I just stumbled across “Urban Renewal and the End of Black Culture in Charlottesville“—that’s going on my to-read list.
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- Jim Baldi is accused of stealing federal tax withholdings from his clients' employees. #
- The Coca-Cola bottling plant on Preston is closing down. Like the USPS, they're relocating services to Sandston. #
- Is the FBI looking for Jim Baldi? #
- Really, WINA? (Screenshot, for posterity.) #
- Charlottesville blogger Jamelle Bouie is getting famous. #
- The Progress has sent Brian McNeill to Michigan to cover Oliver Kuttner's X Prize attempt. I can't remember the last time the DP sent a reporter more than a few hours from C'ville. Good for them. #
- Leslie Macko, of Charlottesville, stood with the president in the Rose Garden yesterday as an example of somebody who needs unemployment benefits extended. #
- It's not a drought yet, it just seems like it. #
- Here are the documents unsealed in the Yeardley Love case. The Post summarizes them. #
- A Forest Lakes resident, angered by the culling of Canada geese to prevent plane crashes: "It's just so redneck." Um. #
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This is a community news blog about Charlottesville, VA, USA, started in March of 2001. It's run by Waldo Jaquith. It has nothing to do with C-Ville Weekly, the newspaper. Feel free to submit a story.
The Regional Libraries have several copies. A couple appear to be missing and a couple are in reference sections. At least one can be checked out.
-Jeff
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From my days yelling about not getting rid of the Jefferson School, I’ve been warned by many people who actually lived it that this book is more fiction that it should be: read it with a salt shaker at hand.
That is awfully good to know—thank you.
Waldo, QCC has had the authors of this book make two presentations here in the last few years. Once at Trinity Church in partnership with the Center on Lived Theology attended by at least 150 people and most recently here at QCC, with a standing room only crowd. They are both distinguished scholars at Perdue University and still have family here. I am sad to see you are so willing to accept one person’s disparaging opinion of their work.
I can’t see why I should be any more willing to accept a glowing opinion than a disparaging one. :) And thank you for that information!