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Not mentioned in this listing: an army of UVA student designers and builders created this house (and studied its function for a year) in partnership with Habitat for Humanity as part of the architecture school’s ecoMOD project. More here: web.archive.org/web/20191119…
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As you might recall, the Charlottesville Electoral Board also sought to prosecute a local activist for voter registration fraud.
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The DOJ says "militia activity" since Unite the Right prompted the Trump administration to send election monitors to Charlottesville this year. ➡️ Find link to story in bio
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The effort to form an independent Police Civilian Oversight Board has been comical. Almost nine years and the PCOB hasn’t completed a single investigation or held a single hearing. Its latest iteration promises transparency. The latest from Mike Barber at CRN.
Charlottesville’s Police Civilian Oversight Board set to review first cases
Now under a new governing ordinance, the board has a review, audit and monitor model. But some wonder if it's truly independent from the police department.
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From the DTM archives…
-- Police vs. Civilians: What will it take to establish an effective Police Civilian Review Board?
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-- Undersight Board: PCOB still struggling to establish itself
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A real estate firm’s misfortune benefits UVA. JDM Partners paid $72.9 million for the property in 2014. UVA paid $37.7 million. Plus, County will no longer be able to collect any property tax 1/1
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2/2: Back stories: 1) shorturl.at/Vd6ju 2) shorturl.at/H42dW
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New story! Free Bridge was in the news a lot this year for what happened under it. But what’s been happening across it and around it has a long and interesting history and has concerned regional planners for years. So, what’s the plan?
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BREAKING: County police arrest three school administrators for failure to comply with Virginia’s mandatory child-abuse reporting law.
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“It’s a symbol of strength and resilience and power and persistence…and it connects us to our ancestors. We offer it as a sign of hope for the City of Charlottesville.” — Sculptor Dana King
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this is just an incredible situation
BREAKING: Christa Pike is conscious and speaking at a hospital nearly a week after Tennessee's failed execution, her attorneys say. apnews.com/article/christa-p…
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What does this guy think he's doing?
GOP Rep. Moore on Watergate: "Richard Nixon was absolutely couped out of office and was framed. All of this was fake."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Nixon was not couped, and Watergate was not fake. White House tapes released after a unanimous Supreme Court ruling proved he ordered the cover-up. Facing bipartisan impeachment, Nixon resigned voluntarily, and dozens of officials were convicted.
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Every time someone post these “I don’t get the humor” posts I’m always curious about what they DO think is funny. Why not post a clip of something from the era you DO think is funny then?
I know everyone thinks SNL was only really funny for a short window that happens to be when they were 13 to 15 years old but I’ll never understand what made the Blues Brothers ‘funny’.
His dancing? Is that it?
Had to be there I guess
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City says the long-abandoned hotel project that has been an eye-sore on the Downtown Mall for over 18 years is under contract, but provided no details about the sale.
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Important sports history because, despite all the legit criticism surrounding the team, this is a big part of why they kept winning.
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None in Virginia. But two in DC: Rye Bunny and Albi
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LOL...."What he has not yet been able to manage effectively, is use a direct Oval Office address, with a nonpartisan tone, to outline the national interest and ask for the support of the American people for his worthy objectives. Perhaps he is keeping his powder dry."
Quote: “…one can dislike Trump and still recognize the accomplishments are real and laudable. If personal dislike for the president prevents someone from seeing that, the real bias problem is with them. “
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