Former Democratic governor Mark Warner rolled into town May 6 as he kicked off his campaign for U.S. Senate. After being introduced by a triumvirate of local Dems named Dave—Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris, Councilor David Brown and state Delegate David Toscano—Warner took the stage. He wasted no time in trumpeting his record as governor: turning […]
What if the Meadowcreek Parkway (as an idea) didn’t exist.
Let us go then, you and I, to certain half-deserted websites filled with tedious arguments–Pro-Life News.
Breaking News: Either someone is repeatedly stabbing News Editor Will Goldsmith, or he is listening to the radio.
Back in 1994, Virgil Goode was a Democrat, Mark Warner was Virginia’s Democratic party chairman and former governor Doug Wilder was in the same unenviable position where Hillary Clinton now finds herself.
[Corrected] Good politicians are good story tellers, and Mark Warner can tell a story. But his self-deprecation points to his imposing lead in the race for the U.S. Senate.
Just a wee bit of a typo on that last post about Mark Warner. The former governor inherited a $6 billion deficit from previous governor Jim Gilmore, not $6 million, as was stated in the original post.
Since 2006, the number of affordable housing units priced under $100,000 in Charlottesville dropped by over 300, from 479 to 144 in 2008. During that time, the city’s focus on affordable housing has shifted from providing housing to middle-class residents to addressing the lack of low-income housing and its homeless problem. From that focus, two […]
On April 29, the deal was done. Late-night music at the Corner icon Satellite Ballroom will make way for late-night cigarette and condom purchases. Goodbye indie rockers, local musicians and the crown jewel of the Charlottesville music scene. Hello national-chain behemoth CVS. Local businesses Just Curry and Higher Grounds will have to vacate the Anderson […]
If there is one phone number saved into political reporters’ cell phones, at the top of their speed dials, burned into the muscle memory of their collective index finger, it is that of UVA politics professor and director of the Center for Politics Larry Sabato. Even way back in 1994, The Wall Street Journal called […]