Over the past few weeks, in conversations with my friends and neighbors in the County the subject of water availability and costs will eventually come up. This was especially true while many of us were in the process of the fall ritual of preparing [...]
Charlottesville’s twisted eco-socialism: Norris, Marx, abortion, property rights, and saving the trees
Charlottesville City Council is troubled over the destiny of local trees. Born of this concern is the Charlottesville Tree Commission, an advisory body charged with assisting councilors in: reviewing hazardous trees; informing the public of the city’s tree preservation efforts; engaging the youth; developing a street tree master list; and maintaining a tree inventory. A [...]
Coup you: Charlottesville Democrats’ secret scheme to topple “Norris Plan”
A high-level operative from within the Charlottesville Democratic Committee has taken direct aim at Mayor Dave Norris and his alternative water plan. Linda Seaman, a 2007 candidate for Charlottesville City Council, and an obsequious delegate of Charlottesville’s “old guard” Democrat cabal, is conspiring to arrange a coup d’état headed by three “sympathetic” councilors: David Brown, [...]
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