Monthly Archive for October, 2002

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So that’s who we are!

Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 17, 2002 in Ask cvillenews.com. 7 Comments

Hoo2LA writes: Charlottesville is certainly a town of conflicted identity – rural backwater, bustling university town, the usual middle-class place, home of the idle rich. To help marketers sort through the mess, claritas.com has given us exact breakdowns of who lives where and what sorts of people they are. Do you think they’ve got us nailed?

For example, here is what pops up for 22901:

Charlottesville 22901’s most common PRIZM Clusters are:

  • Second City Elite

  • Country Squires

  • Middleburg Managers

  • Boomtown Singles

  • Smalltown Downtown

    The Boomtown Singles like to paint, draw, sculpt and watch the X-Files. They have school loans and make about $35 grand.

    So, which one are you? Keep reading to see claritas.com’s data on Our Fair City.

    • State Budget Cuts’ Effect on C’ville?

    Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 15, 2002 in General News. 16 Comments

    Hoo2LA writes: Governor Warner has just announced nearly $1 billion in budget cuts. U-Va, of course, was hit strongly — to the tune of $32 million. Has anyone noticed or heard of any direct impact on life in Charlottesville from these cuts (or of the augured cuts of the next budget in December)? An article in the Washington Post describes the cuts.

    Student Attempts Suicide-by-Train

    Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 15, 2002 in UVa. 21 Comments

    Yesterday afternoon, a UVa student, presumably attempting to commit suicide, placed her head on the tracks under Beta Bridge in front of an oncoming train. The train activated its emergency brakes and managed to stop before hitting the girl. Two men jumped off of the train, chased the fleeing girl and held her until police took her away to Region Ten. Martin Oliver has the story in today’s Cavalier Daily.

    McIntire Park Open to Pedestrians

    Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 13, 2002 in Politics. 6 Comments

    empty writes: The east side of McIntire Park is now open to non-golfers on Sundays. This part of McIntire has been a primitive golf course with sand greens for the last few decades, and has been open only to golfers. A city steering committee, which is considering redesign plans for the park, recently decided lift the golfing-only restriction from noon to 10 p.m. on Sundays. The Daily Progress (Oct 13) reports that the committee was spurred to this decision by citizens’ comments made at a July public hearing. Course supervisor Lynn Cubbage says he will not prevent golfers from using the course on Sundays, according to The Progress.

    Brown School Ups Violations Tally

    Published by Waldo Jaquith on October 10, 2002 in Business. 12 Comments

    Troubled-adolescent mental health facility The Brown Schools of Virginia (the facility has been cited with 99 human rights violations in their not-quite-two-year history, ranging from staffer/patient sex to untrained temps injuring patients. The latest news is that a staffer attacked and threatened to kill a patient, and another one (who had never left the facility) tested positive for amphetamines, marijuana and prescription drugs. It turns out that the latter kid had also figured out how to open any locked door in the facility, which the staff was aware that he could do, but no steps were taken to prevent him from roaming freely thruogh the building. Claudia Pinto has the story in today’s Progress.

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