Author: David McNair
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“Skill Machines” Company drops lawsuit against Charlottesville Commonwealth Attorney
Commonwealth’s Attorney Joseph Platania announced today that Queen of Virginia, the company that operates what they call “skill-based entertainment machines” across Virginia, has dropped its lawsuit against him. Back in June last year, Platania banned the machines in Charlottesville, the first prosecutor in the state to do so, and Queen of Virginia responded by suing…
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Title IX Remix: will new rules on sexual harassment & assault investigations serve justice?
Eight months ago I filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the US Department of Education for information about a Title IX investigation that was opened at the University of Virginia on April 19, 2019, thinking it might provide information and insight about a process often shrouded in secrecy. Last week, I received…
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Coronavirus (Covid-19): Local Resources & Information
Covid-19 page from Washington Post [excellent resource] Updated list of number of cases in our area from the Thomas Jefferson Health District List of Charlottesville businesses that are open Updated local Cover-19 news from Charlottesville Tomorrow Live Local developments from the Daily Progress The Thomas Jefferson Health District now has a webpage with important resources…
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Slave Block: historical marker thief disrupts the narrative in Charlottesville
We naturally want what happens in the world to reinforce our notion of reality, to serve as examples of the things we believe in, but the truth, as Oscar Wilde observed, is rarely pure and never simple. When the historical marker for the slave auction block in Court Square went missing in the early morning…
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Restored DTM Chairs Discovered in City Storage
A recent C-ville Weekly article seemed to suggest that if we wanted more chairs like the ones on the DTM the City would have to order new ones: C-Ville Weekly: “…According to [City spokesperson Brian] Wheeler, if the community wanted to add more wooden chairs to the mall, or even “a different type of bench…
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A Charlottesville newspaper asked community leaders what their hopes for the future were. Everyone interviewed was white.
C-Ville Weeky Editor Laura Longhine has issued a mea culpa for this week’s story that asked community leaders about their hopes for Charlottesville’s future. Everyone interviewed was white. “Since publication, some readers have rightly called out the fact that none of the respondents in this piece are people of color, and that there are far…
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Mall Crossings: problems caused by ‘design limbo’
In the debate about the mall vehicle crossings, I see a lot of people taking about the fact that other pedestrian malls across the country have vehicle crossings, like Peal Street in Boulder, Colorado or Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace, as if they were the same as ours….but its worth mentioning that these and other remaining…
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Famous Mural Artist Rebukes Local Weekly for Insinuating Her Work is Racist
What happens when a world famous mural artist, commissioned recently by Bono on behalf of Paint (RED) to help raise awareness in the fight against AIDS, whose was selected earlier this year to paint murals at Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School in South L.A. as part of a week-long Maya Angelou Mural Festival in…
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DTM 2030: Will Charlottesville’s Pedestrian Mall Survive in the Long Run?
Hold on now! We all love our DTM, but allow me to indulge in some hypotheticals… It’s been interesting to note that many of the reasons that business owners on the mall have for insisting that the crossings at 4th and 2nd street remain open to traffic — less congestion around the mall, easy access…
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DTM Awaiting Recommendations for 4th & 2nd Street Crossings
Business owners on the DTM spoke loud and clear across social media– some might say, freaked out — about the idea of closing the two DTM crossings at 4th and 2nd Streets, prompted by a petition a private citizen created….which appears to have been removed. But they may have to live with the results of…
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