Das boot: Albemarle County sinks ICLEI membership
On a vote of 4-2, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors last night severed ties with the International Council for Local Environment (ICLEI). Supervisors...
The Sustainability trap: Albemarle, Charlottesville, and TJPDC’s million dollar assault on individual liberties
The Charlottesville–Albemarle 1998 Sustainability Accords are a radical document. Composed and promoted by radical elements of the local enviro-socialist movement and closely aligned with...
Infill-tration: Charlottesville Democrats organizing to undermine Albemarle County property rights
Charlottesville Democrats are organizing a visit to the June 8, 2011 Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting in order to promote the dangerous United...
Letter from the inside: Prisoner exposes Virginia Corrections Department secret list of banned books
They don’t advertise it, but a classified list of banned books exists behind the walls of Virginia prisons. The Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC)...
Show me the money: Monticello HS Athletic Director evades FOIA request in “exclusivity agreement”...
Monticello High School Athletic Director (and Louisa County Board of Supervisors member), Fitzgerald Barnes, apparently is playing fast and loose with Virginia Freedom of...
Buy Local #2: Charlottesville City pursues North Carolina sculpture purchase while urging citizens to...
It’s an apparent case of déjà vu all over again as Charlottesville city government has been caught afresh violating another of its own preposterous...
Guest editorial: A proper response
A proper response
by Hank Martin
Providence occasioned me to be in Washington, D.C., the night of Osama Bin Laden’s demise. It was admittedly; an almost...
Chicken Halfaday: Democrat council candidate flies coop, ditches Schilling Show interview
After confirming a May 4 appearance on WINA’s The Schilling Show, Charlottesville City Council hopeful James Halfaday, at the last minute has chickened-out.
Democrat Halfaday,...
Guest editorial: Defining conservatism
Defining conservatism
by Hank Martin
There has been much debate and discussion recently, regarding the definition of liberalism and conservatism. It would seem that many would...
All wet: RWSA’s $25M, 30-foot dam provides “no new water”?
After a lengthy and contentious approval process the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority’s (RWSA) new 30-foot earthen dam proposal apparently doesn’t hold (enough) water.
In...