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          <title>County panel supports turbines</title>
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With little hesitation, the Albemarle County Planning Commission sent a formal recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that called for wind turbines to be allowed in the county.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Council parkway vote may be coming soon</title>
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The City Council will likely vote on the final design for a multimillion-dollar Meadowcreek Parkway interchange before the year&#8217;s end, but questions remain about paths for bicyclists and pedestrians in the project.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Residents chime in on city clock designs</title>
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With a flick of the wrist, folks wandering on the Downtown Mall check the time on their watches or cell phones.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Who will city&#8217;s next mayor be?</title>
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The election for the City Council has been decided for nearly two weeks, but one question still looms before the new body takes over in January. Who will be Charlottesville&#8217;s next mayor?           ]]></description>
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          <title>5th District hopeful stops in city</title>
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Another candidate seeking the GOP nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, in fall 2010 swung through Charlottesville on Thursday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Health care protest spurs counter&#45;demonstration</title>
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On one side, speakers, placards and a bus that played country music. On the other, a band, chanting and banners.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Slideshow: Health care protest</title>
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Protesters on both sides of the health care debate gathered outside Congressman Tom Perriello&#8217;s (D-Ivy) Charlottesville office to voice their opinions.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Perriello defends health care vote</title>
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Moments after Perriello cast his vote in support of the Affordable Health Care for America Act late Saturday, the Republicans pounced.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Perriello backs health reform bill to mixed feedback</title>
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The bill, he said, will make health care more affordable for the middle class, provide security for seniors and reduce the federal deficit.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Perriello votes in favor of health care bill</title>
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Perriello said he successfully won inclusion of several ideas in the bill that were raised during his more than 100 hours of town hall meetings.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:22:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>3 on board cull options for schools</title>
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Three Charlottesville School Board members said Thursday that the division should look into either leaving its grade configuration as is or having one middle school instead of both an upper elementary school and middle school. 
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          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>County nearly doubles its payments to SPCA</title>
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Albemarle supervisors agreed Wednesday to practically double the county&#8217;s payments to the SPCA and discussed ways to throw a life preserver to the Hatton Ferry.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:01:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Region&#8217;s delegates stay in office</title>
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Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle County, easily fended off a challenge from Democrat Cynthia Neff on Tuesday in one of the Charlottesville region&#8217;s most closely watched House of Delegates races.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Thomas stuns Slutzky in Rio</title>
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The Rio victor, Rodney Thomas, said the election results will cause a major shift for the Board of Supervisors.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Szakos, Norris get easy victories</title>
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The Democrats will keep their grip on Charlottesville&#8217;s City Council for at least another two years.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:04:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Democrats hold Council and sheriff&#8217;s office</title>
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Democratic Mayor Dave Norris and challenger Kristin Szakos won 6,292 and 5,074 votes, respectively.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:34:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Thomas takes Slutzky&#8217;s seat on county board</title>
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Election update           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:50:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>35 percent of register voters cast ballots in Albemarle</title>
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Election officials are reporting that 34.6 percent of registered voters in Albemarle County and 24.4 percent of Charlottesville voters had cast a ballot by 4 p.m. in today&#8217;s election.
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          <title>Slideshow: Election Day</title>
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Pictures from the November 3rd general election.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:48:53 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>County Republicans report Election Day shenanigans</title>
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Republicans arriving at the party&#8217;s Albemarle County headquarters this morning discovered what appears to be an Election Day dirty trick.           ]]></description>
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          <title>2009 election results database</title>
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County by county results of the 2009 elections.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:18:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Afternoon election turnout results</title>
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Charlottesville-area polling places are reporting low to moderate levels of voter turnout, election officials said Tuesday afternoon.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:26:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Va. voters face slate of choices</title>
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Voters will head to polling places across Virginia today to choose the state&#8217;s next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and a host of local officials.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:01:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>McDonnell, Deeds in area on late campaign pushes</title>
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Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat R. Creigh Deeds swung through the Charlottesville area on Monday to make one final appeal for votes in today&#8217;s gubernatorial election.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Poll shows McDonnell widens lead</title>
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McDonnell is favored by 53 percent, while Democrat R. Creigh Deeds is preferred by 41 percent           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Zero&#45;based budget idea gains more supporters</title>
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&#8220;It allows you to separate your needs from your wants,&#8221; Snow said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Health bill changes may sway Perriello</title>
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After pushing party leadership for changes to a proposed health care reform bill, U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, is debating whether he will support the measure when it comes to a vote.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Local PAC makes cash contribution splash</title>
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With only days to go before Tuesday&#8217;s election, a local political action committee is making its presence known with large contributions to some of the candidates running for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and to the county Republican Party.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bonner: Sorry for fake letters</title>
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&#8220;I personally take full responsibility for what happened,&#8221; Bonner said at Thursday&#8217;s hearing.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Down in polls, Deeds makes stop in city</title>
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Democratic nominee for governor Sen. R. Creigh Deeds swung through Charlottesville on Wednesday to chat with small business owners and energize his core supporters before Tuesday&#8217;s election.           ]]></description>
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          <title>GOP aims to enliven presence in Charlottesville</title>
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The city Republicans released their platform last month           ]]></description>
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          <title>Albemarle supervisor hopefuls spar on taxes, long&#45;term growth</title>
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But opponent John C. Lowry was having none of it.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Neff mailing compares Bell to bad hubby</title>
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Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle County, is the subject of a negative campaign mailing that compares him to a &#8220;cheating husband.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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The message echoed by the five candidates for the City Council during a Wednesday forum was that the city government and area authorities must be held more accountable to residents.
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          <title>City hopeful Fenwick backs recycling center over RSWA</title>
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Details of the case haven&#8217;t been fully revealed.           ]]></description>
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Albemarle County&#8217;s projected deficits need to be met with a mix of budget cuts and revenue increases, including property tax hikes, if needed, said Madison Cummings, candidate for the Samuel Miller District seat on the county&#8217;s Board of Supervisors.           ]]></description>
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Ferrin described himself as a conservative with a passion for supporting schools and educating children.           ]]></description>
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A congressional hearing into fraudulent letters sent to U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, and other congressmen was postponed Thursday.           ]]></description>
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More than 50 people attended a rally hosted by the &#8220;Patients First&#8221; project of Americans for Prosperity           ]]></description>
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Supervisor Dennis S. Rooker is also up for election as the Jack Jouett District representative. He&#8217;s unopposed.           ]]></description>
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Markey launched the congressional investigation after Bonner &amp; Associates&#8217; fake letters were revealed by The Daily Progress.           ]]></description>
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Five of the area&#8217;s six House races will be contested Nov. 3, the most contested seats since 1997.           ]]></description>
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Congressman Markey launched the congressional investigation after the fake letters were revealed by The Daily Progress.           ]]></description>
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The conservative organization Americans for Prosperity is launching a 15-stop &#8220;Hands Off My Health Care&#8221; bus tour of Virginia, starting this week in Charlottesville.           ]]></description>
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<guid>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/conservative_group_launches_hands_off_my_health_care_tour/47327/#When:05:01:37Z</guid>
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          <title>In delegate race, incumbent Bell touts record as Neff presses reform</title>
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The race between Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle County, and Democrat Cynthia Neff is among the Charlottesville region&#8217;s most closely watched House of Delegates elections on Nov. 3.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Poll: McDonnell&#8217;s lead healthy</title>
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Republican Bob McDonnell holds a comfortable lead for governor over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds, lifted by strong support in GOP-leaning regions of Virginia and growing appeal among independents, who in recent years have preferred Democrats, a new poll shows.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:01:17 EST</pubDate>
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As director of the Virginia State Crime Commission, James O. Towey says he tried to blow the whistle on a member of the House of Delegates who he believes misused $200,000 of taxpayer money in 2006.           ]]></description>
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Five candidates for City Council offered sharply contrasting views during a Wednesday forum on how growth and subsequent investments in infrastructure and transportation should be managed and addressed in Charlottesville.           ]]></description>
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Deeds also wants to create a new service scholarship called Virginia Forward.           ]]></description>
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In the race for the Rio District seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, candidate Rodney S. Thomas and Supervisor David L. Slutzky both promise to make the county more business friendly.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:01:33 EST</pubDate>
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If her department is hit with more state funding cuts, Lunsford said, she wants the county to fill those gaps, too.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:01:30 EST</pubDate>
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Albemarle County staff could see more staff reductions and county teachers may not see any pay increases next year as the result of a gloomy financial forecast.
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Mayor Dave Norris and City Council hopeful Kristin Szakos on Tuesday called for a variety of initiatives they said would strengthen the voice of city neighborhoods in local government.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:01:42 EST</pubDate>
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Albemarle County Planning Commission members sent a clear message Tuesday: The county should allow wind turbines.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:01:38 EST</pubDate>
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Hurt is the sixth Republican to jump into the race.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:01:01 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/state_senator_wants_gop_nod_for_5th_district_hurt_aims_to_unseat_perriello/46827/#When:05:01:01Z</guid>
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If Virginia&#8217;s economy is going to recover, it will be on the backs of small businesses, Republican candidate for governor Bob McDonnell said Monday morning at a Downtown Mall campaign stop.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:01:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Albemarle school races slim, but hefty on ideas</title>
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Of the three School Board districts that will be on election ballots, only Rio has more than one candidate.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:01:12 EST</pubDate>
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Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, has told organizers that he will appear. Bell&#8217;s challenger, Democrat Cynthia Neff, has also said she will attend.           ]]></description>
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They took different philosophical paths to get there, but the contenders for the Rio District seat on Albemarle County&#8217;s Board of Supervisors supported similar goals at a Thursday forum, sounding off on topics from the area&#8217;s water supply to the strategic land use plan.           ]]></description>
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The four candidates for City Council on Wednesday sought to paint themselves as the most responsive official to neighborhood concerns instead of consultants and other parties.           ]]></description>
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Albemarle County Board of Supervisors candidates for the Samuel Miller District differed on everything from taxes to barking dogs at a forum Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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A fifth Republican has launched a bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, in next year&#8217;s mid-term congressional election.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;He&#8217;ll do a great job,&#8221; Phipps said.           ]]></description>
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The three Charlottesville School Board members up for re-election this year are the only residents seeking the positions, making them virtual shoo-ins on Nov. 3 for the board&#8217;s three open seats.           ]]></description>
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Kristin Szakos has plenty of wishes for Charlottesville should she be elected to the City Council, but she has one that is a bit unconventional for an election campaign.           ]]></description>
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Democratic candidates in Virginia have failed to win the attorney general&#8217;s office in every race since Mary Sue Terry in 1989.           ]]></description>
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On Thursday, Mayor Dave Norris and Kristin Szakos held a joint press conference in front of the IGA store on Cherry Avenue.           ]]></description>
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Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris said the past few months have felt like a performance evaluation &#8212; one that is likely to continue over the next six weeks as the lone incumbent continues his City Council re-election campaign.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Perriello to address NAACP banquet</title>
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The event, sponsored by the Albemarle-Charlottesville branch of the NAACP, is scheduled to start at 5:45 p.m           ]]></description>
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&#8220;I think that for a city its size, Charlottesville has a remarkable transit system,&#8221; Long said.           ]]></description>
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A sign printed with &#8220;REBEL HQS&#8221; on Bob Fenwick&#8217;s Charlottesville home, while discreet compared with the giant black-and-white placards of &#8220;SaveMcIntire.com&#8221; and &#8220;VoteBob.net,&#8221; says plenty about the independent candidate&#8217;s run for City Council.           ]]></description>
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          <title>County planners clear way for Pantops fire station despite community concerns</title>
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The Albemarle County Planning Commission has endorsed a potential location for a new fire station in the Pantops area, despite concerns that the 1-acre site will use up land designated as open space.           ]]></description>
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Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle County, collected nearly three times as much campaign cash as his Democratic challenger in July and August, according to campaign finance reports filed Tuesday afternoon.
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Kenneth C. Boyd, who has represented the Rivanna District since 2004, sent an e-mail to supporters Monday that confirmed his candidacy.           ]]></description>
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The Charlottesville/Albemarle League of Women Voters will host a forum next week about the ecological impact of future population growth.           ]]></description>
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A 20-year employee of SunTrust Bank branches in the Charlottesville area and Southwestern Virginia exploited a banking loophole to take more than $50,000 from the company, authorities said Monday.           ]]></description>
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The Charlottesville Republican Committee supports changing the configuration of the city&#8217;s schools, electing a full-time mayor and creating electoral districts instead of having at-large elections, according to the party&#8217;s new platform.           ]]></description>
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Analysts for &#8220;Larry J. Sabato&#8217;s Crystal Ball&#8221; say Republicans could win 20 to 30 seats in the House, taking back a large chunk of Democratic gains in the 2008 House elections.           ]]></description>
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The City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday that requests the General Assembly protect public-sector workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.           ]]></description>
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While Labor Day marks the traditional start of the local campaign season, the race for Charlottesville City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors got a head start this summer with numerous candidate appearances and significant fundraising.            ]]></description>
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The Charlottesville City Council could approve a resolution Tuesday that would implore the General Assembly to protect public-sector workers from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.           ]]></description>
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Bill Hay may be the chairman of the Charlottesville region&#8217;s Tea Party, but by trade he&#8217;s an organic, fair trade coffee roaster.           ]]></description>
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Long&#8217;s next campaign event will be sometime in October, in front of City Hall.           ]]></description>
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A scandal involving phony letters sent by a Washington &#8220;grassroots&#8221; lobbying firm to three members of Congress is prompting calls for new laws to outlaw such deceptive tactics.           ]]></description>
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Laurence Verga has formally launched his campaign for the GOP nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, in next year&#8217;s mid-term congressional race.           ]]></description>
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The Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors has endorsed Republican Rodney Thomas in his campaign to unseat incumbent Democrat David L. Slutzky in the race for the Rio seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors.           ]]></description>
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Central Virginia post offices appear safe from the accountant&#8217;s ax, but U.S. Postal Service officials are still studying the fate of a mail distribution facility in Albemarle County.           ]]></description>
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By the time U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello arrived at his district office in downtown Charlottesville on Tuesday, the raucous activists from both sides of the health care debate already had begun yelling at each other.           ]]></description>
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During his 14 years in the General Assembly, Mc-Donnell pursued at least 10 of the policy goals he laid out in that research paper           ]]></description>
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&#8220;On July 1, 2009, B&amp;A contacted the offices of two of three Members of Congress who received fabricated letters,&#8221; Ross wrote.           ]]></description>
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At yet another town hall meeting Thursday night in Albemarle County, U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello got an earful about health care reform.           ]]></description>
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Duane Snow, a Republican vying for the Samuel Miller District seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, said Thursday that if he were elected to the board he&#8217;d fight to keep three small schools in southern Albemarle open.           ]]></description>
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner believes that the price of not undertaking health care reform is far too high.
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&#8220;The first job of the next governor of Virginia will be to restore confidence in our economy,&#8221; said Deeds           ]]></description>
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The Albemarle County Service Authority decided Thursday to increase water and sewer connection fees by up to 45 percent in some cases &#8212; despite outcry from developers who said such increases could hurt business and would come without enough warning.           ]]></description>
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U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello faced a mostly friendly town-hall audience Thursday           ]]></description>
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Flu season could begin a little earlier this year than in years past, a local health official told Charlottesville School Board members Thursday.           ]]></description>
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A group of students at the University of Virginia&#8217;s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration finally received a formal introduction to their Kindles on Thursday. Now the question is: Will these things really help?           ]]></description>
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The latest forgery brings the total number of bogus letters sent to Perriello and two other congressmen to 13.           ]]></description>
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The City Council has agreed to spend $2.1 million from its economic development fund on the construction of Hillsdale Drive Extended, a road that may not see another sizable cash infusion for years because of state transportation spending cuts.           ]]></description>
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