Local investor Ted Weschler has been tapped by Warren Buffett as one of the two potential heirs for Berkshire Hathaway. #
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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I’ve been acquainted with Ted for about five years. He’s brilliant. This summer, the White House asked me to name some of the most brilliant entrepreneurs in the country, from whom they would seek counsel about how to make aspects of government more like a start-up. I told them that Ted Weschler was the best possible person, but that they’d never be able to get him. Turns out I was right, in a way that I couldn’t possibly have anticipated.
Weschler is to the financial world what Dave Matthews is to music – another homegrown star is born !
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/09/14/warren-buffetts-new-hire-is-a-home…
Aside from the fact that I really don’t want my government acting like a start up after 200 years, just not my idea of what government is about, how is it that they call you up regarding anything and that wasn’t noted here before? Or, did I miss something? It wouldn’t be the first time…
I agree with you on that! The idea with this initiative, as I understand it, is to bring non-gov’t people into gov’t for brief periods of time to start up new projects and initiatives, especially when those projects and initiatives are private-sector-like, in the sense that the goal is to create a product or service. There are a lot of ways in which I think government should be nothing like business, but there are some ways in which I think it’s a good idea. This is one of them.
It’s not a blog about me, it’s a blog about Charlottesville. :)