1000 words: Welcome to Albemarle County; F*CK Trump

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With all the talk of entrance corridors in Albemarle County, and the ongoing governmental concern for what visitors see as they enter the county,...

Betty’s blunder: Albemarle County blows $900 on bungled land use letters

  Albemarle County’s retirement-ready Finance Director, Betty J. Burrell, has again blundered in the performance of her duties. Following a string of embarrassing gaffes by Burrell’s...

Deep pockets: Albemarle County spends $14k on police for Charlottesville KKK rally

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The July 8 Ku Klux Klan rally held in Charlottesville’s Jackson Park was costly in more ways than one. While Charlottesville’s reputation as a genteel...

Pwned: Signer duped in City Council speaker signup lottery

  Under the feeble tutelage of Mayor Michael Signer, Charlottesville City Council’s “matters by the public” has become a spectator sport. A weekly promenade of...

Side show: Citizen-performers blatantly ignore Mayor Signer’s rules

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Charlottesville’s City Council three-ring circus continued on July 17, as Mayor Michael Signer again lost control of the meeting. This time, citizen-performers addressing Council during...

1000 words: Charlottesville is for A**holes

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  This Subaru, spotted recently in an urban Charlottesville neighborhood, boldly expresses the sentiments of a growing segment of C-villians. Any doubt as to what riles the...

Breaking News: Grisly details emerge in Charlottesville Moores Creek murder

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A man found murdered near Moores Creek has been unofficially identified as Marvin Joel Rivera Guevara of El Salvador. A Spanish-language news website, translated as,...

1000 words: Charlottesville Police use forbidden “Lee” and “Jackson” park names

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Lee Park and Jackson Park—the “offensive” names that shall remain forevermore unspoken—have appeared in a July 8 City Police Department press release. Surely someone in...

Guest editorial: Defeatism runs strong within the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors

by Phillip Fassieux Albemarle County residents are being hoodwinked by County elected officials into believing that the Albemarle Revenue Sharing Agreement is both necessary and interminable....

Capital of chaos: Mayor Mike Signer’s rampageous Charlottesville City Council meetings

  Under the “leadership” of Mayor Michael Signer, Charlottesville City Council meetings have devolved into chaotic scream-fests, laced with verbal and visual profanity—and crowned by...