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Oicatá – silhouettes of the past guide the future
Posted on September 25, 2015 by A Stray Cat's Wandering under antiquity, history
Blanca Ocasion (right), Oicata native, naturalist, historian and photographer lead us to the Sacred Spring and Musica Observatory. Leo Castillo Amezquita, translator (left).
The wind howls across the pastures of Oicatá, whipping the clumps of grasses, bending branches of dark green trees, painting scrub brush with grey dust, and lashing the slate colored mountains of the Cordillera Oriental.
Colombia's easternmost mountain range, part of the ancient Andes, is the backdrop of this story, and the homeland of the ancient Muisca people.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada founded the tiny village of Oicatá on May 9, 1593. Located in the department of Boyacá, (the equivalent of a state in the U.S.) the area is well known for its history, because the region was the scene of a series of later battles, which led to Colombia's independence from the Spanish Crown in 1819.
Prior to the arrival of the Conquistadors, however, an ancient, highly developed society inhabited the area, the roots of which have been traced back to almost 10,000 B.C.E. In the early XVI century, Conquistadors encountered the skillful and populous Muisca Confederation — gold workers, emerald miners, agriculturalists and weavers.
Near the top of the mountain we came upon an ancient, sacred spring. It emminates from beneath a deep.
The Muiscan Confederation, a loose union of states that each retained sovereignty, was not a kingdom, as there was no absolute monarch, nor was it an empire, because it did not dominate other ethnic groups or peoples. The Muiscan Confederation was one of the biggest and best-organized confederations of tribes on the South American continent.
A short drive from Boyacá's capital, Tunja, the bucolic landscape is one of sharp contrasts – just as the history and pieces of this ancient civilization are similarly juxtaposed. The ancient, ethereal silhouettes of the past loom over the dusty-lime-colored fields, where massive tan gashes mar the vista with scars of man's determination to develop roads and harvest materials for bricks and the construction of modern edifices. Mountaintops, hillsides and entire escarpments have been slashed away by bulldozers, and whittled by picks and shovels.
After badly needed rainfall the previous day and night, today's adventure was to meet a local guide to visit indigenous places– a cemetary or an observatory. Dressed in jeans with wool knee socks, simple walking shoes and far too many layers of sweaters and jackets, little did I know that we were all embarking on a cross-cultural, spiritual journey of discovery – connected by indigenous sacred sites and important celestial observatories – that would join the paths of the ancient Muisca with the Polynesian voyagers of my Hawaiian home.
The site of the ancient Musica Observatory. During heavy rains this flat rock face becomes a waterfall. The holes are made by centuries of swirling rocks and worn depressions made by the natives during their rituals.
The day was gorgeous – sporting cerulean blue skies — while cottony clouds scuttled across the sky, buffeted by fresh, post-frontal winds.
The name "Oicatá" is the name of the indigenous chief who ruled the area prior to the Spanish invasion. The Cacique (chief) that governed this prehistoric village was the Zaque Hunza. The indigenous Cacique and his tribes paid homage to their deities and held festivals in her honor in the village.
Omar Amezquita, whose family traces four generations in the area, stands at the sacred rocks. When Conquistadors invaded New Grenada they burnt the sacred sites and homes of the natives.
Driven by my host, Omar Amezquita, whose family has lived in the area for four generations, we dashed across dirt roads to the village of Oicatá. There, we stopped to pick up our guide, Blanca Ocasion, a native of the village.
Ocasion recently won a second term as a representative in local government. She is also an advocate of reforestation efforts, sustainable agriculture and a proponent of the recognition and appreciation of the indigenous culture and their history. Ocasion greeted us with a dazzling smile.
A short distance past the village we pulled to the side of the road, and surrounded by a cloud of white dust, we prepared for the hike. After slipping around a metal fence with Blanca at the lead, we scaled grassy hills, and descended eroded vales. She explained that in times past, the area had an abundance of water – rainfalls, natural springs, rivers, streams – and thickly-wooded forests.
"When the original inhabitants populated the area, there were many more trees on the land. Most of the trees you see now are introduced varieties, such as Eucalyptus and Acacias, which take a lot of water and are bad for the environment. The water system is deficient; we have very few springs and streams."
While the indigenous population farmed, mined and wove remarkable textiles, they are not responsible for the erosion visible today. Deforestation to exploit wood for construction, cattle and sheep farming, and excavating the earth for construction materials, compounded the problem.
We hiked up into a valley where we found an abundant spring emanating from beneath a large cave. This unique spot was the site of the Muisca's celestial observatory. In ancient times, the indigenous Colombian tribes observed the heavens to discover the best time for planting crops, harvesting, travel and religious ceremonies. Half way across the planet in Hawaii, the Hawaiian chiefs charted the stars for their celestical navigation routes throughout the Polynesain triangle.
On the way we passed by a sunny hillside where Blanca had been busy planting native shrub and tree species.
Miles from the nearest road, and without a visible source of water in sight, Ocasion is determined to bring the landscape back to its original glory, no matter how long the process might take. As the native plants flourish, endemic birds, reptiles and forest animals, such as native foxes, are making a gradual comeback.
Brilliant pink flowers adorn this brushy native plant that thrives in dry conditions
Ducking beneath a patch of non-indigenous trees, Blanca pointed out an emerald green blanket of healthy, native moss, taking advantage of the shade. From this moist ground cover, the possibility of native species taking root will be increased.
A little further along, we stopped to examine some short bushes bearing brilliant bright pink flowers – an example of native species recovery.
While Colombia is witnessing one of the worst El Nino events since 1997, and a state of emergency has been issued by the government for certain areas of the country, Ocasion has reason to hope that one day she and like-minded people witll restore their farms and homelands to thier original forested, stream-crossed glory.
"With new farming techniques, such as using certain types of seeds, composting to enhance soil, water catchment, and drip irrigation, I hope to show others that farming can be profitable," said Amezquita.
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Greens call to buy back the grid, in power play against ALP
Australian Greens call on federal Labor to take a stance on ownership of the nation's electricity grid, after unveiling a policy proposal that would seek to return it to public hands.
Sophie Vorrath Posted on 2 February 2018 31 Comments
The Australian Greens have called on federal Labor to take a stance on ownership of the nation's electricity grid, after unveiling a policy proposal that would seek to return the largely privatised grid to public hands.
In a policy document released on Friday, the Greens propose transitioning the electricity grid back to public ownership, starting with the acquisition of the "vital" privately owned interconnectors – which connect the different regions of the NEM – by the Commonwealth.
The proposed policy would also seek to amend the rules of what the Greens say is a "broken market", where even government-owned networks have passed exorbitant price increases onto consumers.
The proposal comes as privately owned energy network companies came under increased scrutiny this week, following power outages in the state of Victoria that were ultimately caused by faults on the networks of private poles and wires companies.
As tens of thousands of households were left without power during a southern heatwave, market watchers and consumer advocates wondered where all the money had gone to if it wasn't spent on upgrading infrastructure to cope with the inevitable spikes in demand that each summer brings.
The policy also comes on the eve of what could be a crucial by-election for the ALP in the federal seat of Batman, in Melbourne's north, after the resignation of Labor's David Feeney on Thursday – the latest victim of the parliamentary dual citizenship saga.
The unexpected contest will pit Labor candidate Ged Kearney – who is Australian Council of Trade Unions president – against Greens candidate Alex Bhathal, who came close to beating Feeney at the last federal election.
As Guardian political editor Katharine Murphy has pointed out, the Batman by-election will be framed in Canberra as a test of Bill Shorten's leadership – particularly on such hot-button issues as high electricity prices and the market mechanisms that are driving them.
Already, however, signs of factionalism are appearing, with the Electrical Trades Union quickly and publicly welcoming the Greens' new policy, saying in a statement that the failure of NEM to deliver planned investment into reliable, affordable power supply had been felt by every household and business in Victoria and South Australia.
"This by-election, Labor needs to decide if they're for privatisation or against it," Greens MP Adam Bandt said on Friday.
"The current system is a rort designed by and for big corporations. Instead of using public funds to build our network more cheaply and efficiently, customers are forced to bankroll the profits of big
corporations, Cayman Islands companies and the investment arms of other governments.
"Big corporations front up to the regulator, ask for a 7 per cent return to build and maintain poles and wires when the government could do the job at 2.5 per cent and the regulator then ticks it off and makes consumers foot the bill," Bandt said.
"Network companies are responsible for 97% of all blackouts, like the ones we just saw in Victoria, yet governments turn a blind eye and blame renewables instead.
"Standing up to Cayman Islands companies and putting the grid back in public hands will mean lower power bills. We will have a rationally planned network where investments are made in the public interest and to cut pollution, not in the interests of overseas shareholders and fossil fuel companies."
Of course over-investment in, or "gold plating" of, grid infrastructure has not been the preserve of privately owned networks.
As market analyst Hugh Grant has noted here before, some of the worst offenders of over-spending n poles and wires have been the Queensland government owned networks, followed by NSW (when government owned).
But the Greens told RenewEconomy their solution was not just to "renationalise" the energy networks, but also to change the rules.
As the policy document puts it: "The first step will be to reduce the guaranteed rate of return offered to network companies to at or close to the government bond level.
"There can be no justification for making consumers subsidise essentially risk-free investment in networks at rates of 6-7% when government can borrow at rates of closer to 2.5%."
Sophie Vorrath
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Steve 1	2 years ago
This is typical of the Greens, they don't believe in renewables and they don't believe in the future. I thought the future was all about solar & wind power, battery storage with smart grids and local community control. Why should taxpayers bail out old technologies, old systems and large multi national corporations. Every time these distribution networks fail it should reminds us we need to change the system, not prop it up like the Greens want to do. If Government buys out these networks then the Government will be committed to maintaining and defending a 20th century structure when we should be planning and investing for this century and beyond. The $2.8billion should be invested into putting solar panel onto the roofs of Government buildings such as schools and the like and having local battery storage not ensuring company executives get their bonuses this year. Once again this is mindless posturing by the Greens with minimal scrutiny by the left wing msm
Lindsay	2 years ago
I'm not sure how you have managed to interpret their statement as 'don't believe in renewables and they don't believe in the future'. They clearly want to control the grid network to aid in moving the grid towards renewables and 'the future'.
Understanding how money works at the federal level will also help here. The 'taxpayer' does not fund anything at the federal level. The federal government is not financially constrained, it creates the currency after all. It also creates the laws. It could in theory demand companies hand over assets. They won't, but they could. So they can easily buy back all of the grid, or in the case of QLD, stop the state government owned company from profit seeking, and turn it into a non-profit organisation. While buying back the grid they could also be putting solar panels on all public buildings. This isn't an either/or situation. They should do both.
Privatisation of essential services is never a good idea. Re-nationsalising the grid (and all power generation and sales) is the best long term solution in my opinion.
Yep, can anyone offer a privatisation that has actually worked long term in the public interest. Telstra, Commonwealth Bank, QANTAS just to name a few, haven't exactly been resounding success stories.
Guy Stewart	2 years ago
The Australia post model seems to work pretty well.
Ren Stimpy	2 years ago
Snail mail has been undergoing a slow disruption by email, text and instant messaging etc, and the shrinking market for it is why stamps have risen to $1 each, accelerating its own disruption. Australia Post parcel delivery will also be disrupted eventually. At least there's good competition among current and future private suppliers of those services.
I'm not against the privatisation of the electricity networks per se, just against the clumsy and rushed way state Liberal governments greased them up then shoved them into monopolistic private ownership in a very forced and unnatural manner, violating consumers without care. Eventually the consumers woke up to that type of Liberal shenanigans, example being the Qld Newman government kicked out in spectacular fashion after one term. The lesson is that the market itself should take care of privatisation and disruption in its own time, not a rushed and clumsy government.
I am not seeing the threat to Aus Post Parcel delivery. They are extremely well placed to take advantage of declining letters and increased e-commerce. http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/other-industries/australia-post-firsthalf-profit-soars-to-131-million/news-story/14d6850278927fd02cb06dfe138c424d
As I said eventually, but more like inevitably it will be disrupted. The parcel delivery biz has been growing due to the proliferation of e-commerce, so if there were intrinsic efficiencies prices for parcel delivery should be coming down. But Australia Post have actually been raising their prices for parcel delivery. This reveals what a lumbering and inefficient organisation they really are, ripe for disruption. The disruption will probably emanate from disruptions occurring overseas and spread to Australia (just like Uber). Any deal between Australia Post and Amazon will only forestall the disruption for a few years.
Andy Saunders	2 years ago
Compared to what they were when government-owned? Surely you don't believe that?
Ken Dyer	2 years ago
The Federal COALition seeks to preserve wealth and privilege for the few. Twenty years ago, the then Victorian LNP Government privatised the electricity networks because that followed the LNP ideaology, that fossil fuels and electricity networks should be owned by a few very rich people who did not really care that using fossil fuels for heat and power, was at a cost to the planet as a whole. Now we see the consequences of those actions in global warming, pollution, early death, etc.
This ideaology in being undermined because the Sun is free to everybody with the tools to capture its power. Our technology has now improved to a point when we can now capture a proportion of the energy generated by the Sun. Unlike fossil fuels, a finite resource, the Sun is an infinite resource, and as our technology improves over time, more and more of that energy will be produced.
For the first time in human history we have been able to capture, in a really useful and meaningful way, the energy of another planet, the Sun. This is what most people fail to understand; the Sun provides egalitarian opportunity. The Federal COALition does not like that; it seeks to preserve wealth and privilege for the few. Renewable energy directly contradicts their ideaology.
If the LNP knew that 20 years on, renewable energy technology would be rapidly supplanting fossil fuels for energy, do you think that they might have thought about privatising the electricity networks a little longer?
That's just pathetic posturing.
How you can wrestle a well argued case for a government buy back of vital infrastructure that has gaping holes in it because of a failure by the private owners to ensure that the fuses were up to the job, into a claim that the Greens don't believe in renewables or the future, when the opposite is patently true, defeats me.
The Greens say, let's buy back the interconnectors so we can fix the inadequacies, at far lower cost than the private owners.
You say that means the Greens don't believe in renewables.
Really. I should know better than to feed the trolls.
Don't know why the Greens insist the grid has to be nationalised to change the rules. That can be don at any time.
And as pointed out, the nationalised grids were the worst for gold plating/higher prices.
Are you saying energy prices and reliability have improved since privatisation?
Nope, I'm saying prices are worse in states with govt-owned grids.
My point is the system is failing so why should the taxpayer be buying a failing system. If you believe in the future and if you believe in renewables you would be letting the system fail and not proping it up with a government subsidy. Renewables is not just about replacing coal and gas with wind and sunshine, it is about changing the political structure of society and putting the power and control into the hands of the community. If you believed in the future you would put trust in the new technologies and trust in the people to work it out. Your thinking is that the choice is between government and the market, that is 19th and 20th century. If you believe in the future there are other choices.
The system is failing partly because the private owners will not spend enough of their obscene profits on ensuring that the system is properly maintained. That ALL its components are adequate to function in the increasingly demanding conditions of high heat and high demand.
On Sunday, in Vic, the fuses blew in substations and pole top transformers. The poles and wires were "gold plated" to cope with extreme demand, but some how, the fuses were not.
Gold plated taps, clapped out leather washers.
The private owners are letting the system fail, so the system should be removed from private control. End of.
Should never have been privatised in the first place. A better use of OUR money would be to subsidise PV, batteries and regional production and distribution. Buying an old and failing system is typical of political thought – stupid. I have written to Adam Bandt (and others) and told him to stop being political and push for a real fix.
Radbug	2 years ago
This is how the Greens can win … everywhere. Talk about the money … get it? … the money!!!
mick	2 years ago
job just got harder with sa independent lucy gichuhi signing up with malfunctions mob of clowns thats 30 seats and a horrible agenda
not really any harder, a Family First (of origin) member was always going to support conservative legislation anyway. FF have a long history of voting with the conservative/ anti-progressives and against progress and the realities, so nothing has changed in effect.
true but she is now an automatic vote and she will knock around with the dinosaurs
Ah yes, Lucy….the new 'Liberal'. I love it how these jokers stand for election under a party flag and then quick as a flasher they change their flag after they gain office. Surely there has to be some regulation of this practice. Isn't this a kind of fraud on the electors. Just like all of our 'Dual Citizen' MP's, they've committed Electoral Law Fraud and get away with it.
agree totally if they change horse there should be another by-election if im a constituent then i want my say if my rep defects to a crew that i wouldnt have voted for fraudulent behavior but legal
And I'm sick of Two Tongues Turnbull banging on about how Parliament needs to improve. It starts from the top and these 'defectors' are an example of how the punters are disrespected and cheated on. If you want to defect then sure do that at the next election. This changing horses mid race business needs to be stopped NOW.
and no i didnt vote for her
Glynn Palmer	2 years ago
The electricity industry has been evolving for a century.
It started off as local authorities building power stations, a distribution network and retailing to their constituents. Then it was amalgamated into state controlled generation, transmission, distribution and retail with regional operation and administration.
When I started in the industry as an administration supervisor in South West Qld in 1983, the town I was based in had its own diesel and gas turbine power station that served about 8,000 customers. We had 4 smaller towns further west that had their own diesel generation and unconnected micro grids. The smallest town had about 21 customers where one employee maintained the generation units. There were 7 separate state owned distribution/retail boards that accounted for their business separately and each had their own board members and CEO. There was no private investment in any of the arms of the industry.
All of those towns and surrounding areas are now part of the NEM grid, connected by transmission lines. The power stations are all closed. The lower populated rural areas are supplied by a single wire earth return line (SWER) (the small outer branches of the distribution system) .
The state government has gone through several iterations of reforming the industry, starting from having a centralised electricity commissioner overseeing all the regional generators, transmitters, distributers and retailers. Now Qld has several state owned generator corporations, several privately owned generators, a state owned transmission corporation and 1 state owned distribution corporation. Only Ergon (the regional part of the distribution corporation) still has a retail business to sell to uncompetitive regional Qld customers outside of the SE corner.
As an accountant, I went from cash accounting to accrual accounting to being corporatized (acting as a private profit making company while all the shares were owned by the government and paying dividends at the direction of the government). The accounts were originally kept for each of the 7 individual distribution/retail franchises. Then in 2000 the 7 distributers were amalgamated into 2 distributers – (1 for the SE corner Which had the majority of customers) and the other for the rest of Qld which was all regional. The regional distributor received community service obligation payments from the government in recognition for its larger network servicing less customers. The 2 distributers were recently amalgamated into 1.
I can't really get on board with this. As a Western Australian, my tax money shouldn't be going to bail out the screwups of the other states. They only way I'd be tempted to agree is if the plan was funded by the GST disbursements to those states who screwed it up. And I can't see that ever happening.
The answer lies in the last part of his statement – CHANGE THE RULES. Start by cleaning out AEMC.
Ron Horgan	2 years ago
Repurchasing the power grid at a time when its centralised function is under challenge
is questionable. It will probably require expensive surgery to fit the more decentralised model. The second question is the price to be paid.
If the price is too high us mug electors will be hit both coming and going.
Seems like the most likely outcome.
Good idea needing more thought.
Greg Hudson	2 years ago
The sooner we see each small town across Australia with its own wind/solar/battery farm the better. The ultimate 'distributed' energy system may not be that far away. Local councils in the bush probably have the money to build them already IMO.
Good idea Greg, the energy distribution, sunshine and wind, is already in place. Just harvest and store. The obsolete power grid then has an insurance value to be evaluated against a fuel powered generator.
ben	2 years ago
I'm glad this is being discussed, but I cannot see it happening.
"Of course over-investment in, or "gold plating" of, grid infrastructure"
*IF* in fact the grid was gold plated as we so often hear about, how is it that so many 'fuses' blew during the heatwave in Melbourne (which BTW was just a hot day or two, and not even 'that' hot compared to some days in the recent past (like 46C in Melb for example). Those doing the gold plating must have forgotten to include fuses in the list of things we are paying for but not receiving. IMO the gold plating is nothing more than BS.

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Testing for Alexandria's controversial stream restoration work starts next week
Taylor Run (photo via City of Alexandria)
One of the biggest points of contention in the stream restoration debate was that models, and not actual testing of the streams in question, were being considered in policy discussions. Next week, the city is moving to rectify that.
The city announced in a press release that a consultant will be performing soil collection, sampling, and analysis tests at Taylor Run, Strawberry Run and Lucky Run — three streams being considered for restoration work.
"The field work for all three steams is anticipated to take place the week of July 25, 2021," the city said in the release. "Additionally, a consultant will be inspecting the previous stream project completed on the downstream portion of Strawberry Run during the Taft Avenue development to document issues that have occurred."
The city's plans to reshape the three streams were derailed in April when criticism from civic groups and some environmental experts compelled the City Council to take the plans back to the drawing board and do more testing to get a better idea of pollutant levels in the streams. The outcry centered primarily on Taylor Run, where some like Natural Resources Manager Rod Simmons said preliminary testing of the stream indicated that the phosphate levels in the water were likely significantly lower than models based on out-of-state data.
"The work that will be performed is consistent with direction received from City Council at the April 27, 2021 legislative meeting for staff to perform soil sampling and analysis and collaborate with the Environmental Policy Commission (EPC) on alternatives to natural channel design," the city said. "Council instructed staff to pause the planned stream restoration projects at Taylor Run and Strawberry Run for further evaluation, but proceed with Lucky Run while the soil sampling and analysis occurs. This process includes collection and analysis of soil samples to determine soil nutrient concentrations (total nitrogen and total phosphorus) and the bulk density and development of a report describing the effort and potentially recalculating the nutrient reductions using these data."
The tests are slated to be completed between October and December. Once the information is finalized as a report, the city said that will be available on the city website.
Democratic primary settled in Alexandria, but underlying issues linger
Vernon Miles June 9, 2021 at 3:45pm
Last night was a rout for a vocal contingent of Alexandrians pushing for a change in city leadership, but both top dogs in the local Democratic party and their opposition say the fight isn't over.
At Los Tios Grill in Del Ray, former Alexandria Mayor Allison Silberberg told enthusiastic supporters that conversations over issues like the Seminary Road Diet and Taylor Run Stream restoration project would continue, although the candidates who put those issues at the forefronts of their campaigns lost.
Silberberg said that her supporters should join boards and commissions and join their civic associations, continue speaking out and working on changing the city from within.
"This is a democracy," Silberberg said. "All voices need to be heard. I remain dedicated to those causes and getting things done, and I encourage people to stay involved."
On the Bring Integrity Back to Alexandria Facebook group, a page that had been a social gathering place for locals frustrated with city leadership, the reaction was dour, with members calling the results "depressing" or blaming the outcome on outside influences in local politics.
In terms of voting precincts, Silberberg won City Hall and a handful of the more residential areas in the center of the city, like around Seminary Hill, but Wilson won the more densely urban West End, Old Town, and Del Ray.
The election saw 23% of registered voters show up to the polls — a relatively high voter turnout rate for a non-Presidential election year.
Clarence Tong, chair of the Alexandria Democratic Committee, said the high number of candidates — 13 candidates in the Democratic primary for six seats — was likely one of the reasons for the high turnout, and that last night's results were an endorsement for the leadership of Wilson and the incumbent City Council.
"Yesterday we experienced high primary turnout in Alexandria. this was a reflection of the high quality of the democratic statewide and local candidates on the ballot, likely the largest number in our history," Tong said. "The great thing about the Democratic Party is the broad range of experiences and perspective from our candidates."
Tong said that many of the issues debated during the campaign will likely continue to be debated after the election.
"I would fully expect the policy issues that were debated during the Council primary to continue in other public forums," he said.
Photo via Alexandria Democratic Committee/Facebook
New editors, new challenges for T.C. Williams High School's student news outlet 'Theogony'
Last year, T.C. Williams High School senior Nikki Harris broke an exclusive, significant story. Superintendent Gregory Hutchings, Jr. was sending one of his children to an in-person private school at a time when ACPS was heavily in the midst of hybrid learning.
It was a shining example of the kind of independent, investigative journalism at Theogony, the high school's student newspaper.
Harris and a team of five other student journalists will be taking the lead at the news organization next school year — a transitional period both for the newspaper and the school it covers.
The school's name will change from T.C. Williams High School to Alexandria City High School. While the name change has been getting headlines, Theogony editors — like their peers at the renamed Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington — say the issue has been a bigger deal for adults than the student body.
"At least among people I talk to, very few people interested," Harris said. "More were [interested] in June 2020, but [now] it's kind of a distraction from structural issues."
Ethan Gotsch, an incoming editor of Theogony whose column Titan Underground profiled local musicians, said the name change is just one of the big changes coming to the school.
"We're also going to have our first Friday night lights and we're going back to in-person instruction," he said.
Editors at Theogony said the bigger issues within the student body — more than the name of the school — is the ongoing struggle to close the achievement gaps and the push for punishment reform within the school.
"[Outgoing editor] Bridgette [Adu-Wadier] wrote a lot about the suspension to prison pipeline, especially for students of color, and about whether teachers reflect student body," Harris said.
Harris said while there was a relatively proportionate number of Black teachers to Black students, that was not at all the case for Latino or Hispanic students, who comprise around 40% of the student body.
Harris said the torch will be passed to the new class of editors to follow up on that and other issues of school equity.
Jacqueline Lutz, another incoming editor for Theogony, said that T.C. students are also frequently tuned in to city-wide issues.
"A lot of times what I've found is the issues that T.C. students face are basically local issues as well," Lutz said. "We always try to find our T.C. angle, but also the local angle as well."
Last November, Theogony wrote about the Taylor Run controversy, which has since become one of the talking points in the 2021 Mayoral and City Council elections. Gotsch said the local primary is another issue that's been talked about within the school.
"As students, there is probably a limited amount of things we can do to tackle these issues," Gotsch said, "but we do write about the Democratic primary."
Beyond the changes coming to the school, there are also changes incoming for Theogony. The student news organization's main readership has traditionally been its print edition, distributed through the school, but with the school shut down Theogony had to transition this past year to a more online-focused model. Now, the student news group is looking at how that balance carries over into the 2021-2022 school year.
"We've been thinking a lot about how we transitioned entirely to online," said Harris. "Previously, print was our main source of readership. Now, we're thinking a lot about how to balance that out or whether we should keep online as our main thing." Read More
Wilson and Silberberg mayoral debate finale opens possibility of 'tweaking' Seminary Road Diet
James Cullum May 28, 2021 at 9:30am
With no more mayoral debates, now it all boils down to the Democratic primary on June 8.
Like the main event at a boxing match, Mayor Justin Wilson and former Mayor Allison Silberberg on Thursday night maneuvered through a series of questions in the final of four Seminary Ridge Civic Association candidate forums.
This is the final debate or forum for the two candidates until the June 8 Democratic primary.
Wilson is leading in fundraising and endorsements, while underdog Silberberg has gotten support from groups like the Bring Integrity Back to Alexandria Facebook page for agreeing on a number of its pet issues, including government transparency, reversing the Seminary Road Diet, and curbing developments.
Fifteen City Council candidates participated in the Seminary Ridge conversations, opining on density, affordable housing, government transparency, flooding, and, their opinions on making changes to the controversial Seminary Road Diet.
After a 4-3 Council vote in 2019, the road, which is next to Inova Alexandria Hospital, was reduced from four to two lanes in exchange for a center turn lane, bike lanes and sidewalks on both sides of the street, crosswalks and medians. A majority of Council candidates are now in favor of taking a look at bringing travel lanes back from two to four lanes on the 0.9 mile stretch of roadway between N. Quaker Lane and Howard Street.
Wilson said that he is in favor of tweaking the plan, although has been accused of ignoring the opposition of 13 civic associations.
"It's unfortunately we couldn't get everyone in the community on the same page on this issue," Wilson said. "I believe the improvements that we made were good ones. I'm hopeful that in the future we can continue to tweak as necessary."
Silberberg said she would restore the four lanes.
"This is a major arterial road that leads to our only hospital," she said. "I've seen it and many residents have seen it and told me about it that they've seen ambulances stuck. I think we have a chance to right this wrong, and, of course, keep the pedestrian improvements, but I wouldn't have voted for it and I will restore the travel lanes if I can get everyone together on that."
Silberberg said she's been saddened to hear reports of residents not trusting their government, and defended recently pledging herself to an accountability pledge labeled the Alexandria Constituents' Bill of Rights. Silberberg lost to Wilson in the Democratic primary in 2018, and says that she worked 16 hours a day, seven days a week during her single term.
"I think they [City staff] should sign the pledge as well," she said.
Silberberg also criticized the performance and six-figure salary of City Manager Mark Jinks.
"It is a lot of money, frankly. I brought this up (when mayor) but nobody agreed with me, but for the City Manager to have a car allowance. It sounds minor, but I don't think we should have that for him. I think we should revise that."
Wilson said that Jinks' salary was in the middle of the pack when compared to the salaries of neighboring jurisdictions, and that he is appropriately paid given the organization that he runs.
Colocation of affordable housing
Wilson said he does not want to colocate affordable housing on the grounds of Alexandria City Public Schools, a position echoed by Silberberg on another controversial issue.
"I don't support putting affordable housing on our existing school properties," he said. "We need more instructional space."
Silberberg said that the school system is bursting at the seams as it is.
"I would certainly support an ordinance to say no to putting housing on our limited school properties," she said.
Wilson said that the city's Environmental Policy Commission is full of "good science minds" that can look into the city's stream restoration projects, including at Taylor Run, Strawberry Run and Lucky Run. Last month, Council opted to send aspects of the projects back to the drawing board in light of widespread public criticism.
Silberberg says that Alexandria has few forests left, and that she has long been opposed to the plans, as well as Wilson's "unending pursuit of overbuilding".
Transit lanes on Duke Street
Speaking of road diets, Wilson and Silberberg agreed that the Duke Street Transitway project should not result in fewer traffic lanes between Landmark Mall and the King Street-Old Town Metro station.
"I personally don't think the volumes on Duke street would allow us to remove any traffic lanes on Duke Street," Wilson said. "We're gonna have a lot of community engagement to figure out the best alignment, as well as looking at the intersections to try to reduce some of the cut-through traffic that we see in a lot of our neighborhoods."
The city is embarking on the public engagement part of the project next month.
On $60 million in federal COVID funding
Silberberg said that the nearly $60 million in COVID relief funds coming to the city should be handled carefully, and after all of last year's flooding that the funds should be spent on stormwater infrastructure.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime investment from the federal government, and we need to be extremely careful and good stewards of this money," she said. "Think about what is mission critical. First and foremost, I think we clearly have to focus like a laser beam on this flooding, the sewage and stormwater flooding that's attacking, and stalking, really, our residents every time it rains."
Wilson said he's proud to have led the city through the most significant public health crisis in a century, and that the city needs to invest more in the social, emotional and academic losses experienced by Alexandria children.
"We have an opportunity to make generational investments in our community around our infrastructure, around our facilities, around some of the systems around workforce development and things that are going to ultimately benefit our community for generations," he said. "We got 1,300 suggestions from the community, and we're going to be working in June and July to apply those suggestions in figuring out how to use that first tranche of money."
Image via Seminary Ridge Civic Association/Zoom
Election: Stark differences as Wilson and Silberberg face off in mayoral debate
James Cullum May 10, 2021 at 10:15am
Stark differences were on full display Saturday night, as Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson and former Mayor Allison Silberberg sparred in a contentious debate on local issues.
Wilson defended his record since taking the mayorship from Silberberg in 2018. Silberberg, however, said she wants to restore the public trust, and that the city is at an inflection point.
"We've seen in the last couple of years certain decisions and policies that have been decided that really put our city at risk in many ways," Silberberg said. "Our visions for the city are different. And our city is at an inflection point… It saddens me to hear so many residents express a profound loss of confidence and trust in our local government. As your mayor, I would certainly be very focused on transparency, and rebuilding the public trust."
The hour-long debate was hosted by the Alexandria Democratic Committee, and moderated by Robert McCartney, a senior regional correspondent for The Washington Post. Wilson currently leads in fundraising and endorsements, and the debate comes on the heels of Wilsons' endorsement by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam.
Silberberg presented herself as an environmentalist in favor of "smart growth," while Wilson said that the city needs to match growth with transportation infrastructure.
"I'm inspired to turn what I've learned about our city's resilience over the last year into a mission for our city's future," Wilson said. "I know that by investing in our kids, investing in our basic infrastructure, and making sure that we have an economy that can support the services that our residents expect and demand, Alexandria cannot only survive in the aftermath of this pandemic, but we can thrive."
Silberberg's tenure as mayor was plagued by lone 6-1 votes, and Wilson said that she voted against a number of important issues, including a controversial 5.7 cent tax hike in 2017 that resulted in significant capital improvement funding.
"I speak out for the people and I listen to our residents," Silberberg said. "I'm certainly in favor of transit oriented development, that has been what we've all supported across the many years. But what I'm really for is smart growth. And what that means really, is that you don't have unabashed out of scale overbuilding on every square inch, that you do keep some open space, which helps with the flooding."
Silberberg criticized Wilson's handling of COVID-19, and said that the city's face mask ordinance needed to be passed sooner that the fall of 2020.
"It's been a harrowing year for all of us," she said. "I know a number of folks who have had COVID, and I've lost some friends. I don't think we should have waited till October 1 with the outdoor mask order. Cities all across the country were helping restaurants, but the restaurants in the Bradley Center in the middle of the city and on the West End weren't helped as much as other places, so we need to look at that across the board."
Wilson said that the mask ordinance was the first adopted in Virginia, and was replicated by Northam in his statewide executive order. He also said that the city's vaccination rate for Latinos is higher than for white residents, a result of "aggressive outreach" to the city's nonprofits.
"I'm very proud of that ordinance," he said. "Alexandria led the way in providing new small business flexibility using outdoor spaces, sidewalks, closing streets, parking lots and everything to help keep our businesses afloat. I worked with the mayor of Richmond to go down to the General Assembly and ultimately get the governor to include an executive order that allowed carry-out cocktails, which has helped keep our restaurants a floating all around our city. We spent millions of dollars a small business assistance again leading the way in the region, and helping our small businesses providing grants to small businesses all around our city."
Silberberg also said that she would reverse the Seminary Road Diet, which she said is a transparency issue.
Stopping Midstream: City Council sends stream restoration projects back for further study
Vernon Miles April 28, 2021 at 4:45pm
Near the end of a nearly eight-hour meeting, the City Council opted last night to send aspects of the city's controversial stream restoration projects back to the drawing board in light of widespread public criticism.
Stream restoration became something of a surprise Seminary Road-like issue last year. Many recurring public complaints — namely over a lack of communication from staff and concerns regarding city studies — resurfaced during the Taylor Run and Strawberry Run stream restoration debates.
But in other ways, the coalition uniting against the city's plans for Taylor Run and Strawberry Run looked different from the Seminary Road debate. While the same elements that composed to Seminary Road diet opposition were present in the stream restoration debates — local civic associations and the Bring Integrity Back to Alexandria! group — they were joined by more unexpected sources of dissent, like Audubon Society of Northern Virginia and the Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission (EPC).
"This has evolved into a political issue, but I'm here to voice my opinion on the science," said EPC member Marta Schantz. "We're concerned that many questions about current approach and good faith exploration of alternatives remains unanswered."
At the City Council meeting, the EPC laid out several concerns that had been repeated by some environmentalists throughout the process — with staff reiterating many earlier responses.
It's a muddy, tangled issue with branching concerns over the efficiency of natural channel design, the impact on wildlife in the area and the impacts of erosion — but one of the fundamental issues considered by City Council at the meeting was whether or not the stream is as polluted as the city's modeling indicates.
Critics of the project, including the city's Natural Resource Manager Rod Simmons, say the city is calculating pollution levels in the stream not based on first hand evidence gathering, but rather on state-approved models based on studies done in Pennsylvania. A study by Simmons found significantly lower levels of phosphates in Taylor Run, though Simmons' study was criticized by the city as not providing a complete view of total phosphate levels in the water.
Complicating matters is the city's plans to have the stream restoration work count towards the city's required pollution reduction credits. Staff reiterated that alternatives to stream restoration could be more expensive, less beneficial to the city — like paying credits for an equivalent amount of pollution reduction — and result in fees passed on to tax payers.
Even then, staff said the city will likely eventually need to take some form of action to prevent homes new Strawberry Run and Taylor Run from being threatened by erosion.
"If we take approach that we don't need to do anything, we risk losing grants, we pay for credits, and we'll eventually need to do something to protect neighboring homes from erosion," said Matt Landes, project director for the Department of Project Implementation.
City staff said there's a looming deadline to meet pollution reduction guidelines laid out by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Staff said that to meet a June 2022 deadline, the stream restoration projects need to move into final design in the May/June timeframe and the project needs to move into procurement by December this year.
Testing Taylor Run's water for phosphates, staff said, could take two-to-three months to get reliable results. But the city council — led by urging from members Amy Jackson and John Chapman — agreed to take that time to do the studies and get a better picture of the pollutant levels in Taylor Run and Strawberry Run.
"It's disconcerting to a lot of community members tonight," said Jackson. "We usually don't have public comment except for public hearings. They've been here pretty much every time signing in to discuss what they think is important… to be continually, what I feel: shoved aside."
The Environmental Council of Alexandria, which is led by former Vice Mayor Andrew Macdonald, has been the city's main opponent to the project.
"Staff reports and responses from City staff indicate that they want to proceed with this destructive and ineffective project despite all the scientific evidence against doing so," ECA wrote on Facebook on April 23. "This may be our last chance to stop this environmentally unsound project."
Chapman said the city should also take those months to get a better look at alternatives to current stream restoration plans.
"We need to take a good look at alternatives," Chapman said, "and not just the ones presented here."
While Strawberry Run and Taylor Run took the lion's share of the conversation, Mayor Justin Wilson said it would be willful ignorance on the city's part to go forward with testing those without getting a more accurate idea about pollutant levels in Lucky Run, also slated for restoration work.
"I have a hard time justifying how Lucky Run is okay but Taylor Run and Strawberry Run aren't," Wilson said. "[We're] not sampling Lucky Run… because we don't want to know what the answer is."
In response, the Council agreed to also loop Lucky Run in with planned testing of the other stream sites. The City Council directed staff to come back at a later date to lay out more community engagement and a timeline for further study of the streams.
Photo via City of Alexandria
JUST IN: City Councilman Chapman to ask colleagues to stop Taylor Run Stream Restoration Project
James Cullum April 27, 2021 at 10:45am
After touring the area and meeting with residents, Alexandria City Councilman John Taylor Chapman will ask his colleagues tonight to stop the Taylor Run Stream Restoration Project.
The move is a decisive blow against the project, which city staff defend as the most cost effective alternative to keep up with its Chesapeake Bay Watershed credit requirements. Last month, Chapman and Vice Mayor Elizabeth Bennett-Parker requested a legislative meeting to discuss the Taylor Run and Strawberry Run stream restoration projects, which critics say disrupt natural habitats.
"I look forward to asking questions of staff tonight, but I intend to ask my colleagues to support stopping this (Taylor Run) project, and in turn, directing both staff and our Environmental Policy Commission to work together to bring back to council an update on the capture of environmental credits, with potential credits that we can receive and updated cost estimates and a strategy on future capture of credits," Chapman said.
Staff plans to clear the Taylor Run waterway near T.C. Williams High School and Chinquapin Park will result in the removal of 269 trees, of which they say 22% are dead.
Mayor Justin Wilson said he's happy to consider alternative approaches to meeting the city's clean water obligations and addressing the environmental damage and future risk to Taylor Run.
"Ultimately, whatever we decide must be based in the science, in compliance with the law and affordable," Wilson said.
Opposition has been led by the Environmental Council of Alexandria, which also says that the city's soil tests at Taylor Run are not accurate. City Councilwoman Amy Jackson has also moved against the Taylor Run project after the EPC advised Council to step back.
Chapman will also ask Council to support an annual report from the Environmental Policy Commission and staff on the city's environmental credit progress. He said that such an update would allow for the city to find additional projects.
"(I)t will give the community and City Council a firm understanding of our current status, real opportunities, and the cost, without the stream restoration projects that our advisory policy commission and our community are against," Chapman said.
Silberberg addresses old defeats and new challenges in campaign to reclaim mayorship
Former Mayor Allison Silberberg very publicly didn't plan on running against Mayor Justin Wilson in the Democratic primary, but as weeks slipped by and no other challenger came forward — and Council Member Mo Seifeldein dropped out — Silberberg said she felt she needed to step up.
Three years after Silberberg lost her reelection bid to Wilson, she's back to reclaim the position.
"I couldn't just stand by and watch our city put at risk by destructive policies of our current mayor," Silberberg said.
Wilson has racked up several endorsements from current and former members of city leadership, including other City Council members and state legislators, but Silberberg said she isn't particularly worried by that. Silberberg said in the last week, her campaign has raised over $64,000, while Wilson recently announced that he raised $90,000.
"I'm not concerned," Silberberg said. "In many cases, that's the old guard. I'm honored to have support form people across our city. We're at a crossroads in our city. I'm a person who gets things done and I listen to people."
Silberberg's list of objections to Wilson is, beyond a "greatest hits" of concerns that have emerged from local advocacy groups like Bring Integrity Back to Alexandria, an extension of many of the same battles Silberberg fought with Wilson on when the two were locked in opposition during her tenure as mayor.
Silberberg said some of the biggest issues fueling her campaign are:
Reverting Seminary Road Changes — "Wilson took away vital travel lanes on Seminary Road," Silberberg said. "I would restore them. It's a major arterial road to our only hospital. It was one of the safest streets in the city, the data showed that, but in a distorted kind of way he said this is a vote about public safety. Thirteen civic associations banded together and said do not do this, it affects every resident in the city."
Opposition to City Stream Restoration Projects — "I'm fighting to save Taylor Run… saving the forest there, and Strawberry Run," she said. "I would listen to environmentalists, scientists and experts who have come forward on their own to say that this is a disaster in the making, to destroy the forest. This is some of the last remaining forests in our city, you can't just replant and wait 30 years, because it's not just the trees but the environment around it."
School-Affordable Housing Colocation — "I'm committed to protecting limited school properties from housing," Silberberg said.
Opposition to Eisenhower Slaughterhouse — "He pushed through the slaughterhouse where the existing businesses a football throw away banded together and banded the Mayor not to do that," Silberberg said. "There are no other slaughterhouses within the beltway, and not one in our city. The impact on environmental waste is really upsetting — not to mention the smell. It was dismissive of the fact that the business owner has had numerous code violations in other states. I would not have supported that."
Some of the reversals could be a challenge. City staff recently laid out the costs to alternatives to the Taylor Run Stream Restoration the city could be required to pursue to keep up with its Chesapeake Bay Watershed credit requirements.
Silberberg is dubious of staff's claims.
"Staff, with all due respect, seems to be inflating or misrepresenting the costs for alternatives," she said. "We need to have all that vetted openly and discussed."
Silberberg said she was also surprised and frustrated that staff hadn't tested the soil at Taylor Run before committing the city to funding the overhaul.
"Nobody on the city staff, and they admitted this, that they hadn't tested the soils at Taylor Run," Silberberg said. "Someone on their own volition hired a highly regarded laboratory, tested the soils, and it came back with negligible amounts of phosphorous, that's one of the driving forces. So basically the city admitted that they were basing their analysis and conclusions on a generic version of soil samples in a whole other region. That's not how we want to do analysis when it comes to a treasured spot in the city."
Taylor Run, along with some of the other issues, go back to what Silberberg sees as a recurring problem with transparency and ethics in city leadership. Silberberg and Wilson have clashed over issues about ethics for nearly a decade, including a protracted battle over a proposed ethics pledge in 2016.
"We must restore integrity and transparency and adopt meaningful ethics reform," Silberberg said. "That is certainly a top ethics reform, and we need a leader with demonstrated record of truth, transparency and ethics, and I am that leader. I led with an ethics initiative, and the person who led the effort to water that down was then Vice-Mayor Wilson. We did accomplish some goals, but didn't go nearly as far as what I wanted."
Silberberg argued that information that came to light from public Freedom of Information Act requests, and later printed by the Alexandria Times, not only showed that there were behind-the-scenes discussions on issues like Seminary Road and the Potomac Yard southern entrance that the public should know about, but also that there was too much information in those that was redacted.
"Some of the lines that weren't redacted, which wasn't very much, showed that he distorted the truth or lied and misled the public," Silberberg said. Read More
James Cullum April 12, 2021 at 5:00am
Mayor gets vaccinated — "On Christmas Eve our Health Dept vaccinated 251 healthcare workers. Since that time, 51K+ Alexandrians have received at least a dose. Today, my name was called. I'm excited to receive the J&J vaccine. Thanks to our staff and volunteers!" [Twitter]
Council considers changes to taxi regulations — "Since the arrival of taxi network companies, TNCs, like Uber and Lyft in 2015, the taxi industry has been struggling to adapt to a rapidly changing market. The COVID-19 pandemic did not help the situation for an already challenged industry, and the city's proposed code amendment aims to provide support for local taxi companies by easing specific regulations." [Alex Times]
Wilson, Silberberg differ on stream restoration plans — "Wilson advocates moving forward with natural channel restoration; Silberberg wants to go back to the drawing board." [Alexandria Living]
Alexandria Sportsman's Club hosting famed sportswriter — "Len Shapiro, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated sportswriter, editor and columnist for more than 40 years for the Washington Post, will be the featured speaker for the April 21st meeting of the Alexandria Sportsman's Club." [Gazette]
Today's weather — "Partly cloudy skies during the morning hours will give way to cloudy skies and rain in the afternoon. High 66F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%… Showers in the evening, then cloudy overnight. Low 48F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%." [Weather.com]
New job: Sushi helper — "The Handover is hiring sushi assistants willing to work hard and be open to learning new skills. We are a small restaurant looking for candidates with the ability to accurately prep, cut vegetables, prepare maki rolls and follow chef's direction. Both full- and part-time positions are available. Competitive hourly pay commensurate with experience level." [Indeed]
It was a historic week in Alexandria. Here are some of the highlights.
President Joe Biden visited the Neighborhood Health COVID-19 vaccine site at Virginia Theological Seminary on Tuesday, just before announcing that the date for adults to get access to the vaccine has been moved to April 19.
The Alexandria School Board, on Thursday night, voted to change the name of T.C. Williams High School to Alexandria City High School.
The School Board also voted unanimously to reduce the distancing requirement in ACPS schools from six feet to three feet, all the while community support is growing to expand in-person instruction to more than the current two days a week. Summer school is currently planned to begin in July and will be four days a week, and ACPS is planning on reopening to five days a week at the beginning of the next school year.
Our top story was on the T.C. Williams Titans junior varsity football team walking off the field after an incident with the Robinson Rams on Monday night. Robinson Rams players allegedly spit at and made a racial slur against T.C. players. The incident has prompted Fairfax County Public Schools to announce a "stand-down" meeting for all athletic teams and coaches to discuss "appropriate behaviors required to play sports in FCPS."
Additionally, six Alexandria Police officers were placed on administrative duties after a chase suspect died while in custody. Police responded to a call for shots fired in the 800 block of North Patrick Street, and multiple buildings and vehicles were struck. The driver of the vehicle crashed on Interstate 295, and then jumped over an overpass barrier and fell more than 20 feet and was tased by police, arrested and later died.
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Neighborhood Health vaccinating thousands at sites in Alexandria, Arlington and Fairfax County
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COVID-19 update: Alexandria moves into vaccination phase 1C
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Fairfax County man arrested for three burglaries, released three days later
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For Release: Friday, 2/27/15 // Contact: Jim McNeill, Jim@UHSBehindClosedDoors.org – Universal Health Services reveals federal probe of its behavioral facilities has expanded again, feds now calling it False Claims Act investigation – Disclosures came Thursday night in 2014 earnings report; @UHSClosedDoors to live tweet UHS investor call today at 9 a.m. ET The nation's largest provider of behavioral health services is facing intensified scrutiny from federal investigators. Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS) disclosed Thursday night that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaed another one of its behavioral facilities in December, bringing the total number of UHS facilities under investigation to 19.[1] UHS also disclosed that federal officials have advised them that the civil aspect of the coordinated probe is a False Claims Act investigation focused on billings submitted to the government.[2] The disclosure came in UHS's release yesterday of its 2014 earnings report. UHS will hold an investor call about the report this morning at 9 a.m., and UHSBehindClosedDoors.org — which is on Twitter at @UHSClosedDoors — will live tweet today's investor call. In addition to the news of the expanded federal probe, other important takeaways from the 2014 earnings report include:
The profit margin in the behavioral division was 23.9 percent[3] — meaning nearly 1-in-4 dollars of revenue went into profits, not patient care.
UHS cut staffing costs in its behavioral division to their lowest level in the last decade, with just 48.6 percent of revenue going to staff salaries, wages and benefits.[4] (See our website for information about patient care failures at UHS that may be linked to inadequate staffing.)
The aggressive growth of UHS's behavioral division continued, with the company adding 602 new beds in the United States[5] and the number of patient admissions growing 6.2 percent to 426,500.[6] Eleven years ago, UHS had less than 100,000 patient admissions.[7]
More information about UHS is available at UHSBehindClosedDoors.org. The website, a project of SEIU, includes a full list of the 19 UHS facilities targeted by the federal probe. The latest facility under investigation is Salt Lake Behavioral Health in Salt Lake City, which UHS said was added to the probe in December.[8] The government has not publicly released details of the ongoing investigation. But UHS's 2014 10-K, which was posted last night on the Securities and Exchange Commission website, offered a description of the probe. According to UHS, "The DOJ has advised us that the civil aspect of the coordinated investigation in connection with the behavioral health facilities named above is a False Claim [sic] Act investigation focused on billings submitted to government payers in relation to services provided at those facilities."[9] UHSBehindClosedDoors.org is bringing to light serious problems in care at Universal Health Services, the nation's largest provider of behavioral health care. It is an online resource for mental health advocates and caregivers supported by the Service Employees International Union.


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Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a temporary cut in the rate of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) in order to boost confidence in the flagging housing market in his Summer Economic Update.
Property transactions fell by 50% in May this year and house prices have fallen for the first time in eight years. In response, the government will temporarily increase the nil-rate band of residential SDLT in England and Northern Ireland from £125,000 to £500,000. This will apply to purchases from 8 July 2020 until 31 March 2021.
Additionally, the Chancellor announced a £2 billion Green Homes Grant, providing at least £2 for every £1 homeowners and landlords spend to make their homes more energy efficient, up to £5,000 per household. The scheme aims to upgrade over 600,000 homes across England, helping to reduce energy bills and support the green economy.
Eric Leenders, Managing Director of Personal Finance at UK Finance, said:
'The Chancellor's announcement on stamp duty should give a welcome boost to the housing market and in turn have positive knock-on effects for the wider economy.
'This measure designed to re-boot the housing market builds on the wide package of support put in place by mortgage lenders, working with the regulator and HM Treasury, to help customers through these tough times.
'The industry has a clear plan to help homeowners whatever their financial situation and is committed to providing ongoing support to those customers who need it.'
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