All Entries in the "Environment" Category

Van der linde Recycling responds to RSWA lawsuit

Following is the complete text of Peter Van der linde’s November 2, 2009 memorandum to Charlottesville City Council, refuting charges made by the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority in their lawsuit against Van der linde Recycling:

MEMORANDUM #1
TO: CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: PETER VAN DER LINDE
SUBJECT: FACTS SURROUNDING RSWA’S SUIT AGAINST PETER VAN DER LINDE
DATE: NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Relevant [...]

Sign the RSWA Petition: Drop the Van der linde lawsuit

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Hypocrisy in Albemarle County? Slutzky campaign violates sign laws

In a flagrant and unequivocal election-day violation of the code of Virginia, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Chairman, David Slutzky’s campaign has illegally placed “Slutzky for Supervisor” signs in the public right-of-way along Route 29 North in order to assist his re-election effort.
Virginia Code, section 33.1-373 states:
Any person who in any manner (i) paints, prints, [...]

Blowin’ in the wind: Albemarle County Zoning ignores “illegal” windmill

In the latest case of local zoning enforcement insanity, Mark Graham, Director of Albemarle County’s Department of Community Development, Amelia McCully, Albemarle County Zoning Administrator, and Sally Thomas, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors member, all acknowledge the existence of an illegal windmill in Albemarle County, but they refuse to address it. The stated reason? [...]

RSWA: Yes, we have no “flow control”

The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority’s (RSWA) ongoing attempts to crush private-sector competitor, Van der linde Recycling, get curiouser and curiouser by the moment. And all ventures to obtain clarification of the Authority’s ambitions leave us feeling as though we are “among mad people.”
After referencing the phrase, “flow control,” frequently and commonly during their 9/22/09 monthly [...]

Fed up with corruption, then “Dump RSWA”

We can’t claim the origination of this slogan (that happened on the Hook blog), but the execution is all ours. By popular demand, you can now fight back against the corrupt Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RSWA) by showing your disdain for overbearing, manipulative and anti-competitive government.
If you’re sick and tired of RSWA’s Stalinist tactics in [...]

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, [...]