All Entries in the "Environment" Category
Guest editorial: Charlottesville’s do gooders, don’t get it
Charlottesville’s do gooders, don’t get it by Steve Lopez So what happens when a bunch of men and women with doctorate degrees read that Charlottesville is the best place in America to retire? Normally they are welcomed members of the community that help make the moniker “best place to live” a self fulfilling prophecy. But [...]
Szakos exposed: Kristin’s kibitz on water plan
If politics is the art of saying absolutely nothing while using thousands of words, or the craft of staying silent until the last possible minute, Democrat Charlottesville City Councilor, Kristin Szakos, has become a master of the game. In the style of her political hero, “Two-faced Tom” Perriello, Szakos uses double-speak and silence effectively to [...]
Green building, brown bushes: Charlottesville’s colorblind environmental hypocrisy
For all its self-aggrandizing blather of being a “green city,” prioritizing a “more robust tree canopy,” and invoking environmental sustainability, practically speaking, Charlottesville city is pulling emerald wool over our eyes. Consider CAT’s (Charlottesville Area Transit) “new green facility” (aka the green goddess)—a modern marvel of LEED-certified energy efficiency goodness. So esteemed is this advanced [...]
Soaked: Ratepayers underwrite RWSA $5k gift to Rivanna Conservation Society
Times must be flush at the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA). At their June 22, 2010 board meeting, the embattled authority (infamously known for raising water and sewer rates to compensate for conservation–related revenue shortfalls) quietly pumped $5,000 of ratepayer money into the caissons of a political ally—the Rivanna Conservation Society (RCS). RCS, a [...]
Guest editorial: Is Big Brother a bio-terrorist?
Is Big Brother a bio-terrorist? by Tim Griffith The U. S. Government has waged a Bio-Terrorism campaign on American citizens for over a decade! It’s a fact and only the victims seem to be aware of it. The victims are the states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, and most notably the people that live and [...]
Progressive Progress: Daily newspaper refuses correction of wayward reporter
The Daily Progress protects its writers, even when they pilfer and even when they slant. When the DP recently ran a Brian McNeill-authored story that contained critical and potentially misleading omissions, the newspaper’s editorial department declined to run a letter-to-the-editor (LTE) setting the writer (and the record) straight. According to the paper’s internal policy, such [...]
Guest editorial: Debunking Charlottesville’s climate change hysteria
Debunking Charlottesville’s climate change hysteria by Dr. Charles Battig The recent announcement that Ms. Cynthia Adams, Charlottesville’s Climate Protection Program Coordinator, was hired by the Local Energy Alliance Program (LEAP) prompted me to re-visit the City’s “Environmental Sustainability” page. Scrolling down to the “A Green City” option, led me to the next set of options, [...]
Government school failure: Indoctrinated Albemarle schoolgirl solicits tax increase
Central Virginia’s Albemarle County is a municipality like many others across the United States: It is relatively affluent and it spends an inordinate amount of confiscated citizen wealth (i.e. taxes) on funding government schools. A recent series of public hearings on the Albemarle County budget brought forward a surprising number of local residents and government [...]
RSWA settles Van der linde lawsuit
The Hook is reporting a settlement in the unjust Rivanna Solid Waste Authority vs. Van der linde Recycling lawsuit. The RICO action brought against Mr. Van der linde was settled for $19.1 million less than the $20 million potentially sought by the RSWA, with Van der linde paying $600 thousand and BFI, who was not [...]
Charlottesville City government’s “dirtiest” word
In the godless, politically correct microcosm known as Charlottesville City government, the term, “Christmas,” is akin to a “four-letter word,” to be avoided in all instances (except one). The dreaded “C-word” no longer is referenced when the city is soliciting a donated tree to decorate for the Holy day once called “Christmas” and now re-Christened [...]
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