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Judy, Judy, Judy: Mueller leaving Charlottesville Public Works?

Judy, Judy, Judy: Mueller leaving Charlottesville Public Works?

Sources deep within the bowels of City Hall have revealed the pending retirement of long-time Charlottesville Public Works director, Judith Mueller. A former assistant director of public works in Virginia Beach, Mueller assumed her Charlottesville position in 1985. Mrs. Mueller’s rumored replacement is Lance Stewart, Charlottesville City’s current Facilities Maintenance Manager. You heard it first [...]

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Big time: Schilling Show “We Are The World” exclusive makes Drudge Report

Big time: Schilling Show “We Are The World” exclusive makes Drudge Report

The story of an Albemarle County teacher removing “God” from a popular song has landed Schilling Show host, Rob Schilling, on the front page of the Internet’s premier news source, DrudgeReport.com. Subsequent to Drudge running the news, Schilling’s account of government-school deity-redaction also was featured on Glenn Beck’s The Blaze and Todd Starnes’ Fox News [...]

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Worldly: Albemarle County teacher deletes “God” lyric from “We Are The World”

Worldly: Albemarle County teacher deletes “God” lyric from “We Are The World”

Within weeks of a national scandal at Stall Brook Elementary School in Bellingham, Massachusetts—where an overzealous government school official removed “God” from Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA”—a local teacher has performed her own secular exorcism on another popular song. For an upcoming 4th and 5th grade performance at Albemarle County’s Broadus Wood Elementary School [...]

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Breaking news: Barrick resigns in wake of Schilling Show investigation

Breaking news: Barrick resigns in wake of Schilling Show investigation

Charlottesville City Communications Director, Ric Barrick, tendered his resignation today following the release of an investigative report by The Schilling Show Blog and News. Schilling’s yearlong investigation resulted in Special Prosecutor, Diana Wheeler, being named to research procurement and procedural anomalies inside City Hall. Barrick cited job “stress” as the primary reason for his departure [...]

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Breaking news: Carole Thorpe leaving Tea Party post

Breaking news: Carole Thorpe leaving Tea Party post

Carole Thorpe, chair of the Jefferson Area Tea Party will be leaving her post this month after two years at the helm of the influential government watchdog group. After assuming the reigns of the organization from previous chair, Bill Hay, Thorpe has led the local Tea Party in claiming several major political victories, including the [...]

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Breaking news: Watterson leaving Charlottesville Transit

Breaking news: Watterson leaving Charlottesville Transit

Bill Watterson, Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) manager will be leaving his local post by early March. Judy Mueller, Charlottesville’s Director of Public Works, made the unexpected announcement of Watterson’s imminent departure at the CAT offices, during a scheduled staff meeting. Watterson has accepted a similar position in Chittenden County, Vermont, where he will earn $114,000 [...]

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Breaking news: Corey Stewart running for Virginia Lt. Governor

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 [...]

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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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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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Backbone: UVa tells Occupy Charlottesville campers to take a hike

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, [...]

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