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(Originally published on Mar 7, 2010 @ 17:18 – Updated to review Motley’s appearance on Jessica Griffith’s TV show tonight)
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If Thomas Motley wants to have a real chance at getting elected to Danville City Council, his choosing not to look back or comment on his past isn’t going to cut it.

Governor Ward Armstrong. Aaaaaaiiiiiiieeeeeee! No. No! NO!!! Make it stop!

We had made it 22 days without an article on the 5th District race. That streak comes to an end after a stupid-ass comment by Verga, who said Robert Hurt raised taxes “once again”.

Today, Danville City Council appointed Joe King as Interim City Manager after the death of Lyle Lacy. We’ve got some photos from today’s activities.

Three open seats, three candidates. This may be the only update on this election but I’m optimistic and calling this article “Update #1″ anyway.

The deadline’s passed and the field is set. Let’s see what’s Danville’s looking at for the May 5th elections.

Click the cutline below to see tonight’s Danville City Council meeting’s LIVE! recap.

Danville City Councilman Adam Tomer announced his bid for re-election today.

We’re going to have to wait at least another year to be safe from the fear of Human Tracking Devices! The Horrors!

Then tell City Council that at their next meeting on Tuesday, March 1st. SouthsideCentral will tell you how.

Danville City Council is the latest governing board to reject an attempt at banning something that’s not even legal already. Strike FOUR! Now just go away, please.

Click the cutline to go to tonight’s commentary…

Last Update: Danville City Council Race – Update #1
We’ve had a few surprises but the race picture is getting clearer. Somewhat.

Everybody’s getting in the Food Chain game!

Dr. Gary Miller announced his bid for re-election to Danville’s City Council on Wednesday, and SouthsideCentral is glad to give you the full text of his speech.

Want a good (but underhanded) tactic to make sure your upcoming Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office budget isn’t cut severely?

The field gets even more crowded. Catherine Amos, reporter with the Danville Register & Bee, will have an article on this in Wednesday’s newspaper.
UPADTE: The story’s online now.

Click the cutline for commentary on tonight’s Danville City Council meeting.

We made it six days without a political article, so let’s get everybody upset at us with our first “Food Chain!” that ranks the candidates for Virginia’s Republican nomination for the 5th district.

Five of the six candidates for the 5th District Republican nomination met in Charlottesville last night. So what happened, who won and who lost?

Editor’s note: The debate is over, but you can still read the comments after the cutline. We’ll try and get an article recapping this debate later tonight.
Watch it live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nbc29 , and comment on it here LIVE!

And in this case, Tom Perriello has to be pleased.

Four Danville City Council seats will be up for grabs on May 4th. Since the Register & Bee has started the ball rolling with an article about the race, let’s start drilling down into some scenarios and play with some speculation.

Kim White, Halifax County’s Commonwealth’s Attorney, is LIVE! at Bob McDonnell’s inauguration at Richmond and she’s sent in some great photos! We hope you enjoy looking at them. Thanks, Kim!
UPDATE: Video now included.

Ever seen the movie “Vantage Point”? It tells a story from the viewpoints of multiple people, each with their own motivations. If you’d like to see a local version of “Vantage Point”, it happened this week in South Hill during a Q&A session with the seven candidates for the Republican 5th District nomination. Let’s try [...]

Mike McPadden (Republican candidate for the 5th District nomination) was in Danville on Friday night. Gotta admit, I was pleasantly surprised at his professionalism and knowledge.

Mike McPadden, one of the candidates for the Republican 5th District nomination, will be in Danville on Friday night. SouthsideCentral hopes to be there LIVE!

Or so says Bill Hay…

Our thanks to the awesome Gracie Gunnell for getting these photos!
Laurence Verga, a candidate for the 5th District Republican nomination, hired out the guy known as “Joe the Plumber” to come campaign for him. They made an appearance at Danville’s Mary’s Diner at 9 AM today. Here are some photos from the event.

He might have bailed out of Danville, but he’s still getting rich off of Martinsville.