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Breaking news: Corey Stewart running for Virginia Lt. Governor
On yesterday’s edition of The Schilling Show, Corey Stewart, Chair of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors stated that he will be seeking the office of Virginia Lt. Governor in 2013, with a formal announcement to follow shortly. Stewart, a Republican, is best known for groundbreaking illegal immigration reform in Prince William County and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Backbone: UVa tells Occupy Charlottesville campers to take a hike
In stark contrast to ongoing political spinelessness exhibited by Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris, his Keystone Kouncilors, and City Manager Maurice Jones, the University of Virginia (UVa) has just said “no” to Occupy Charlottesville (OC) in their attempt to appropriate University property for the purpose of a protest encampment. As predicted by The Schilling Show yesterday, [...]
Poison pen: Chichester endorses fellow liberal Houck
In a stunningly shortsighted display of political hubris, Democrat Senator Edd Houck has given voters in Virginia’s 17th District the best reason yet to support his opponent, Republican Bryce Reeves: Liberal Republocrat, and former State Senator, John “Chi-taxter” Chichester, has endorsed Houck! Edd Houck, a longtime legislative partner of Planned Parenthood and a reliable pro-abortion [...]
Loose lips: Charlottesville city hall tips media to Tea Party event application
In an egregious breach of operational, organizational, and professional ethics, an unnamed government “official” inside Charlottesville City Hall selectively has divulged confidential and previously undisclosed information to local media. Shortly after Carole Thorpe, chair of the Jefferson Area Tea Party (JATP), submitted a city application for the planned JATP “demonstration” in McGuffey Park this Friday, [...]
Flip-flop: Charlottesville city capitulates on banned political sign
Less than two days after receiving intense negative publicity on its attempt to ban political signage from a private residence, Charlottesville City Hall has reversed course and withdrawn an issued citation. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of Rose Hill Drive, were threatened by Zoning Administrator, Read Brodhead, with “legal proceedings” and fines of up to $5,000 [...]
Breaking news: Minor’s Landmark Hotel rising from the ashes?
Halsey Minor, owner of Charlottesville’s long-stalled Landmark Hotel project, has announced a new developer/associate in the venture. Minor has partnered with Tim Dixon, the Boutique & Lifestyle Lodging Association’s (BBLA) 2011 Hotelier of the Year. Dixon, highly regarded as a creative hotel visionary, is perhaps best known for his award winning Milwaukee property, The Iron [...]
Sage against the machine: Melampy speaks on independent clerk run and dirty Charlottesville politics
Note: Exclusive to The Schilling Show, following is an open letter to Charlottesville voters from independent candidate for Clerk of Court, Pam Melampy: Dear Charlottesville Voters~ Due to the media response following the Democratic Primary I felt the need to write to you the voters of Charlottesville to explain a few things that may be [...]
Roadkill: VDOT tells Army Corps to pull plug on Meadowcreek Parkway permit
In the midst of multiple lawsuits challenging Charlottesville and Albemarle’s Meadowcreek Parkway, a new development may render the long-simmering project roadkill. At issue is the segmentation strategy, wherein the localities split the road into three distinct projects—Meadowcreek Parkway, McIntire Road Extended, and the 250 Bypass Interchange—purportedly in order to avoid greater federal environmental scrutiny. In [...]
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