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If at first you don’t deceive, lie, lie again: Charlottesville City spokesman denies, then admits hiring lobbyist
Much as been made by Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris and his downtown cronies regarding a commitment to open and transparent government—but actions speak louder than words and the road to City Hall transparency is paved with good intentions.
Recently local media reported that Charlottesville had hired a lobbyist to defeat Del. Rob Bell’s proposed state budget [...]
iPods and laptops and junkets, oh my! Local schools swimming in cash
In the midst of another budget season, weekly we endure administrators, school board members, teachers, students, and parents complaining about unfathomable shortfalls in local school divisions.
Loose-spending elected officials in Charlottesville, Albemarle, and surrounding counties “cry wolf†each budget cycle, claiming scarcity of “resources†to properly educate (i.e. indoctrinate) our children and to perform myriad other [...]
2010 United States Census revealed
The United States Census 2010—feared by some as a potential invasion of privacy, revered by others as a necessary tool for Government efficiency. Should you fill it out? Should you ignore it?
Government affirms that submitting requested Census information will enable localities to receive “fair” Federal funding allotment and appropriate apportionment in elected Federal [...]
Norris-Claus: Playing Santa with OPM (aka the great $625k taxpayer rip-off)
Things are supposed to be “bad” in Charlottesville.
Tenebrous projections for multi-million dollar City budget deficits abound, and Charlottesville City Schools, crying poor, are waiting for the ax to fall as state and local “cuts” loom large.
But despite the doom and gloom expounded by Charlottesville officials, times are good for City employees, whose threadbare stockings were [...]
Everything new is old again: Charlottesville Dems choose “new” leadership
Charlottesville Democrats claim to have selected “new†party leadership for 2010, but boy does it smell stale.
Quasi-reformer Jennifer McKeever, who slightly loosed the reigns on Charlottesville Democrats’ ultra-exclusive elitist nomination process is out (along with silent partner and Van der linde Recycling lead persecuter, Jonathan Blank) only to be superseded by Charlottesville Central Party Democrat [...]
Perriello postures; the 5th District laughs
Fearful of forfeiting his cushy congressional seat after a disastrous first year in office, desperate Democrat Tom Perriello has issued another press release—devoid of substance—in a last-ditch attempt to mollify outraged constituents.
After boastfully hosting 21 town hall meetings throughout Virginia’s 5th District in which attendees overwhelming urged the boy Congressman to reject the socialist health [...]
Charlottesville City government’s “dirtiest” word
In the godless, politically correct microcosm known as Charlottesville City government, the term, “Christmas,†is akin to a “four-letter wordâ€â€” to be avoided in all instances (except one).
The dreaded “C-word†no longer is referenced when the city is soliciting a donated tree to decorate for the Holy day once called “Christmas†and now re-Christened by [...]
Two-faced Tom: Perriello throwing stones from a glass house
Hypocrisy is rich in American politics these days, but Democrat Congressman Tom Perriello has driven duplicity to new heights.
Recall that during his 2008 campaign for Virginia’s 5th District Congressional seat, candidate Perriello in a smarmy radio commercial (audio file below), ridiculed then incumbent Congressman Virgil Goode for squandering his Congressional efforts on such “trivial†acts [...]
RSWA Van der linde lawsuit star witness: Extortion letter revealed
The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RSWA) knew they were hanging their hat on a flimsy hook when they bedded Richard Wade Kendrick as their “star” witness in the RICO lawsuit against Van der linde Recycling.
Kendrick’s long history of legal transgression and punishment was crowned by a December 10, 2009 extortion conviction. The extortee? His former [...]
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