Five Tips for an Engaging Public Hearing Speaking Experience
If you’re planning to testify this Wednesday evening at the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors’ Public Hearing on the FY2017 Operating...
Albemarle's Spring 2016 "Community Engagement Festival" Flops
Albemarle County’s “Community Engagement Festival” during this spring budget season has been mostly a flop, in my view. This month’s...
On the Trail of Albemarle's "Community Aspirations"
County Executive Tom Foley has continually referred this spring to Albemarle residents’/property owners’/renters’/taxpayers’ “community...
Keep 'Em Comin', Barkeep — Brewing Up Budget Questions at Another Albemarle TAX INCREA$E Tow
A small group of Albemarle residents brewed up some tasty questions last night for County Executive Tom Foley and four Board of...
A Final Webinar Round-Up in Albemarle
Albemarle’s third and final budget webinar attracted three people to their phones and computers last night. I was one. I was told the...
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down at Albemarle TAX INCREA$E Town Hall — Jack Jouett Middle School (Monday, Marc
Thumbs up to the audience and to Albemarle Economic Development Director Faith McClintock. Thumbs down (again) to County Executive Tom...
Notes from Albemarle's TAX INCREA$E "March Madness" Town Hall at Monticello H.S. (Thur
Perhaps March Madness bracket-watching, second and third jobs in motel laundry rooms and fast food kitchens, and rising gas prices kept a...
Truth-in-Webinaring: Who's Asking the Questions, Albemarle?
It’s probably been obvious for a long time that I am not in a popularity contest for friends within Albemarle County Government. That...
Thoughts and Observations from the Albemarle TAX INCREA$E Town Hall at Jack Jouett Middle School — T
The most enlightening moment for me at the Albemarle Board of Supervisors’ TAX INCREA$E Town Hall Tuesday night at Jack Jouett Middle...
YMCA Redux: The Senior Center, Inc. Wants Its BOS $2 Million Too
First the private, non-profit YMCA receives $2 million in public money from Albemarle County and now The Senior Center, Inc., another...
