Following something of a surprise reveal and a couple of public hearings, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed Supervisor Ken Boyd’s Economic Action Plan yesterday. During public meetings, education and environmental activists expressed concerns that the plan sought job creation at the expense of those areas.
"You want to produce jobs," remarked Supervisor Dennis Rooker during a June meeting on the plan. "But you approved a budget that resulted in laying off 41 people in education. Those are jobs."
But, after a few suggested improvements (in PDF)—quarterly progress reports, and deference to the county’s Comprehensive and Land Use plans, among others—the plan passed with flying colors. Thoughts about the Boyd plan? Leave them below.