All Entries in the "Guest Editorial" Category
Guest editorial: Charlottesville City Council’s plan to give away 20 percent of Oakwood Cemetery
(Note: This is an open letter to Charlottesville City Council from guest editorialist Antoinette W. Roades) To: Members of Charlottesville City Council From: Antoinette W. Roades Date: 1 May 2012 Re: Your plan to give away 20 percent of Oakwood Cemetery Given City practice over the last few years, what you are poised to do [...]
Guest editorial: An open letter to Albemarle County and Charlottesville City Planning Commissions
Guest editorial: An open letter to Albemarle County and Charlottesville City Planning Commissions By Charles Battig, MD With both an engineering and medical background, my views are science and validated-results based. They are more oriented with F. A. Hayek and “The Fatal Conceit,” than with American Planning Association dogma. None of my comments are intended [...]
The Tattered Public Sphere: A Review of Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart”
The Tattered Public Sphere: A Review of Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart” By Scott Beyer There were many advantages to having a sheltered, upper-middle class background in Charlottesville. But one thing it didn’t teach me was what the adult world is really like in America across class lines. Even following college, I still believed most of [...]
Guest editorial: Rules are replacing responsibility in government
Rules are replacing responsibility in government by Jim Stern Man has always lived under sets of rules. From the Ten Commandments to the legal code, sporting competitions to board games, in physics and in tax forms, there are rules everywhere guiding our lives. Deciphering the rules creates knowledge. Early man saw that fire burns, fire [...]
Guest editorial: The perpetual scream for increasing the unskilled wages for reasons of social justice
Guest editorial: The perpetual scream for increasing the unskilled wages for reasons of social justice by Claire Overton As a friend of Dr. Nelson Lichtenstein ( former UVA Professor, Now at UCLA, union apologist, author of Jimmy Hoffa, The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit et al. and the first “ Living Wage Activist “ in [...]
Guest editorial: Skinning the CAT (How the City of Charlottesville abuses some in its employ)
Skinning the CAT (How the City of Charlottesville abuses some in its employ) by Clifton Smith Circumstance saw me without my vehicle for a few days. Deciding to explore the alternatives, I chose to utilize the local transit system, known as CAT, the Charlottesville Area Transit System. I was a far younger man when I [...]
Guest Editorial: Reasons to support public libraries over public schools
Guest editorial: Reasons to support public libraries over public schools by Steven C. Latimer Crozetians and Western Albemarleans awoke to welcomed news on December 8, 2011, as the Crozet Gazette and Charlottesville Daily Newspaper reported that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors had voted to direct county staff to send out an RFP, or request [...]
Guest editorial: The Magnificent History of the United States
The following is a paper I discovered amongst keepsakes of my parents. It was written for a middle school assignment 35 years ago, in the Albemarle County School System. I was given an A+++ at the time. Given the recent Kid Pan Alley “99%” controversy at Albemarle County’s Woodbrook Elementary School, I can not help [...]
Guest editorial: Occupy Charlottesville, the rule of law, and why the Constitution will fail
Law enforcement, Occupy Charlottesville, and why the Constitution will fail by Clifton Smith There are many facets of the recent debacle associated with the recent “Occupy Charlottesville” which will no doubt be a matter of prescient debate for many weeks and months to follow. As it should be. However, I feel that there is core [...]
Guest editorial: World Class, my a$$
World Class, my a$$ By Bill Smith 27% live in poverty One-party tyranny Low paying jobs Occupy Cville mobs Cost of living through the roof Power elite, arrogant and aloof World Class, my a$$ Wasteful art in place Disrespect for the black race Public housing disgrace World Class, my a$$ Former mayor beats his wife [...]
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