Chris Graham, founder and publisher of the Augusta Free Press, joins Coy Barefoot on the July 30th edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss the possibility of Governor Tim Kaine as Senator Barack Obama’s vice presidential candidate. Graham has also been writing recently about the effects of oil speculation on the high cost of a barrel of crude.
On October 19, 2007, the Jefferson Area Board for Aging hosted a one-day conference called Crafting Intentional Communities: Cooperating Living Along Life’s Journey. The event was designed to explore new housing and living innovations for seniors to live, grow and age in community.
In this panel on cohousing communities, Peter Lazar of Blue Ridge Cohousing & Shadowlake Village Cohousing and Janaka Casper of Community Housing Partners tell the story on the creation of three Virginia cohousing neighborhoods. They explore the topics of affordability, accessibility and sustainability in communities.
Peter spoke from the perspective of a current cohousing homeowner creating a new community with future neighbors. Janaka spoke from the perspective of the developer and promoter of affordable community-oriented housing. Janaka’s company was builder of Shadowlake Village Cohousing in Blacksburg, and ElderSpirit in Abingdon, and is currently developing a wheelchair-accessible cohousing community in Crozet, Virginia. A rezoning application for Blue Ridge Cohousing was recently approved by the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors.
Panelists James Martin of Raising Kaine, Aimee Fausser and Dan Geroe of Donkey with a Trunk, and Kenton Ngo of 750 Volts join me to talk about the Democratic Party’s potential pickup opportunities in next year’s Congressional elections, as well as Creigh Deeds’ recent announcement of his ‘09 Gubernatorial run.
Former Congresswoman and Democratic candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor, Leslie Byrne calls in to explain why she’s decided to run for her old seat back. She held Virginia’s 11th Congressional District seat for one term before being defeated in 1994 by the current occupant of the seat, Representative Tom Davis.
Are electronic voting machines vulnerable to computer hackers? That’s the topic of the January Charlottesville Albemarle Democratic Breakfast. A panel of speakers discuss serious software issues as well as recent controversies. Errors in counting, confusing displays and lack of documentation, and discuss possible paths forward.
The moderator is Jim Heilman, a former registrar in Albemarle County. Panelists include David Evans of the U.Va Computer Science Department, Charlottesville Electoral Board Secretary Rick Sincere and Will Harvey, Secretary of the Albemarle County Electoral Board. The event is introduced by Russ Linden, the co-chair of the Charlottesville City Democratic Committee.
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