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Huja brings commitment to quality design to mayor's role
It's "one of the things I’d like to promote: quality design in our community."
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City vote unlikely to change parkway, water plan
“We agree on most things.”
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Local tea party leader: End Occupy Charlottesville camp
"Will it take someone getting beaten, raped, burned, killed, or for someone to file a lawsuit, before you end what we feel should've never been started ...?"
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Democratic slate collects most cash in City Council race
Democrats Kathy Galvin and Satyendra Huja both reported raising $2,439 between Oct. 1 and Oct. 26, while Democrat Dede Smith raised $1,939.
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In Council race, Fenwick endorses Smith, who doesn't return the favor
Fenwick suggested that his endorsement caused more of a buzz in party circles than Democratic leaders are letting on.
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City Council candidates wade into area's race issues
“I think if we can make Charlottesville a place where all documented and undocumented immigrants feel comfortable."
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Council candidates split over local jobs/income report
One candidate said he would support public funding to help support some of the recommendations included in the report, while another questioned the motives behind the report.
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Election officials request investigation into Halfaday filings
Electoral Board scrutiny comes after attorney disputes former City Council candidate James Halfaday's claims of co-owning a local gym.
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NAACP pres tells City Council Downtown Mall is too dominated by whites
“There are days and hours the Downtown Mall area today looks like it’s for whites only."
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Independents battle Democrats, each other for City Council
The five independents in the mix this year — Bob Fenwick, Andrew D. Williams, Brandon Collins, Paul Long and Scott Bandy — all finalized their paperwork before the filing deadline Tuesday night.
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City could have its first Council in 30 years with no black members
“And here we have the Democratic Party and the party establishment actively working to deny African-Americans a seat at the table."
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Recount confirms Democratic Council noms
Fourth-place finisher Paul Beyer, who trailed Smith by a margin of just 31 votes, had called on party officials to double-check the final count.
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Charlottesville Democratic primary Saturday
Three nominees will emerge from the seven candidates running for City Council, and one nominee will be chosen out of three candidates for clerk of Charlottesville Circuit Court.
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Candidate Halfaday says he's been getting anti-gay messages
Local party chairs urged the gym owner's silence.
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Norris rallies support behind his picks ahead of primary
There are seven Democrats vying for three seats on the City Council with five independents also in the mix.
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NAACP: 'Complicated' primary ballot discriminatory
A sample ballot provided by the Democratic Party asks voters to rank candidates according their preference by circling numbers in a column next to the names.
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Huja pushes bike, bus transportation
He called for the allocation of at least $250,000 per year to begin building an “interconnected network of bikeways” that would be mainly on city streets, but off road where possible.
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Council hopeful Beyer pushes arts as 'an economic engine'
'They're not just intangible. They drive our local economy.'
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Szakos makes her endorsements
Szakos said there are several strong candidates running this year, but two have risen above the rest.
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12 Council candidates, 2 forums, 1 day
At an early-afternoon forum held by the Senior Statesmen of Virginia, the candidates took some tough questions from an older crowd of both city and Albemarle County residents.
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Council candidate calls for local economic stability
At a news conference in front of the Downtown Transit Center — her second in eight days — Galvin said she felt it was necessary to address the local effects of the “economic storm that’s brewing this summer across the nation.”
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Sierra Club endorses anti-dam City Council candidates
Tom Olivier, the group’s chairman, announced the endorsements of Democrats Dede Smith and Colette Blount at a news conference outside City Hall.
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City Council candidate: Stop work on Meadow Creek Parkway
Brandon Collins, who describes himself as a socialist candidate, said no construction should begin in McIntire Park until any new plans are available for review by the public and the council.
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Daily Progress hosts City Council candidates' forum Wednesday
The Democratic Party’s “firehouse primary” will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 20 at Burley.
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Clerk candidate, dam opponents lead local Democratic fundraising
The 11 candidates running for council this year were required to file reports by Friday detailing their campaign-finance activities from April 1 through June 30.
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