Tastes awful, needs more filling Your recent cover story by Gary Ruskin and Juliet Shor, entitled “Junk food nation” [August 23] was chock full of baseless jabs at the food industry and out-of-hand emotional dismissals of common-sense approaches. However, it was curiously sparse in terms of real evidence to support their dismissals, or even basic […]
Clucky stars Just a short note of thanks for your cover photo by Andrew Hersey of the local sculptural tribute to our band in your “Finders keepers” feature of August 9. Some enjoy the Stones’ “hot lips” while others prefer Little Feat’s “hot tomato,” but everyone loves the Chickenheads. Now that you’ve done this cover […]
Conduct yourself accordingly I was seeing red when I read the letter to the editor attacking efforts to bring VRE passenger rail service to Charlottesville “Choo-choo-choose wisely,” Mailbag, July 12]. Since the writer of the letter admits that she herself moved here to get away from the wretched excesses of Northern Virginia (too many people, […]
Conduct yourself accordingly I was seeing red when I read the letter to the editor attacking efforts to bring VRE passenger rail service to Charlottesville “Choo-choo-choose wisely,” Mailbag, July 12]. Since the writer of the letter admits that she herself moved here to get away from the wretched excesses of Northern Virginia (too many people, […]
Tuesday, August 2 Virginia Lotto profit nears a half-billion bucks For the fourth consecutive year, Virginia Lotto has hit the jackpot with another record profit. That’s what the lottery’s Interim Executive Director, Donna M. VanCleave, announced today. This year’s count? $423.5 million. That’s $15 million more profit than last year, and it’s all getting donated […]
Finding a better way In reference to Jennifer Gardiner’s letter [“Choo-choo-choose wisely,” Mailbag, July 12], it’s good to engage the community in debate about the options on the table for the future of our community, and I hope to hear from more people expressing their expectations and concerns about Charlottesville Citizens for Better Rail Alternatives’ […]
Poor, poor, pitiful them I was deeply offended by a headline in your July12 issue of C-VILLE regarding the County’s new law that prohibits collecting money on public roads [7 Days]. The headline read “County drivers forced to look at poor people no more.” I was shocked and appalled at the callous and derogatory manner […]
The little engines that could Jenny Gardiner’s vitriolic personal attack on my mom, Meredith Richards, and her efforts to bring new passenger rail service to Charlottesville [“Choo-choo-choose wisely,” Mailbag, July 12] speaks volumes about the writer herself. How ironic that someone who recently moved to our area from the D.C. suburbs would now oppose train […]
Choo-choo-choose wisely I was seeing red as I read your piece about Meredith Richards’ ill-conceived plans to extend the VRE, a Northern Virginia commuter rail service, all the way to Charlottesville [“Local motion,” The Week, June 28]. Why on earth would anyone want to accelerate the manifestation of Charlottesville as but another bedroom community of […]
PHA needs a history lesson Thank you for “Trash or treasure?” [June 28], your article surveying the preservation and development issues surrounding the Smith-Reaves house at 223 Fourth St. SW, one of the 65 individually listed historic structures in the city. The building’s owner, the Piedmont Housing Alliance, has tried to demolish the house to […]