In yesterday’s editorial (”Fresh Voices, Energized City”), the Daily Progress endorsed three candidates for City Council: Kendra Hamilton, Kenneth Jackson, and Ann Reineke. The endorsement of Republicans is noteworthy, because of Democrats’ long dominance of Council. The Progress said of Jackson and Reineke that they are “remarkably well informed, considering they come from the city’s weaker political party.” Putting the best face on Jackson’s three separate attacks on people with knives during his adult life, they asked, rhetorhetorically, “What other candidate has seen the law enforcement system, the court system, the social services system from the perspective of somebody in trouble?” Because WVIR, C-Ville, The Hook, and WINA do not endorse candidates, the Progress’ endorsements tend to carry some weight.
Sideblog
- Reality having become insufficiently entertaining for media outlets in Karnataka, India, they've settled for fabricating a crazy-ass story about Charlottesville. #
- Colorful former Greene County Sheriff William Morris has died in an apparent suicide. #
- Media General turned a profit in 2009 Q4. #
- Gabe Silverman is paving his rutted, dusty Amtrak parking lot. #
- There's an unfolding story today of the remains of a female found on a farm in Red Hill, suspected strongly to be Morgan Harrington. #
- Darden isn't the only local school using Kindles: Burnley-Moran third graders are using 'em, too. #
- Peter Van der Linde has settled the RSWA's lawsuit against him for $600,000. #
- Those red light cameras are still planned for 250/20 and Rio/29, slated for installation in August. #
- There are a couple of nice new pedestrian bridges on the Rivanna Trail, part of the expansion of the city's network of trails. #
- Scottsville is trying to expand into Fluvanna County. #
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