nullagent

Oh look, another person who built a career on jacking up housing costs has been harmed for reasons completely unrelated to making hundreds of people homeless and thousands more in the coming years due to his policy choices as an elected official.

I guess the top 1% of the landlord ponzi scheme class just have shit luck rn.

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-city-councilman-attack-fire-lee-vogler-61c21949bf022171834850ad32be9ef1

#VA #LeeVogler

Virginia city councilman Lee Vogler set on fire in office attack

Police say a city councilmember in Virginia was set on fire by a man who entered a local magazine office. Investigators say Wednesday the attack stemmed from a “personal matter” and was unrelated to his politics or work as councilman. Lee Vogler is an elected official in Danville, Virginia. Police say the suspect entered Vogler’s office, where he works at a local magazine, confronted him and doused him in flammable liquid. Authorities say both men then left the building and the 29-year-old suspect set Vogler on fire. The suspect was charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding.

AP News
Aug 4, 2025 at 6:09pmWeb
Show threadnullagentAug 4, 2025

I think this VA story, unlike the BlockStone CEO death is more likely to have the details explained eventually as I believe both parties survived.

It's a curious one to watch bc Lee Vogler was a rising conservative star for a while, well known for being against housing assistance programs and specifically fought for more luxury homes where affordable housing was originally planned.

#housing #Danville #VA

Show threadnullagentAug 4, 2025

Instead of a balanced accounting of the possible reasons a well known elected official may have been targeted we got a RAPID and deeply unspecific claim that "it was a personal dispute".

The efforts that officials have put into reporting such an unspecific detail is raising a lot of eyebrows.

Either way for a lot of people hearing that a politician who actively stopped support for people who needed help with housing now needs support staying safe, feels like karma working things out.

Show threadDisisdeguey🔻PalestineAction🇵🇸Aug 4, 2025
@nullagent "Still, the assault added to growing unease over violence and harassment aimed at elected officials across the country, particularly as the boundaries blur between their public roles and private lives"
BLUR.