CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville City Council got an earful Monday evening from a contingent of city and county residents upset with the city’s apparent intention to break up the Free Bridge unhoused encampment.
A number of speakers during a public comment portion of Monday’s meeting expressed they believe the city has the wrong priorities when talking about removing the residents who have set up a makeshift campsite at the location.
“Instead of catering to the comfort of joggers on the Rivanna Trail, what we really should be doing is realizing that we should be really uncomfortable,” said city resident Emily King. “We should be uncomfortable because of the systems that have gotten us here. We should be uncomfortable with the fact that anyone would not have safe and secure housing in a town this filthy rich.”…