Steven L. Johnson
@stevenljohnson.org
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YIMBY Co-chair @livablecville.bsky.social 🏘️ 🚲🚶🏽🧑🏽🦽🌎
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YIMBY Co-chair @livablecville.bsky.social 🏘️ 🚲🚶🏽🧑🏽🦽🌎
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Steven L. Johnson
@stevenljohnson.org
· Nov 15
👇🏽 this is just the start of the fireworks for today 👇🏽
The gaslighting is just wild. Youngkin is urging the BOV to, “take advantage of the most inclusive and successful Presidential search process in UVA’s history.”
🕵🏽♀️ Facts:
- Federal overreach
- Forced firings
- Hasty Appointments
- Votes of No Confidence
- Lawsuits
- Secret deals to appease Trump
🕵🏽♀️ Facts:
- Federal overreach
- Forced firings
- Hasty Appointments
- Votes of No Confidence
- Lawsuits
- Secret deals to appease Trump
I just finished up the commitments for my day job (an employer for whom I do not speak for or represent ), so I finally have the time to weight in a Question of the Day about UVa governance: how can we keep this kind of mess from happening ever again?
All, y'all 👋🏼, this Thursday is the Monthly Livable Cville Meetup. See you there, right?!
Lock it in: this Thursday, February 12, is the monthly Livable Cville meet-up—from 5 to 7 (and then some). No agenda or meeting, it's a drop-in social at Ix Brazos Tacos. Newcomers, old-timers, and everyone in between are welcome!
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
All, y'all 👋🏼, this Thursday is the Monthly Livable Cville Meetup. See you there, right?!
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Discussing HB650- requiring judicial warrants for ICE enforcement in protected spaces.
February 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Discussing HB650- requiring judicial warrants for ICE enforcement in protected spaces.
Sunny with temps in the 50s? Oh, yeah
February 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sunny with temps in the 50s? Oh, yeah
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Want to support Community Bikes and get some yummy baked goods?
www.charlottesvillecommunitybikes.org/bake-and-bike
www.charlottesvillecommunitybikes.org/bake-and-bike
Bake and Bike — Charlottesville Community Bikes
Bake and Bike: Valentine's Day fundraiser for Charlottesville Community Bikes. Cycling cupids delivering scones.
www.charlottesvillecommunitybikes.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Want to support Community Bikes and get some yummy baked goods?
www.charlottesvillecommunitybikes.org/bake-and-bike
www.charlottesvillecommunitybikes.org/bake-and-bike
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The development would contribute 2.56 students to WAHS, and the 0.56 student won't take up as much space as the other two.
On the PC meeting: Windy Knoll is a proposed 18-unit development about a thousand feet as the crow flies from the front doors of the Crozet Harris Teeter. Most immediate neighbors oppose the development; staff is recommending denial with the following reasons. I...don't really agree with these.
February 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The development would contribute 2.56 students to WAHS, and the 0.56 student won't take up as much space as the other two.
From David Velazquez at Daily Progress, "UVa faculty accuse Beardsley of 'bribing' students for their support"
archive.ph/asW7r
archive.ph/asW7r
February 9, 2026 at 11:47 AM
From David Velazquez at Daily Progress, "UVa faculty accuse Beardsley of 'bribing' students for their support"
archive.ph/asW7r
archive.ph/asW7r
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events.humanitix.com/livable-cvil...
Wow you can't miss this conversation @thewaroncars.bsky.social + @jamellebouie.net for Charlottesville! 😆
Thanks you @livablecville.bsky.social! This is awesome!
Wow you can't miss this conversation @thewaroncars.bsky.social + @jamellebouie.net for Charlottesville! 😆
Thanks you @livablecville.bsky.social! This is awesome!
Livable Cville Presents Life After Cars with special guest Jamelle Bouie
Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear will talk about their excellent new book “Life After Cars.
events.humanitix.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
events.humanitix.com/livable-cvil...
Wow you can't miss this conversation @thewaroncars.bsky.social + @jamellebouie.net for Charlottesville! 😆
Thanks you @livablecville.bsky.social! This is awesome!
Wow you can't miss this conversation @thewaroncars.bsky.social + @jamellebouie.net for Charlottesville! 😆
Thanks you @livablecville.bsky.social! This is awesome!
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I highly recommend this breakdown of Bad Bunny's halftime show.
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
I highly recommend this breakdown of Bad Bunny's halftime show.
Lock it in: this Thursday, February 12, is the monthly Livable Cville meet-up—from 5 to 7 (and then some). No agenda or meeting, it's a drop-in social at Ix Brazos Tacos. Newcomers, old-timers, and everyone in between are welcome!
February 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Lock it in: this Thursday, February 12, is the monthly Livable Cville meet-up—from 5 to 7 (and then some). No agenda or meeting, it's a drop-in social at Ix Brazos Tacos. Newcomers, old-timers, and everyone in between are welcome!
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We wanted to get our February newsletter out before the Bad Bunny show tonight. We hope you enjoy the content and the concert!
mailchi.mp/livablecvill...
mailchi.mp/livablecvill...
Livable Cville - February 2026 Newsletter
mailchi.mp
February 8, 2026 at 10:25 PM
We wanted to get our February newsletter out before the Bad Bunny show tonight. We hope you enjoy the content and the concert!
mailchi.mp/livablecvill...
mailchi.mp/livablecvill...
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There is no Indivisible Charlottesville (no protests, no actions, no canvassing, no Dine to Donate, no People’s Activist series) without VOLUNTEERS; & one of the most important things our volunteers do is serve as MARSHALS! Come out TODAY to learn more about this role and de-escalation!
As state violence increases and the need to protect free and fair elections grows, we expect future protests to be larger, and potentially more frequent. That means we need more marshals!
Even if you’re not 100% sure this is for you, join us on Feb 8 to learn more!
Even if you’re not 100% sure this is for you, join us on Feb 8 to learn more!
Marshal Training — Indivisible Charlottesville
Learn how to help identify and de-escalate tense or risky situations that might come up at rallies and protests.
www.indivisiblecharlottesville.org
February 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
There is no Indivisible Charlottesville (no protests, no actions, no canvassing, no Dine to Donate, no People’s Activist series) without VOLUNTEERS; & one of the most important things our volunteers do is serve as MARSHALS! Come out TODAY to learn more about this role and de-escalation!
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February 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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“This bill is responsive to ICE enforcement activities that are happening in courthouses,” Callsen told the subcommittee.
House panel advances bills limiting ICE activity in Virginia • Virginia Mercury
A Democratic House subcommittee early Friday morning advanced a broad slate of bills aimed at tightening how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can operate in Virginia. Lawmakers and supporters ...
virginiamercury.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“This bill is responsive to ICE enforcement activities that are happening in courthouses,” Callsen told the subcommittee.
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If you think this as outrageous as I do, come share your opinion at the joint City Council/School Board meeting, Monday, February 9 at 5:00 pm at Walker School.
Charlottesville Education Association’s response to the City School Board letter.
I’ll let you form your own judgments, but CCS leadership trying to withhold paid mental health and vacation days from support staff and then blaming it on CEA is so pathetic.
I’ll let you form your own judgments, but CCS leadership trying to withhold paid mental health and vacation days from support staff and then blaming it on CEA is so pathetic.
February 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
If you think this as outrageous as I do, come share your opinion at the joint City Council/School Board meeting, Monday, February 9 at 5:00 pm at Walker School.
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Of course. Of course.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Of course. Of course.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
How many times are we, as a people, going to kick this specific, stupid SV football??? Drives me nuts.
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This is a great observation. I hadn't been able to put my finger on this line but, yes, this is it. There are for sure prominent Dems who are to the left of Spanberger who have zero fight in them, and I'll take one Spanberger over ten of them.
VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This is a great observation. I hadn't been able to put my finger on this line but, yes, this is it. There are for sure prominent Dems who are to the left of Spanberger who have zero fight in them, and I'll take one Spanberger over ten of them.
Alas, neither fully came to fruition
resisting the urge to declutter my office instead of tackling the three time-sensitive tasks that really ought to be done before the weekend arrives
February 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Alas, neither fully came to fruition
It’s really coming down in Fifeville
February 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It’s really coming down in Fifeville
Sno’ thank you
(It is pretty, though)
(It is pretty, though)
February 6, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Sno’ thank you
(It is pretty, though)
(It is pretty, though)
resisting the urge to declutter my office instead of tackling the three time-sensitive tasks that really ought to be done before the weekend arrives
February 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
resisting the urge to declutter my office instead of tackling the three time-sensitive tasks that really ought to be done before the weekend arrives
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Our next webinar is less than 2 weeks away! Join us on Thursday February 19th at 6:30pm.
We will be learning from @andersem.bsky.social from @sightline.org about how Inclusionary Zoning can make the Charlottesville area more affordable.
Sign up today!
events.humanitix.com/inclusionary...
We will be learning from @andersem.bsky.social from @sightline.org about how Inclusionary Zoning can make the Charlottesville area more affordable.
Sign up today!
events.humanitix.com/inclusionary...
Inclusionary Zoning: Making it Work in Charlottesville Webinar, presented by Livable Cville
Learn about making Inclusionary Zoning work in Charlottesville with national and local experts.
events.humanitix.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Our next webinar is less than 2 weeks away! Join us on Thursday February 19th at 6:30pm.
We will be learning from @andersem.bsky.social from @sightline.org about how Inclusionary Zoning can make the Charlottesville area more affordable.
Sign up today!
events.humanitix.com/inclusionary...
We will be learning from @andersem.bsky.social from @sightline.org about how Inclusionary Zoning can make the Charlottesville area more affordable.
Sign up today!
events.humanitix.com/inclusionary...
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Here is the letter we sent, if you’re looking for some more guidance before sending an email this evening.
Send your email to:
sandy.shackelford@vdot.virginia.gov
Council@charlottesville.gov
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Send your email to:
sandy.shackelford@vdot.virginia.gov
Council@charlottesville.gov
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Here is the letter we sent, if you’re looking for some more guidance before sending an email this evening.
Send your email to:
sandy.shackelford@vdot.virginia.gov
Council@charlottesville.gov
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Send your email to:
sandy.shackelford@vdot.virginia.gov
Council@charlottesville.gov
docs.google.com/document/d/1...