Charlottesville has its MoJo workin
Maurice Jones nabs City Manager gig, $170,000 salary
Locals gave almost $1 million to Perriello, Hurt
On November 2, Charlottesville voters left little doubt about who they wanted to represent them in Congress, voting four-to-one for Democratic incumbent Tom Perriello over Republican rival (and eventual district winner) Robert Hurt. The final campaign finance figures, released last week, show that Charlottesville donors voted the same way with their wallets. Donors from Charlottesville […]
Loss of Biscuit Run raises questions of housing demand
Will land be protected, or turned into the next Biscuit Run?
You have no secrets
Headbone connects to the headphones Headphones connect to the iPhone iPhone connected to the Internet Connected to the Google Connected to the government. —M.I.A., “The Message” You are being watched. Your Facebook friends are watching you. So are their Facebook friends, and total strangers. The guys who run Facebook, too. Your keystrokes […]
Pat the body
While a national controversy over the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new security screening procedures led several airports to wonder whether one of the year’s busiest travel days would become one of the slowest for passengers, the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO) sounded ready for business as usual during Thanksgiving week. Charlottesville Albemarle Airport won’t see full-body […]
UVA investments fare well despite "unpredictable market"
From July 1, 2005, through September 30 of this year, the net return for UVA’s long-term investment pool totals $1.36 billion.
Ragged Mountain dam needs a closer look
Citizen advocate group protests after being denied entry to a panel review of Ragged Mountain water dam
State of insanity
If Virginia’s Democratic Party were a stock exchange, 2008 would have been its bubble year.
Some assembly required
In the middle of my interview with local architect and developer Bill Atwood, I realize that his shirt is improperly buttoned. At first, I take the jaunt of his collar as part of the overall look—black Ray-Ban Wayfarers, white hair that has grown comfortable with disarray. Think Jim Jarmusch, or Ric Ocasek. “You’re not going […]