All Entries in the "General" Category
Breaking news: Holly Edwards will not seek 2nd council term
Charlottesville City Councilor, Holly Edwards, announced today that she will not seek a 2nd term. You heard it first on The Schilling Show Blog & News.
Guest editorial: Albemarle red-light cameras—is there really a safety improvement?
Albemarle red-light cameras—is there really a safety improvement? by National Motorists Association The Albemarle, VA police recently released red-light camera data for the Rio Road and Route 29 intersection that, according to Captain John Parrent, “…translates into improved traffic safety for all vehicles using that intersection….” Wait, not so fast, Captain Parrent. Reporter Brandon Shulleeta’s [...]
Dominique does socialism: Potty-mouthed Western Albemarle teacher wants U.S. to convert!
Charlottesville’s downtown mall is fertile ground for nascent eco-socialists, aggressive progressives, citizen-collectivists and other like-minded political degenerates. At any given time, a panoply of leftists, young and old, convene there, “productively” whiling away the hours. But, politically speaking, the evening of October 29 was superior to all previous nights on the mall. Fellow travelers Tom [...]
Gary’s golden parachute: O’Connell milking Charlottesville taxpayers for $145k per year in “retirement”?
Open and transparent government: that was the motto of Charlottesville’s elected Democrats for many years during the regime of former City Manager Gary O’Connell. It was a marketing scheme at best, as O’Connell held tightly the city hall dossier, frequently depriving elected councilors of critical decision-making information that might lead to conclusions which O’Connell himself [...]
Guest editorial: Solutions for providing fiscally responsible health care
Solutions for providing fiscally responsible health care by Kline Bolton, MD Health Care Providers, patients, and others in the health care system agree that the system is broken. The current Health Care Bill has many new features. It offers unlimited benefits, access for all citizens and immigrants, legal or illegal, equal access regardless of preexisting [...]
Guest Editorial: An analysis of Republican hypocrisy—Ronald Reagan and beyond
An Analysis of Republican hypocrisy—Ronald Reagan and beyond By James Curtis Many of us proponents of smaller government, whether Libertarian, Republican, “small L” libertarian, conservative, “constitutionalist,” independent or some other designation, have been very critical of the significant increases in spending and deficit borrowing enacted by the 111th Congress and President Obama. Additionally, many of [...]
Norris-Claus: Playing Santa with OPM (aka the great $625k taxpayer rip-off)
Things are supposed to be “bad” in Charlottesville. Tenebrous projections for multi-million dollar City budget deficits abound, and Charlottesville City Schools, crying poor, are waiting for the ax to fall as state and local “cuts” loom large. But despite the doom and gloom expounded by Charlottesville officials, times are good for City employees, whose threadbare [...]
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