Author: Coy Barefoot

Police Chief Tim Longo joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk for the first time about the incident where a wheelchair-bound man was ticketed after being struck by a Albemarle County police cruiser. While he could not talk about the particulars of either that case, or the second case which occurred earlier this month, Longo was able to talk about department policy.

“These decisions as to whether charge or not charge are made in the field, made in real time by the person who is tasked with the responsibility of investigating the accident,” Longo said.

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Courteney Stuart joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about recent cases involving people in wheelchairs being ticketed after being struck by vehicles – one of them was hit by an Albemarle County Police Officer. The events prompted many citizens to appear before City Council on December 17, 2007 to speak out in support of pedestrian safety. Stuart was also recently subpoenaed to appear as a witness in the case of two people accused by City Police of being drunk in public during a September 28th incident.

Charles Mitchell is the program director at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, and he joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the new bias reporting system at the College of William and Mary. ACTA is a group that represents alumni groups who are dissatisfied with the way current operations at their alma mater.

Dr. Michael Papa is a chiropractor and the author of Generation A.D.D.: Natural Solutions for Breaking the Prescription Addiction. Papa joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the so-called epidemic of ADD and AHDD, which he says is often misdiagnosed.

Evangelicals used to be on the periphery of American life, but are now incredibly influential in Washington, on Wall Street, and in every corner of society. Sociologist D. Michael Lindsay of Rice University charts the religious group’s rise to power in his new book, Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to describe the research that went into his work.

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Read more on Lindsay’s book at Leadership Network Books, Children’s Ministry and Culture and Maud Newton’s blog.

Bob Gibson, political reporter for the Charlottesville Daily Progress, joins Coy Barefoot each Monday afternoon for a discussion of Virginia politics on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. This week, Ron Paul wins the Republican straw poll at their advance this past week. Delegate Chris Saxman decided he won’t seek the Republican nomination for John Warner’s Senate seat, but Delegate Bob Marshall is still considering doing so.

Gibson also talks about his new blog, which features more in-depth articles on events such as Ron Paul’s win.

Becky Reid is the Charlottesville-area grassroots organizer for Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge. She joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about recent news that Governor Tim Kaine is pulling money from abstinence-only sex education in Virginia.