Fleeced by the Barbour 2: Charlottesville’s commercial real estate assessment racket
Previously, we documented Charlottesville’s outrageous residential over-assessments wherein scores of City property owners have been paying dramatically higher real estate taxes than they should...
Let them eat cake: Perriello health care plan to starve constituents?
Virginia’s 5th District Congressman, Democrat Tom Perriello, is a silver-tongued snake oil salesman if ever there was one. He could sell ice to an...
Jawing with Jay: Rob Schilling interviewed on religion, politics and faith
Charlottesville, Virginia, where “Democrat” is the religion and government is the “church”—a likely place for a frank discussion of faith’s intersection with politics?
That depends...
Soaked: Ratepayers underwrite RWSA $5k gift to Rivanna Conservation Society
Times must be flush at the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA).
At their June 22, 2010 board meeting, the embattled authority (infamously known for...
Phoenix rising: Banned Albemarle high school editorial re-published
Ellie Leech's editorial, Student's P.E. Groans Might Be Warranted, was too hot for publication in Albemarle High School's (AHS) student newspaper, The Revolution. The...
Open trough: Charlottesville City’s $360M “free” lunch
Charlottesville City’s Director of Disinformation, Ric Barrick, is at it again. This time he’s promising something that never has existed: a “free” lunch.
Barrick deceptively...
Belmont blues: Embattled residents respond to Daily Progress reporting omissions
In an ongoing effort to provide a "voice to the voiceless" in Charlottesville, The Schilling Show Blog and News has committed to publishing materials...
Tea with Tom: Tea Party “Right to Redress” rally at Perriello’s office
The Jefferson Area Tea Party will be holding a "Right to Redress" rally at the Charlottesville office of Congressman Tom Perriello, 313...
Breaking news: Arizona immigration law coming to Virginia?
Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chair, Corey Stewart, today announced the "Virginia Rule of Law Act" on WINA's The Schilling Show.
The Act, essentially...
Guest editorial: An open letter to the “Tea Partiers” of Virginia’s Fifth District
An Open Letter to the “Tea Partiers” of Virginia’s Fifth District
by James Curtis
Dear colleagues,
I have a piece of good news for you and some...