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Neo Nazi Group HQd in C’ville

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 3, 2005 in General News. Closed

This seems bad:

Internal squabbling among leaders of the neo-Nazi National Alliance, once the nation’s foremost hate group, has led to the departure of a number of well- established, activist members and to the formation of a new hate group called the “National Vanguard.”

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The purged members of the NA created a new group called “National Vanguard” and a number of local units have aligned themselves under the banner of this group. National Vanguard is based in Charlottesville, Virginia, where [Kevin] Strom lives. National Vanguard is the name of the magazine and news-oriented Web site run by Strom while he was with the NA. The new group has appointed a board of directors, but has not tapped a “leader” thus far.

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The NA and National Vanguard factions are currently battling over which one is the “true” group to carry on the anti-Semitic and racist legacy of William Pierce, the longtime leader of the group who died in July 2002. The stated goal of the National Vanguard is to supplant the NA.

Strom and his various organizations list contact information as post office boxes in Charlottesville and Earlysville. Both Strom and National Vanguard maintain extensive websites.

It’d be frightening if it wasn’t so pathetic.

Council to Appoint Superintendent Committee

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 3, 2005 in Education and Politics. 3 Comments

At last night’s City Council meeting, it was announced that an advisory committee will be put together to help the School Board find a replacement for outgoing superintendent Scottie Griffin. In today’s Progress, James Fernald writes:

The committee will include two School Board members, a former school board member, a former city councilor, a PTO council representative, a city school staff member, the city manager and a representative from an organization involved with low-income families.

Board chair Dede Smith has said that they’re not going to consider race or sex in their hiring (which would be illegal to do, wouldn’t it?), but fellow board member Muriel Wiggins says that, on the contrary, the new superintendent must be black.

This will end in tears.

Gary Grant Announces BoS Candidacy

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 2, 2005 in Politics. 1 Comment

Former county school board member Gary Grant has announced his candidacy for the Albemarle Board of Supervisors, WINA reports. He is seeking the Republican nomination to represent the Rio District, which is being vacated by incumbent David Bowerman. Also running for the Rio seat is Tom Jakubowski, making his third attempt at the BOS.

At least one other person plans to announce his candidacy for the seat.

05/03 Update: Claudia Pinto has a story in today’s Progress.

C’ville Schools’ Achievement Gap

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 1, 2005 in Education. 8 Comments

In today’s Daily Progress, James Fernald has a story about the achievement gap in Charlottesville schools. It’s really long, and actually has a few graphs, so I figure it’s probably pretty good. I haven’t actually read it, but, y’know…it’s got a lot of words. And that’s got to count for something.

Hey, it’s exam week, what can I say?

Two Plead Guilty in C’ville Police Corruption Case

Published by Waldo Jaquith on April 30, 2005 in Crime and Law and Justice. 2 Comments

The two guys accused of bribing a pair of Charlottesville police officers with cash and sex have pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges, reports Reed Williams in the Progress. The really amazing bit is this:

According to [U.S. Attorney Thomas J.] Bondurant, [police officer Charles] Saunders once drove to [Jason] Madison’s house in a police wagon while in uniform and had sex with a blindfolded, underage girl.

It’s one thing to watch strippers while on duty and in uniform. It’s another altogether to pay to have sex with a blindfolded minor while on duty and in uniform.

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