Andrew Breitbart interview on The Schilling Show
On May 5, 2011, Andrew Breitbart joined Schilling Show host, Rob Schilling, to discuss Breitbart’s new book, Righteous Indignation. Rob and Andrew shared conversation on their mutual admiration of Dennis Prager, the seminal Los Angeles punk band X, and growing up in Southern California in the 1970s and 1980s. Andrew Breitbart, a hero of constitutional [...]
Breaking news: Watterson leaving Charlottesville Transit
Bill Watterson, Charlottesville Area Transit (CAT) manager will be leaving his local post by early March. Judy Mueller, Charlottesville’s Director of Public Works, made the unexpected announcement of Watterson’s imminent departure at the CAT offices, during a scheduled staff meeting. Watterson has accepted a similar position in Chittenden County, Vermont, where he will earn $114,000 [...]
Overdrive: Illegal parking problems persist at Albemarle High School
It’s happened again. And again. And again. Less than 90 days after The Schilling Show reported dangerous and ongoing parking violations at Albemarle High School (AHS), the problem persists. The latest pictures, taken in January and February by Schilling Show contributor Jorge Brooks, Jr., show cars lining yellow-curbed emergency-vehicle access areas, blocking clearly marked fire [...]
Summer in the city: TJPDC employee overheats on climate change skeptics’ free speech
Hot on the heels of Delegate David Toscano’s outrageous attempt to silence global warming “skeptics” through a suggested denial of constitutionally protected speech comes another insidious, government-sponsored onslaught on the First Amendment. This time, the proposed restriction emanates from Summer Frederick, Planning Manager at Charlottesville’s Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission (TJPDC). Frederick, apparently not satisfied [...]
Breaking news: Corey Stewart running for Virginia Lt. Governor
On yesterday’s edition of The Schilling Show, Corey Stewart, Chair of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors stated that he will be seeking the office of Virginia Lt. Governor in 2013, with a formal announcement to follow shortly. Stewart, a Republican, is best known for groundbreaking illegal immigration reform in Prince William County and [...]
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 [...]
No-go: Huja nixes Human Rights Commission unless government included under purview
Charlottesville, Virginia, a bastion of left-wing University elites, has a serious white-on-black racial discrimination problem. Charlottesville, Virginia, a political stronghold of Marxist-leaning Democrat elected officials, has a serious white-on-black racial discrimination problem. Charlottesville, Virginia, home to a concentration of socially evolved progressives (e.g. pro “marriage rights” and abortion on-demand), has a serious white-on-black racial discrimination [...]
Fat cats: Charlottesville City Government’s outrageous salary games
It was with great fanfare that Charlottesville’s $95,000+ per year spokesman, Ric Barrick, announced the selection of Chris J. Engel as city’s new Director of Economic Development (DED) in a January 12 news release: The City of Charlottesville is proud to announce the appointment of Chris J. Engel as the next Economic Development Director for [...]
Turn-votes: “Conservative” Albemarle County School Board members shun Buyaki, support Koleszar, McKeel for Chair and Vice Chair
In an amazing display of institutional protectionism, the seven-member Albemarle County School Board (ACSB) voted to prohibit conservative reformer, Jason Buyaki, from assuming a board leadership position. At the ACSB January 12 organizational meeting, politically left-leaning member Eric Strucko—recently a champion of process and corruption reform—nominated Buyaki for chair. Establishment darling, Diantha McKeel, then nominated [...]
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 [...]
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