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Post G24-010: Growing ginger in Virginia? This needs a rethink.
Post G24-009: The Great Potato Chit-Off, Chits win round 1.
Post #1961: I just did my taxes, and some potentially helpful advice on the Virginia 2023 tax rebat…
Post G24-009: Chipping/shredding vines and green twigs.
Post #1960: The U.S. is resolving the chaos in the EV charging market. Slowly.
Post #1959: Town of Vienna, slowdown in the tear-down boom?
Post #1958: Town of Vienna “Notice of Proposed Real Property Tax Increase”.
Post #1957: Recording an over-the-air TV program with Verizon FIOS TV
Post #1956: If he didn’t have (R) after his name, would you vote for him?
Post #1955: Town of Vienna proposed tax and water rates for 2024-2025.
G24-008: The (blue) birds and the (mason) bees.
Post G24-007: The Great Potato Chit-Off, 2024, and my rules for planting potatoes in the South.
Post #1954: LA is a great big freeway. Put a hundred down and buy a car …
Post #1953: Penance for flying?
Post #1952, addendum 1: How big are Virginia’s batteries going to be?
Post #1952: Does Vermont really have a carbon-free electrical grid?
Post G24-006: “My grandmother grew loofahs … once.”
Post G24-005: Is it March already?
Post #1951: Replacing the battery in a cheap cylindrical dashcam.
Post #1950: A couple of sketchy things.
Post G24-004: Advice on sheltering your bee hotel for the winter.
Post #1949: The great flat spot in car prices.
Post #1948: Don’t drive like a knucklehead.
Post #1946: Now the government is coming for my smoke detectors.
Post G24-003, addendum 2: Starting ginger root, second try.
Post #1945: Microplastic, not sure I much care about it.
Post G24-003, addendum 1: Slow-roasted ginger root.
Post G24-002, addendum 2. Chilling the chitting.
Post #1944: Chevy Bolt one-month review
Post #1943: Microplastic, doing a burn test for carpet fiber
Post #1942: Microplastic, some more targeted questions.
Post #1941: Microplastic, some initial questions.
Post G24-002, Addendum: Chitstistix, a power test.
Post G24-003: Ginger and turmeric, edible house plants.
Post G24-002: The straight chit on growing potatoes.
Post #1940: Dark Groundhog Day.
Post #1939: We’re now past the winter peak of COVID.
Post G24-001: It’s Groundhog Day. Again.
Post #1938: Psychrophilic bacteria for winter composting, total failure
Post #1937: A brief note on tire size numbers.
Post #1936: What if this is as good as it gets?
Post #1935: The new fridge efficiency standards. What to do when progress slows to a crawl.
Post #1934: No spare tire? When did this happen?
Post #1933: A short, simple explanation of U.S. immigration law
Post #1932: The death of my electric vehicle has been greatly exaggerated.
Post #1931: Custom oil candle base for the Luminiser TEG lantern
Post #1930: Luminiser lantern, much cheaper to run than a flashlight using disposable batteries.
Post #1929: The caveman wants his fire, or, better to light one candle.
Post #1928: Will those who succeeded in immigrating illegally please raise your hands, part II
Post #1927: Will those who succeeded in immigrating illegally please raise your hands?
Post #1926: A Prius driver takes a pass on Chevy Bolt “one-pedal driving”.
Post #1925: Bolt EV, party like it’s 1999.
Post #1924: I bought a Chevy Bolt.
Post #1923: Gym use during our normal winter peak of COVID-19 cases.
Post #1922: Venn Diagram of Used Chevrolet Bolt Search.
Post #1921: Psychrophilic bacteria for winter composting, setting up the experiment.
Post #1920: Weren’t we due for the next Federal budget crisis about now?
Post #1919: Salted Leafs and Bolts, an unexpected twist in my search for a used EV.
Post #1918: Falling Leafs, fallen Bolts: The trend in used EV prices in my area.
Post #1917: Composter shed failure
Post #1916: Messiah 4, COVID 0.
Post #1915: I’m giving spit to 501(c)(3) charities this Christmas
Post #1914: Pneumatic tires for wheelchair use, no good solution to the problem of flat tires.
Post #1913: If you think a flat tire on your car is inconvenient …
Post #1912: What the watt?
Post #1911: LED Christmas light life expectancy.
Post #1910: Twinkly® lights: Amazing, but not twinkly.
Post #1909: Never eat at a place called Mom’s.
Post #1908: I returned a broken jar of jam to Amazon today …
Post #1907: Liz Cheney’s new book
Post #1906: Twinkle lights.
Post #1905: All I want for Christmas is an economically efficient fake tree
Post #1904: I have committed plastics abuse.
Post #1903: Hallelujah! Return to normalcy.
Post #1902: A few lessons from thrift shopping for a Christmas tree
Post #1901: Artificial Xmas Tree
Post #1900: The USDA released a new map of U.S. plant hardiness zones this week …
Post #1899: Composting shed, testing
Post #1898: Home testing for airborne mold spores, results
Post #1897: Re-using political yard signs. Composting shed, Part 2
Post #1896: On re-using political yard signs: Composting shed, part 1.
Post #1895: Home testing for airborne mold spores, a quick review of options
Post #1894A: A minor technical followup on the NY Times/Siena poll results
Post #1894: Commentary on the NY Times/Siena College poll results.
Post #1893: Winter, firewood, soot, Canada
Post #1892: Vienna Metro has lost its groove.
Post #1891: If the on-line deal seems too good to be true, what do you do?
Post #1890: Vote-by-mail … maybe?
Post #1869: Manhattan marijuana miasma, part 2
Post #1868: The dope-smoking ghosts of Manhattan.
Post #1867: So, as I was changing a tire yesterday, the car fell off the jack …
Post G23-068: Life in mustard and okra, ten lessons from my 2023 gardening year.
Post #1866: Winter composting, take 2, using an indirect solar air heater.
Post #1865: The new Town of Vienna Zoning, checking a few details.
Post #1864: Lime green tomato zucchini bread
Post G23-067: Garlic and soil sulfur.
Post G23-066: A little fertilizer calculation, or why I #leavetheleaves.
Post #1863: Overthinking winter composting.
Post G23-065: Sweet potatoes, a low-effort food.
Post #1862: AI-generated pictures and theft of intellectual property.

Post #489: The Mayor will not run for re-election

Posted on December 10, 2019

This was announced at last night’s Town Council meeting. It was a nice speech and was met with respectful silence at the end. Here’s the audio, in case you’d like to hear it.

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Posted on December 10, 2019January 11, 2023Author chogan@directresearch.comCategories Town of Vienna, VA

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