American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

What Has The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act done in our area and why is it important for me to know?  ACVDN


The next time you encounter a republican tea party windbag talking down the recovery act you will know something the windbag doesn't.   You will know what the recovery act did in our area.
 
PLEASE NOTE:   This is just a partial listing of things in our area (over 16,000 projects).   Our area is a small, small part of this great country we live in.    The projects listed here are typical for all parts of the United States.
 
Projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Central Virginia.
Amherst County Virginia Democratic News
 
Home Weatherization


$2,935,140 to weatherize homes in Albemarle, Charlottesville, Greene, Fluvanna, and Nelson counties

Albemarle County Law Enforcement

$113,138 for supporting crime prevention and hiring of law enforcement officers.


I-64 Shadwell Interchange


$1,550,000 for construction at the I-64 Shadwell Interchange


Pavement Restoration


$4,848,000 for pavement restoration along Routes 20, 29, 33, 53, and 250


Appomattox County Public Schools


$2,650,452 for saving teacher jobs at K-12 schools, educational technology, school construction, and special education


Central Virginia Area Agency on Aging


$829,519 for home weatherization in Appomattox and Bedford Counties


Appomattox County Law Enforcement


$2,057 for supporting crime prevention and hiring of law enforcement officers


Appomattox Court House National Historic Park


$172,000 for restoration projects at Appomattox Court House National Historic Park


Albemarle County Public Schools


$9,236,574 for saving teacher jobs at K-12 schools, educational technology, school construction, and special education


Bedford County Public Schools


$9,884,870 for saving teacher jobs at K-12 schools, educational technology, school construction, and special education


Bedford County Law Enforcement


$695,017 for supporting crime prevention and hiring of law enforcement officers


Union Church Road Over Shockoe Creek


$334,950 for bridge repair


Boydton Plank Road Over Sturgeon Creek


$1,559,250 for bridge repair


New Store Road Over Willis River


$1,529,550 for bridge repair


Historic Preservation at St Paul's College


$594,706 for preservation of historic buildings on its campus.


Bedford City Public Schools


$939,520 for saving teacher jobs at K-12 schools, educational technology, and school construction.


Bedford City Law Enforcement


$44,393 for supporting crime prevention and hiring law enforcement officers


Bedford City Water Improvements


$198,330 for improvements to the Bedford City sewer system.


Lynchburg Community Action Group


$649,136 to weatherize homes in Campbell County and Bedford City


Buckingham County Public Schools


$2,707,067 for saving teacher jobs at K-12 schools, educational technology, school construction and special education


Buckingham County Law Enforcement


$13,191 for supporting crime prevention and hiring of law enforcement officers


Tobacco Heritage Trail


$6,000,000 for construction of Tobacco Heritage Trail from Town of La Crosse to Town of Lawrenceville


Central Virginia Health Services


$150,000 to expand care and hire additional staff at the clinics in New Canton and Farmville.


Greenway Road over Austin's Creek


$462,000 for bridge repair


Slate Hill Road over Hunt Creek


$354,750 for bridge repair


Union Church Road over Frisbee Creek


$353,100 for bridge repair


Mollies Creek Road Over Suck Creek


$297,000 for bridge repair


Campbell County Public Schools


$9,803,095 for saving teacher jobs at K-12 schools, educational technology, school construction, and special education.


Campbell County Law Enforcement


$67,762 for supporting crime prevention and hiring of law enforcement officers.


Campbell County Water Treatment Plant


$705,104 for water system upgrade for town of Brookneal


Charlotte County Law Enforcement


$15,981 for supporting crime prevention and hiring of law enforcement officers


Charlottesville Redevelopment & Housing Authority


$941,568 for modernization of affordable housing


Charlottesville City Public Education and Higher Education


$25,583,057 for saving teacher jobs at K-12 schools and universities, educational technology, school construction, special education, and early childhood education


Charlottesville City Law Enforcement


$230,080 for supporting crime prevention and hiring of law enforcement officers


Charlottesville Transit Service


$1,306,442 for energy efficient buses

The republican tea party nutjob doesn't care about safe roads and bridges, supporting crime prevention and hiring of law enforcement officers, educational technology, school construction and special education, jobs and small business, energy efficient homes,  water treatment plant upgrades or any of the other things the act did.     Thats what you would think to hear them talk.    The truth is they are speaking from ignorance.    They just know what the right wing ideologs tell them.     They have no idea what the recovery act did and the real truth is they would support it if they did.     The republicans like to keep their voters riled up and dumb and in that respect they are second to none. 
Amherst VA Democrats  

5th CD Now Statistical Dead Heat

The latest poll shows Democrat Tom Perriello in a statistical dead heat.

A September poll of likely 2010 general election voters shows the two candidates for Virginia's 5th Congressional seat in a statistical tie.     The Benenson Strategy Group poll is the second poll this month that shows Perriello and his opponent statistically tied, with the results within the margin of error.

Click to see a PDF of the poll results.


Thank You for all your hard work and please keep it up.    There is a little over a month before we celebrate Toms re-election.   

Virginia Democrats NEW Web Site

Amherst VA Democrats

Don't be fooled by republican tea party lies, Tom Perriello     is a
                    GREAT   CONGRESSMAN.


Hello Fellow Amherst County Democrats,

Exciting news -- there's a new home for Virginia Democrats on the web at www.vademocrats.org.



This new website represents a lot of work on the part of staff and state party leadership, and months of input from grassroots supporters like you.     In addition to updating the look and feel of the design, the updated site provides new tools and features that will help Democrats across the state stay in touch and get involved.


I'm most excited about the new phone-from-home tool that will allow our volunteers to help campaigns get out the vote by phone banking their neighbors without leaving the house.


The new site is faster and easier to use, and fully integrated with all your favorite social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube.


We'll be putting the new site to good use with more video content and the latest news and interesting perspectives from Democrats across Virginia in the "What's Happening" section.     It's all a part of the effort we're making at the DPVA to reach out to Virginians in every corner of the state and talk to them directly about the great work Democrats are doing to create jobs and move Virginia forward.


A great new site is only as good as the number of folks who use it, so don’t wait – log on to www.vademocrats.org and get involved!


Visit the site and browse and do all you can to support Tom Perriello in his re-election bid in Virginias 5th CD.

                                                                                                                         ACVDN

We will add the link for the Virginia Democrats to our website in the Links section.
Democrats of Amherst County Virginia