Tuesday, October 26 A detestable act Today The Daily Progress announced it would adopt a new advertising policy, after some readers protested the newspaper’s decision to run an anonymous ad decrying homosexuality as “A Detestable Act… Wickedness… Gross sin!” The quarter-page ad, which contained no identification of its sponsor, appeared in the DP on Monday, […]
Tuesday, October 26 A detestable act Today The Daily Progress announced it would adopt a new advertising policy, after some readers protested the newspaper’s decision to run an anonymous ad decrying homosexuality as “A Detestable Act… Wickedness… Gross sin!” The quarter-page ad, which contained no identification of its sponsor, appeared in the DP on Monday, […]
Tuesday, October 19 Bush’s beady eyes A tour bus featuring a giant picture of President Bush and the line “Yes, Bush Can! ’04” rolled into town today, coming to a halt at an environmentalist rally near the UVA Rotunda. Two men in suits emerged from the bus to loudly voice their support for the President. […]
Tuesday, October 12 No such thing as a free ambulance Many city governments must factor rescue and emergency medical services into annual budgets. Not here in Charlottesville, where the all-volunteer Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (CARS) gets the job done with zero tax dollars. CARS is the busiest volunteer squad in the country, having responded to more […]
Tuesday, October 5 New supe’s tests examined In their fourth public meeting in one week to address new standardized testing, Charlottesville school administrators convened this evening with nearly three-dozen attendees at the Friendship Court meeting room. Under discussion: the “Flanagan” tests, the first major instructional initiative by new city superintendent Scottie Griffin. Acknowledging that the […]
Tuesday, September 28 Serial rapist is black As of today, local cops can stop scrutinizing Latinos or white men in their search for the serial rapist. (Police reportedly sought DNA samples from two Latino men as part of the DNA dragnet.) Confirmation that the serial rapist is indeed a black man came yesterday, when police […]
Tuesday, September 14 Presidential hopeful on Grounds Paying his first-ever visit to “Mr. Jefferson’s University,” Libertarian Party presidential candidate Michael Badnarik, who will be on Virginia’s November 2 ballot, smoothly courted a crowd of about 200 college students—and a few other types—in a balloon-decorated campus auditorium this evening. Befitting a self-declared defender of the Constitution, […]
Tuesday, September 7 Ballot blues for Ralph The Virginia Board of Elections today gave Ralph Nader the official thumbs down in the independent candidate’s quest to be on the state’s presidential ballot this November, ending weeks of partisan hand-wringing. Both election officials and a Washington Post review deemed that Nader’s troops broke the rules in […]
Tuesday, August 31 Pointed evidence Lawyers for Andrew Alston, a former UVA student accused of stabbing Walker Sisk to death in November, succeeded in prohibiting Alston’s juvenile criminal record from being used during cross examination in his upcoming trial, according to today’s Daily Progress. However, the court ruled that prosecutors may discuss Alton’s alleged knife-carrying […]
Tuesday, August 24 Extra cash in Richmond Virginians are making more money than State bean counters had projected, creating a $324 million budget surplus. And now Gov. Mark R. Warner, who led a successful charge in this year’s General Assembly to raise taxes, wants to give about $28 million back to taxpayers, the Richmond Times-Dispatch […]
Tuesday, August 17 Rock against terror Terrorists will have to deal with several large rocks if they attempt to attack the Albemarle County Office Building. In a press release, Albemarle officials today explained that the newly placed boulders ringing the entrance to the building are a “temporary security measure” with the added benefit of being […]