{"id":10140,"date":"2014-09-01T13:39:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T17:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=10140"},"modified":"2014-09-01T13:39:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T17:39:20","slug":"thumbs-912014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/01\/thumbs-912014\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (9\/1\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s been a while and my Thumbs! were getting rusty. Nobody likes rusty Thumbs!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the guidelines. UP! = Good. DOWN! = Bad. Let&#8217;s bring on the Big Board&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong> to Danville City Council&#8217;s recent use of the &#8220;consent agenda&#8221;. I know that a consent agenda is used to quickly pass small things that usually have no controversy, and I&#8217;ve got no problem with that. However, a consent agenda also can be used to ramrod issues through the process quickly and quietly. In this coming Tuesday&#8217;s session, the city retiree bonus is on the consent agenda and that needs to have its own debate. If a member of council doesn&#8217;t pull it off this consent agenda, I will as a citizen. If the mayor and council think that the meetings are going too long, that&#8217;s just tough. I&#8217;ve spoken out before against attempts to limit back-and-forth debate. If this turns into a frequent way to FastForward council meetings at the expense of citizens not knowing what&#8217;s going on, it will need to stop.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong> to that damned pothole that&#8217;s already forming at the intersection of Main &amp; Union Streets in downtown Danville. It took 84 years to complete the Main Street construction (remember when the Christmas Parade had to detour through Blairs?) and that intersection&#8217;s pretty little bricks are already crumbling? (yes, slight exaggerations for humor there, people)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to WDBJ&#8217;s Justin Ward. He&#8217;s moving up in their news department and will be leaving his Danville beat soon. Justin quickly learned his area and became the region&#8217;s best TV reporter just as quickly. We&#8217;re going to miss Justin and we wish him the best in his career.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ah. My Thumbs! feel better now. More coming up on SouthsideCentral!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/13\/breakdown-danville-school-board-election\/sclogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sclogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"sclogo\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"buffer_tpc_check\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ijcis4e2ziok.cloudfront.net\/tpc-check.html\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"buffer_tpc_check\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ijcis4e2ziok.cloudfront.net\/tpc-check.html\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it&#8217;s been a while and my Thumbs! were getting rusty. 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(4\/6\/10 Edition)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"April 6, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Wow! It's been a while since those Thumbs! have been going up-and-down, hasn't it? Let's jump on it. Move those Thumbs! Thumbs UP! to Danville's City Council for getting the message across that now isn't the time for a tax increase. Speaking of taxes... Thumbs DOWN! to Pittsylvania County Supervisor\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thumbs!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thumbs!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/thumbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17045,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/02\/11\/thumbs-21116\/","url_meta":{"origin":10140,"position":1},"title":"Thumbs! (2\/11\/16)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"February 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"If you don't use your Thumbs! for ten weeks, they get rusty. Trust me on that one, folks. UP! is good. 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If you want a preview of what's on tonight's agenda, read today's earlier SouthsideCentral article. Be sure\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/pZalf6X.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/pZalf6X.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/pZalf6X.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/pZalf6X.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8709,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/29\/thumbs-5292014\/","url_meta":{"origin":10140,"position":4},"title":"Thumbs! (5\/29\/2014)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I have Thumbs! They go UP! They go DOWN! Come look at my Thumbs! in this edition. 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