Author: David McNair

From the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan home page. One danger involved in attending their planned rally here this Saturday, July 8, that hasn’t been discussed: the risk to your mental health being around this much stupid. “…July 8th in Virginia we will make a stand for our Southern History. They are…

  A petition being widely circulated in the local media to remove Vice-Mayor Wes Belamy from Charlottesville City Council, and which features many comments from citizens, appears to be a fake [note: since the date of this posting the petition has been altered. See developing news below. The screen shot above is off the petition…

Charlottesville’s Vice-Mayor Wes Bellamy will have to live with, and be judged by the tweets he posted in his youth, but.. As long as we’re sharing without permission… In case you wondered why blogger, self-published author, wannabe filmmaker, and oppressed white man, Jason Kessler, would take the time to dig through thousands of old twitter…

Savvy DTM readers have spoken! Here are the results of the 2016 Best of the DTM Polls. Congrats to the winners! DTM’s Best Coffee Shop 1st Place – Mudhouse 2nd Place – Java Java Cafe 3rd Place – Grit Coffee DTM’s Best Retail Shop 1st Place – BOUTIQUE boutique 2nd Place – The Consignment House…

This was run as a straight local story on Charlottesville’s NBC29 news. But its hard not to wonder what this shop owner was thinking and if she realizes what some people might think about this.

What started out as a discussion to improve the parking situation on the DTM appears now to have turned into an episode of Game of Thrones, complete with threats of government seizure, and talk of bullying and personal vendettas. So, what the heck is going on? “As a rule,” says Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signor, responding…

  DP -Niemeier is operations director for the Urban Agriculture Collective of Charlottesville. His job includes overseeing the community gardens at Friendship Court, Sixth Street and West Street. During the past growing season, these well-tended plots yielded 17,000 pounds of fresh vegetables. And every tomato, potato, cucumber and leafy green was given away free to…

The DTM in the mid to late 1990s was a different place. You walked across Market Street, which was one-way, without even looking, you hung out at Spencer’s 206, and you knew almost everyone you ran into. Waldo Jaquith captures that time here with some great photos and captions.