{"id":6533,"date":"2010-03-09T23:37:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T04:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2010-03-09T23:37:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T04:37:39","slug":"thumbs-39-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/09\/thumbs-39-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (3\/9 edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been slacking on our Thumbs! (that sounds painful, eh?) Let&#8217;s get a new edition underway.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And away we go!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thumbs UP! to the Regional Industrial Facility Authority for rejecting the same uranium mining ban that they rejected last month. Yep, again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That leads to&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thumbs DOWN! to Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors Chairman Hank Davis for re-introducing the same resolution for the second month in a row. Hank, listen to what Danville Mayor Sherman Saunders said, please. There&#8217;s no need to ban something that&#8217;s already illegal. Quit wasting time with stupid resolutions like that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ok, moving along with some more Thumbs!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thumbs UP! to Virginia&#8217;s General Assembly for passing a resolution showing unanimous opposition to former Governor Tim Kaine&#8217;s asinine authorization to send convicted murderer Jens Soering back to his home country of Germany where he could be released after two years. Governor McDonnell has already asked to revoke the transfer request and the legislature&#8217;s resolution shows unanimous support.<\/li>\n<li>Thumbs UP! to University of Virginia basketball coach for flunking off yet another &#8220;student&#8221; athlete off of his team. This time, Sylven Landesberg had a class that&#8217;s only graded on attendance &amp; participation. Landesberg hadn&#8217;t attended a class meeting for the entire term. Bennett seems to &#8220;get it&#8221; when it comes to academics &amp; athletics.<\/li>\n<li>Thumbs DOWN! to NASCAR for giving Carl Edwards only three weeks of probation for intentionally wrecking a rival&#8217;s car at 190 MPH. NASCAR&#8217;s just proven that it&#8217;s all about the sponsors and money. Somebody&#8217;s going to have to get seriously hurt or killed before something changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to wrap this up with a Thumb to somebody that probably will never be identified&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thumbs UP! to the anonymous donor(s) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/news\/holt-32227-car-teacher.html\" target=\"_blank\">who gave a Burlington NC teacher&#8217;s assistant a car<\/a>. Yep, you heard that right. That&#8217;s a story that just makes you smile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So there you go. Got any Thumbs! of your own? 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(12\/26 edition)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"December 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Where are the \"Thumbs!\" going in this edition? Let's see if they're flying up or down... Let's get it going with some seasonal thoughts! Thumbs UP! to VDOT and all of the local government's road crews for working their collective asses off and clearing the roads quickly during the recent\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;OpinionCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"OpinionCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/opinioncentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11433,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/05\/thumbs-the-no-shave-november-special-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":6533,"position":1},"title":"Thumbs! (The No-Shave November Special Edition)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"December 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I'll tell you right now. They're all Thumbs UP! James Buckner came up with a great idea to raise money for the Danville Cancer Association during the month of November. \"No-Shave November\" was the plan for people to sell raffle tickets while growing beards during the month. Let's get to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thumbs!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thumbs!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/thumbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11090,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/09\/thumbs-veterans-day-parade-special-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":6533,"position":2},"title":"Thumbs! (Veterans Day Parade Special Edition)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Parades like today's make me proud to live in Danville. Here come da Thumbs! Big Board! Thumbs UP! to everybody who came to this year's Danville Veterans Day Parade. This was the largest crowd that I've seen, and their waving and cheering put a smile on all the honorees' faces.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thumbs!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thumbs!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/thumbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/FTJuZgD.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/FTJuZgD.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/FTJuZgD.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/FTJuZgD.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5995,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/16\/thumbs-1216-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":6533,"position":3},"title":"Thumbs! 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You know the drill... Thumbs UP! to Laurie Moran and the staff at the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce for picking up another 5-Star accreditation rating from the US Chamber of Commerce. I'll\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6874,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/06\/thumbs-55-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":6533,"position":5},"title":"Thumbs! (5\/5 edition)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a while since our Thumbs! got some use. Let's remedy that situation quickly. Let's get to the Thumbs! Thumbs UP! to all of the candidates that ran for Danville City Council. 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