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.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
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UVA graduation is this weekend (May 20th). Consider yourself warned. #
Theodore Roosevelt’s Albemarle retreat, Pine Knot, is looking to become more well known and accessible. #
Tablet computers are working out pretty well in city schools. #
VDOT got seven bids for the Western Bypass, but they’re secret until one is selected in June. #
One small car part is the sole evidence of who killed a Waynesboro woman in a hit-and-run on Saturday. The community at Jalopnik figured it out—it’s from the grille of a 2003 Ford F150 XL. #
Does the city have the power to set the speed on the bypass so ridiculously low? Several people argue that it does not. #
Council has again shot down the police department’s request for funding to put CCTV security cameras all along the Downtown Mall. #
A little light reading: Charlottesville’s charter. These are the rules, set by the legislature, under which C’ville exists. #
The plan for Shoppers World has been made public. Stein Mart and DSW will moving in to the complex recently vacated by Whole Foods. #
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Charlottesville Blogs
- Battle of the noodle: Allied heats up recycling rhetoric against Van der Linde Dave McNair
- People watching pick: Baggby’s Dave McNair
- Canterbury meets Katie Couric at UVA graduation The Rev. James Richardson
- I Want to Live in Upperville Brendan Wolfe
- Could a Mid-Week Farmers’ Market Work in Crozet? Jim
- Virginia’s General Assembly and the New Voter Identification Law Walker Richmond
- Graduation blessings The Rev. James Richardson
- “However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.” jmrlblog
- Baggby’s – still my favorite “cool” view of the Charlottesville Downtown Mall (2012) RuthK
- This Day (L’édition paranoïaque) Brendan Wolfe
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Which I’m betting doesn’t begin to cover the time and aggravation that Mr. Rothamel put into this. Bloggers everywhere own him a “thank you.”
Applause.