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"Two local organizations
began stirring up support this week for City Council candidates Blake
Caravati and Neal
Gropen hoping to
upset incumbent David Toscano's bid for the democratic nomination. The
Town Reversion Committee and STAMP - Sensible Transportation Alternatives
to the Meadowcreek Parkway - have instigated a phone calling campaign to
encourage people to support the two new candidates at Democratic caucus
this Thursday" (Sydney Burtner, The Charlottesville & Albemarle
Observer, Feb 18 - 24, 1998).
"According to (Town
Reversion Committee Chairman Lloyd) Smith, members of his organization
want a candidate that has not ruled out the reversion process ... Rich
Collins (director of the Institute for Environmental Negotiation at the
University and a member of STAMP) believes that putting two more councilors
who are willing to challenge current Parkway plans on the five-member City
Council would tip the scales in STAMP's favor" (Sydney Burtner,
The Charlottesville & Albemarle Observer, Feb 18 - 24, 1998).
David
Toscano says himself
that he would vote against reversion and would support the Meadowcreek
Parkway if "plans are updated to include the limitations outlined
in the resolution passed by Council three weeks ago. Those changes include
making the Parkway part of a regional network, keeping the speed limit
at 35 miles per hour and providing signage so that 'through traffic does
not go through the center of the city'" (Sydney Burtner, The Charlottesville
& Albemarle Observer, Feb 18 - 24, 1998).
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