More free for you Thanks for mentioning the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library in your article “Something for nothing” [January 3]. The Monticello Avenue Computer Lab is indeed a wonderful place to get free Internet access. Your readers might also like to know that Central Library has free wireless service for those patrons carrying around their laptop. […]
Kudos to the Breedens Regarding the new Fox Ridge project on Fifth Street Extended south of town [“Southern exposure,” December 6], it’s interesting how much folks have been focusing on the integrity of the Breeden family in their sale to Forest Lodge LLC. Without knowing much about the Breedens, their history in Charlottesville, or […]
Fair and accurate? It seems that C-VILLE missed one in the “Cheap Shots ’05” story [December 20]: The “Fox Bias in News Reporting” Award to C-VILLE Weekly. C-VILLE’s coverage of the last year’s Charlottesville School Board issues and the City Council’s ultimate responsibility for the fiasco bordered on biased propaganda for the leadership of the […]
Ace of clubs I have a suggestion for someone with more money than I can ever imagine. How about buying the Terrace Theatre building featured in the “Love me, build me” box in C-VILLE [The Week, December 6] and turning it into a rock club/movie theater. It could fill the void that Trax’s closing left […]
Bully for Bowers Recently I had the opportunity to review the documents that prompted UVA to fire Dena Bowers [“Supporters rally for Bowers,” 7 Days, December 6]. A reasonable individual could only conclude that the e-mail that led to Ms. Bowers’ dismissal was personal in nature. The e-mail is brief, informal and bears no resemblance […]
Words to the unwise I’ve written before about the use of gutter language in C-VILLE Weekly. From the words used in your latest issue, I can only conclude that you employ mostly uneducated people. Why not use the word “tree” instead of “sucker” [Big Picture, November 22]? Why use the phrase, “If she refuses to […]
Tri, tri again The name of the colonial man’s three-sided hat is actually spelled “tricorn” (alternatively spelled “tricorne”), not “tricorner” [“Court Square now officially tourist-friendly,” 7 Days, November 22]. You must have heard the same misinformation in school that I did many years ago when I was told that those hats were called “tricorn” because […]
She’s got our number I’m not sure who would be the most appropriate recipient of this e-mail. I just want to tell someone at C-VILLE Weekly that I’ve really enjoyed the Sudoku puzzles that are now included. I look forward to them every week. Thank you for having them in addition to the crossword puzzle! […]
Count on Ten When Region Ten Board Chair Barbara Barrett says the controversy between Region Ten and the Little High Area Neighborhood Association (LHANA) was a “comedy of errors” she’s not kidding! [“High tension on Little High Street,” November 8] However, it’s important to keep in mind the important changes going on at Region Ten […]
Project logic “Censored—or bogus” should have been the headline over your recent cover story instead of “The people only need this much news” [November 1]. Claiming there are stories that are “too controversial, or too much of a challenge to the rich and powerful…” to be carried in the mainstream media is itself a claim […]