I would like to see a progressive real estate tax system. Like, one where houses over a certain value have higher tax rates and those with lower values have lower rates.

But I guess the rich would never let that happen

Yup that’s how wealth taxes work. Real estate taxes are just wealth taxes on the middle class

You can find box turtles if you go hiking on the trails a little farther from the city. I was happy to see some since they’re threatened

> The healthcare giant is planning to establish 12,000-square-foot emergency center at 3054 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., where it intends to occupy most of the ground floor of a seven-story mixed-use building that Thalhimer Realty Partners plans to build near the intersection with Ellen Road.

So it’s going to be part of a mixed use development ? Does that mean “free standing” just means it isn’t part of a hospital?

Consumers of electricity don’t have a choice in how the electricity is generated. That’s why I specifically said “the decision makers” at dominion

Because of their high fixed capital costs, utilities are considered natural monopolies by economists because it would be prohibitively expensive to have multiple companies serving the same area, similarly to roads. Monopolies are fine is well regulated by the state and if regulatory capture is successfully prevented. Otherwise, we need co-ops or nationalization

Yea really, pay teachers more

I just wish Henrico was more walkable

Lame. The point of the RGGI is to incentivize the switch to non-carbon power. That incentive doesn’t work if the decision makers can just pass the cost on to consumers

Ah so safety for drivers but not everyone else?

Eh I like using scientific evidence to prove hunches instead of just running policy based on “commons sense”

Been watching the older Simpsons episodes. Feels like home

Simple fix. Just tax anyone who says Powhite wrong

When you dance with a bear, you don’t stop until the bear stops. Espresso’s the bear

Monday? More like Moan-day amirite?

r/NativePlantGardening too

Strong Towns recently has an article about the corners at intersections. How they’re large and curved to help cars turn, but this 1) encourages speeding 2) reduces space for pedestrians. Bump outs to forcibly reduce speed at turns would be an effective (yet controversial) solution for accidents caused by right turns

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/1/20/cutting-corners

I this, but I have to keep two dehumidifiers running and have multiple monitors to make sure the indoor humidity stays below 50%. It’s just one of the ways to prevent mold

Richmond also has more concentrated poverty than the surrounding counties which isn’t really something easy or cheap to fix

According to VDOT, they maintain secondary roads for all counties except Henrico and Arlington

https://www.virginiadot.org/about/vdot_hgwy_sys.asp

> The shadow culture secretary, Lucy Powell

Not really related, but that’s a cool ass job title

Idk if you’re serious or not, but I do actually like the idea of naming things after plants..especially plants native to RVA

While we’re at it, why not rename Virginia? It was named in honor of the British Queen and colonialism bad

My soil is so dry and dusty right now that gardening yesterday left me with a mild cough

Humpback Rock near Charlottesville is a good introduction hike for the Blue Ridge mountains