The Editor’s Desk

J. Tobias Beard’s piece on wineries using California grapes [“Shallow ground,” The Working Pour, September 16, 2008]

I wanted to make some comments about J. Tobias Beard’s article

I enjoyed the article by John Whitehead [“We are not what we set out to be,” September 2, 2008] and I am glad that people are finally waking up to the internal decline of our

In the article entitled “Coming to terms with the city’s homeless problem” by Jayson Whitehead in the July 15, 2008, issue,

As someone too familiar with the traffic clot where West Main Street, Ridge Street, South Street, Water Street and Ridge-McIntire Road meet,

Your July 22, 2008 edition claimed that changes at city pools were “going swimmingly” and that fears of overcrowding were “uncalled-for”

Ms. Harding: I just returned from a week away from town to read the July 22, 2008 issue of C-VILLE. In your piece “Read this first,” I think you kindly referred to my fans and their praise for my work. However, I was not totally certain that you were referring to me, as my name […]

Majority report As a victim of a violent assault in Charlottesville, a hundred feet from my apartment last summer, I feel as though I have a personal stake in the question you posed in this week’s C-VILLE, “Does Charlottesville Have a Gang Problem?” [July 8, 2008]. Yet I was disappointed by your approach to the […]

Phoning it in The June 24th city Planning Commission discussion of placement of Verizon’s cell phone towers on school property was misdirected [“City can’t consider cell tower health risks,” Government News, July 1, 2008]. The discussion focused entirely on the aesthetics of the towers, rather than the primary issue of why to overturn the city’s […]

Don’t say maybe Thank you for your article this week in response to a letter commenting on the egregious state of housing for the homeless in town [Read This First, June 10, 2008]. I appreciate C-VILLE Weekly covering this issue this last year. I am dumbfounded how a council that cares so much about “social […]