A CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE RESPONSIVE, REPRESENTATIVE CITY GOVERNMENT

CITY GOVERNMENT NEEDS AT LEAST ONE INDEPENDENT VOICE ON CITY COUNCIL

WHEN VOTING WHAT IS THE 'SINGLE SHOT' OPTION? There are two open seats but you don't have to cast two votes. In the secrecy of the voting booth you can do whatever you want. You can vote for two, you can vote for one, you can write in a name, you can leave everything blank, whatever you want. Since the two highest vote totals win, if you vote for me and someone else you've just cancelled out your vote for me. If you vote 'Bob' and no one else you will send a strong message to the political leaders of the city that you are very uncomfortable with some of the policies of city council or Dave Norris. The city political machine is so strong there is no doubt that Dave Norris will be reelected and will remain mayor. But if you feel as I do that an independent voice is needed just vote 'Bob'. The concept is a little hard to understand but it works. In the late '50's or early '60's when Tom Michie ran for City Council the African American community used the 'single shot' (voting for just one person) strategy to support Tom. He won by one vote. If any two people who voted 'single shot' had voted for the next runner up as well (cast two votes) Tom Michie would have lost.

THE BASIC DREDGING DEMONSTRATION HAS NOW BEEN POSTED. CLICK ON NEXT LINE.

A Basic Dredging Demonstration. Why are they so afraid of this?

Press Release, May 15, 2009. Fenwick running for Charlottesville City Council as an Independent.

I have decided to run for City Council and it will be as an Independent. I’ve lived in this area for 33 years and raised my family in Charlottesville, so I’m well aware of the political realities of the task ahead of me. I would ask that you hear me out on the issues that I will be discussing, and then the choice, as it should be, is up to you.

First and foremost, I’ll be working as hard as I can as a private citizen running for office to turn the local economy around; to create jobs. I’m only one man, but I believe in the free enterprise system and it always takes but a single step forward to turn things around. In the coming weeks, I will lay out how we as a community can take steps to invigorate the city.

Second: all the issues I will raise, including the jobs issue, will be directed towards strengthening our citizens, families, and neighborhoods. On top of this list will be saving McIntire Park, which in many ways is the social hub of our community. This includes saving the was side of McIntire park from commercial development, keeping the Dogwood Festival Carnival and Barbeque in McIntire Park, retaining the McIntire Wading Pool and Golf Course and stopping the Meadowcreek Parkway.

For 40 years, the Meadowcreek Parkway has been an open wound in our community. It has been a bone of contention and it’s time to end it, one way or another. We the citizens, not we the politicians, need to decide this and then move on to other things. My campaign will serve as a referendum on the Meadowcreek Parkway that the citizens have never had. You have had politicians stand before you and promise to oppose the Parkway, only to reverse course and break their promise once they sit on the City Council. I will not reverse course. I oppose the Parkway, I will demonstrate, I will join any lawsuit against the parkway, period. You can visit www.stoptheparkway.com to see my reasons.

I will use the public forum I have as a candidate for public office to advocate for a stronger stance on the part of City Council when dealing with the County. To put it bluntly, the City is getting rolled! The County is trying to force the City to complete the Meadowcreek Parkway by building their part before the completion of the permits for the interchange. Do you think they would have done this without first getting ironclad assurances from the Mayor that the City would not move to block the parkway, even though Charlottesville citizens have consistently opposed the Parkway for almost 50 years?

Finally, I will use the internet in a very important way. My website www.votebob.net will have links to other websites explaining my positions on the issues, both present and future, facing the City.

With the help of the people of this community, a new day is about to dawn in Charlottesville, a day when the city council represents the citizens instead of ruling the citizens.

BOB FENWICK

Personal Information

Bob Fenwick

901 E. Jefferson St.

Area resident for 33 years

Occupation and Work Experience: 7 years US Army Corps of Engineers Officer, served one year in Vietnam, Central Highlands, Brigade Engineer, 4th Infantry Division; Owner Fenwick Construction (VA Class A General Contractor License #13681) 36 years; Writer www.Santas-Little-Helper.com (first Christmas story written for the internet); Vice President Austro Health and Environmental Education Project, Inc. (IRS 501c3); Community Organizer; Internet Web Master.

Click here for copy of DD Form 214, Honorable Discharge

Click here for testimonial to Vietnam service

Education: Bachelor of Science, Physics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.,
Undergraduate and graduate study, Civil Engineering, George Washington
University, School of Engineering, Washington, D.C., passed EIT exam.

Age: 64

Married to Victoria Fenwick, a graduate of University of Virginia School of Law, 42 years

Sons: Austin, product of Charlottesville city schools, graduate of The Citadel and recent graduate of University of Alabama Law School (Roll Tide!)

Ross, product of Charlottesville city schools, graduate of James Madison University, B.S. Physics, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, presently stationed in Afghanistan.

FENWICK'S FORUMS

On July 18, at the Freedom of Speech Monument, on the east end of the Downtown Mall, I held the first of a series of open air political speeches. Called Fenwick's Forums they will be a series of speeches on local issues the voters of Charlottesville have told me concern them. They will be held every Saturday at this location at 11:15 AM up to election day. Questions are encouraged. My goal is to address important issues in a comfortable setting. For a copy of the press release on each forum click on the link below.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PAST SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, WAS THE LAST DAY FOR THE 11:15 TIME. STARTING SEPTEMBER 19 THE TIME WILL BE NOON. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY CONFUSION.

Click here for Forum 1, Meadowcreek Parkway

Click here for Forum 2, City Budget and City Budget Priorities

Click here for Forum 3, Public Education in C'ville

Click here for Forum 4, Dredging and Damming

Click here for Forum 5, The City Budget

Click here for Forum 6, Dredging and Damming 2

Click here for Forum 7, What's good about Charlottesville?

Click here for Forum 8, Leadership

Click here for Forum 9, Political Promises

Click here for Forum 10, The Apology

Click here for Forum 11, The Dredge Report or How to Make Money Dredging

For a start you can click on the sites below.

www.SaveMcIntire.com

www.StopTheParkway.com

www.DemandJobs.net

www.RivannaDam.com

www.HomeWorkwithBobFenwick.com

www.AustroCancerResearch.org

www.Santas-Little-Helper.com

www.McIntireTheFox.com

This is shaping up to be the classic underdog campaign, one man against the most powerful political machine in Virginia, the ordinary citizens of Charlottesville against special interests. To help me please contact me at bfenwick@mindspring.com.