“I\’m not as down on America as Mr. Weed. I believe America was great, is great, and will be great!” Republican Congressman Virgil Goode said on Wednesday, August 9, to a large audience crammed into the Senior Center. Many of the approximately 300 spectators roared in support of his invective.
This past May, Charlottesville accomplished a first when it held elections at-large, in lieu of an established appointment model, for the City School Board. Shortly thereafter, a School Board Elections Study Task Force was appointed, and on Monday, August 7, task force Chairman Lloyd Snook stepped forward with its recommendations for the next elections in […]
Two years ago this month, President Bush signed an energy bill that provided for millions in incentives to build new nuclear plants. Richmond-based Dominion Energy responded almost immediately, proposing two new reactors on Lake Anna in Louisa County, 30 miles from Charlottesville, to add to the two already stationed at the north end of the […]
“Keep your cotton-picking hands off my mountains,” declared Marjorie Maupin Paul shortly into the August 1 public hearing on the Mountain Overlay District (MOD) Committee’s proposal to protect Albemarle County’s mountain resources.
Charlottesville is known as a great place to raise children, and one of the reasons frequently given is the wide array of schools.
On Tuesday afternoon, July 25, Albemarle County residents filtered into the second floor lobby of the County Office Building to get their first look at a proposal for an ordinance to regulate development of the County’s mountainous areas, also known as the Mountain Overlay District (MOD). Members of the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, […]
Just a few months away from a November vote, representatives for Democratic Congressional candidate Al Weed are feeling pretty good. A recent Zogby poll paid for by the Weed campaign showed that incumbent Virgil Goode’s previously large margin over Weed has shrunk to only 14 percent.
In recent years, Charlottesville’s Redevelopment and Housing Authority (CRHA)—charged with the oversight and maintenance of Section 8 and public housing—has been notoriously inept. Consequently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has classified the City for the last three years with troubled housing status. To combat the embarrassing boondoggle, the City hired a […]
On July 19, 2006, George W. Bush used his veto power for the first time in his presidency to trump a Senate vote which sought to extend federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research. His veto was widely expected, as he had made it quite clear in a 2001 statement that his preference was to largely […]
“Why do we never get an answer/When we’re knocking at the door/With a thousand million questions/About hate and death and war?” So goes the first verse of the Moody Blues’ 1970 song “Question.” Replace the last line with “About Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall,” and you’ve got an accurate description of last Thursday night’s special City Council […]