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sleevieb t1_j1fdqys wrote

Lot of great stuff in there.

John Baliles has a substack?!
https://rva5x5.substack.com/

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lunar_unit t1_j1fqhg6 wrote

He breaks down the unbelievable lack of city action regarding the Enrichmond stuff, really well here (and illustrates just how dysfunctional our city government is on this):

https://rva5x5.substack.com/p/rva-5x5-deep-dive-edition-101

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Asterion7 t1_j1fy1uq wrote

It's crazy the city hasn't really done anything about this. Although as I have argued with you before I don't think taxpayer dollars should go to care of a cemetery when we have so many issues for living citizens in the city. I don't understand people's obsession with cemeteries. Dead people don't need anything. And I include Hollywood cemetery in that as well. Cemeteries are a complete waste of space and resources.

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lunar_unit t1_j1g2grp wrote

But the cemeteries are there, and are culturally and historically important. Either we dig everyone up and move them, which is not gonna happen, for lots of good reasons, so we need to take care of them, rather than let them fall into disrepair.

The Amityville Horror illustrates what happens when you build a subdivision over an inconvenient cemetery. 😋

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bird_bitch t1_j1fn6sc wrote

Yes, I get his newsletter every week and it’s a great read!!

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