All Entries in the "Social Issues" Category
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 [...]
Desperately ignorant: Houck invokes Thomas Jefferson to justify pro-abortion voting record
In a November 4 joint appearance with fellow Democrats at the University of Virginia, embattled State Senator Edd Houck (VA-17), made an historical misattribution of significant proportion. In a desperate attempt to justify his abominable pro-abortion, pro-Planned-Parenthood voting record, Houck invoked Thomas Jefferson as one who would support a woman’s right to “make her own [...]
Poison pen: Chichester endorses fellow liberal Houck
In a stunningly shortsighted display of political hubris, Democrat Senator Edd Houck has given voters in Virginia’s 17th District the best reason yet to support his opponent, Republican Bryce Reeves: Liberal Republocrat, and former State Senator, John “Chi-taxter” Chichester, has endorsed Houck! Edd Houck, a longtime legislative partner of Planned Parenthood and a reliable pro-abortion [...]
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 [...]
Photo essay: Charlottesville’s dirty downtown mall
Charlottesville’s downtown mall has an image problem. Long upheld by boastful city officials as a family friendly shopping, entertainment, and dining destination, reality speaks otherwise as those with young children increasingly are seeking alternate venues. The downtown mall has weathered its share of controversy—pedophiles congregating at the children’s museum, violent teen-mob assaults, and reportedly random [...]
Guest editorial: Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part II
Sustainablists Behaving Badly, Part II by Carole Thorpe In the first part of its June 8 work session, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors (BOS) heard reports and comments from Staff and County Executive Thomas Foley. The BOS then followed by asking questions and, on a few occasions, TJPDC Executive Director Stephen Williams rose to offer answers. The BOS asked for clarification regarding the status of the 1998 [...]
Breaking news: Cynthia Neff to challenge Boyd for Rivanna supervisor seat
Democrat Cynthia Neff will formally announce on June 14, her intention to seek the Rivanna District seat on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors—a position currently held by two-term incumbent Republican, Ken Boyd. Neff, whose stated credentials primarily focus on social justice “philanthropy,” is a current board member of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population [...]
Infill-tration: Charlottesville Democrats organizing to undermine Albemarle County property rights
Charlottesville Democrats are organizing a visit to the June 8, 2011 Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting in order to promote the dangerous United Nations “sustainability agenda”—not for themselves, but for Albemarle County! Malcontent with their city’s ongoing participation in liberty-stealing $1,000,000 central planning exercises—hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC)— Charlottesville Democrats [...]
Guest editorial: Defining conservatism
Defining conservatism by Hank Martin There has been much debate and discussion recently, regarding the definition of liberalism and conservatism. It would seem that many would choose to accept the current Roget’s Thesaurus definition of both, self-evident in it’s employ in the current media dialogue, and media spun sound bites. However, being “Old School”, I [...]
Guest editorial: Sullivan’s faith-based inauguration insults Jefferson’s vision
Sullivan’s faith-based inauguration insults Jefferson’s vision by: J. Anderson Thomson, Jr., M.D. Tracy Federman John Herrmann We raise our voices to share in the community’s welcome of new University of Virginia president Teresa A. Sullivan. Sadly, the first event of her inauguration—“an interfaith observance”– directly insults Jefferson’s vision for the University of Virginia, which he [...]
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