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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 5h

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 · 18h

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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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 17h

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 · 17h

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 · 17h

This stretch of Monticello Avenue should have protected bike lanes ASAP

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 19h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

What was the explanation for the increase?

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 1d

Yep! Serious difficulties knowing what the truth is

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 2d

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

Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social · 2d

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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Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 2d

reminder that public comment signup for Thurday’s ACPS Board meeting opens at 8:30am tomorrow through a form on the Board’s website, if you would like to speak in support of Allison Spillman as she handles the disingenuous right wing campaign against her

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 5d

yeah the repeatedly failed state legislature candidate who moved here in 2020, the right wing radio host who faildoxes people under a pseudonym, and the candidate Allison trounced for her spot on the Board are all trying to make this a thing. really think it’s important to nip this in the bud.

Andrew @tjsleakyroof.bsky.social · 6d

want to boost this. guarantee TPUSA is going to try and stack it, but they simply do not have the local numbers to do so *if* we recognize it’s coming and respond in kind. I think it’s critical to set a tone that we will back our local officials against disingenuous right wing bullshit.

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Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 3d

👇🏽 School board elections are consequential!👇🏽

Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

The city school board election has 4 candidates for 3 spots. I will be voting for Lisa Torres, Zyahna Bryant, and Dashad Cooper. Emily Dooley's support for SRO's and, in my opinion, poor leadership in guiding the school division's approach to school safety means I will not vote for her.

cvilledems.bsky.social @cvilledems.bsky.social · 4d

School board candidate forum!
Tuesday, October 7 at 7:00pm, Jefferson School.

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Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social · 3d

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

I will note that Dashad Cooper has expressed support for SRO's, which is disappointing to me. But he appears more flexible on the topic than Dooley and to be genuinely interested in listening to a range of perspectives on the topic.

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

The city school board election has 4 candidates for 3 spots. I will be voting for Lisa Torres, Zyahna Bryant, and Dashad Cooper. Emily Dooley's support for SRO's and, in my opinion, poor leadership in guiding the school division's approach to school safety means I will not vote for her.

cvilledems.bsky.social @cvilledems.bsky.social · 4d

School board candidate forum!
Tuesday, October 7 at 7:00pm, Jefferson School.

CHARLOTTESVILLE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUM

Zyahna Bryant | Dashad Cooper | Emily Dooley | Lisa Larson-Torres

7PM-8:30PM OCTOBER 7, 2025
THE JEFFERSON SCHOOL

JOIN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE DEMOCRATS AND THE JEFFERSON SCHOOL FOR A FORUM WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES. THE EVENING WILL BEGIN A LED DISCUSSION, FOLLOWED BY A Q&A.

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

🤣🤣🤣

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

Tech came very closing to tying it on the final play of the game. Very good game

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

The intersection of Copeley and Ivy after the women’s soccer game was really unsafe. I don’t think Copeley has been correctly adjusted to account for the sidewalk closed due to construction and police were not doing a great job of letting pedestrian traffic move like it needed to.

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

I wouldn’t ignore my wife’s advice though. No good ending there

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 3d

There are situations when I would recommend ignoring me. Local housing politics is not one of them.

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