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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 5h

ftr if I’d hit the numbers to speak. I would have spent my time talking about how shameful and pathetic it is that the people who are acting all smol bean about their right to dialogue spent the last week directing an organized, national hate campaign at Spillman.

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 6h

school board meeting kicking off. not going to fully live skeet, but will do my best to hit the important points.

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 4h

I’m not sure why we let the fire department decide how our roads are designed, especially when they disagree with a design that makes the road safer

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 6h

school board meeting kicking off. not going to fully live skeet, but will do my best to hit the important points.

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CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First @cbs19news.bsky.social · 1d

CCS parents raise concerns over bringing SROs back.

CCS parents raise concerns over bringing SROs back

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Back in March, the Charlottesville City School Board voted to bring back school resource officers starting in August of 2026.

www.cbs19news.com

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 1d

Stop by our social at @brazos.bsky.social on your way to support trans kids and Allison Spillman at the county school board meeting and I will happily cover your tacos and drinks. Just grab me and tell me your plans and your order.

Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social · 2d

Come join us this Thursday at Ix @brazos.bsky.social! Stay as briefly or as long as you want. The weather is looking fantastic!

Livable Cville Meetup!
Thursday, October 9, 5-7pm

Brazos Tacos
IX Art Park
923 2nd St SE

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 1d

if this is an issue you care about, i would urge you to vote for Zyahna Bryant and Lisa Torres, and *not* to vote for Emily Dooley. this is an expensive and dangerous policy, adopted without listening to community concerns. so: they'll hear from us at the ballot box 🫡

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a very helpful guide to voting in the city school board election. There are 4 candidates for 3 seats.

alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 1d

hi charlottesville! if you're voting in the city school board election this november, there are four candidates running for three seats. here's where they stand on the return of police to our schools:

keep police out of cville schools! 2025 school board candidate guide.
zyahna bryant [✓]: opposed school resource officers
lisa torres [✓]: voted against SROs
dashad cooper: supports SROs
emily dooley: voted for SROs as chair
VOTE NOV. 4 2025

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 1d

I wish more people understood what a problem it is that surrounding counties/cities are functionally part of Albemarle County’s development area

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1d

Combine it with an economic development plan w/ major investments to attract high paying jobs that will almost exclusively be filled by people moving here (e.g., Rivanna Futures, UVA Manning Center), and it's a plan that endorses displacement and dooms many households to further housing insecurity.

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 1d

As far as I can tell, it's a huge recommitment to locking in the status quo. No expansion of the growth area, next to nothing to make sure that the growth area is built to maximum density, and no vision for anything new or different.

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 1d

Is there anything in Albemarle County’s soon to be approved Comprehensive Plan that indicates the county is serious about addressing its housing shortage and affordability problems?

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a step in the right direction but Schumer looks so past his prime in that video. Also the video is too long…

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Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social · 2d

Come join us this Thursday at Ix @brazos.bsky.social! Stay as briefly or as long as you want. The weather is looking fantastic!

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 2d

Yes after posting that I realized I should have directed more blame towards the county. Hopefully @sallyforsupervisor.bsky.social will help make it happen!

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Mara Cox @maracox.bsky.social · 2d

Argued with the city about improving public transportation to PVCC and was told not enough people use it as is. Not enough people use it because it doesn't work well! You can't count the students who aren't able to be counted!

Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 2d

It’s ridiculous to me that there’s not a multimodal path from the city to PVCC and Monticello

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 2d

This stretch of Monticello Avenue should have protected bike lanes ASAP

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 2d

It’s ridiculous to me that there’s not a multimodal path from the city to PVCC and Monticello

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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 2d

personally I think it’s neat that literally everything I warned Council about at that meeting has eventually come out via a steady progression of 404 Media articles, I love being right

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CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First @cbs19news.bsky.social · 2d

City Council moves to purchase Holiday Drive building

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Charlottesville City Council moved to adopt a resolution brought forward by City Manager Sam Sanders authorizing the purchase of a building at 2000 Holiday Dr.

www.cbs19news.com

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

It’s so bad. It’s one of the great injustices of our time (which is really saying something given everything else going on).

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

Gotcha. Senior living facilities have so many problems. You basically have to be either really lucky or be rich and buy your way into something decent

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

What was the explanation for the increase?

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

Yep! Serious difficulties knowing what the truth is

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

This earned an email

Last sentence is awkwardly worded but I think you get the point

Dear Councilors, Mr. Sanders, and Chief Kochis,
The city just put out a news release about presenting Flock pilot results to the community. CPD is providing one day notice for tomorrow's meeting and three days notice for the Thursday meeting.
Furthermore the release claims that the meetings are at "established community meetings." I'm assuming that for Fifeville this is referencing the FNA meeting. However that meeting is on Thursday, not Tuesday when the Flock meeting is scheduled.
If the city is serious about getting community input on Flock, it would provide more notice. This is very very similar to the timeframe provided for the ill conceived ordinance to criminalize homelessness.
The continued disrespect for the community in matters of formulating policing policy needs to stop. The quality of the public safety interventions the city implements is directly tied to the quality of input the city receives and considers on these issues. The continued failure to treat community input as a box to check rather than a thoughtfully considered resource will only hamper our ability to address serious public safety issues.
Link to news release:
https://www.charlottesville.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2304
I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

Matthew

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 4d

A lot happening in this newsletter, including 400 (hopefully accessible!) words on making Inclusionary Zoning work well for Charlottesville

Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social · 4d

Our October newsletter just landed in over 1300 email in-boxes! It covers a Week Without Driving recap, an important and urgent environmental action alert, a call to fully fund Inclusionary Zoning, our upcoming social, and more!

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🏘️ 🚲🚶🏽🧑🏽‍🦽 Livable Cville - October 2025 Newsletter

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