A record number of registered voters in the city prompted the City Council on September 15 to authorize $48,500 for the purchase of nine new voting machines in preparation for election day, November 4. According to Sheri Iachetta, the city’s general registrar, in the month of August alone, close to 3,000 new voters registered, bringing […]
John W. Whitehead’s prose is in demand. Whitehead, founder and president of the Rutherford Institute (and recent C-VILLE cover boy), has provided written testimony to the Senate Constitutional Subcommittee about the need to “Restore the Rule of Law,” which he feels has been weakened under the Bush presidency. The main focus of Whitehead’s testimony was […]
Worked for the city for: 2 years Resides in: Charlottesville Job title: Spanish teacher and wrestling coach for Charlottesville High School Best of times: Working with the wrestling team. “They come out after a long day of classes and schoolwork, and still want to work at improving themselves. It’s cool because though we don’t […]
What happens when you hold a public hearing and no one comes?
The director of a pro-growth business organization is seldom invited to guest lecture the no-growth grassroots, but Michael Harvey of the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development (TJPED) did just that September 18 at a meeting of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP). ASAP vainly opposed Albemarle County’s decision to join TJPED, which is […]
With fewer tourists coming through its doors, the visitor center on Route 20 will shut down on October 1. So what does this mean for the 11,000-square-foot building located at the base of Piedmont Virginia Community College? With enrollment up at PVCC, the institution would seem well positioned to use it, and, turns out, it […]
Hey Ace: What happened to that newsstand that used to be on the Downtown Mall? Didn’t that guy who bought it want to turn it into a bar?—Rhea Porter Rhea: Ace is always skeptical when someone wants to buy something with the intention of turning it into a drinking venue. Seems to Ace all those monies […]
“The cowboys and the farmers should be friends.” The idea from the musical Oklahoma seems applicable to the Albemarle and Charlottesville relationship, but… The city cut a deal with the YMCA without clearing the deal and its expensive consequences with the county. The Dogwood Festival, which holds its spring celebration carnival at McIntire, was not […]
During the last decade, Charlottesville went through a much-publicized makeover, as wealthier residents filtered into town to buy tony residences and partake in the array of upscale establishments that cropped up to serve their refined tastes. As the area swelled with wealth, another group of people tagged along in even larger proportions. Read more: What […]