Worked for city for: Three yearsResides in: Charlottesville Job title: Director of Communications, a.k.a. the city spokesman. Barrick oversees media relations in town, runs the three local access TV channels, works as a liaison for the Police Department and manages the internal communications of City Hall. Ric Barrick Best of times: “I love the most […]
If you care either way about the current state of sexual education, you shouldn’t have a hard choice between John McCain and the two remaining Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Both Obama and Clinton wracked up 100-percent pro-choice voting records with the Planned Parenthood Action Fund on issues that range from sexual education […]
Dear reader, close your eyes with me, if you will, and think back to a lost time, an era gone, the enchanted world of local real estate circa 2004 and 2005. Do you remember that distant past, when homes sold in days, mortgages were written with the effortless sweep of an ink pen and the […]
Regarding my old (and overly quick) post on the U.S. Senate’s vote on Ledbetter v. Goodyear, Charlottesville writer Dahlia Lithwick has a must-read piece in Slate. She sums up the opponents of the bill to overturn the Supreme Court ruling thusly:
Democrat Mark Warner, candidate for the U.S. Senate seat that Republican John Warner (no relation) will soon vacate, is coming to Charlottesville.
Sure, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg might have his own global news service, but he ain’t got shit on Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris, who not only writes a blog, he also hosts a public-access T.V. show.
Two residents of the 10th & Page neighborhood where the Hope Community Center is located urged councilors Monday night to take a closer look at the homeless shelter in the residential neighborhood. The community center, which acts as a shelter for the homeless during the night
As gas prices and sea levels rise, Charlottesville is expanding free public transportation to high school students. Starting June 5, the city will let current CHS freshmen, sophomores and juniors ride Charlottesville Transit Service (CTS) buses free for a year as a part of its Demonstration Program. CTS will also provide free bus rides to […]
If you didn’t know any better, you might have thought it was a straight hip-hop show before it began.
As the deadline nears for the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RSWA) to release its final report on its solid waste strategic plan, there is one idea that the head of the RSWA isn’t considering. It hardly seems controversial—consolidating curbside trash and recycling pickup in the city and county—but because of an 18-year-old agreement, it’s off […]