Downtown tarot card reader Ed Rowe passed away on NYE; a memorial service will be held Wed. 01/07 from 5-8PM at Twisted Branch.
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Some guy trying to cross the train tracks on grounds impaled himself on the top of the spiked, 6′ tall fence designed to keep pedestrians off the tracks. #
Progress owner Media General is having a hard time paying its debt. #
A local guy by the name of Peyton Williams intends to run against Rep. Robert Hurt. #
Somebody has taped a piece of paper to a statue! Alert the populace! #
Remember the UVA Law student who invented a story of how he was racially profiled and humiliated by UVA police? He’s been acquitted of honor code violations. I guess nothing is an honor code violation. #
Three months after winning his case against Fluvanna County, a court has ordered the county to pay Bryan Rothamel $37,000 in legal fees after they passed a law prohibiting him (and others) from displaying the county seal. #
Albemarle will issue an RFP for a new Crozet library. I’ll believe it when I see it. #
Amtrak’s Northeast Regional will likely have its funding renewed by Congress, continuing our daily rail service to D.C. #
Albemarle needs you to volunteer to serve on boards. ACSA, Places 29, Pantops Advisory, Planning, Police Citizens Advisory, Region Ten, and RSWA Citizens Advisory all need members. #
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I know him but I don’t know him. I mean I saw him day after day for years but never talked to him. He was a good addition to downtown ambiance. Never hassled anyone, never annoyed anyone. I was glad that he was there.
The good ones all die. The good ones and the interesting ones. Steve Weiner, Budda Phil, Phil Gininy, etc. Heart attacks, usually.
I wasn’t close to Ed Rowe, but I did interact with him on a regular basis (most often back in the days when I worked at the Tea House). To the extent that I knew him, he was kind, generous, and patient. He’ll be missed.
I’d like to add “Loki” (whose real name I never knew) and Carl Carter to the list of formerly ever-present downtown individuals who are sorely missed.
I used to sit and talk to Ed for a long time until he shooed me away. After an hour of talking, he used to say it was “time to look mystical and make some money.”
Talking with Ed meant more to me than he probably knew. He would tell me things I didn’t understand at the time, but as time went on, I realized were very true. He was the wisest kind of wise man – the kind who didn’t even know he was wise.