Will Obama mortgage plan have local impact?
In the first quarter of 2008, the Federal Reserve estimated there were almost 55 million mortgages nationally worth $10 trillion.
Who’s really wasting ratepayer money?
The agenda said the nearly two dozen people gathered at a long table in City Space on March 3 from the four local boards that control the water supply were there to discuss a set of task force recommendations about maintaining the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir. Hah. As usual, the real issue the city and […]
Saturday night fighting in Fluvanna
To knock a man out takes a combination of strength, precision and luck. You have to hit him in the right place, and if you do he’ll go down, no matter who he is. Getting knocked out doesn’t hurt. “It’s a good feeling, actually,” boxing great Floyd Patterson once said. “It’s not painful, just a […]
Seeking escape, Minor sues Danielson over Downtown hotel project
Halsey Minor, the former local boy who made a fortune in California during the dot-com boom,
Rich dreams
Dear Ace: Where do celebrities stay overnight when they come to Charlottesville?—Steve “Papa” Razzi Steve: What kind of celebrities do you mean? Famous local detectives prefer to take a load off at Miller’s, but only if someone forgets to check the men’s bathroom at closing. But if you’re referring to out-of-town celebrities like Jessica Simpson, […]
Clarification from the February 24 issue
The February 17, 2009, Working Pour column on Pamela Margaux unintentionally implied that her husband, Claude Thibaut, was still employed by the Kluge Estate Winery. In fact, he left their employment in 2005.
Virginia GOP + technology = high comedy
You would think that, following the notorious e-mail escapades of page-pawing Congress-creep Mark Foley (a scandal which featured our all-time favorite non-carpentry-related use of the phrase “get a ruler and measure it for me”), Republicans would be at least slightly circumspect when using (and abusing) these newfangled intertube technologies. But, with the national GOP currently […]
Inside the creator
The relationship between art and mental illness is maybe too well documented. A much less-traveled topic is how artists might continue working despite a physical ailment. What happens to inspiration when the body is rebelling? Can art actually provide a rope to hang onto when someone is hobbling through the task of staying alive? Russell […]
Child porn bill broadens venue for prosecution
Local state Delegate Rob Bell has sponsored a bill that has sailed through the General Assembly and is now only waiting for the Governor’s signature. House Bill 2397 would expand the ability of prosecutors to go after child pornography possessors, reproducers, distributors and facilitators. But although the bill has found support throughout the legislative process, […]
Hispanics 1 percent of faculty
The US Census Bureau estimated that 6.6 percent of Virginians were Hispanic or Latino in 2007,