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A look at the Biscuit Run development

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now each Tuesday for a discussion of growth and development issues. This week, he and Coy Barefoot discuss the Biscuit Run development slated for south of the City of Charlottesville. The Albemarle County Planning Commission rejected a rezoning request last night, but the development will now go before the county Board of Supervisors in early April.

Waldo Jaquith this week reported on cvillenews.com on the potential for a high price tag of the project.

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Jed Williams Steps Down as Best Seat Host

Jed Williams is stepping down as the host of WINA’s Best Seat in the House to take a position in Mobile, Alabama. Jed launched the show two years ago, increasing ratings for the station. Just before recording his final show for WINA, he joined Coy Barefoot to talk about his nine years at WINA and the rest of his career.

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Charlottesville–Right Now: Robert E. Lee’s engineering career

Local historian Rick Britton joins Coy Barefoot every Friday to talk about days gone by in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. This week, Robert E. Lee’s work in the Army Corps of Engineers before becoming the head of the Confederate Army. Rick explains how Lee helped save the harbor in St. Louis

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U.Va Law: Judicial Independence Safe, Pryor Says

Violence, political criticism, budget cuts, impeachment, and legislation designed to constrain the judiciary are some of the threats that have existed for judges since the formation of the United States. Recently, several leaders in the legal community have voiced concerns that judicial independence is in jeopardy because these threats could influence judges to make biased decisions. The chorus, led in part by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, is pointing out problems that are non-issues, suggested Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at the Ola B. Smith Lecture March 19. Thanks to Americans recognition of the importance of an independent judiciary, now and throughout history, judicial independence is safe, he said. Pryor’s talk was sponsored by the Student Legal Forum and the Virginia Law Review.



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VABook 2007: The Trial of Lenny Bruce

Ronald Collins, co-author of The Trials of Lenny Bruce, and attorney Robert Corn-Revere discuss the free speech trials of comedian Lenny Bruce, including their successful effort to earn Bruce the first posthumous pardon granted by the State of New York. The presentation was sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center as part of the 2007 Virginia Festival of the Book.



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Wake-Up Call: Behavior Disorders in Kids and Teens – Causes and Cures

This week on the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call with Rick Moore, Dr. Vito Perriello – a pediatric physician, and Bob Rannigan – a professional counselor, join Rick to discuss behavioral disorders in kids and teenagers. With ADHD and ADD, society has seen more and more diagnoses in recent years than ever before. Perriello and Rannigan discuss possible reasons for the higher prevalence of these disorders, as well as the different treatments currently available. Are learning disabilities such as ADHD learned in childhood, or are they present at birth? Listen in on some of the current theories on this edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call.

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The Good Times Are Killing Me at Live Arts March 23 through April 14

Left to right, Ayana Croff as Bonna, Arrietta Van der Voort as Edna, and Madeline Hermsmeier as Lucy, in The Good Times Are Killing Me, by Lynda Barry.
Photo credit: Jack Looney/C-Ville Weekly 		The 1960’s are known as a time of great change. Live Arts’ latest production captures what it was like to grow up during that tumultuous period. The Good Times Are Killing Me runs March 23 to April 14 in the Downstage Theater. I spoke with director Larry Goldstein this week to find out more.



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Charlottesville–Right Now: Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins Coy Barefoot each week on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss growth and development issues. This week, Brian describes how he sees room for improvement in the County budgeting process. He says the community would benefit from discussing budget approaches earlier in the cycle when the Supervisors receive projected assessment information and set compensation strategy in the fall.

Coy and Brian also discuss the C-Ville Weekly investigative story describing the 2006 land transfers by the County to support the expansion of the National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC). Mr. Wheeler also described the design competition being managed by the Charlottesville Community Design Center (CCDC) and the potential that contest has to get the public and developers thinking about what might happen to the last open lots near the Downtown Mall between South Street and Water Street across from LiveArts.

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Charlottesville–Right Now: Keith Drake reviews Town Hall on Taxation, Brian Wheeler responds

Coy Barefoot begins a recent program by speaking with Keith Drake, head of the Albemarle County Republican Party, about the recent Town Hall on Taxation sponsored by the party. He asks why county budgets have risen over the past few years, in particular pointing at the school system’s Community Engagement Department. His comments are rebutted by Brian Wheeler, the At-Large Member of the Albemarle County School Board, who offers an explanation.

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