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- Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to the Virginia Flaggers. Yeah, I said that. In a first for the group, they put up a Third National Confederate Flag up in Danville, diagonally across from the Robertson Bridge. This group can make a big difference now by changing their argument from “Nyah Nyah, Danville City Council Sucks!” to “Heritage & Education” if they follow up with an educational marker of some kind explaining the meaning and history of this specific flag. There’s been no official statement from the Virginia Flaggers on why they chose the Third National Confederate flag, but I look forward to hearing their rationale behind the change in their strategy.<\/li>\n
- Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History. With all of this Confederate flag controversy around, the director, board, staff & volunteers were able to pull off another successful “Museum Meets Margaritaville” annual event. They still had a long list of sponsors and the ticket sales were right around the normal amount. There’s room in the region for everybody’s view on the Confederate flag issue, and the success of this event is proof of that.<\/li>\n
- Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong><\/span> to the “collateral damage” of all the other flags having to come down because of Danville City Council’s newly enacted flag ordinance. It’s been around a month now since that ordinance was passed, and it’s time for the city to publicly announce that they’re trying to rectify that situation and start the process to do just that. At Tuesday night’s council meeting, it would be nice if at least one council member talks about that in their around the horn segment.<\/li>\n
- Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to the Golden Leaf Bistro. It’s one of the top restaurants in the Southside region and their relatively new patio expansion makes it into a great nightspot, too. Yep, it can be expensive, but it’s the same price level as Halifax’s Molasses Grill & South Boston’s Bistro 1888. People are driving 30+ miles to eat there and the food is excellent. Give it a try some time, folks.<\/li>\n
- Finally, a Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to Danville Public Schools Superintendent Stan Jones. He’s everywhere. He’s always smiling. He’s an excellent ambassador for the school system. He’s smart. He knows his stuff. He’s got great ideas. He came into the school system listening and hasn’t tried to muscle in by taking over everything himself. Danville’s school board made the right decision to hire Stan Jones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Five Thumbs! given out today… I believe that’s a new SouthsideCentral record. Thumbs UP! to SouthsideCentral for that, and we’ve got more coming up here on SouthsideCentral. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n
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- Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History. With all of this Confederate flag controversy around, the director, board, staff & volunteers were able to pull off another successful “Museum Meets Margaritaville” annual event. They still had a long list of sponsors and the ticket sales were right around the normal amount. There’s room in the region for everybody’s view on the Confederate flag issue, and the success of this event is proof of that.<\/li>\n