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Signer is the author of Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy under Siege (PublicAffairs, 2020). [7] The book is a first-person account of events before, during, and after the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017, as a microcosm of the challenges facing American democracy today. [8]
Since 1922, however, the popular electorate has chosen a number of individuals to serve on city council - initially three, then five from 1928 to the present. From 1922 through 2006 those elections took place in May or June each even-numbered year. Beginning in 2007, council elections moved to November of odd-numbered years. [1]
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The council voted Monday night to bring down the bronze monuments of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson — and now has 30 days to decide what to do with them.
About 500 far-right protestors came to demonstrate their opposition to Charlottesville City Council's decision to remove Confederate monuments and memorials from public spaces. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] These included self-identified members of the alt-right , [ 6 ] neo-Confederates , [ 7 ] neo-fascists , [ 8 ] white nationalists , [ 9 ] neo-Nazis , [ 10 ...
Walker began her campaign in March 2017. [2] Her campaign gained traction after the Unite the Right rally in August 2017. [2] Walker publicly pressured the City Council and then-mayor Michael Signer to answer questions about why a permit had been issued for the rally, and why the City Council was not addressing issues raised by the event. [3]
New Springfield Public Schools Board members Kelly Byrne (center) and Steve Makoski (right) are sworn in by Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller during a school board meeting on Tuesday, April 12 ...
The lawsuit sought a temporary injunction to halt the removal, arguing that Charlottesville City Council's decision violated a state law designed to protect American Civil War monuments and memorials, and that the council had additionally violated the terms of McIntire's gift to Charlottesville of the statue and the land for Lee Park. [12]