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trying to figure out what's going on here, co-chair @livablecville.bsky.social

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Lots of 2x2 bricks

07.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The guy is into war, Riley Gaines, and Jerry Miller. Absolute dip shit

07.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is more enjoyable to step on a thousand legos barefoot than to read the content of a John McGuire email

07.03.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

They should give him a plaque!

06.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
JPA sidewalk part 1

JPA sidewalk part 1

JPA sidewalk part 2

JPA sidewalk part 2

On this beautiful day I enjoyed walking the area’s newest section of sidewalk, which fills in a gap on the north side of JPA near the medical center.

There is an unfortunate hump at one point that isn’t well designed, but overall much better than prior state.

06.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is an Allison Spillman appreciation post.

The worst people are coming after her again and they can all go to hell.

06.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well I think they think they actually are governing well, all evidence notwithstanding

06.03.2026 11:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Big day for the β€œDemocrats who don’t know how to govern” coalition

06.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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UVA Board of Visitors confirms the Scott Beardsley mistake Augusta Free Press provides breaking news and sports coverage for Waynesboro, Va., Virginia and across the United States and the world.

augustafreepress.com/news/spanber...

06.03.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 11

What an embarrassment

06.03.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Unfunded inclusionary zoning mandates are de-facto taxes on new housing that worsen the housing shortage because they require homebuilders to rent or sell a percentage of their new homes at a loss.

Funded inclusionary zoning, on the other hand, is a great tool to economically integrate new housing.

06.03.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Ah yes, the β€œyou people” from a local official, as if β€œwe people” aren’t their bosses

06.03.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Charlottesville Education
Association

And we have signed contracts for both our bargaining units!!!
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Charlottesville Education Association And we have signed contracts for both our bargaining units!!! ...

I am so proud of the CCS support staff, CEA, the bargaining team, and most of all my wife for all the work that went into making this contract happen.

This was by and for the workers!!! Union Strong!!

06.03.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This one little trick to retention: treat your employees well

05.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bosses everywhere shocked that collective bargaining involves..... bargaining......?

05.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah negotiating is the backbone of the whole operation

05.03.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would love a ban Dominion executives from being on public college and university boards, but that would mean ending the patronage system

05.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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March 4, 2026: Charlottesville picks Walker School site over Oak Lawn for early education center Plus: Extended hours coming for McIntire Recycling Center

From this: open.substack.com/pub/communit...

05.03.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sanders said the city has had to hire staff just to work on the constant negotiations.
"Having four contracts is quite a pickle that you have put us in with having us have this many contracts to manage," Sanders said. "We're in a perpetual state of constantly negotiating. That is the reality. We finish one and we move to the next one. And sometimes we have Two at the same time."

Sanders said the city has had to hire staff just to work on the constant negotiations. "Having four contracts is quite a pickle that you have put us in with having us have this many contracts to manage," Sanders said. "We're in a perpetual state of constantly negotiating. That is the reality. We finish one and we move to the next one. And sometimes we have Two at the same time."

I really do not love the negative energy towards collective bargaining that city and city school leaders publicly routinely express. It trickles down to their management staff, who then blame unions for problems that are in fact management’s responsibility to solve.

05.03.2026 11:29 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

The answer to the question: why is workday?

04.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Enterprise software exists to enable upper-management to standardize, monitor, and control. The rest of us, those being monitored and controlled, pay the price of inefficiency in our every day use of the software

04.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Onwards!

04.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I regret to inform you that Ezra Douthglesias is at it again 🧐😬

Man, what happened to these guys? I don't think my memory is so bad that I misremember them excusing Nazi tattoos, associating with white supremacists, & granting the premise of "birth tourism" in the 2010s.

bsky.app/profile/mcop...

04.03.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

I really appreciate @alixeharrow.bsky.social and others who continue to organize to make the city schools better for everyone.

Try and make it out Thursday evening!

04.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWe hear you all hate this system. So we decided to give you more of it to show our love.”

04.03.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We got an awful email at work: uva tripling down on its commitment to Workday.

04.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ll be honest - I hadn’t been there in awhile and deferred to the person I was meeting with on the decision. But such a great spot!

04.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One thing I like about e-biking is how quickly I can move around town. Last Friday I left UVA hospital around 330pm and was walking into Tea Bazaar on the Downtown Mall 8 minutes later.

04.03.2026 12:21 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminding you about the two meetings happening this evening!

04.03.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wolf launches sheep safety campaign.

04.03.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0