All Entries in the "Guest Editorial" Category
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 [...]
Guest editorial: A miracle on Commonwealth
A miracle on Commonwealth By Steve Lopez We had a night to remember at the abortuary on Commonwealth Drive…just around the corner from the Pregnancy Centers of Central Virginia. Normally one or two pro lifers show up with their signs and their prayers. Today the parking lot was already half filled by the time the [...]
Guest editorial: NPR, bias, and evidence based policy
NPR, bias, and evidence based policy by Jeff VanWickler I like National Public Radio. I just wish they weren’t getting my tax money. After the primaries for the 2008 election, The Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy of The Harvard Kennedy School released a study that showed the media had given measurably [...]
Guest editorial: Regional Jail inmates want Narcotics Anonymous meetings
By Raymond W. Mason Inmate, Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail For the last month, I have been trying to have Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings in Housing Unit #1 at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ). I have met resistance at all levels. The Program Activity director said point blank, no, to the use of all but [...]
Guest editorial: Vanity or value?
Vanity or Value? by James Moore Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others. —Samuel Johnson Charlottesville is a proud city. We promulgate all recognitions and making The Street’s top 10 list is no exception. So, let’s bask [...]
Guest editorial: Albemarle County Schools to cave in to censorship — ‘A Study In Stupidity’
Albemarle County Schools to cave in to censorship— ‘A Study In Stupidity’ by Jim Stern Censor Sherlock Holmes, are they kidding? The School Board is poised to ban Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study In Scarlet. The Nazi’s burned books, is that next? Check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings. I can see it now; soon nothing [...]
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