Monthly Archive for March, 2006

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Chronicle on PVCC’s Friedman’s Editorial

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 15, 2006 in Education and Politics. 2 Comments

Sean McCord writes: “PVCC President Frank Friedman penned an editorial last week in the Daily Progress endorsing a Senate’s proposal (over a House plan) to divert money from the general fund into transportation. State Del. Vincent Callahan, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, thought this looked suspiciously like a smilar editorial written by Glenn DuBois, Chancellor of the Virginia community-college system, so he called DuBois to a closed-door meeting with House budget negotiators. According to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, ‘shortly afterward, Mr. Callahan, a Republican from Fairfax, filed a Freedom of Information Act request demanding Mr. DuBois’s records of telephone and e-mail communications with Virginia’s 23 community-college presidents.’

“Charlottesvillian and freshman Delegate David Toscano is quoted in the article expressing concerns about ‘bringing in a college president to suggest that he should not be saying what he thinks about the budget or anything else.’ Indeed!”

Those of us lacking subscriptions to The Chronicle of Higher Education can get the skinny from Bob Gibson. Unfortunately, Friedman’s editorial is not available on-line.

11:00pm Update: Friedman’s editorial is now available.

Daughtry Surviving American Idol

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 15, 2006 in Entertainment and Music. 4 Comments

I’ll confess right up front that I’m a big dork and I’ve never seen American Idol. (The ads indicate that the hosts are jerks, so I’ve never bothered to watch.) I’ll further confess that I hadn’t really noticed that a local fella is really rocking each round, but on the Daily Progress blog, Laura Bland writes that 26-year-old Chris Daughtry, from Fluvanna, is the odds-on favorite to win. He actually lives in North Carolina now, but we take what we can get.

Region Ten Fires Exec. Director

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 14, 2006 in General News. 26 Comments

The scandal over Region Ten Executive Director Philip Campbell’s background didn’t last long — he was sacked by the board of directors yesterday, John Yellig writes in today’s Progress. Board members cited his management style as the reason for his dismissal, not the revelations about incidents that occurred under his watch nearly a decade ago.

03/15 Update: Yellig has a followup article today in which one board member expresses great shock at Campbell’s firing and a parent of a client says that the staff was wrong about this.

Duffy Goes to the Competition

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 13, 2006 in Meta News. 2 Comments

The rumors were true — Beth Duffy left NBC 29 to work for Gray Communications, The Hook writes on their blog. Her non-compete with NBC 29 prevents her from doing any on-air work, so she intends to work in sales.

Blogging Round Up

Published by Waldo Jaquith on March 9, 2006 in Blogs. Closed

Here are some of my favorite Charlottesville blog entries from the past week.

Virginia Quarterly Review has won a big-deal award. Bryan McKenzie would like you to all please stop shooting each other. Trish will miss her old apartment…kind of. Laura had some unexpected guests. Colten finished recording his new CD. Jennifer and her family stayed in a PATC cabin in March and was surprised to discover that it was cold. Scott can save you a lot of money if you follow his wiring advice. Lincoln overheard something scary (which reminds me of something I once overheard). Joe’s both famous and fit and trim. Duane’s concerned about the neighborhood model. Darlene and Chris can’t make a great vegan meal every night. Bill Emory took a walk along Moore’s Creek. Outskirts reflects on his position as juror in a recent high-profile trial. Anne Metz celebrates Cool Honey’s victory over Sweet Cakes. Lexi reviews Ludwig’s and Continental Divide, and liked them both. Dave Norris wants Council meetings to be podcast. Jim Duncan points out that we’re facing 6,000 more homes in the area. And Cory’s excited about this Saturday’s Treehugger’s Ball.

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