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Fat cats: Charlottesville City Government’s outrageous salary games

Fat cats: Charlottesville City Government’s outrageous salary games

It was with great fanfare that Charlottesville’s $95,000+ per year spokesman, Ric Barrick, announced the selection of Chris J. Engel as city’s new Director of Economic Development (DED) in a January 12 news release: The City of Charlottesville is proud to announce the appointment of Chris J. Engel as the next Economic Development Director for [...]

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Turn-votes: “Conservative” Albemarle County School Board members shun Buyaki, support Koleszar, McKeel for Chair and Vice Chair

Turn-votes: “Conservative” Albemarle County School Board members shun Buyaki, support Koleszar, McKeel for Chair and Vice Chair

In an amazing display of institutional protectionism, the seven-member Albemarle County School Board (ACSB) voted to prohibit conservative reformer, Jason Buyaki, from assuming a board leadership position. At the ACSB January 12 organizational meeting, politically left-leaning member Eric Strucko—recently a champion of process and corruption reform—nominated Buyaki for chair. Establishment darling, Diantha McKeel, then nominated [...]

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Guest Editorial: Reasons to support public libraries over public schools

Guest Editorial: Reasons to support public libraries over public schools

Guest editorial: Reasons to support public libraries over public schools by Steven C. Latimer Crozetians and Western Albemarleans awoke to welcomed news on December 8, 2011, as the Crozet Gazette and Charlottesville Daily Newspaper reported that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors had voted to direct county staff to send out an RFP, or request [...]

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We’re so sorry, Uncle Koleszar: Indoctrinated Woodbrook third graders sing “Part of the 99”; Kidpan Alley issues apology

We’re so sorry, Uncle Koleszar: Indoctrinated Woodbrook third graders sing “Part of the 99”; Kidpan Alley issues apology

Kid Pan Alley (KPA), a music-based educational organization that inspires kids “to be creators, not consumers” has reversed course and issued an apology for the song “Part of the 99.” Schilling Show Exclusive: Click to play Part of the 99 as sung by Ms. Murray’s 3rd grade class [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]

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Koleszar vs. Adams: Communism in Albemarle County’s Woodbrook Elementary?

Koleszar vs. Adams: Communism in Albemarle County’s Woodbrook Elementary?

In this exclusive Schilling Show interview, Albemarle County School Board Chair, Steve Koleszar, defends the controversial Kid Pan Alley song, Part of the 99, while Big Government’s J. Christian Adams explains his concerns with Communist indoctrination of third grade students at Woodbrook Elementary School. Also participating in the discussion was Albemarle County School Board member [...]

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Signs of the the times: Expect acceptance?

Signs of the the times: Expect acceptance?

Electronic traffic signs posted on Rio Road near the northern terminus of the soon-to-be opened Meadowcreek Parkway showed the following messages for at least two days—text likely entered by a recent product of government schools. How many thousands saw this sign and drew negative inferences about incompetent government-hired workers? How many thousands saw this sign [...]

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Breaking news: Schilling, Thorpe receive Pat Napoleon Community Service Award

Breaking news: Schilling, Thorpe receive Pat Napoleon Community Service Award

The 2011 Pat Napoleon Community Service Award was presented to co-recipients at City Hall at last night’s City Council meeting. Honorees Rob Schilling (host of 1070-AM WINA’s “The Schilling Show”) and Carole Thorpe (chairwoman of the Jefferson Area Tea Party) were commended for their accurate yet unheeded warnings to City Council against their allowance of [...]

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All hooked up: Hook names Schilling Person of the Year runner up

All hooked up: Hook names Schilling Person of the Year runner up

The Hook, Charlottesville’s premier weekly newspaper, has named Schilling Show host, Rob Schilling, a runner up for its 2011 Person of the Year (POTY): ROB SCHILLING With an all-Democrat city council that’s likely to stay that way, and a city populace that typically votes 80 percent Democratic, conservative radio show host and former City Councilor [...]

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Breaking news: UK cops, aided by US DoJ, in hot pursuit of Climategate leaker

Breaking news: UK cops, aided by US DoJ, in hot pursuit of Climategate leaker

Climate Cops Raid Blogger, Obama DoJ Aiding UK Manhunt for “Climategate” Leaker By Christopher C. Horner It appears that the United States Department of Justice (DoJ), Criminal Division, is working with United Kingdom police to pursue the leaker of the 2009 and 2011 “Climategate” emails. I have learned that last week DoJ sent a search-and-seizure [...]

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First Amendment blues: Occupy Charlottesville kills internal free speech

First Amendment blues: Occupy Charlottesville kills internal free speech

Occupy Charlottesville (OC), a group that intentionally and needlessly defied curfew and permit laws in advocacy of “free speech” now has censored its own, and in doing so, has created an internal uproar. Recent discussion threads on OC’s Facebook page (see below) show only limited tolerance for “offensive” free speech, especially when it involves criticism [...]

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