All Entries in the "Public Safety" Category
Where’s the beef: Occupy Charlottesville flanking state food safety laws?
First it was illegal occupation of Lee Park, then underage drinking in an on-site tent, on the heels of unpermitted construction, followed by requests for rape whistles, and now, Occupy Charlottesville (OC) may be violating State health laws in regard to food provision. In an October 24 Special Event Application, group representative, Bailee E. Hampton, [...]
Paradise defiled: Occupy Charlottesville seeks rape whistle donations
Born of lawlessness, the ongoing Occupy Charlottesville (OC) demonstration in Lee Park is turning ugly. Yesterday, three homeless men were arrested there for (among other things) plying two underage girls with alcohol. Drink was provided in such excess that the nascent females required hospitalization. The alleged violations took place in an OC tent. An October [...]
Rule of law(lessness): Charlottesville city manager orders police to NOT enforce law on Occupy Charlottesville protesters
At the behest of an anarchistic City Council, Charlottesville City Manager, Maurice Jones, ordered the Charlottesville Police Department to refrain from enforcing city curfew laws in Lee Park. A group known as Occupy Charlottesville, in advance of their transgression, signaled intent to defy the law, and sought a waiver of compliance with city code at [...]
A porta-potty in every park: Councilor Szakos wants free portable commodes for illegal occupiers
Bending over backwards to accommodate the law-skirting Occupy Charlottesville movement, last evening City Councilor Kristin Szakos upped the ante on her fellow Democrats with a novel proposal: provide the interlopers with a taxpayer-funded porta-potty! The discussion took place at the October 17 City Council meeting as elected Democrats stumbled over themselves to extend grace to [...]
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 [...]
Caught on tape: Councilor Huja cops handicap parking during Democrat candidate forum
A Charlottesville City Councilor seeking re-election has been ticketed for illegal parking during a recent council candidate forum. Satyendra Huja, a long-time city employee and one-term council member parked in a clearly designated handicapped area in front of Burley Middle School during last Wednesday’s political event. An eyewitness video (see below) shows Huja’s black Mercedes [...]
Guest editorial: Asleep at the wheel—How the Federal Government’s failure to resist lobbyists has made the highways dangerous for us all
Asleep at the wheel—How the Federal Government’s failure to resist lobbyists has made the highways dangerous for us all by Clifton Smith The recent tour bus accident on Interstate 95 near Kings Dominion has contributed to a particularly bloody period on our nations roadways. In that incident, driver fatigue was cited as the reason for [...]
Letter from the inside: Prisoner exposes Virginia Corrections Department secret list of banned books
They don’t advertise it, but a classified list of banned books exists behind the walls of Virginia prisons. The Virginia Department of Corrections (DOC) secretly has forbidden prisoner access to a long list of books (partially named below), many of which seem innocuous. No stranger to First Amendment controversy, the DOC recently has been embroiled [...]
Guest editorial: A proper response
A proper response by Hank Martin Providence occasioned me to be in Washington, D.C., the night of Osama Bin Laden’s demise. It was admittedly; an almost surreal experience, as the streets were typically quiet for a Sunday night, then a trickle of people turned quickly into a flood, as the streets almost organically became energized [...]
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 [...]
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