Fifty protesters gathered at the Rotunda at UVa on Saturday to demand that the University pay subcontracted workers a living wage of $8.65/hour. To accomplish this, UVa would have to require of all contractors (such as Aramark, Morrisons and ServiceMaster) that they increase the pay of their employees at UVa. In Sunday’s Progress, UVa Board of Visitors member Terence Ross said that the living wage would be on the agenda for the next BOV meeting, but the Board Secretary says that isn’t true. Josh Goodman has the story in today’s Cavalier Daily.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
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Two developers are planning a 14-neighborhood, 1,400-unit housing complex just south of town in Albemarle. Developers Percy Montague IV and Gaylon Beights will submit an application for the development in May. It’s described as a Columbia– or Reston-styled planned community, with a “village center,” man-made lake, and a shopping area. Kate Andrews has the story in today’s Progress.
Come May’s Charlottesville City Council election, we’ll be testing out a new voting technology. The election will be a test case for the use of Hart InterCivic‘s eSlate Electronic Voting System. It’s sort of like an overgrown Palm Pilot, only a little more unusual looking. The highly-portaable devices are entirely ADA-compliant, store and tabulate votes electronically, and are extremely simple to use. They’re available for test use at the Registrar’s Office in the City Hall Annex. The story is from Jake Mooney’s piece in today’s Progress.
writes: This isn’t exactly news, but I’ve stumbled upon an excellent site for tracking the finances of our national elected officials. Here is a link for the finances of our 22902 politicians. Looks like Virgil Goode’s top contributing industry is none other than ‘automobile’.
In yesterday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch, writer A. Barton Hinkle has an editorial entitled “Town vs. Gown: In Charlottesville, Respect for Principle Takes a Beating.” Hinkle says that “reaction to the attacks and the revelations about the stated motive epitomize a soft-headed, morally muddled double standard,” going on to say that “if Virginia’s hate-crime statute would be invoked in whites-on-blacks assaults, then shrinking from invoking it – shrinking from even raising the question – in blacks-on-whites assaults amounts to a rejection of equal treatment.” The piece is the strongest criticism to date of the city’s handling of the recent attacks.
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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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