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May 6th, 2008

Former Governor Jim Gilmore on his campaign for the U.S. Senate

Former Governor Jim Gilmore joined Coy Barefoot on the May 5 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about his campaign for the Senate. Gilmore is competing with Delegate Bob Marshall for the Republican nomination for the seat being vacated by Senator John Warner. The GOP will decide at a convention later this month.

“We’ve been working hard to win this race,” said Gilmore, who was elected in 1997 and served for a brief time as the head of the Republican National Committee after leaving the Governor’s mansion. Now, he’s campaigning against the man replaced him, Mark Warner.

 
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May 5th, 2008

Aryana Khalid on health care in Virginia

Aryana Khalid is Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She joined Coy Barefoot on the April 30 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” Khalid is a graduate of the University of Virginia, and explains how her degree in systems engineering helped her launch a career in hospital administration. She also graduated from the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at UVa.

 
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April 30th, 2008

Charlottesville Tomorrow update: Eastern Connector, water and pie

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins Coy Barefoot every Tuesday to talk about local growth and development issues. To recap, Charlottesville Tomorrow is a non-partisan group that records various meetings in and around town to provide an ongoing archive of how and when decisions are made.

This week on the show, Brian and Coy discuss:

Charlottesville Tomorrow provides an e-mail bulletin every week so you can stay informed with what’s happening. Sign up today!

 
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April 29th, 2008

Senator Webb seeks new GI Bill

Senator Jim Webb joined Coy Barefoot on the April 28 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about his new GI Bill, which he has spent the last two years collecting votes for the initiative. If passed, the Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007 (SB22) would provide financial assistance to service members who have served since 9/11/2001.

 
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April 24th, 2008

Hawes Spencer with an update on the the community water supply plan

Hawes Spencer of the Hook joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his latest article advocating for a revisitation of the adopted community water supply plan.  The Sierra Club recently announced it wants a second opinion on dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir.

 
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April 23rd, 2008

Brian Wheeler on the Meadowcreek Parkway

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” on Tuesday afternoons to talk about land-use, growth and transportation issues in our community. This week on the show:

  • Council postpones vote on the Meadowcreek Parkway
  • How the Meadowcreek Parkway fits into the Three-Party Agreement
  • North Downtown Business Council invites Danville and Lynchburg business officials to discuss a bypass for US 29
  • Planning Commission reviews cell-tower policy
 
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April 22nd, 2008

Senator Deeds addresses Charlottesville Democrats

On Saturday, April 19th, Senator Creigh Deeds addressed a small crowd at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Democratic Breakfast, and reviewed the recent General Assembly, the one-day veto session scheduled for April 23rd, as well as a possible special session on transportation. Deeds is in his 17th year in the legislature, and has announced he will seek the Democratic nomination in next year’s race to succeed Tim Kaine as Virginia’s Governor. Deeds began his talk by saying that the legislative process can be frustrating.

 
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April 20th, 2008

Steven Waldman on the faith of the Founding Fathers

The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. Many on the left contend that the Founders were deists and the advent of the First Amendment proves that church and state should be separated. Author Steven Waldman contends that neither of these claims are true in his new book Founding Faith: Providence, Politics and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America.

 
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April 20th, 2008

Filmmaker Kotz recalls Virginia’s horror host tradition

Sean Kotz of Horse Archer Productions is the director and co-producer of Virginia Creepers, a new documentary that explores the horror host tradition in Virginia. New River Valley based Horse Archer Productions was founded in 2005 by Kotz and his partner. Virginia Creepers tells the history of shows like WVIR’s Slime Theatre and WDCA’s Creature Feature with Count Gore De Vol, and more. For a full list, check out the website.

 
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April 18th, 2008

Dick Dyszel on the heyday of local television on WDCA

Dick Dyszel played an integral role in Virginia’s horror heyday as host of Creature Feature, which aired Saturday nights on WDCA Channel 20 in D.C. Dyszel played Count Gore De Vol, Captain 20 and even Bozo for the station from 1973 to 1987. He was a guest on the show and answered questions from Coy Barefoot and Hawes Spencer of The Hook.

 
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