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Charlottesville Expands Payment Options at Downtown Parking Garages β€’ Charlottesville, VA

The City is still using a controversial video license plate reading system from Metropolis Technology to collect parking fees at the Market Street and Water Street parking garages [See: tinyurl.com/4srwe973 ], but they’re now offering kiosk service as well.
www.charlottesville.gov/m/newsflash/...

27.02.2026 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This article has been written at the end of every February of my life.

27.02.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jackson Bribery scandal: Explaining the federal charges against Lumumba, Banks and Owens Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks all pleaded not guilty last week.

Meanwhile...
www.clarionledger.com/story/news/l...

27.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles acquires Kara Walker sculpture made from dissected Confederate monument Walker’s β€œUnmanned Drone” is a centrepiece of β€œMonuments”, a landmark exhibition at Moca and The Brick

As Charlottesville prepares to select a design for a reimagined sculpture of Robert E. Lee, an already reimagined statue of Thomas Jonathan β€œStonewall” Jackson will now be in the Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) in Los Angeles.

www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/24/l...

27.02.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, video they posted has nothing to do with UTR.

27.02.2026 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RaShall Brackney answers questions on Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville during police chief confirmation RaShall Brackney answers questions on Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville during Jackson police chief confirmation.

Former Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney during her conformation hearing to be Jackson, Mississippi’s police chief: "I fired ten officers from the Charlottesville Police Department….for excessive force, domestic violence, sexual violence, theft..." www.clarionledger.com/videos/news/...

27.02.2026 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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You know this is not going to get better…..and we’ve got three years to go!
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

26.02.2026 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s amazing to me that we’re still using what we used for telegraph lines.

26.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A pilot who dropped the atomic bomb kept a journal. It’s now for sale. Capt. Robert A. Lewis, the co-pilot of the Enola Gay, scribbled thoughts in a notebook while the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan.

β€œDear Mom and Dad…”

Between 70,000 and 80,000 people were killed instantly, historians estimate, and thousands more would die in the coming months. Hiroshima was obliterated.

wapo.st/4swQBAT

26.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy unlawful, judge finds The ruling could make it more difficult for the government to send migrants to countries that are not their own.

Breaking news: A federal judge in Boston ruled that the Trump administration’s policy of deporting undocumented immigrants to countries where they are not citizens is unconstitutional.

25.02.2026 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 308    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 7

That's one thing to call it.

Bill Gates: β€œβ€¦was a serious error in judgement.”
Larry Summers: β€œβ€¦was a major error in judgement."
Thomas Pritzker: β€œI exercised terrible judgment.”

26.02.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Walking home from MarieBette this morning confirmed something I already knew: There is no safe place to cross Preston Avenue on foot. It's a four-lane abomination, in the middle of the city, that destroyed homes & businesses, & never should have been built.

25.02.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bids are in for for the removal and replacement of the brick and granite pavers at the Downtown Mall Crossings: F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielson & Associates: $1,364,015 / Oak Valley Landscape and Hardscape: $845,221 / Sagres Construction Corporation: $1,744,605

Work will begin 4/23 and end 6/12

25.02.2026 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The weirdest part was how spoke slower and slower as the speech went on while describing one grizzly act of violence after another. It had a horror movie vibe.

25.02.2026 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

!!!

25.02.2026 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

quick thoughts on the spanberger response. it was a good choice to pull a bob mcdonnell and have an audience so that you're delivering something and not just speaking to a camera. spanberger could use some practice on the teleprompter. that said, the speech is good and she is delivering it well.

25.02.2026 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3966    πŸ” 256    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 11

β€œI was there in the room…and he unleashes a kind of poison into our politics that divides neighbor against neighbor….a kind of sickness being unleashed in the ether.” β€” Sen. Raphael Warnock

25.02.2026 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
WATCH LIVE: Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH LIVE: Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union

Spanberger serves up some normal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpfl...

25.02.2026 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Investigation reveals DOJ withheld Epstein files mentioning Trump A new NPR investigation reveals the Department of Justice withheld portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files that contain allegations involving President Trump. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee ...

Reading this as I’m listening to the SOTU:

A new NPR investigation reveals the Justice Department withheld portions of the Epstein files that contain allegations that President Trump sexually abused a 13-year old.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

25.02.2026 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Which president said this at the SOTU?: β€œDemocrats are crazy….they are destroying our country!”

25.02.2026 03:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump demonizing immigrants and attacking the party that represents half the electorate…a winning formula!

25.02.2026 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Really bothers him that one side is not standing up…

25.02.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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dude was taking selfies of himself with everybody.

25.02.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

God speed.

24.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finalists will present their designs for recasting the melted down fragments of Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue Three finalist were selected among 32 entries in the Swords into Plowshares project.

Three finalists have been selected to present their designs for the recasting of the melted down bronze fragments of Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue.
www.charlottesvilledtm.com/p/finalists-...

23.02.2026 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Events & Tickets John Paul Jones Arena is Charlottesville's premier entertainment venue and the home of UVA Men's & Women's Basketball.

Who's booking concerts at John Paul Jones Arena these days? Nothing against these acts, but that's a lot of white dudes!

Luke Combs
Billy Strings
Journey
Mumford & Sons
"Weird Al" Yankovic
www.johnpauljonesarena.com/events/conce...

23.02.2026 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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C-SPAN Denies Trump Used Pseudonym to Call in and Complain About Supreme Court C-SPAN denied rumors that Donald Trump adopted his old "John Barron" pseudonym to call the network's "Washington Journal" program to complain about the Supreme Court.

C-SPAN Denies Trump Used Pseudonym to Call in and Complain About Supreme Court share.google/lC22gfsJ3puZ... "...from central Virginia phone number"

22.02.2026 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Facebook post about Spencer Clem.

Facebook post about Spencer Clem.

22.02.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indeed, yes, one of the many intrigues! And also an Albemarle County High School grad named Spencer Clem…
www.facebook.com/fkuttner/vid...

22.02.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the Charlottesville community on Reddit: Have you visited the bardo yet? Explore this post and more from the Charlottesville community

Lol…I’m not sure a Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau post on Charlottesville Reddit about a new coffee place could have gone any worse...or be anymore Charlottesville! Also, more proof that the upvote/downvote function is a thing of genius. www.reddit.com/r/Charlottes...

22.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0