CVS officially coming to the Corner

Anderson Brothers Building owner Terry Vassalos has confirmed that a deal to bring a CVS pharmacy into the space currently occupied by Satellite Ballroom, Just Curry, Higher Grounds and Plan 9 has now been signed and made official, NBC 29 reports.

In Re: Dept. of Hyperbolic Questions

Regarding my old (and overly quick) post on the U.S. Senate’s vote on Ledbetter v. Goodyear, Charlottesville writer Dahlia Lithwick has a must-read piece in Slate. She sums up the opponents of the bill to overturn the Supreme Court ruling thusly:

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.