{"id":13135,"date":"2015-06-24T20:44:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T00:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=13135"},"modified":"2015-06-24T20:44:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T00:44:24","slug":"thumbs-62415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/24\/thumbs-62415\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (6\/24\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>UP!<\/strong><\/span> or <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>DOWN!<\/strong><\/span> &#8217;em if you got &#8217;em, boys. Thumbs, that is.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s play.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the long list of Official Thumbs! Rules: <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">UP!<\/span><\/strong> is good. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>DOWN!<\/strong><\/span> is bad. The. End.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to bring on that Big Board!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to Sharon Dones. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to Renee Hughes. <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Thumbs UP!<\/span><\/strong> to Philip Campbell. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to Steven Gould. Heck yeah, four <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> at once! These four people are the Danville School Board members who voted YES to move all school board meetings to Danville City Council&#8217;s chambers. That means that both school board meeting every month will be televised live and in a much more spacious area. This is a big win for more government transparency and it came at the cost of very little inconvenience. And for everybody who was hesitant, voted NO or made any excuses on what the move shouldn&#8217;t be made&#8230; a big <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thumbs DOWN!<\/span><\/strong> to them.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to Deborah Dix. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to Karen Maute. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to Philip Lovelace. <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to Barbara Hudson. Yep, another set of four <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> at once. Dix, Maute and Lovelace were locked out after the Pittsylvania County Agricultural Development Board went into an illegal closed session. Barbara Hudson was the attorney that put the lawsuit together for them. The suit was dismissed because the county admitted that the closed session was illegal. Maute, Lovelace, Dix &amp; Hudson are amazingly terrific watchdogs against the county&#8217;s lack of transparency and this is third time that they&#8217;ve won against the Pittsylvania County government. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong> <\/span>to Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors member Elton Blackstock for saying it was bad behavior to sue a volunteer board. Horsecrap! Blackstock is a non-voting member of that board and he had to have known that closed session was illegal.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, a <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> for Virginia International Raceway. They&#8217;re holding a fun event this weekend, the 3-Gun Nation Regional Championship Series. Over 200 competitors are going to be there and spectators are very welcome. Tickets are $10 at the gate. We&#8217;re going to have more on this in the upcoming LightningRound! article, but I wanted you to know that the event is happening this Saturday &amp; Sunday. There&#8217;s a lot more to do at VIR than just drive, folks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s some Thumbs! for you. We&#8217;ve got more coming up on SouthsideCentral!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=250%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/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>UP! or DOWN! &#8217;em if you got &#8217;em, boys. 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