Double the D I am appalled at the Wahoo defense—or lack thereof—this football season [“Cavs surrender 21 points in College Park,” 7 Days, October 4]. We are making opposing quarterbacks look like Johnny Unitas, receivers look like Jerry Rice and runningbacks look like Jim Brown! It’s not “Where’s the beef?” We have the beef. It’s […]
Vote No on elected school board Regarding the upcoming November 8 voter referendum as to whether the City of Charlottesville should switch from a school board appointed by City Council to one directly elected by the voters [“Elect the elected school board,” Opinionated, October 25]: A switch to an elected school board is not necessarily […]
Face the music To be honest, I’m a bit astonished that you ran a feature story on 13-year olds who like their parents’ records [“Talkin’ ‘bout their generation,” October 11]. I find it about as surprising as a headline reading “Suburban kids found playing soccer!” Of course middle school kids like the music their parents […]
Enough talk; time for action In her high-toned response to “Read This First,” Eboni C. Bugg [Mailbag, October 4] says essentially that C-VILLE editor Cathy Harding wouldn’t know racism if it bit her on the ass. With respect to Ms. Bugg’s passionate sincerity, I have to say that her letter comes off as not much […]
City residents rolled over by Stones Thank you for providing a forum in which interested Charlottesville residents and others can express our concerns, passions and opinions. As a city of Charlottesville resident, I am appalled and ashamed at the chaos that was created in order to make a few bucks and satisfy the rock ‘n’ […]
Where’s your hard news? I was saddened by what I can only assume was an effort to achieve humor rather than write a serious article about Cynthia Burton’s remarkable new book, Jefferson Vindicated [“Father figure,” Ask Ace, September 20]. This volume has made a valuable contribution to the topic, pointing out numerous serious errors in […]
I am writing this letter in favor of an elected school board here in Charlottesville [“Dems divided on elected school board,” 7 Days, September 20]. The reason is very obvious to me why we need an elected school board. It is because of the past year. What an elected school board will mean is that […]
Reality check Letter from the real world in response to Connie Jorgensen’s recent quote that her $32,000 annual salary is like “a volunteer job with a clothing allowance” [“Cool aide,” The Week, September 6]. Did you really say this? This remark seems arrogant and out of touch. As a social worker I have had […]
Reality check Letter from the real world in response to Connie Jorgensen’s recent quote that her $32,000 annual salary is like “a volunteer job with a clothing allowance” [“Cool aide,” The Week, September 6]. Did you really say this? This remark seems arrogant and out of touch. As a social worker I have had […]