Congressional Candidates At The Crusade

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Pictures of 3rd District Congressional Candidates at the Crusade for Voters meeting earlier tonight- in no particular order:

John Kelly


Bobby Scott


James Quigley


Chuck Smith

I did not get my question in for the candidates, but if you will forgive some editorial license, I will go ahead and pose it here:

Will you take the following pledge?
The Supreme Court’s flawed decision allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts to influence election outcomes endangers our democracy and threatens to drown out the voices of individual citizens. I pledge to protect America from unlimited corporate spending in our elections by supporting a Constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision giving corporations the same First Amendment rights as people.

Candidate Forums This Week

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Tomorrow night, meet 3rd District Congressional candidates, including incumbent Congressman Bobby Scott, at the Crusade for Voters meeting.

From NorthRichmondNews.com :

There will be a Candidates Forum at the Richmond Crusade for Voters Meeting on Tuesday, October 19, from 6:30-8:30PM at the Military Retirees Club (2220 Chamberlayne Avenue). There are 4 candidates for the 3rd Congressional District seat: incumbent Democrat Bobby Scott, Republican Chuck Smith, Libertarian James Quigley, and Independent Green John Kelly

On Thursday night, there is a 5th District School Board candidates forum.
West of the Boulevard News (wotbn.net) has the details:

The Richmond City Democratic Committee (RCDC) will hold a forum for the two candidates in this year’s special election for School Board Member in the 5th District, Maurice Henderson and Cherrelle Hurt, on Thursday, October 21, 7PM at the SunTrust Building (919 East Main Street) 4th Floor.

Richmond Zine Festival yesterday

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Congratulations to neighbor Liz Canfield and other Richmond Zine Festival organizers for a great event.
Although it was not held in Oregon Hill, but the Gay Community Center, it was nice to see all the local tie-ins, like the Books-On-Wheels presence, plus the traveling zine folks.

Wingnut:

Flying Brick:

Parcell Press from Philadelphia:

Click here to see another recent review.

Police Roll Call On Wednesday

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According to an email from Lt. Hood, Richmond Police and possibly VCU Police will meet at the corners of China and Pine (near Open High School) on Wednesday, October 20th at 4 PM for a roll call. Once the Roll Call is over, about 5-10 minutes, the Sector 413 officers will walk and/or bike around Oregon Hill. If you have been wanting to raise an issue with the police department, this would be the perfect time to do so.

Blog Post on The Cowboy Junkies’ Song

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Ray Bonis, who works at VCU’s library, is a treasure trove of Richmond history knowledge. He shares it in part by being one of the co-authors of the The Shockoe Examiner blog (along with neighborhood resident T. Tyler Potterfield). This week they included an addition to the VCU Special Collections, the original draft, or closest thing to it, of the music group Cowboy Junkies’ song “Oregon Hill”. To see it online, check out the blog post (by clicking here), and do yourself a favor while you are there and bookmark the blog.

Reminder: Oregon Hill Walking Tour On Sunday

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This is a reminder that there will be a walking tour of Oregon Hill on Sunday, October 17 from 2pm to 4pm.

Settled by Irish and Welsh ironworkers in the 1840’s, Oregon Hill is one of the oldest intact neighborhoods in Richmond and continues to thrive as a tight-knit, working class neighborhood. Includes a visit to St. Andrew’s Church and School. Meet at Laurel and Idlewood streets.

For more information, please click here.

HandsOn Open High This Saturday

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This coming Saturday Hands On Greater Richmond is hosting a big volunteer day with projects all over the region. There are at least two of them that are directly related to Oregon Hill. One is at the William Byrd Community House and one is at Open High School. Here is the Open High one’s details:

Description:

Open High School’s mission is to produce students who will be goal oriented individuals proficient in all of the core subject areas. Equally important is our commitment to fostering competence in and an appreciation for the arts and humanities. In addition, we view students as individuals, competent in the use of technology as well as community resources to further their personal and academic goals. Through shared decision-making and community service, it is our belief that students will develop a sense of personal and social responsibility that will guide their future decisions and actions as democratic citizens.

In lieu of a cafeteria, Open High School has a student lounge where students can eat lunch and interact when not in class. But the lounge desperately needs your help to make it an inviting place to hang out!

Specific Tasks:
– Paint the lounge
– Assemble new furniture and tables to be used for eating and studying
– Construct student cubbies

The minimum age for volunteers is 16 years old. All volunteers under the age of 18 are required to bring a signed copy of the Youth Waiver form to the project in order to participate.

Please note: HandsOn Day will start with a Kick Off Celebration at Richmond International Raceway.

Impact Areas: Other

Interests: The interests recommended for this project are:
Construction/Home Repair, Education, Special Events

Skills: The skills helpful for participation in this project are:
Construction, No skills needed

Click here for direct link to the HandsOn Greater Richmond Open High project.

Click here for direct link to the HandsOn WBCH project.

EarthAid.net Groups’ Next Steps?

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Now that other neighborhoods are getting their own EarthAid.net groups, what else can we look for?

The obvious aspect is some friendly competition. Do Oregon Hill households on average use more energy than say, Church Hill households? (My prediction is that OH ones do simply because of the number of VCU students and their computers, hotplates, miniature fridges, etc., but that may be based on a faulty generalization on my part).

Of course to get a good competition, we need more people to join EarthAid.net and share their utility information. Don’t forget, EarthAid.net users can also win rewards from local merchants. Maybe in the future, groups could collectively win rewards.

Regardless, more Richmond neighbors are looking to reduce their energy use (and save money!). On that note, the Sierra Club is a hosting a free, public meeting this Wednesday that will feature local experts on home energy audits as well as solar power.