The Talented Mr. Norris

Sure, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg might have his own global news service, but he ain’t got shit on Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris, who not only writes a blog, he also hosts a public-access T.V. show.

Digital Context

Real estate blogger Jim Duncan helpfully provides some context to the story I wrote on the rising home prices around in Charlottesville and Albemarle’s urban ring as sales continue to sag.

We have a budget

State lawmakers reconvened yesterday to take final action for the 2008 General Assembly regular session, passing a two-year, $77 billion budget and giving Governor Tim Kaine the power to appoint his own nominee to the state corporation commission, according to today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Shad shed shackles, roam free in Rivanna

“Shad, shad, shad,” sang more than 70 fourth graders from Stone Robinson Elementary at around 1:30pm today as they prepared to release approximately 10,000 of the tiny fish”all bulging eyes and translucent amoebic tail”into the Rivanna River at Shadwell.