In what has become a time-honored tradition at the Charlottesville, Virginia office of Democrat Congressman Tom Perriello, police were dispatched (this time in advance) to disband a scheduled citizen demonstration there.
The Charlottesville Police Department, after consultation with Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney and “machine” Democrat [...]
General contractor, James K. McKelvey, has joined a crowded field of GOP contenders trying to unseat one-term Democrat Congressman, Tom Perriello, in Virginia’s 5th district.
McKelvey’s campaign will focus on term limits, energy independence, and tax reform.
James McKelvey will announce his intentions and discuss his campaign for Congress on the [...]
The Americans for Prosperity (AFP) “Hands Off My Health Care” tour stopped at soon-to-be-former Congressman Tom Perriello’s Charlottesville office this morning to lead a protest against socialized medicine.
In the aftermath of Perriello’s YES vote on nationalized health care, outraged citizens and voters of Virginia’s [...]
The Jefferson Area Tea Party will be holding a “Purge Perriello” protest rally at the Charlottesville office of Congressman Tom Perriello, 313 2nd Street SE (see map below). To find the office, follow the “green” line from the Water Street Parking garage, around the corner [...]
Congressman Tom Perriello, a highly skilled and silver-tongued snake-oil salesman is stuck in a healthcare moment, and he can’t get out of it.
After nearly a year of attempting to bamboozle all of the people, all of the time, the clock is running out on Tom’s [...]
Following is the complete text of Peter Van der linde’s November 2, 2009 memorandum to Charlottesville City Council, refuting charges made by the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority in their lawsuit against Van der linde Recycling:
MEMORANDUM #1
TO: CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: PETER VAN DER LINDE
SUBJECT: FACTS SURROUNDING RSWA’S SUIT AGAINST PETER VAN [...]
We, the undersigned, hereby urge Rivanna Solid Waste Authority (RSWA) board members, Supervisor Ken Boyd (representing Albemarle County) and Councilor David Brown (representing Charlottesville City) to instruct the RSWA to immediately drop its lawsuit against Van der linde Recycling.
We find the lawsuit to be unfounded in fact, unjustifiable in its [...]
In a flagrant and unequivocal election-day violation of the code of Virginia, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Chairman, David Slutzky’s campaign has illegally placed “Slutzky for Supervisor” signs in the public right-of-way along Route 29 North in order to assist his re-election effort.
Virginia Code, section 33.1-373 states:
Any person [...]
In a highly unethical move on the eve of a City Council election, the Charlottesville Democrat “machine” (including Charlottesville City Council and City Government) are using the taxpayer-funded Charlottesville City Communications Department to assist Democrat Dave Norris (and by association, his Democrat running mate, [...]
Bradley Rees, the initial Republican challenger to enter the Virginia 5th District Congressional race to unseat Democrat Tom Perriello, will announce this evening that he is exiting the field of Republican candidates.
Rees, frustrated with insider GOP political maneuvers, may choose to reenter the race as a 3rd party candidate. [...]
Hot on the heels of bald-faced lie #1 in which she publicly “promised” to “never attack Rob Bell personally” and then promptly violated that commitment, Democrat Cynthia Neff is at it again. This latest aspersion appears in the pages of the 10/28/09 Daily Progress.
Neff, who [...]
Thinking of voting for Democrat Kristin Szakos (aka the Moat Monster), in Charlottesville’s November 3, 2009 City Council election?
Well, think again, that is, if temperance and civility in governance matter to you. Like her red-headed comrade, Dave Norris, Szakos has a thin veneer [...]
On 10/13/09 Cynthia Neff and Rob Bell, candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates 58th District Seat, appeared jointly on The Schilling Show to discuss issues and their respective campaigns.
Near the end of the program, a caller asked the candidates if they would promise to refrain from negative campaigning (audio [...]
In the latest case of local zoning enforcement insanity, Mark Graham, Director of Albemarle County’s Department of Community Development, Amelia McCully, Albemarle County Zoning Administrator, and Sally Thomas, Albemarle County Board of Supervisors member, all acknowledge the existence of an illegal windmill in [...]
An Open Letter to Congressman Perriello
by Hank Martin
Dear Congressman Perriello,
There seems to be some confusion on your part, as well as the leaders in your party, as to why there is such passion, emotion and stalwart opposition to the currently proposed changes to what is being called The Health [...]
There are many responsibilities that accompany the position of Charlottesville Mayor; primary among them is courtesy in response to citizen concerns.
Mayor David Norris publicly portrays himself as a “nice guy,” but those on the receiving end of his vitriol can testify that things [...]
