Author: Coy Barefoot

Laura Bono is a co-founder and Board Member of the National Autism Association, an organization that has been active in legislation and fundraising for the Autism Community. On this segment of Charlottesville-Right Now with Coy Barefoot, she discusses the Combating Autism Act, signed by President Bush on December 19th. This landmark piece of legislation authorizes almost $1 Billion over the next five years towards research and intervention in preventing and curing Autism.

You can help support the Act further by calling the Senate Appropriations Committee at (202) 224-3121 on behalf of the Combating Autism Act.

CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Bill Bolling is the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He spoke with Coy Barefoot on Charlottesville-Right Now about the Steptember Initiative, a program where participants reduce their intake of calories and increase their physical activity. Bolling also discusses the public image of Republicans, and his efforts to encourage all politicians to care about the issues themselves.

Jack Blackburn has been the Dean of Admissions at the University of Virginia since 1985. On this segment of Charlottesville-Right Now with Coy Barefoot, Blackburn talks about UVA’s recent move to stop offering their early decision program to high school seniors. Next year, UVA will join Harvard and Princeton in simplifying their acceptance process in an effort to make it more accessible to lower-income prospective students. As Dean of Admissions, Blackburn also discusses what colleges are looking for in a student’s application.

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CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Bob Gibson is a political reporter for the Charlottesville Daily Progress, and joins Coy Barefoot on Charlottesville–Right Now every Monday to talk about current political news in Central Virginia. In this excerpt, Gibson discusses the rapid growth in Virginia over the past five years, and how that has affected the state’s political affiliation. Warner’s recent expression of interest for the 2008 Presidential Ticket, and last week’s conference where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied the Holocaust were also topics of conversation.

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Professor Eric Bredo is with the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education. He came on Charlottesville-Right Now with Coy Barefoot to discuss the No Child Left Behind Act, created in 2002. The Act has been criticized for relying more on standardized testing than actual education, but a special education teacher called in to offer his support of the Act. Bredo discusses the pros and cons of No Child Left Behind, why it was created, what exactly it is, and what it means for schools. The standing of US education on the global scale was also a topic of conversation.

CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Virginia State Senator Creigh Deeds and Delegate David Toscano join Coy Barefoot on Charlottesville-Right Now to discuss current political topics. In addition to answering your questions by phone, some topics mentioned include setting a minimum wage at the federal level, selecting a new judge for the 16th judicial district, and working in a bipartisan environment. Deeds and Toscano also comment on how they’ve tried to make their primarily Democratic platforms appeal to all.

CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Christopher T. Gates is the first Executive Director of PACE, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement, and the former President of the National Civic League. He joins Coy Barefoot on “Charlottesville–Right Now” to discuss the new organization and what it does.

Kent Willis is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Virginia. He joins Coy Barefoot of Charlottesville-Right Now to discuss Percy Walton, a Virginian who was convicted and sentenced to death for three murders in 1996. Governor Tim Kaine recently stayed his execution planned for December 9th, questioning whether he is mentally fit to be executed. As governor, Kaine could indefinitely postpone the execution or issue a pardon to Willis – but for now, Kaine is waiting for Willis’ mental competency to be evaluated before moving forward.

CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Jon Rintels is the executive director of the Center for Creative Voices in Media, a watchdog which advocates for the freedom of writers to produce intelligent programming. He joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss how consolidation of media outlets create a situation where O.J. Simpson can be lured into doing a prime-time special. Also, what happened to the Dixie Chicks after 9/11, and the importance of creating local content.

CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.

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Bob Gibson of the Charlottesville Daily Progress joins Coy Barefoot every Monday at 4:30 PM for a discussion of Virginia politics. This week: The recent retirement of Judge Paul Peatross opens up a new seat. Bob wrote about how the next General Assembly will approach judicial selections in an article called “Eye for an eye on judicial choices.” Coy and Bob also discuss the Republican’s retreat this past weekend at the Hot Springs Resort, where Senator George Allen received a warm welcome.