George Gilliam and Cristina Lopez-Gottardi Chao of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia to discuss the latest news and events pertaining to the Miller Center.
Charlottesville-Right Now: John Whitehead
John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss swine flue, health care, town hall meetings, President Obama, and more.
Charlottesville-Right Now: Bob Holsworth
Bob Holsworth of Virginia Tomorrow joins Coy to discuss the latest on Delegate Phil Hamilton and the Washington Post article by Amy Gardner on Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell’s master’s thesis.
Charlottesville-Right Now: Rick Britton
Local author and historian Rick Britton joined Charlottesville Right now to discuss history and give a history pop quiz.
Charlottesville-Right Now: Thom Hartmann
Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Thom Hartmann joins Coy to talk about his new book and the health care reform debate in America.
Charlottesville-Right Now: Jack Marshall
Jack Marshall, President of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and sustainability.
Charlottesville-Right Now: Mirjana Huddleston
Coy talked swimming with Mirjana Huddleston, a two-time Olympic swimmer and Aquatics Director at Charlottesville’s Downtown Atlantic Coast Athletic Club .
Charlottesville-Right Now: Norm Leahy
Norm Leahy of Tertium Quids joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss Virginia politics.
Charlottesville-Right Now: Kathy Selvage
Kathy Selvage of the Southern Appalchian Mountain Stewards joined Coy to discuss the devastating impact of mountaintop removal mining which has already destroyed more than 500 mountains across Appalachia, the oldest mountains in the world.
Charlottesville-Right Now: Rosalind Warfield-Brown
Rosalind Warfield-Brown of Charlottesville is a faculty member at the America University of Iraq in northern Iraq. She joined Coy to discuss the school and what life is really like in Iraq.
Charlottesville-Right Now: Brian Wheeler
Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow , joined Charlottesville Right Now to discuss growth and development. This week on the show:
* Brian announces the opening of Albemarle High School’s Math, Engineering, and Science Academy (MESA), which is part of the new addition to the school
* Brian comments on the new partnership between Charlottesville Tomorrow and the Daily Progress
* Brian discusses upcoming local elections and Charlottesville Tomorrow’s production of a non-partisan voter guide of all 11 candidates for City Council and Board of Supervisors
* Brian wants to get questions from local citizens about things they want to know from the candidates
* Brian discusses ASAP (Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population), an advocacy organization run by Jack Marshall, which has released their first study on an optimal population range in Charlottesville and Albemarle County
o Identified that the build-out number would be 400,000 people
o At 200,000 people, the environment will start to degrade (pollution, etc)
* Brian discusses RSWA dredging in the South Fork Rivanna River and how the favored firm HDR gave an estimate of $700,000
* Brian discusses a new cell phone tower proposal in Key West by AT&T, who deferred their request
Charlottesville-Right Now: Peggy Law
Peggy Law updates listeners about Service of Dogs of Virginia.