All Entries in the "Environment" Category
Mayor Norris(hood)’s $5000 “green” grocery bag fiasco
One would think Charlottesville City officials had not gotten word that the United States of America (and by extension, the City itself) is in a serious recession.
Perhaps Democratic Socialist Republic of Charlottesville Minister David Norris (Mayor) and Chairman Gary O’Connell (City Manager) were not tuned-in when President Barack Obama described our Nation’s current financial situation [...]
Guest Editorial: Ridge-Cherry’s non-mystery history
Ridge-Cherry’s non-mystery history
by Antoinette W. Roades
At 6:30 pm on Wednesday, 9 September, Charlottesville Planning Commission and City Council will hold a joint public hearing to consider rezoning 2.875 acres at the intersection of Ridge Street and Cherry Avenue to Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a project that features an 80,000-100,0000 square foot mixed use building [...]
McIntire Recycling: How much it costs, nobody knows (but Peter van der Linde has a solution)
Multiple inquiries to the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RSWA), Charlottesville City, and Albemarle County yielded some interesting information about how much the public is paying to fund the McIntire Recycling Center’s operation: no one, at any of the entities knows!
In what appears to be a case verging on criminal negligence, the very authority that runs [...]
Guest Editorial: No, you can not
No, you can not
by Charles Battig, MD
In six short months, the inspiring campaign motto “Yes We Can” has been replaced by a pervasive “No, You Can Not!” attitude. How disappointed must be those who voted for believable change and a fresh start for our nation.
No, You Can Not: point to a new openness in government, [...]
Guest Editorial: Green is the new black
Green Is The New Black
by Dr. Charles Battig
Much has been written by those searching for economic lessons learned or not learned from the 1930s depression years. I look at those years and see a political and historical template for the crafting of energy policies as proposed by the Obama administration, its supporters, and business beneficiaries.
Those [...]
