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This is a strange mashup of two SouthsideCentral types of features. We’re going to hop in the Time Machine and go back to November 20, 2012. That’s the day that Danville City Council approved grant money to a losing trifecta of Job Busts. Get ready for a not so fun ride… […] I love economic development spin. Actually, I love to expose economic development spin and mock the hell out of it. […] It was about a year ago that there was a big announcement that promised 101 new jobs over the next three years. I bet you know where this is going… […] The Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce hosted a job fair at the Institute today (with a lot of help from numerous partners). SouthsideCentral was there covering it (and hey, looking for a new job too!) and I’ve got a Big Board of Random Thoughts about it. […] The EPA hosted an open house at Danville’s Community Market on Monday afternoon with a lot of state and federal agencies talking about the coal ash spill and the cleanup efforts. SouthsideCentral was there talking and asking questions. Let’s take a look at some of the interesting things that I found out… […] Today, we finally got some information from the Danville’s Economic Development office about the quite comatose GOK furniture company. I don’t believe a damned word of it. […] There’s a college rugby tournament happening in Danville this weekend. Ha! You didn’t know about it either, huh? […] Let’s move right into the audience portion of Tuesday night’s American Legion Post 325 Danville City Council Candidates forum. Sorry for the long delay but these things take a while to write. […] Hey, the gang’s all back for another Danville City Council candidates forum. Well, mostly. You people enjoyed the scoring system last time, so I’ll do it again. there were a lot of questions asked so we’ll spread this out over multiple articles. Lets make it happen… […] We’re LIVE! tonight at the Danville City council meeting. Refresh the page for the latest updates. We’ll start reporting around 6:15 PM. We’re here. Eric Deaton’s going to address council tonight. Sherman Saunders is out of town. Vice Mayor Gary Miller presides tonight. Public comment section time. We’ve got a presentation on the Youth […] I’d like to thank Mia Brantley for granting permission to republish an essay that she wrote about her experience working Web Parts, LLC (the quite dead Job Bust where the owner has bailed out of town). Mia’s an excellent writer and I’m glad to feature her story here on SouthsideCentral. […] I’ve been working on this story for a few weeks and I now have enough properly sourced information to publish it. GOK Industries is not going to build their Danville furniture plant and will not be creating the 300 jobs as promised in the announcement. You’ve heard it first on SouthsideCentral. […] The red zone is for unloading only. The white zone is for Thumbs! Let’s see what we have today… […] Here’s where we left off: Alonzo Jones & John Gilstrap at +11, Dawn Witter at +9, Gary Miller at +7, James Buckner at +3 and Joyce Glaise at -3. Let’s score the second half of the forum, total up the points and finish up with our first Power Rankings. […] You want an action replay of what happened and how I scored the candidates? You got it. This first article covers the introductions and the first two questions. It’s brutal, it’s snarky… but it’s damned honest. I’ll promise you’ll laugh. […] Editor’s Note: I’ve cleaned up this running story and fully scored the forum in the two articles listed below. Part #1: Showcase Magazine City Council Forum – First Round Part #2: Showcase Magazine City Council Forum – Final Scoring […] Here’s a feelgood story on how life is so tranquil on Danville’s Washington St. Not. […] We’ve taken a look at the incumbents for the 2014 Danville City Council race. Let’s do the same thing for the challengers. […] You don’t have to commit a stupid crime to be featured. Government officials can have dumbass ideas. […] It’s that time again. SouthsideCentral will be covering the Danville City Council race throughout the duration and will wrap it up with our endorsements before election day. Our first update will introduce the field then we’ll take a look at the incumbents and their strengths, weaknesses and a general opinion of them at this early […] Here we go again. Ugh. […] Not only do we have the happenings from the DEQ coal ash spill update meeting, we’ve also got tonight’s Danville City Council meeting highlights! […] I’ve got a story to tell. I was scared for my life last night. […] here’s our :IVE! recap of what happened at the last Danville United meeting. […] We’re LIVE! Danville City Hall. Here’s the recap of what happened. […] |
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