{"id":1491,"date":"2008-10-15T12:11:44","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T16:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2008-10-15T12:23:07","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T16:23:07","slug":"its-so-cute-when-c-ville-forgets-that-its-c-ville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/10\/15\/its-so-cute-when-c-ville-forgets-that-its-c-ville\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s So Cute When C-Ville Forgets that It’s . . . C-Ville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amusingly, the littlest one in NoVA, Falls Church, has it handled. Blueweeds has the details<\/a>. More background about the opening shots here<\/a>. Short version<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As word spread today in the normally docile downstate community about Mayor Norris’ throwdown voter turnout challenge to the people of Falls Church City, the Charlottesville natives have reacted, well, let us just say poorly, to the sudden head rush of competition.<\/p>\n

The local Charlottesville blog cVillain.com has chronicled the reaction. The self-described “hippy trippy liberals with STDs” of Charlottesville are now vowing to “bitch slap” Falls Church and to use our gift of a much beloved sassafras tree as a toothbrush before consuming it in the form of ecstasy.<\/p>\n

Oh my.<\/p>\n

Notoriously competitive, and a New Jersey native, Falls Church Mayor Robin Gardner was asked to comment on the escalating developments.<\/p>\n

“Bitch slap? Did they really say bitch slap?'” asked one of only two female mayors in Northern Virgina. “Oh, this is not so good. Not good at all. Somebody may have to take a cab.”<\/p>\n

Charlottesville is clearly struggling under the pressure of coming within 20 percentage points of our highest-in-the-Commonwealth voter turnout numbers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(My theory on this little outburst is that they’re just clamoring for attention, hoping that NoVA will annex them as a protectorate when we finally decide we’ve had enough of Virginia and secede.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amusingly, the littlest one in NoVA, Falls Church, has it handled. Blueweeds has the details. More background about the opening shots here. Short version: As word spread today in the normally docile downstate community about Mayor Norris’ throwdown voter turnout challenge to the people of Falls Church City, the Charlottesville natives have reacted, well, let […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t