“They would rather conspire to oust me than dismantle or confront violent individuals in CPD and still in city government,” RaShall Brackney told the press. She’s asking for $10 million in damages.
Category: Government and public institutions
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Virginia just made its biggest investment in school buildings in over a decade. Now, it has to decide how to dole out the money.
Charlottesville City Council will apply for funding. It has budgeted to rebuild Buford Middle School but hasn’t yet budgeted for the overhaul of Walker Elementary.
Posted inFrom the newsroom
We’re re-imagining what news about our democracy can do for our community
For almost a decade, Charlottesville Tomorrow has been publishing voter guides. This year, we’re making one built on your questions for congressional candidates.
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Foregoing a primary election means just 2,000 people will be responsible for selecting the 5th Congressional District GOP candidate
The 2,000 Republicans who will be voting in this weekend’s convention represent about 0.2% of the nearly 785,000 people in the 5th District.
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2022 Voter Guide
Here’s everything you need to know to make an informed choice about who represents you in the November election.
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Rep. Bob Good says he will continue to defend conservative values in Congress if elected to second term
“I am asking for your vote again so I can continue the battle against unconstitutional government mandates, the invasion at our Southern Border, the leftist indoctrination in our education systems, and the reckless spending that is bankrupting our nation,” Good said.
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Democratic Congressional candidate Josh Throneburg is creating a ‘people-powered’ campaign
“I’m going to obviously stand up for the things that I believe in and the way that I think we can best serve the people of this district,” Throneburg said. “But that doesn’t mean that I’m not going to be someone who tries to bring everyone together.”
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Republican Congressional candidate Dan Moy doesn’t want you to ‘settle for Good’
Moy is challenging incumbent Republican U.S. Congressman Bob Good in this year’s Republican primary convention.
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It’s the first year all three Charlottesville city pools will be open since the pandemic began — but a lifeguard shortage is likely to reduce open hours
Vic Garber, deputy director of Parks and Recreation, says he hasn’t seen a staff shortage this severe in his 10 years at the department.
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An immigration detention center in Farmville built for over 700 people now has 11 — and activists say it’s time to shut it down
Farmville earns $15,000 and the private company that operates the center earns $2 million per month from the federal government, even though they had a huge COVID-19 outbreak and detainees say that conditions there have been unbearable.
