The Editor’s Desk

November dreams So our brain dead supervisors want to increase our taxes [“Will proposed county tax hike ruffle city-county relations?” Government News, February 24]. I presume they can’t read, since they apparently do not know that the country is going through its worse recession since the Great Depression. Have they been to school? Oh, and […]

Where there’s smoke there’s ire Virginia is a state rich in culture, history, and natural beauty and Charlottesville is her crown jewel—but the stain of Big Tobacco mars the value of Virginia as a place to live. I would love to move to Charlottesville, but my biggest hesitancy in doing so is that not nearly […]

What’s wrong with this picture? Let me get this straight… The only expression of black devotion that you and your photographer can find in all of Charlottesville is the love of a black servant for the child of her employers? [“Heart & Soul,” February 10, 2009] The city’s loving black couples, caring black parents, and […]

Grading on a curve I enjoyed seeing C-VILLE’s take on Ash Lawn-Highland’s inauguration day/MLK celebration [“Timid feeders on the lagoon,” January 27, 2009]. While it may be a somewhat odd venue for such an occasion, I was nonetheless a bit disappointed to see such criticism directed towards President Monroe and the event in general. Certainly, […]

Mr. Beard: I apologize if my reply to your “Sour Grapes” edition of The Working Pour [January 6, 2009] is late, but on the other hand,

Ridge Schuyler is the reason I don’t give money to the Nature Conservancy.

I don’t have any comments on the safety/health issue, but find it interesting that the argument for the fake turf is saving money.

This most recent article is a “Dis” service to the Virginia Wine Industry, and an insult to thousands of consumers of Norton.

The most obvious source of stressful racial relations in Charlottesville

As a small business owner and one who believes in the spirit and festivities of the holidays,