Monthly Archive for September, 2009

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USA Today Profiles UVA ER

USA Today has a feature entitled “24 hours in the ER” that happens to be set at the UVA Medical Center. It’s meant to be a slice-of-life piece, showing what happens during a random day in a single hospital, as a way of showing what’s going on with our nation’s healthcare system.

Having Trouble Getting to cvillenews.com?

Those of us with Embarq DSLs have found it awfully difficult to read and post comments to cvillenews.com for the past five days. BNSI—the site’s host—is working on figuring out what Embarq’s deal is. In the meantime, trust me, I feel your pain.  #

Glenmore Repayments Continue

The Glenmore Community Association has been paid by Glenmore Associates almost half of the $647k stolen from them by Michael Comer.  #

President to Address Students

Some local parents are angry at the prospect of their kids seeing the president speak about working hard and staying in school. Yes, I can see how that would be upsetting to those with the IQ of a house cat.  #

Realtors Endorse Slutzky Challenger

The conservative Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors has endorsed challenger Rodney Thomas over incumbent David Slutzky in the BoS race, Sean Tubbs writes for Charlottesville Tomorrow / The Daily Progress, despite having endorsed the Democrat last time around. During Slutzky’s inaugural 2005 run, CAAR chose him over Republican Gary Grant, garnering him some $20,000 in campaign contributions from the group. The local group is giving $10,000 to the Republican, no small amount of money in a BoS race.

This is, incidentally, the first Charlottesville Tomorrow story that I’ve noticed in the Progress under their new arrangement.