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          <title>Nelson whiskey firm eager to expand to single malt</title>
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The company, which produces Eades whiskey, expects to start construction of its distillery campus by the end of the summer, with the first locally produced bottles of whiskey coming out by September or October.           ]]></description>
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          <title>House GOP leaves Deeds’ green bills to rot</title>
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The two bills, Deeds said, were in the best interest of Virginia and would have led to environmentally friendly economic development across the state.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Meetings planned to discuss Albemarle budget</title>
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The county executive&#8217;s budget recommendation is online at http://www.albemarle.org.           ]]></description>
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          <title>County budget proposal raises taxes</title>
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Albemarle County officials are eyeing a budget recommendation for fiscal 2010 that&#8217;s $26 million lighter than the current budget and calls for a 5.7-cent increase in the real estate tax rate in the 2009 calendar year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Higher taxes proposed for Albemarle</title>
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Albemarle County officials are eyeing a budget recommendation for fiscal 2010 that&#8217;s $26 million lighter than the current budget and calls for a 5.7-cent increase in the real estate tax rate in the 2009 calendar year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Higher taxes proposed for Albemarle</title>
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Albemarle County officials are eyeing a budget recommendation for fiscal 2010 that&#8217;s $26 million lighter than the current budget and calls for a 5.7-cent increase in the real estate tax rate in the 2009 calendar year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Budget proposal trims city spending</title>
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Two years ago, City Manager Gary O&#8217;Connell unveiled a budget that showed the largest year-to-year increase in a decade. Now, the ailing economy has turned the tables &#8212; O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s proposal for fiscal 2010 represents a slight decrease from the amount approved for the current fiscal year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State funding for public TV, radio on chopping block</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s public radio and TV stations would lose all state funding under the $76.7 billion budget approved by the House of Delegates.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Efficiency study offers up host of improvements</title>
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Charlottesville should review how it funds its public schools, consolidate some services and possibly increase the personal property tax from 4.2 percent to 4.28 percent, a new efficiency review recommends.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Budget proposal trims city spending</title>
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Two years ago, City Manager Gary O&#8217;Connell unveiled a budget that showed the largest year-to-year increase in a decade. Now, the ailing economy has turned the tables &#8212; O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s proposal for fiscal 2010 represents a slight decrease from the amount approved for the current fiscal year.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State funding for public TV, radio on chopping block</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s public radio and TV stations would lose all state funding under the $76.7 billion budget approved by the House of Delegates.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Efficiency study offers up host of improvements</title>
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Charlottesville should review how it funds its public schools, consolidate some services and possibly increase the personal property tax from 4.2 percent to 4.28 percent, a new efficiency review recommends.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Szakos confirms City Council candidacy</title>
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With two seats up for election in November, Kristin Szakos is first to announce her candidacy.           ]]></description>
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Albemarle County should better equip school police officers, put jail inmates to work cleaning schools and parks and begin charging for ambulance service, an efficiency review has suggested.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gubernatorial candidates’ comedy has cutting edge</title>
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The four candidates running for governor took a break from the campaign trail Wednesday night to savagely roast their opponents &#8212; and themselves &#8212; in front of a crowd of reporters, campaign staffers and political insiders.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Bell measure aims to limit land seizures</title>
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A proposed constitutional amendment to restrict eminent domain in Virginia won the approval of the House of Delegates on Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>1st challenger surfaces in coming race for City Council</title>
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Kristin Szakos confirmed Monday that she has decided to seek the local Democratic nomination in hopes of filling one of two seats on the City Council up for election in November.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Foster parents would get say in kids’ education</title>
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A bill that would allow foster parents to make decisions about their foster children&#8217;s special education is making its way through the General Assembly.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Moran calls for ‘Green Virginia’; McAuliffe touts economic ideas</title>
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Two Democrats running to be Virginia&#8217;s next governor swung through Charlottesville on Thursday, both touting their ideas to stimulate the economy and clean up the environment.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Slutzky to face opponent; challengers emerge in supervisor races</title>
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Rodney Thomas said Slutzky is &#8220;arrogant&#8221; and the board is too quick to raise taxes instead of working to cut expenses.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Supervisors deny tax funds for local farmers’ food hub</title>
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The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors shot down a group&#8217;s request Wednesday to use $80,000 of taxpayers&#8217; money for a food hub that would distribute local crops.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Area transit proposal headed for House vote</title>
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The House of Delegates is expected to approve a bill today that would allow Charlottesville and Albemarle County to form a regional transit authority.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State Senate passes 2 bills to encourage clean energy</title>
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The idea behind the bill originated with Charlottesville&#8217;s City Council           ]]></description>
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          <title>City Council backs downtown park&#45;and&#45;ride</title>
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About 20 percent of cars parked in two-hour spaces, the study estimated, overstay the limits, some staying four hours or longer.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Redistricting vote approved by state Senate</title>
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Bipartisan redistricting, backers say, would reduce gerrymandering and encourage more contested elections.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Area officials mull whether to pursue transit authority</title>
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Having had their bid for new taxing power rejected by state lawmakers, Charlottesville and Albemarle officials are considering whether it is still worth forming a regional transit authority.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Committee blocks bill on local tax</title>
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RICHMOND &#8212;State lawmakers shot down a proposal Wednesday that would have allowed Charlottesville and Albemarle County to ask voters for permission to increase the local sales tax by up to one percent to pay for local transit and transportation projects.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Transit tax bill dies in committee</title>
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A subcommittee of the House Finance Committee killed the proposal this afternoon in a 6-2 vote.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Delegate: Increase tuition for slowpoke in&#45;state students</title>
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Virginia&#8217;s in-state college students should be required to pay the more expensive out-of-state tuition rates once they exceed the 120 credit hours necessary to graduate, a member of the House of Delegates proposed Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Reservoir report finally completed, but now what?</title>
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When a task force finalized its blueprint for the future of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir this week, it punted controversial decisions about dredging back to local officials.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Clean energy bill expanded across Va.</title>
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A bill that would allow Charlottesville to establish a fund to help city homeowners purchase clean energy technology for their homes was approved by a Senate committee on Tuesday &#8211; and was expanded to include Albemarle County and every other locality in Virginia.           ]]></description>
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Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials have agreed to fund transit expansion and other transportation projects jointly, but clear areas of interest have emerged in each locality should the ability to levy taxes be granted.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Unpaved county roads bill cruises through committtee</title>
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The Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday unanimously approved a measure to lower the speed limit on Albemarle County&#8217;s unpaved roads from 55 mph to 35 mph.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Slutzky decides against Bell challenge</title>
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Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Chairman David L. Slutzky said Monday that he will not challenge Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle County, in this fall&#8217;s elections.           ]]></description>
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Although Charlottesville is trying to encourage infill development, it is also taking its historic preservation efforts to a new level.           ]]></description>
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The best way to increase Charlottesville and Albemarle County&#8217;s stock of affordable housing is to up the ante on local funding, a joint task force has determined.           ]]></description>
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Charlottesville Sheriff Cornelia D. Johnson announced Wednesday that she will not seek a fourth term.           ]]></description>
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For everywhere we look, there is work to be done.           ]]></description>
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A new report shows a massive hike in government spending in Albemarle County in the past two decades, with inflation-adjusted expenditures increasing 121 percent between 1990 and 2007.           ]]></description>
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When Charlottesville has attempted to have conversations about race in the past, they were incited by specific incidents and, as such, were short lived.           ]]></description>
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An affordable housing bill that easily passed the General Assembly last year has enjoyed a similar reception from Charlottesville&#8217;s Planning Commission.           ]]></description>
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Piedmont Virginia Community College expects to save $100,000 by discontinuing a degree and two certificate programs.           ]]></description>
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A bill filed in the General Assembly on Wednesday would give Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials the power to hold a referendum on a sales tax solely for transit or other transportation projects.           ]]></description>
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Albemarle County may seek state lawmakers&#8217; approval for a plan that could allow Albemarle and Charlottesville to enact a local sales tax to fund transit and transportation projects.           ]]></description>
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After meeting for months, a task force charged with charting the future of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir has again postponed making its recommendations.           ]]></description>
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Albemarle County may seek state lawmakers&#8217; approval for a plan that could allow Albemarle and Charlottesville to enact a local sales tax to fund transit and transportation projects.           ]]></description>
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Nearly two weeks past deadline, a task force charged with mapping out the future of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir was still scrambling late Monday to put together its final report, placing today&#8217;s planned approval of the document in peril.           ]]></description>
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A Culpeper County supervisor announced Monday that he has abandoned plans to challenge Del. Edward T. Scott, R-Madison County, in a June GOP primary.           ]]></description>
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Nearly 100 residents of Central Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley showed up Thursday to a General Assembly hearing to weigh in on Virginia&#8217;s two-year spending plan, which is facing a $2.9 billion shortfall.           ]]></description>
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Albemarle County is considering an initiative to save the county money by encouraging employees to retire early.           ]]></description>
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David Slutzky took over as chairman of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors on Wednesday,&nbsp; but would not say whether he&#8217;d soon begin campaigning for a seat in the Virginia General Assembly.           ]]></description>
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Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe swung through Charlottesville on Wednesday as part of statewide tour to formally launch his bid to win a three-way race for the Democratic nomination for governor.           ]]></description>
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Albemarle County is considering an initiative to save the county money by encouraging employees to retire early.           ]]></description>
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An aide to U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, said Tuesday that Ridge Schuyler will serve as his district director, a position that oversees staff and operations of the newly elected congressman&#8217;s district offices.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Perriello wins seat on transit committee in 1st day in office</title>
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WASHINGTON &#8212; Democrat Tom Perriello was no sooner sworn in as the new representative of Virginia&#8217;s 5th District Tuesday than he saw his name atop a list.           ]]></description>
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After expressing support to have planners review projects faster if they contain affordable units, the City Council took one more step Monday in tackling the issue deemed this year&#8217;s biggest priority.           ]]></description>
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Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, according to a state Democratic official and other party sources.           ]]></description>
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Kaine plans to work at the party part-time until 2010, when his term as governor is up and he can take over the DNC full-time.           ]]></description>
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One bill, Toscano said, would allow Virginia to subsidize passenger rail service in the long term without raising taxes.           ]]></description>
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Informal talks have started in Charlottesville and Albemarle County about next fiscal year&#8217;s city-county revenue-sharing funds, with officials scrutinizing the money&#8217;s usage more as big projects may lose funding in the coming years.           ]]></description>
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With his booming voice, quick wit and gregarious nature, Terry McAuliffe established a reputation as one of the world&#8217;s best political fundraisers, soaking up hundreds of millions of dollars for Democratic causes and candidates.           ]]></description>
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Tom S. Underwood, 38, a member of the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors, has filed papers with the State Board of Elections to explore a possible bid against Scott in the June 9 GOP primary.           ]]></description>
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Just in time for Christmas, the governor&#8217;s office is receiving a $164 million wish list for infrastructure projects in Albemarle County.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;This new Access Albemarle system will allow not only county staff but taxpayers to have access to information much easier,&#8221; said the county&#8217;s finance director, Richard Wiggans.           ]]></description>
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A task force charged with mapping out the future of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir needs an extension on the report it had hoped to finish this month.           ]]></description>
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Funding for Hillsdale Drive Extended has been pushed aside until at least fiscal 2015 as part of revisions made this week to the Virginia Department of Transportation&#8217;s Six-Year Improvement Program.           ]]></description>
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The upcoming 46-day General Assembly session undoubtedly will be dominated by painful budget decisions, as state lawmakers and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine seek to find ways to close a $2.9 billion shortfall.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;I&#8217;m humbled to be chosen to represent the 5th District,&#8221; Perriello, 34, said on the steps of Albemarle County Circuit Court.           ]]></description>
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Democratic challenger beats opponent           ]]></description>
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Heading into the recount, Perriello had a lead of 745 votes over the six-term incumbent.           ]]></description>
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A three-judge panel overseeing the 5th Congressional District recount has rejected a request to count late-arriving absentee ballots cast by U.S. troops overseas.           ]]></description>
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Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath County, announced Friday that he will not resign from his state Senate seat during his campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor.           ]]></description>
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Facing the loss of his seat, U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. said Thursday that all late-arriving absentee ballots cast by U.S. troops overseas should be counted as part of next week&#8217;s recount in his 5th District race.           ]]></description>
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Former Charlottesville-area congressman L.F. Payne endorsed Del. Brian Moran on Wednesday in next year&#8217;s Democratic primary race to be Virginia&#8217;s next governor.           ]]></description>
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The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors called Tuesday for a budget proposal built on a 6-cent increase in the real-estate tax rate to offset declining revenues.           ]]></description>
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After spending months examining the pros and cons of dredging the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir, a task force is still split over whether it should recommend officials conduct a dredging feasibility study.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;This is like being in a really bad movie,&#8221; Holly Edwards said. &#8220;And you all want to end it now without knowing what&#8217;s going to happen.&#8221;.           ]]></description>
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Tom Perriello, who was certified as the winner of last month&#8217;s 5th District congressional race, is embarking on a 20-stop tour of the district to meet with elected officials, business and nonprofit leaders, and constituents.           ]]></description>
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U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount, outspent his opponent in this year&#8217;s 5th District congressional race, new disclosure reports show, but Democratic challenger Tom Perriello enjoyed a last-minute windfall of support from outside groups.           ]]></description>
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Tom Perriello, who was certified as the winner of last month&#8217;s 5th District congressional race, is embarking on a 20-stop tour of the district to meet with elected officials, business and nonprofit leaders, and constituents.           ]]></description>
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For Albemarle residents who consider county vehicle decals a hassle, officials have made their lives a bit easier.           ]]></description>
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For Albemarle residents who consider county vehicle decals a hassle, officials have made their lives a bit easier.           ]]></description>
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After discovering that Albemarle County&#8217;s financial deficit continues to grow, the Board of Supervisors delayed approval of a five-year financial plan Wednesday, and instead asked the county executive to present a budget scenario with an increased real estate tax rate.           ]]></description>
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The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hoped to walk away with answers about whether synthetic turf was a safe replacement for grass athletic fields &#8212; but left a Wednesday meeting only with more unanswered questions.           ]]></description>
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After discovering that Albemarle County&#8217;s financial deficit continues to grow, the Board of Supervisors delayed approval of a five-year financial plan Wednesday, and instead asked the county executive to present a budget scenario with an increased real estate tax rate.           ]]></description>
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Albemarle high schools are likely to have a better idea this week about whether the county supervisors are on board with replacing grass athletics fields with synthetic turf.           ]]></description>
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The Charlottesville City Council is questioning plans to allow departments to keep $3.6 million in unspent budget funds, suggesting the city might be better off instead saving some of the money during difficult economic times.           ]]></description>
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Charlottesville&#8217;s $2.1 million surplus from fiscal 2008&#8217;s general fund could be used to reduce budget deficits in fiscal 2009 and beyond, according to city staff.           ]]></description>
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Several local officials said after a joint meeting Tuesday that their mission was accomplished: getting Albemarle County and Charlottesville officials heading in the same direction on the area&#8217;s long-term water supply plan.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;Bare-bones&#8221; is the word being used within the walls of City Hall to describe Charlottesville&#8217;s proposed Capital Improvement Program for the upcoming budget.           ]]></description>
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