Four living wage activists were arrested following a march on the Downtown Mall yesterday evening. A dozen or so folks marched down the mall in early evening, waving signs and puppets, before several of them chained themselves to the Omni’s elevators. Spot Etal, Nicholas Graber-Grace, Andrew Holden and Abi Miller were arrested after police cut them loose. In an interview with the Progress, an activist with the UVa Labor Action Group was shocked with the arrests, saying “To see [Graber-Grace] taken away as a criminal has really hurt me a lot.” George Loper has the full article on his website, in addition to a press release from the four arrestees.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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I hope that girl with LAG was kidding. The goal of the protest was obviously to get arrested. Either she’s clueless, or lying. Anyhow, it worked, since they’re in the paper today.
It is sad that Americans expect everything to be handed
to them. Corporations have a responsibility to make as
much money as possible, not for the employees but for
the stock holders. The average person living in mexico
makes $3000 a year. GE employs 30,000 people in
Mexico, more than it employs in any country other than
the United States. If GE paid that wage, all 30,000 GE
workers combined in Mexico would make about $90 million a year, which is less than CEO Jack Welch made
in 1999. Why is that? Because CEO Jack Welch makes
the stock holders feel good about their investment. The
workers in mexico are little more than machines that
make the global corporation run. Totally replacable, at
little price.
Is that fair? No. Right now americans are quite upset
that last year they had money, and now they dont. The
downturn in the economy is probably a direct result of
investors pouring millions of dollars into companies
that made no money. Where did the billions of dollars
that used to be flowing into and out of these companies
go? It went into the pockets of CEOs and other
executives who just took the money and ran.
Hey… how is "anonymous" posting still going on… or maybe that’s their name? Just curious…