And we just keep going in our highly selective tour through the past 20 years of local news and arts in C-VILLE. This week, it’s a numbers game. In 2004, we listed the top 10 highest-paid Charlottesville and Albemarle employees [Here’s a PDF of the 2004 story], with Robert Tucker topping the county’s list at $143,615. Five years later, not much has changed in the way of recipients, but the salaries? Nearly $40,000 more per person. Speaking of salaries, also back in 2004, we put a prominent man on page one. This week, he takes the No. 1 spot as most powerful man in the local arts scene, landing him on the front page again and leaving us with one conclusion: It’s Coran Capshaw’s world, we’re just living in it. Stay tuned next week for another not-entirely random stroll down memory lane. In fact, check back every week. All year long we will continue to look back at the accumulated pluck and provocations that will power this free and freethinking institution into the next 20 years.
Paging through the archives
The times, they are a-changin’. This look at local salaries appeared in C-VILLE May 25, 2004. Click here to compare with today’s numbers.
Getting covered
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“But despite attempts to keep his business ventures on the down-low and away from public scrutiny, Capshaw is the most exposed local player in real estate.
“‘I’m not sure why I’d be singled out for discussion,’ Capshaw tells C-VILLE of his public prominence. Pressed for a reason, Capshaw offers that perhaps his visible properties and ‘primary job’ as manager of DMB ‘all ties together’ in peoples’ minds.”
—Paul Fain, April 27, 2004
