Mary C. "Cyd" Black
VA · Gordonsville Town Council member
Mary "Cyd" Black serves on the Gordonsville Town Council. She wants to keep fixing streets and sidewalks, add town events and extend Main Street shops toward the Ice House, build more affordable housing, and shorten EMS wait times.
Where Mary C. "Cyd" Black stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Seconded and voted for the town's 2026-2027 budget and the matching tax-rate ordinance. Both passed unanimously.
May 18, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Seconded and voted for a resolution asking the Orange County Board of Supervisors to put EMS funding for Gordonsville back in the county's 2027-2028 budget. It passed unanimously.
August 3, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Voted for letting the police chief turn the police department into a Department of Public Safety, so officers can respond to medical emergencies faster. It passed unanimously.
January 28, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Seconded and voted for moving $740,193 from town reserves to pay the added cost of rebuilding the Town Hall parking lot. It passed with one member abstaining.
April 21, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
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Track record — General
General · 5 records
Voted for a resolution recognizing, protecting and defending the constitutional rights of all people in Gordonsville. It passed unanimously.
February 23, 2026
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Seconded and voted for ending the town's 1985 sewer agreement with the Rapidan Service Authority, effective March 30, 2026. It passed unanimously.
January 28, 2026
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Voted with a unanimous council to let the town's litigation lawyer negotiate with or sue the Rapidan Service Authority over water and sewer rates.
December 15, 2025
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Won the November 2025 special election for Gordonsville Town Council unopposed, with about 94% of the vote; the rest were write-ins.
November 4, 2025
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Voted to reject a regional commission's draft plan to adjust Gordonsville's boundary with Orange County. It passed 4-0, with one member abstaining.
October 20, 2025
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Past race Mary C. "Cyd" Black ran in:
- Town Council Member, Town of Gordonsville · November 3, 2026 · Gordonsville town, Virginia · incumbent