Blake Caravati

Democratic Candidate of Charlottesville City Council (Picture of Blake Caravati taken on January 7, 1998 in Charlottesville, Virginia).

Blake Answers the Call (and the best answer is not reversion)

On January 7, 1998, James Blake Caravati announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the Charlottesville City Council.

In his press release, he said, "...it has become clear to me that reversion is not the best answer for our city. All of us have worked too hard to lose our accomplishments and identity. As the County continues to grow, it has become more evident that it is only a historical and political accident that the city is trapped and unable to annex."

"We must work with the county (to achieve) cooperative solutions that share equitably the responsibilities that our communites face, but any negotiated settlement must be fair for the citizens of Charlottesville today and for our children tomorrow."

"It is for this reason that as a Councilor, I would require that before reversion is considered or any agreement is struck that all of our citizens have a direct voice in such a structural change."

Proust Questionaire (Adapted from Vanity Fair, January 2001)

1. What is your greatest fear?	Being stuck in an elevator with Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, and Jesse Helms.
2. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?	My refusal to wear a bow tie
3. What is your greatest extravagance?	champagne
4. What is your favorite journey?	Honfleur, France
5. What do you consider the most overrated virtue?	holding in gas
6. What do you dislke most about your appearance?	The tassles on my loafers will not stay straight
7. Which living person do you most despise?	No one
8. Which words or phrases do you most overuse?	"Is that right?"
9. What or who is the greatest love of your live?	Paula Ciavarella
10. Who is your favorite hero of fiction?	Gov. Jerry Brown
11. What do you consider your greatest achievement?	contributing to my community
12. What is your most treasured possession?	my education and my tassled loafers
13. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?	sharing a cab with Geraldo or having to be on his show
14. Where would you like to live?	Charlottesville, Virginia
15. Who are your favorite writers?	J.J. Rousseau & Baudelaire
16. Who are your heroes in real life?	Martin Luther King and Lyndon Johnson
17. How would you like to die?	quietly
18. What is your motto?	"we may doze but we never close"
19. What is it that you most dislike?	whining
20. What is your greatest regret?	not getting a Phd.
21. If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?	Winston Churchill

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