Charlottesville Podcasting Network

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” every Tuesday to talk about growth and development in area. This week, a look at the run-up to the budget cycle coming up in Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville. The County is moving to a five-year budget this year, and Brian explains what that means. Also:

• New Supervisor Ann Mallek appoints Tom Loach to the Planning Commission, and other appointment news
• Final campaign donation numbers in the Board of Supervisor’s race
• The rural church trend in Albemarle County continues with Grace Baptist Church and First Church of the Nazarene

 

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On the December 9th edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call with Rick Moore, Commonwealth Attorney-elect for Albemarle County Denise Lunsford joined Rick in the studio. She talks about her experiences with running in the highly contested race against Jim Camblos, and more generally about life in the public eye.

Rick opens the show with a monologue about gift giving.

 

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Outgoing Albemarle County Sheriff Ed Robb reflects on his tenure in office and his time in the state Senate, as well as his career in the FBI. Robb talks about his years as an undercover agent helping to fight the Mafia. His exploits are the subject of a book called Friend of the Family: An Undercover Agent in the Mafia. Robb says he is happy that the two men who fought to replace him, Larry Claytor and victor Chip Harding, did not run a negative campaign.

 

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Delegate David Toscano was recently re-elected to his second term in the Virginia House of Delegates, though he had no opponent. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to weigh in on the elections.

“It was a good night for Democrats,” Toscano said. “And I think it was a good night for Virginians. What we’re doing in the state is moving back towards the center, towards a result-oriented, pragmatic form of government.”

 

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Across the United States hundreds of elections were held Tuesday November 6th and thousands of Americans voted. Did you? According to the research of Ross Baird, voting has been on the decline for the past several decades. A University of Virginia Government and Foreign Affairs major from the class of 2007, Baird researched this trend to find out why it has continued, especially among the young voting population…

 

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For more information about the show or to see the full text, visit the Oscar Show’s blog.

Brian Wheeler is the executive director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, and was recently re-elected to the Albemarle County School Board. With the election out of the way, Brian will be rejoining Coy Barefoot every week on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about growth and development issues. The first thing discussed this week: how growth issues affected the race for the Board of Supervisors. Democrat Ann Mallek defeated incumbent Republican David Wyant for the White Hall seat, while Republican Ken Boyd defeated his challenger Marcia Joseph by 146 votes.

“The 3-3 balance or stalemate, depending on how you look at it, is now broken and potentially on a lot of issues, there’s a 4-2 majority with Ann Mallek coming on board,” Brian said. The new supervisor will be sworn in on January 1st.

 

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On October 17, 2007, the two candidates for the Rivanna District on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors appeared at a candidates forum sponsored by the Free Enterprise Forum and Charlottesville Tomorrow. Republican incumbent Ken Boyd and Democratic challenger Marcia Joseph answered ten questions on land use, transportation, and growth in the County. The candidates also answered several questions submitted by members of the audience. About fifty people attended the forum, which was held at Baker-Butler Elementary School on Proffit Road. The event was co-moderated by Neil Williamson of the Free Enterprise Forum and Sean Tubbs of Charlottesville Tomorrow.

 

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For more details on this event, including the candidates’ responses, please visit Charlottesville Tomorrow.

The seven candidates for three seats on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors gathered at Westminster Presbyterian Church on October 18, 2007, for a forum hosted by several non-profit environmental and transportation groups in our region. Over fifty people attended.The co-sponsors were Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population, Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation, the Rivanna Conservation Society, the Piedmont Environmental Council, and Citizens for Albemarle.

Candidates took questions on the impact of population growth on the community, how to slow traffic growth on the region’s roads, and how to protect the quality of ground and surface waters in Albemarle County.

The moderator is Len Schoppa, President of the Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation. The format for this forum was fairly unique. There were no opening or closing statements. After each of the three questions prepared by the organizers, Len Schoppa briefly summarized the ideas that he heard, and asked a follow-up question.

 

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For a detailed timeline and list of questions and answers, please visit Charlottesville Tomorrow.

The three Democrats and two independents vying for election to the Charlottesville City Council answered questions from the Greenbrier Neighborhood Association on October 10, 2007. Topics included the impact of the Meadowcreek Parkway on neighborhood streets, the future of the proposed YMCA in McIntire Park, and the best way to mitigate cut-through traffic.

 

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For a detailed list of questions and answers, as well as video, please visit Charlottesville Tomorrow for more information.

On October 23, 2007, the three candidates for the Scottsville District on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors appeared at a candidate forum co-sponsored by the Free Enterprise Forum and Charlottesville Tomorrow.

Democratic incumbent Lindsay Dorrier and independent challengers Kevin Fletcher and Denny King answered ten questions on land use, transportation, and growth in the County. The candidates also answered several questions submitted by members of the audience, ranging from ground water quality, the ethics of meeting with developers privately, and the amount of time it takes per week to serve on the Board of Supervisors.

 

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For a full write-up on this event as well as video, visit Charlottesville Tomorrow