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City nixes Jefferson's birthday as holiday
« on: July 03, 2019, 03:49:46 am »
City nixes Jefferson's birthday as holiday

By NOLAN STOUT     |     Jul 2, 2019


To a smattering of applause as the clock approached midnight, Charlottesville City Council abolished the celebration of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday.

Council voted, 4-1, to remove April 13 as a paid holiday at its meeting on Monday. Councilor Kathy Galvin cast the lone vote in opposition. She has previously cited Jefferson’s contributions to the nation’s founding.

Council then voted unanimously to establish March 3 as Liberation and Freedom Day and provide employees a floating holiday.

Mayor Nikuyah Walker proposed eliminating the recognition. She originally proposed March 3 and March 4 as new holidays, saying Monday that it would bring the city to 12 holidays, in line with Albemarle County.

City Manager Tarron Richardson surveyed city employees who voiced support instead for a floating holiday.  .  .  .

https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/city-nixes-jefferson-s-birthday-as-holiday/article_cbe05f4f-7165-5420-8f40-521cebbd66e8.html




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Re: City nixes Jefferson's birthday as holiday
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2019, 04:25:50 am »
Seems like Virginia is now a suburb of New Jersey,doesn't it?
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Re: City nixes Jefferson's birthday as holiday
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2019, 01:31:22 pm »
First they cancel Easters, and now this.

It is not difficult to see the overall goal here.  Shouts of tearing down the Rotunda at UVA and razing Monticello will eventually give way to destroying the Declaration of Independence because a slave owner wrote it.  Because independence is the biggest enemy of the radical left.
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Re: City nixes Jefferson's birthday as holiday
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2019, 01:35:43 pm »
Seems like Virginia is now a suburb of New Jersey,doesn't it?
The northern counties are largely indistinguishable from the NY metro. Last time there, I heard more Bronx accents than Tidewater drawls.
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