Author Archive for Waldo Jaquith

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Sign of the Economic Apocolypse

WCAV: “Crude oil has shot up over $900 a barrel.” Good thing I checked that figure before I set about stockpiling canned goods and ammunition.  #

Film Fest Lineup

The folks at the Virginia Film Festival have announced their lineup for this year’s event, and it’s another humdinger. Having John Turturro is particularly awesome.  #

Profiles of the Seven School Board Candidates

Y’all in the city are going to have to pick four school board candidates from the seven people running. Barney Breen-Portnoy provides a rundown of the school board candidates in the Progress to get you up to speed.

Newsflash: Guy Has Bad Business Idea

Why not lease the city’s rooftops to Dominion for solar panels? Uh…because Dominion’s not in the solar power business? Who’s the wise guy at the DP who thought there was a story here?  #

City Council, White Hall BoS Forums Video

With election day fast approaching, I want to link to some audio and video provided by Charlottesville Tomorrow of a couple of candidate forums, for those of you who don’t yet know who you’ll vote for.

There’s audio and video of the David Wyant / Ann Mallek candidate forum held in Earlysville last week. It’s twenty minutes long, and a full transcript is provided.

Then there’s audio of the City Council forum held in Greenbrier last week. That’s an hour and a half long, includes a transcript of highlights, and video will be provided soon.