Andrew Knuppel

PURE DUVAL

It is awful but for right now, DUUUUVAAAALLLLLL

The next governor will face an unusual challenge: Rebuild the economy of Northern Virginia A new report by the Brookings Institution warns that venture capital flowing into the Washington area has dropped dramatically. That’s bad for the whole state’s economy.

Governor Youngkin, Winsome Sears and Jason Miyares won't acknowledge it but the media sees what's happening to the NOVA economy which is 42% of the states General Fund
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Whoa, it has been a while and crazy to see this. Love what you’re doing - let’s catch up!

No, the White House Is Not Getting a 90,000-Foot Extension But Trump’s doomed proposal does give us a revealing glimpse into his state of mind.

For @thenation.com i wrote about how I think Trump’s ballroom is vaporware and also about the 80s lore behind his choice of architect www.thenation.com?post_type=ar...

the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.

YouTube video by Alan Bright DCI 1980 - The Bridgemen - 'In the stone'

Hell yeah Cabs. Speaking of drum corps - what I would give to have the 1980 Bridgemen’s sonic power destroy my hearing and peel paint off nearby surfaces youtu.be/oiPoaOg5dxs?...

“Wilderness for white people”

Making sense of the weather that led to a horrible Texas flooding tragedy, plus Tropical Storm Chantal In brief: Invest 92L became Tropical Depression 3 yesterday and is now Tropical Storm Chantal.

The latest on TS Chantal today, but more importantly, we take a deep dive into the causes and forecasts leading up to the horrific flooding tragedy in Texas. A lot to unpack today. open.substack.com/pub/theeyewa...

the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does

what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”

Fascinating to watch this race. Shreve wasn’t here during the 1970s environmental-exclusionary coalition, but ASAP can trace its roots back to Citizens for Albemarle and Zero Population Growth. As the coalition’s membership ages, I wonder how many more times we’ll see this type of candidate

The direction of the administration re: emergency management is becoming clear. Let us tour the changes to the hazard mitigation plan process.

#1 - no longer need to document engagement with representatives of NGOs or CBOs working with underserved communities and socially vulnerable populations.

Should go without saying, but nearly 800,000 Houstonians now face taxation without representation because of Greg Abbott.

Talked to Tim Walz as he campaigned in Wisconsin. Thought his answer to one Q I'd had for Dems - if you come back in 2028, do you rebuild everything DOGE broke? - was interesting.

"I think it's an opportunity."
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That’s honestly a solid BOS vote given the disincentive for a supervisor to vote for a controversial proposal in their district, so the advocacy is definitely impressive. Gotta keep pushing for a fourth vote to incorporate this level of nuance into future policy so staff can fully support it.

There is such strong “don’t build housing here” language in the rural areas policy that it is really tough to argue for it. The design exceptions have a bit more judgment IMO but definitely risk-averse.

When I wrote the Yancey School Community Center analysis, I REALLY had to argue to apply a single objective related to crossroads communities to Esmont because it was an established community in order to find a favorable factor for rural area services. I had the benefit of it being a county project.

Having written staff reports based on this plan and code, staff recs are 90% based on plain language of Board-adopted policies, and maybe 10% independent interpretation and professional judgment. The rural area and growth management policies definitely stack the deck against housing or services.

Cville is more courageous although imperfect. The rural political calculus and general resistance to change has really hurt the county’s ability to lead on urban issues. The growth management push really started with the 1975 BOS elections and 50 years seems short in the local political memory.

Like yes, you need to keep up with the streets, sidewalks, and buses - and SCHOOLS! Denying rezonings because capacity isn’t online is a total own-goal in the long run because growing further out costs more. Living in an urban area costs money - gotta figure out how to pay for it.

Counties definitely struggle with infrastructure - in the other areas this is a water/sewer issue (I don’t envy the Greene/Madison/Orange/Rapidan water supply issues) but urban transportation is definitely an area where the lack of authority due to VDOT control doesn’t help.

Albemarle’s scale makes it into a regional issue, but IMO both city and county share the same biggest governance failures - a lack of discipline to actually plan for and fund urban infrastructure, and the lack of political will and courage to actually *legislate* for urban land uses through rezoning

The DOGE crew are such fine engineers they just launched a website template to a live .gov domain. Only the best for the US of A.

"We've got too many people here. They're up against the barricade. We're losing the barricade"-- phllly pd scanner rn and also les mis, victor hugo, 1862

The Hidden Backbone of Research: How a 15% Cap on Indirect Costs Will Devastate Universities So, if we’re serious about keeping research alive, it’s time to push back. Because 15% isn’t just a cut—it’s a death sentence for academic institutions as we know them.

Spending my Friday night writing up explainers for how research grants work is becoming normal now, I guess.

My attempt at explaining indirect research costs and why it should matter to EVERYONE that our federal research funds are being decimated.

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We lost a legend today. Rest in peace, Professor Shoup.

“there is an entire literature* that disagrees”

* the dogshit work of my hack friends

It’s what, ~1/2 mi from Texas Ave to the first classroom building, further if you’re between intersections? Not awful on bike, but not a short walk. Improving bike/scoot/bus connectivity all the way to the east edge would also tie in well with CStat’s urban, mixed-use redevelopment vision.

This is exciting to see! College Station’s 2023 Northeast Gateway plan was my first planning consulting project. We focused a lot on redevelopment near Texas Ave & University Dr but what struck me was the huge separation/campus edge created by the Polo Fields and golf course.