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Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development issues. This week on the show:

  • New candidates for Supervisor and City Council! City Democrats will hold an “unassembled caucus” on May 9. Madison Cummings will run for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors’ seat currently held by Sally Thomas, as reported by Charlottesville Tomorrow. Independents have until June 9 to get on the ballot, and there is one independent candidate who is exploring this possibility.  City Republicans have not scheduled a nominating caucus.
  • Downtown Mall renovations are moving along well, and are on track to finish by the end of April
  • City Council discusses capital budget; Planning Commission’s call to cut Meadowcreek Parkway funding is omitted (Charlottesville Tomorrow)
  • An update on the Whole Foods planned for the corner of Hillsdale Drive Extended and Hydraulic

 

George Gilliam of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center for Public Affairs joined Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss the upcoming events at the Miller Center.

 

 

 

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Vincent Harris

This week, Ken is joined by second year student Vincent Harris, who discusses the upcoming Black Business Student Forum (BBSF) Conference. In the headlines: “Making Darden Even Better,” “A Visit from JP Morgan Chase,” “5K for the Children,” and “Reunion Around the Corner.”

 

On the March 29 edition of the Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore returns to talk with Jacqui Cecalupo and Karen Bobbitt of Blue Star Families of Central Virginia, a non-partisan, non-sectarian, non-profit and multi-racial group supporting friends and family of those currently serving or who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

 

 

Marc Selverstone

Marc Selverstone

James Goldgeier

James Goldgeier

This Virginia Festival of the Book event featured MARC J. SELVERSTONE, associate professor with the Presidential Recordings Program at the Miller Center and JAMES GOLDGEIER, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University.  Selverstone’s work focuses on the secret Oval Office recordings of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, with an emphasis on foreign policy; in particular, Vietnam. His most recent book is Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945-1950 (Harvard University Press, 2009). Goldgeier has taught at Cornell University and Stanford University, and has served at the State Department and on the National Security Council staff. He is the author of Leadership Style and Soviet Foreign Policy: Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994), and co-author of Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy Toward Russia After the Cold War (Brookings Institution Press, 2003). His most recent book is America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11 (Public Affairs, 2008), with Derek Chollet.

The presentation was made at a Miller Center Forum on March 20, 2009.

 

Tonight is the last night that the PACEM shelter for the homeless will be open for the season. PACEM Executive Director and Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to give listeners an update on how many people the shelter served this year. Originally expected to close on March 13, the season was extended thanks to the generosity of Debbie Pollack.

 

Bruce Sanborn joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss the latest in entertainment industry news.

 

Kelly Eplee, Director of Madison House joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss the services that Madison House provides.

 

Former Communications Director for the Republican Party of Virginia Shaun Kenney joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss Virginia politics.

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