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Once upon a time I ran a news site, now I just have opinions on the news. 

Good Morning, RVA!
My goal is to get you everything you need to know to have intelligent conversations with the folks you encounter throughout the day. Plus, jokes!

Sep 21
Sep 21 Good morning, RVA: Confederate monument survey, busses in Chesterfield, and electric transportation

Ross Catrow

Next year, I think you'll be able to take a bus to almost every mall in the region? VCC, you're next!

Sep 20
Sep 20 Good morning, RVA: School Board, silos, and Squirrels

Ross Catrow

No matter how you feel about baseball, everyone can get into playoffs!

Sep 19
Sep 19 Good morning, RVA: Horrible guidelines, new rezonings, and a School Board meeting

Ross Catrow

I’d like to live in a world where I write less about where children go to the bathroom.

Sep 16
Sep 16 Good morning, RVA: Beautiful weather, creative tax solutions, and the RVA Street Art Festival

Ross Catrow

I hope you enjoy the heck out of this weekend.

Sep 15
Sep 15 Good morning, RVA: Mapping the bike network, Diamond District in committee, and post-apocalyptic goats.

Ross Catrow

There are probably worse jobs in Richmond's post-apocalypse than goat farmer.

Sep 14
Sep 14 Good morning, RVA: Gun violence, new legislation to watch, and more on the Diamond District

Ross Catrow

Is it just me or does it feel like flannel weather out there this morning?

Sep 13
Sep 13 Good morning, RVA: A marathon meeting, a bike lane survey, and a Diamond District developer

Ross Catrow

No one makes good decisions after midnight.

Sep 12
Sep 12 Good morning, RVA: Rising assessments, school board meeting, and the cost of commuting

Ross Catrow

Someone should put together a good presentation comparing Land Value Tax to an across-the-board cut in the real estate tax rate.

Sep 9
Sep 9 Good morning, RVA: Landscaping delay, scooching a building, and talented young artists

Ross Catrow

Celebrate your bivalent booster with pastries.

Sep 8
Sep 8 Good morning, RVA: Plants in a circle, Council's thoughts, and a climate talk

Ross Catrow

Every couple years I pull up the Wikipedia entry on semantic satiation.

Sep 7
Sep 7 Good morning, RVA: Just regular-choice voting for now, deleting a parking lot, and pawpaw bread

Ross Catrow

Bleeeeeehhhhhhhh.

Sep 6
Sep 6 Good morning, RVA: Closing Carytown to cars, closing bridges to Texas beach, and closing launch windows to rockets

Ross Catrow

This week opens with a bunch of closings.

Sep 2
Sep 2 Good morning, RVA: New boosters, ranked-choice voting, and Rocket 2.0

Ross Catrow

Because I’m a terrible person, I’ve assigned you homework over the long weekend.

Sep 1
Sep 1 Good morning, RVA: Abolish parking minimums, RGGI shenanigans, and pawpaws

Ross Catrow

Tubby has shifty eyes and shaggy brows.

Aug 31
Aug 31 Good morning, RVA: Disappointing, Hanover; a new scooter ordinance; and Region 1 Teacher of the Year!

Ross Catrow

I'm excited to spend the fall writing thousands of words about scooters!

Aug 30
Aug 30 Good morning, RVA: BADPLTS, TOD1 ZN, NTE4NAT

Ross Catrow

Either some of these rejected license plates are totally innocuous, or I’m too old to get the reference.

Aug 29
Aug 29 Good morning, RVA: First day of school, "the location was unknown," and back to the moon!

Ross Catrow

Students: Good luck, it'll be awesome. Families: You did it, you made it through the summer.

Aug 26
Aug 26 Good morning, RVA: High/Medium, new monkeypox vaccine eligibility, and the last weekday of summer vacation

Ross Catrow

Students! Squeeze the last sweet drops of summer vacation out of this weekend!

Aug 25
Aug 25 Good morning, RVA: School board follow up, a wind farm, and celebrating the river

Ross Catrow

I celebrate the river's entire catalogue.

Aug 24
Aug 24 Good morning, RVA: A meeting with no outcomes, the TV tower, and another T-shirt

Ross Catrow

It's always a bad idea to call a meeting with no agenda.

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