Breaking News: Grisly details emerge in Charlottesville Moores Creek murder
A man found murdered near Moores Creek has been unofficially identified as Marvin Joel Rivera Guevara of El Salvador.
A Spanish-language news website, translated as,...
1000 words: Charlottesville Police use forbidden “Lee” and “Jackson” park names
Lee Park and Jackson Park—the “offensive” names that shall remain forevermore unspoken—have appeared in a July 8 City Police Department press release.
Surely someone in...
Guest editorial: Defeatism runs strong within the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
by Phillip Fassieux
Albemarle County residents are being hoodwinked by County elected officials into believing that the Albemarle Revenue Sharing Agreement is both necessary and interminable....
Capital of chaos: Mayor Mike Signer’s rampageous Charlottesville City Council meetings
Under the “leadership” of Mayor Michael Signer, Charlottesville City Council meetings have devolved into chaotic scream-fests, laced with verbal and visual profanity—and crowned by...
Cash cow: Bellamy seeks $7600 for attorney Starsia in failed removal petition case
Embattled Charlottesville City Councilor, Wes Bellamy, is seeking $7,588.35 in taxpayer funds for his attorney, Pam Starsia, in reimbursement of her fees to defend Bellamy against...
Name game: 87% say don’t change Charlottesville park monikers
Following numerous polls indicating strong backing for keeping the General Lee Statue in Charlottesville’s Lee Park, the city’s “erase-and-rename” history folly has been further...
Strange bedfellows: David Swanson and Richard Spencer’s bizarre Russian lovefest
In a bizarre confluence of geo-political opinion, seeming polar opposites David Swanson and Richard Spencer agree on one thing: friendship with Russia is a...
Torched: Mayor Mike Signer’s institutional lawlessness bites back
Not long ago, Charlottesville was a city apparently under the rule of law.
That perception changed in 2011 when the city’s under-qualified and overpaid City...
Guest editorial: A pragmatic option to building the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
by Chuck Kiehl, private citizen and Nelson County resident
(Excerpts from letter sent to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on March 28, 2017:
After 23 years...
Guest editorial: The case for ending Albemarle County and Charlottesville revenue sharing
by Phillip Fassieux
PlaceAlbemarleFirst.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The 1982 Annexation and Revenue Sharing Agreement (herein referred to as “RSA” or “agreement”) between the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle...