{"id":7358,"date":"2011-04-06T00:26:37","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T04:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=7358"},"modified":"2011-04-06T00:26:37","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T04:26:37","slug":"thumbs-4610-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/06\/thumbs-4610-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (4\/6\/10 Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! It&#8217;s been a while since those Thumbs! have been going up-and-down, hasn&#8217;t it? Let&#8217;s jump on it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Move those Thumbs!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to Danville&#8217;s City Council for getting the message across that now isn&#8217;t the time for a tax increase. Speaking of taxes&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong> to Pittsylvania County Supervisor Marshall Ecker for a DOA suggestion to start taxing lottery tickets. Ecker is why the Dillon Rule is still needed in Virginia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to a Pittsylvania County citizens group for attempting yet again to get Sunday beer\/wine sales in the rest of the county.<\/li>\n<li>While we&#8217;re talking about Sunday beer\/wine sales in the county, I have to give a Perpetual <strong>Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong> to Supervisors Tim Barber &amp; Coy Harville for their attempt to bypass the will of the voters in the last election cycle. The voters in the Callands\/Gretna District approved the Sunday sale law, yet Barber &amp; Harville attempted to keep the actual law off of the BOS agenda. When the voters speak, the supervisors must listen. I&#8217;ll never forget that episode.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ok, enough about government &amp; taxes. Let&#8217;s move on to other things&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong> to Jerry Meadors. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.godanriver.com\/news\/2011\/apr\/04\/north-theatre-sale-danville-ar-948827\/\" target=\"_blank\">a recent R&amp;B article<\/a>, the former director said the failure of the operation was lack of funding from the city leaders and local foundations. Really, Jerry? Look at what the Prizery has done in South Boston and take some lessons from that. You had a grant opportunity for $110K if you had raised $60K. You failed that test, so why should anybody else try with public money?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to Darriel Burnett. He&#8217;s the leader of the Danville Tea Party, and he &#8220;gets it&#8221;. You may not agree with his political philosophy, but you have to admire the way that Burnett has brought rationality and calmness into the organization that was once known for their ridiculous stunts. You&#8217;ve still got a few Danville Tea Party people who shout at telephone poles, but Burnett is trying to straighten the ship&#8217;s course. It looks like the local Tea Party is finally going to get into local issues and if they do things in Burnett&#8217;s style, they should be able to make their voices heard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s enough Thumbs! for now. Got any comments? Post them here.<\/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>Wow! It&#8217;s been a while since those Thumbs! have been going up-and-down, hasn&#8217;t it? 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(6\/24\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"June 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"UP! or DOWN! 'em if you got 'em, boys. Thumbs, that is. Let's play. Here's the long list of Official Thumbs! Rules: UP! is good. DOWN! is bad. The. End. It's time to bring on that Big Board! Thumbs UP! to Sharon Dones. Thumbs UP! to Renee Hughes. Thumbs UP!\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\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8099,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/12\/thumbs-11122013\/","url_meta":{"origin":7358,"position":1},"title":"Thumbs! (11\/12\/2013)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been almost a month since our Thumbs! got a workout. Let's fix that problem now... 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":25588,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/09\/thumbs-5916\/","url_meta":{"origin":7358,"position":2},"title":"Thumbs! (5\/9\/16)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Regular humans have opposable thumbs. SouthsideCentral has amazing Thumbs! UP! is good and green. DOWN! is bad and red. That's simple enough, so let's go jump on that Big Board! Thumbs UP! to Danville voters. They got it right in the recent City Council elections by returning all four incumbents\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\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12695,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/14\/thumbs-51415\/","url_meta":{"origin":7358,"position":3},"title":"Thumbs! (5\/14\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I can see it in your eyes. You know you want my Thumbs! Remember that these are our new improved color-coded Thumbs! Green and UP! is good. Red and DOWN! is bad. Big Boards are always good. Let's get one out now... Thumbs UP! to our congressman, Robert Hurt, for\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\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6874,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/06\/thumbs-55-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":7358,"position":4},"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. Even though there was a bit of under-the-table intrigue during the last few weeks of the campaign,\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":7815,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/31\/thumbs-8312013\/","url_meta":{"origin":7358,"position":5},"title":"Thumbs! (8\/31\/2013)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Excuse us while we whip out our \"Thumbs!\"... What's hot? What's not? What other clich\u00e9s can we use? Let's get to the \"Thumbs!\" Thumbs UP! to the Chatham Star-Tribune newspaper. 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