Bad news: A 500-foot-tall Osama Bin Laden has reduced Charlottesville to rubble, says The Onion. #
Bad news: A 500-foot-tall Osama Bin Laden has reduced Charlottesville to rubble, says The Onion. #
About 10% of Sperry Marine’s employees have been laid off—60 employees. #
Del. Watkins Abbitt (I-59) will not seek reelection. He represents the southern half of Albemarle County, along with a good chunk of Southside. #
D.S. writes:
Last time gas prices spiked, there was a hue and cry about prices in Charlottesville being higher than other parts of Virginia. Well, in my driving to Richmond for the Picasso exhibit and to DC via Orange, F’burg and I-95, prices in Charlottesville are lower than those locations, even in the expensive areas (Pantops, 5th St by I-64).
We also considered the high price of fuel here back in September 2006.
I drove to DC a few weeks ago, and Clarke County on Saturday, and everywhere I went, gasoline was more expensive than in Charlottesville. Gasoline might have been pricier around here in 2006 and 2008, but it looks like we’re getting our turn at lower rates. GasBuddy.com’s Virginia section says that the average price in the state is $3.87/gallon, which is more than all but one gas station in Charlottesville is charging—our prices seem to be clustering around $3.79/gallon.
Kathy Galvin is joining the race for the Democratic nomination for City Council, she’s declared in a press release (below). The architect will be making her announcement at noon tomorrow (Wednesday). Galvin serves on the city school board, to which she was elected in 2007. Three seats are coming up on Council, with incumbent Satyendra Huja seeking reelection and incumbents Holly Edwards and David Brown retiring from office. Democrats will select their slate of candidates in an August 20 primary. The election is November 8.
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