Four months before Democrat Cynthia Neff launched her official bid to unseat Republican Supervisor Ken Boyd, the two squared off at Hollymead Elementary School over expanding the Albemarle County growth area. The room was filled with residents of Forest Lakes—the 1,400-unit development that houses roughly 5,000 people, many of them voters in the Hollymead precinct
Four months before Democrat Cynthia Neff launched her official bid to unseat Republican Supervisor Ken Boyd, the two squared off at Hollymead Elementary School over expanding the Albemarle County growth area. The room was filled with residents of Forest Lakes—the 1,400-unit development that houses roughly 5,000 people, many of them voters in the Hollymead precinct
Spurred by data obtained by Virginia Organizing (VO) through a Freedom of Information Act request, community members have urged City Council to review the city’s hiring practices, and have voiced concerns about the perceived under-representation of minority supervisors and managers in city jobs
After the Democratic firehouse primary on August 20, news about former City Council candidate James Halfaday’s alleged untruthful statements began to surface. By then, Halfaday had been a certified candidate for five months
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. “Never admit to a fact, never deny a rumor.” – Chief Gordon He was a big fish in a small pond, a lover and a libertine, a charmer and a cheat. He became a living legend and then a […]
A U.S. District Judge will soon decide whether a lawsuit brought by five homeless men against the City of Charlottesville over its soliciting ordinance can move forward. But for Jeffrey Fogel, the attorney representing the men, moving the case to the next stage could turn out to be an uphill battle. After hearing arguments from […]
If the predictions of University of Virginia bioethicist John Arras are accurate, history will look kindly on our scientists, which can’t be said for many previous generations of U.S. researchers.
With Newcomb Hall undergoing an $18 million renovation, UVA Dining Services came up with a student meal solution that falls decidedly outside of the lunchbox. Beginning this fall, on weekdays from 11am to 2pm, six trucks with names like Steak Me Home Tonight, Got Dumplings? and Nacho Panda—park around the UVA Amphitheater to offer students […]
Former Mayor and local political heavyweight Blake Caravati appeared in the Charlottesville Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court last Friday morning for charges stemming from his September 9 arrest at his home on Little High Street in the city.
As any longtime reader of this column well knows, we have an inordinate amount of affection for Terry “the Macker” McAuliffe, the Democratic party operative legendary for his fundraising prowess and appetite for political theater. You may abhor his politics, but McAuliffe is one of those outsized personalities who manages to make the process fun, […]
There’s a divide in our community. It’s not about race, class, or education, though it can intersect with all three of those in ways that are both clichéd and surprising. On one side of the divide are those who look at the world from behind their steering wheels. They see the city and the county […]