This past May, Charlottesville accomplished a first when it held elections at-large, in lieu of an established appointment model, for the City School Board. Shortly thereafter, a School Board Elections Study Task Force was appointed, and on Monday, August 7, task force Chairman Lloyd Snook stepped forward with its recommendations for the next elections in […]
This past May, Charlottesville accomplished a first when it held elections at-large, in lieu of an established appointment model, for the City School Board. Shortly thereafter, a School Board Elections Study Task Force was appointed, and on Monday, August 7, task force Chairman Lloyd Snook stepped forward with its recommendations for the next elections in […]
Two gay teens who say they want to serve in the armed forces, but won’t lie about their sexuality, were denied applications on Wednesday, August 9, at the local recruitment center on Zan Road. Wyatt Fore and Rachel Miller, both 19, acting as part of Soul Force’s national “Right to Serve” campaign were turned away […]
Engineers who may have left July 27’s 250 Bypass Interchange Steering Committee meeting feeling optimistic were in for a brutal dose of reality on August 7, when City Council got a look-see at the intersection’s five potential design alternatives. “It’s an awful lot coming awful fast,” Council member Kevin Lynch said. “Maybe we are pushing […]
Jonathan Morris wants to make something clear. “At no time did we ever say that Jon Stewart is poisoning democracy,” says the political science professor, though you wouldn’t have known it from this summer’s ample media coverage of “The Daily Show Effect,” an article Morris wrote with his East Carolina University colleague Jody Baumgartner…
Since Habitat for Humanity and Charlottesville’s Housing Authority are currently planning mixed-income developments, we thought it would be a good chance to get a professorial take on the issue.
Former UVA employee Dena Bowers\’ lawsuit against the University will change venues soon.
Call it the governmental butterfly effect: A congressman takes a bribe in California, and 30 people lose their jobs in Martinsville, Virginia.
In light of several behavior issues last year, the Charlottesville school system has been searching high and low for disciplinary solutions. A fixation on “restorative practices” further manifested itself July 31, when high school Principal Joseph Roy spoke to an audience of more than 100 teachers, administrators and citizens about how restorative practices work in […]
Two years ago this month, President Bush signed an energy bill that provided for millions in incentives to build new nuclear plants. Richmond-based Dominion Energy responded almost immediately, proposing two new reactors on Lake Anna in Louisa County, 30 miles from Charlottesville, to add to the two already stationed at the north end of the […]
Pissed off about how the government is handling the issues? Want to spout off on stem cells, gay rights, The PATRIOT Act, Iraq? If you’re of the mind that even a little Limbaugh is too much, local talk radio now offers broadcasts from the other side of the spectrum. National progressive radio host and self-described […]