All Entries in the "Taxes and Spending" Category
Cold stone crazy: Charlottesville city using capital improvement funds to buy “free” ice cream for neighborhoods
First it was the grand vote-buying scheme of government-sponsored pizza parties, courtesy of councilor Kristen Szakos. Now, Charlottesville’s City Council Democrats are using publicly underwritten ice cream socials to curry favor with city voters, via the Neighborhood Grant Matching Program. Almost worse than the concept of vote-purchasing with “free” government food, is that the monies [...]
Ménage a trois: Piedmont Sierra Club urges Albemarle re-affiliation with ICLEI
The Piedmont Group of the Sierra Club (PGSC) is furious over Albemarle County’s recent decoupling from ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability)—a self-proclaimed “worldwide movement of local governments.” Now, the Club is urging members and affiliates to “give Albemarle’s Supervisors a piece of your mind!!” in hopes of convincing the Board to recommence intercourse with the [...]
Guest editorial: Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part II
Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part II by Carole Thorpe In the first part of its June 8 work session, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors (BOS) heard reports and comments from Staff and County Executive Thomas Foley. The BOS then followed by asking questions and, on a few occasions, TJPDC Executive Director Stephen Williams rose to offer answers. The BOS asked for clarification regarding the status of the 1998 [...]
Breaking news: Cynthia Neff to challenge Boyd for Rivanna supervisor seat
Democrat Cynthia Neff will formally announce on June 14, her intention to seek the Rivanna District seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors—a position currently held by two-term incumbent Republican, Ken Boyd. Neff, whose stated credentials primarily focus on social justice “philanthropy,” is a current board member of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population [...]
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 [...]
Buy Local #2: Charlottesville City pursues North Carolina sculpture purchase while urging citizens to buy “local” art
It’s an apparent case of déjà vu all over again as Charlottesville city government has been caught afresh violating another of its own preposterous edicts. In December of last year, Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris publicly endorsed a frivolous city-backed initiative entitled, “Buy Art Give Art Charlottesville,” which was based on a similar program in Providence, [...]
Guest editorial: Defining conservatism
Defining conservatism by Hank Martin There has been much debate and discussion recently, regarding the definition of liberalism and conservatism. It would seem that many would choose to accept the current Roget’s Thesaurus definition of both, self-evident in it’s employ in the current media dialogue, and media spun sound bites. However, being “Old School”, I [...]
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 [...]
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