All Entries in the "Environment" Category
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 [...]
Guest Editorial: Exposing the international “climategate” scandal
Exposing the international “climategate” scandal by Dr. Charles Battig The letter-to-the-editor format, Daily Progress December 6, 2009 “Investigate data behind global-warming theory,†could provide only a small peek behind the scenes of the current “climategate†scandal. The scientific doubts raised by the scandal make even more sense when statements by such scientists as Stanford Professor [...]
RSWA Van der linde lawsuit star witness: Extortion letter revealed
The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RSWA) knew they were hanging their hat on a flimsy hook when they bedded Richard Wade Kendrick as their “star” witness in the RICO lawsuit against Van der linde Recycling. Kendrick’s long history of legal transgression and punishment was crowned by a December 10, 2009 extortion conviction. The extortee? His [...]
Van der linde Recycling responds to RSWA lawsuit
Following is the complete text of Peter Van der linde’s November 2, 2009 memorandum to Charlottesville City Council, refuting charges made by the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority in their lawsuit against Van der linde Recycling: MEMORANDUM #1 TO: CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL FROM: PETER VAN DER LINDE SUBJECT: FACTS SURROUNDING RSWA’S SUIT AGAINST PETER VAN DER [...]
Sign the RSWA Petition: Drop the Van der linde lawsuit
Call RSWA: 434-977-2976 e-mail Albemarle County Board of Supervisors e-mail Charlottesville City Council [[petition-1]]
Hypocrisy in Albemarle County? Slutzky campaign violates sign laws
In a flagrant and unequivocal election-day violation of the code of Virginia, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Chairman, David Slutzky’s campaign has illegally placed “Slutzky for Supervisor†signs in the public right-of-way along Route 29 North in order to assist his re-election effort. Virginia Code, section 33.1-373 states: Any person who in any manner (i) [...]
Blowin’ in the wind: Albemarle County Zoning ignores “illegal” windmill
In the latest case of local zoning enforcement insanity, Mark Graham, Director of Albemarle County’s Department of Community Development, Amelia McCully, Albemarle County Zoning Administrator, and Sally Thomas, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors member, all acknowledge the existence of an illegal windmill in Albemarle County, but they refuse to address it. The stated reason? There [...]
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