I just used UnTweeps with Oauth to unfollow 4 Tweeps who haven’t tweeted recently. [untweeps.com]. Only 4. Not bad.
(0) [...]I just used UnTweeps with Oauth to unfollow 4 Tweeps who haven’t tweeted recently. [untweeps.com]. Only 4. Not bad.
(0) [...]found a nice Indian restaurant on the road, Nawab in Roanoke, with his now only child (for a month). #fb [schmap.me]
(0) [...]Sean and family are having a surprisingly decent Mexican dinner in Hendersonville, NC. #fb [schmap.me]
(0) [...]A number of people wrote in response to yesterday’s post about changing my iPhone alphanumeric passcode to say that they never had the option to use anything but a numeric passcode. I did a little more digging and discovered that the use of an alphanumeric passcode was dictated by [...]
Policies that affect our parks and recreational services, such as leasing public land to the YMCA and establishing tiered pricing for seasonal pool passes, are not decided solely between city staff and City Council. Charlottesville has a Parks and Recreation Advisory Board consisting of citizens who examine [...]
Local conservative radio personality Rob Schilling asserts that summer pool passes, recently introduced by the Charlottesville Department of Parks and Recreation, will be discounted only for students who attend city schools, or who are home schooled. He writes:
Hey, doesn’t that debar a huge number of Charlottesville kids (i.e. [...]
Last nights Democratic Candidates Forum was well-attended, with 40 to 50 people in the Walker School Library to hear the three Democratic Sheriff candidates, and the three candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Charlottesville City Council. Rachana Dixit covered the story for the Daily Progress, and Charlottesville Tomorrow [...]
On May 6, the Charlottesville Democratic Party will host a Candidate’s Forum for all three City Sheriff candidates, and all three Democratic City Council candidates. I am scheduled to moderate.
The forum will start at 7:00 in the Walker School Library/Media Center. Previous reports had the forum being held in [...]
Friends who have been following the rebirth of our back porch (which I have dubbed Deck 2.0) may not all know another interesting fact about our home: we purchased it from the estate of Madeline Kahn.
Yep, that Madeline Kahn. The famed actress bought the home for her mother in [...]
GOP struggles to win over Charlottesville | Charlottesville Daily Progress.
I am a CVille Democrat, and I support the local party, but I hope that the Republicans do find a candidate who can represent their party in the upcoming city council race. First, though, they need a platform, not just [...]
So I’ve been off the blogging horse for awhile, and of all things, Facebook has inspired me to start again. For reasons that I will explain in a future post, I have decided to use CitizenMcCord as my primary blogging presence. I am also using a new plugin called [...]
I had a terrible dream last night. It was November 7th, and I saw this on my TV.
[...]Update: It has been pointed out to me that I might increase my chances of acceptance if I actually spell Sorensen correctly. Duly noted and corrected.
I have decided to apply for the 2009 Sorensen Institute Political Leaders Program. Only 35 people will be accepted, so the competition is fierce, but [...]I find this to be an extremely clever use of open market resources. Category 4, a local web design and hosting firm (I worked with them when implementing the new Virginia Film Festival website) is offering a Barack Obama WordPress theme. Here is the message that went [...]
From March 13-16, the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, OFFSCREEN, and University Democrats, are sponsoring a film festival marking five years of occupying Iraq. All events are free and open to the public; [...]
As if there wasn’t enough to do on March 4, Charlottesville Parks and Rec has scheduled a public forum to discuss the Master Plan Project for the western end of McIntire Park. The meeting runs from 6:30 to 8:30 in City Council chambers, and yes, that is the same time [...]
Those of you who work or live near the University Medical Center may find this interesting. Note that this unfortunately overlaps with the Old Lynchburg Road Citizen information meeting:
U.Va. Officials Give Update on Medical Center Plans
On Tuesday, March 4, the University of Virginia will host [...]
I (finally) attended my first Parks and Rec meeting last night as a Board member, and I hope to blog about it this weekend. Until then, I thought it important to get this information out to those who may not have seen it, particularly my neighbors in the Fry’s Spring [...]
Smith Magazine is sponsoring a contest to tell a complete memoir in just six words. Many of these have already been collected in a book Not Quite What I Was Planning, but they are also still accepting submissions on their website. My own contribution is linked below:
This Sunday, Feb. 24th at 3:00 P.M., Chief Billy “Red Wing” Tayac of the Piscataway Nation will speak atUVA issues affecting today’s American Indians. The event, open to the public with no admission charge, is sponsored by the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, the American Indian Student Union, the [...]
The Charlottesville Office of Voter Registration has posted the results of the February primaries as a PDF. The results are broken down by precinct, and it’s very clear to see how Obama swept them all. I was standing out in the freezing rain at my precinct for the last [...]
February 5 is Super Tuesday, and though Virginia will not be voting until a week later, the results of that twenty-two state voting blitz could do much to determine the next nominee of each party. So if you’re not already invited to a friend’s Super Tuesday party — complete [...]
(This is a copy of a letter that was distributed to various groups concerning the Downtown Pedestrian Mall revitalization.)
You are invited to a meeting on January 29, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. at the Sage Moon located at 420 East Main Street to discuss plan concepts and get your input.
If you [...]
I don’t mean for this webiste to become a blog about all the things I wish I could do, but that’s all I seem to have time to do anymore!
In that spirit, here are a few more interesting events happening in and around our city:
HELP CREATE A BIKE FRIENDLY CITY!
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The Charlottesville City website is advertising this public hearing scheduled for tomorrow night:
Smart and Efficient Government
Community Value in Services and DeliveryCharlottesville: A Great Place to Live for All of Our Citizens
* A leader in innovation, environmental sustainability, and social and economic justice
* Flexible and progressive in anticipating [...]
I wish I had known about this earlier. Today, Abundant Life Ministries is sponsoring a Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration called “Fifeville: Dreaming For Tomorrow”, beginning at 12 noon with a Lunch and Health Fair at the Cherry Ave. Boys and Girls Club. From 2:00 to 4:00, there [...]
I won’t normally use this space to publicize upcoming events, but I don’t see information about this posted elsewhere, and I thought it important enough to get this news out.
“WAR MADE EASY” Film Screening
Sunday, January 13, 2008 2:30 PM
Senior Center, Rm. A, 1180 Pepsi PlaceProduced by the Media [...]
In my post yesterday describing my Democratic awakening, I shamefully neglected to mention that my friend Jennifer McKeever was elected co-chair of the Charlottesville Democratic Party. As it turns out, double congratulations are in order, for I just learned today that Jennifer has also been accepted into [...]
I have been voting since I was 18. My first national election was in 1980. That was my first year in college, and I met an attractive girl who worked on the John Anderson campaign. I called my dad — who was a Democrat for as long as I [...]
So how did I go from running for School Board to a seat on Parks and Rec?
To explain that, I first have to explain that my motive all along has simply been to serve my community. I come from a political family — my dad won public office several times [...]
CitizenMcCord.com began life as a campaign website when I ran for the Charlottesville City School Board in 2007. I did not win that election, but I learned a great deal about how politics works on a local level. I also made friends with many of the movers and shakers in [...]
