Monthly Archive for May, 2005

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Collins Arrested for Trespassing while Campaigning

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 12, 2005 in Politics. 6 Comments

Rich Collins, Democratic candidate for the 57th District House of Delegates seat, was arrested last Saturday for trespassing. Collins was campaigning in front of Whole Foods when the property manager of the shopping center asked him to leave. Collins refused, the police were called, and Collins asked to be arrested on principle, saying that the shopping center is functionally public, and he has a First Amendment right to campaign there. The police disagreed, and he was taken into custody.

The Daily Progress has an editorial on the matter, which runs down the basic story, concluding that “[h]e is raising a legitimate public issue in perhaps an unorthodox way,” but that “it probably doesn’t rank in the top 10 on the list of issues facing Virginia.”

Disclosure: I’ve been known to volunteer my time for the Collins campaign. My fiancee is the campaign manager. We’re also blood brothers in the local chapter of the Illuminati.

Progress Replaces Hatter with McCance

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 12, 2005 in Meta News. 1 Comment

Today’s Progress reports that the paper has hired McGregor McCance as the new managing editor of he paper — he’ll start June 6. Being as how I know nothing about journalism, I can’t tell you what a managing editor does, but I do know that Lou Hatter has been the managing editor, and there’s not a peep about him in this article. I wonder what happened to him?

McCance was at the Roanoke Times as the business editor, was a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and was both reporter and editor at the Lynchburg News & Advance. The Roanoke Times is the only of the three that’s not owned by Media General.

05/21 Update: A couple of people have e-mailed me to point out that Lou Hatter left to work for VDOT. My thanks to them, and my apologies for the delayed update — I’m halfway through a two-week vacation in the Outer Banks, and my mind is elsewhere. :)

CHS is #485 on Newsweek’s List

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 11, 2005 in Education. 9 Comments

Writes James Weissman:“Newsweek has a cover story on America’s Best High Schools. Using a strange metric, C’ville clocks in at #485.” Some of the methodology is explained, but James is right — it is kind of a weird system.

School Board: Igbani’s Out

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 9, 2005 in Entertainment and Politics. 7 Comments

WINA: Bill Igbani is out, leaving Peggy Van Yahres as the only expiring member who may seek re-appointment by City Council.

Satyrfield Giving Away Chevre

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 9, 2005 in Business and Law and Justice. 1 Comment

Christine Solem and John Coles, owners of Satyrfield Farm, haven’t been put off by the General Assembly’s refusal to pass a bill permitting them to sell their unpasteurized cheese. They’re giving it away. In today’s Progress, Liesel Nowak writes:

“Most of our customers are outraged that they can’t buy it anymore. They’re incredulous,” Solem said. “More and more people want raw milk and cheese from the farmer they know.”

If it’s not raining, Solem said, she and Coles give away nearly 80 pounds of chevre at the market, and bring home somewhere between $500 and $600, about $200 more than when they sold it.

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