Obama backers open local office
By Abby Meredith and Anna Milligan | March 20, 2012The Barack Obama reelection campaign opened a Charlottesville office on the Downtown Mall Sunday to provide a center for Obama's supporters to congregate and volunteer for the president's 2012 bid. Charlottesville Vice Mayor Kristin Szakos, a campaign volunteer, said more than 180 people attended the office's opening.
