Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot

John Whitehead is the founder and CEO of the Rutherford Institute joins Coy Barefoot on the January 28 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” for a conversation about the state of civil liberties and individual rights.

Conversations include:

• A discussion of Whitehead’s upcoming new book, tentatively titled Why We Should Give a Damn
• Whitehead’s thoughts on Barack Obama
• Whitehead’s thoughts on defending Paula Jones
• Recollections of interviewing a young Bill Clinton
• Whitehead was recently featured on the cover of the Hook
• Are You a Homegrown Terrorist?
• Whitehead’s campaign against the NFL (Daily Progress)

 

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Do you have a question about growth in our area? Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow can probably answer it for you. Charlottesville Tomorrow is a non-partisan organization that covers growth and development issues in the region. and every week, Brian joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” for an update on what’s happening.

This week:

• Community and Commissioners discuss boundaries for preemptive zoning in Downtown Crozet
• A County residents calls in to complain about a new cell phone
• Supervisors to hear rural protection ordinances on February 6 (C-Ville Weekly has two stories on the topic)
• The fate of Albemarle Place remains uncertain
• Downtown Mall renovations explained
• News on the Eastern Connector

 

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Logan Gibson, the unofficial Washington and Lee University correspondent for WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!”, joins Coy Barefoot to talk about her school’s mock presidential convention. The convention,  which will be held this weekend, has been quite accurate in predicting the opposition party’s presidential nominee.

“I think our full record is we’ve gotten it correct 18 out of 23 time, but we’ve only missed one prediction since 1948,” Gibson said. That was when the school nominated Teddy Kennedy over George McGovern.

 

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Dr. Martin Katz is a physician with the wellness initiative at Atlantic Coast Athletic Club (ACAC), and a native of South Africa. On the January 23rd edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!”, he joins Coy Barefoot to say what he would like to see the presidential candidates say in terms of health care. Katz also describes what people who sign up for Wellness M.D. will receive.

 

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How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy and economic fear for a vast number of Americans? On the January 23rd edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston discusses some possible answers. His new book is called Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest American Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With the Bill.

 

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Brian Wheeler has the latest on growth and development issues on the January 22 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!”

This week on the show:

• Ann Mallek’s election changes the balance on the Board of Supervisors
• Board postpones action on rural protection ordinances to February 6 meeting
• Growth area residents feel pinched by development

 

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Waldo Jaquith, the creator of Richmond Sunlight, joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about his premier legislative tracking website. The site repurposes content from the General Assembly’s website and presents it on his unique website. For instance, you can subscribe to the status of bills by our area legislators: Senator Creigh Deeds, Delegate Rob Bell and Delegate David Toscano.

 

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Growing up as a 98-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, young Matthew Polly dreamed of going to the Shaolin Temple in China to become one of the world’s toughest fighter. He dropped out of Princeton to train with the legendary sect of monks who invented Kung Fu. He wrote about the experience in his new book American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch and joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about it.

 

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David Solimini is the executive director of the Virginia Redistricting Coalition, a new organization formed to push for the reform of the way the state draws its legislative boundaries. Coy Barefoot spoke with Solimini about whether or not Virginia is one of the most gerrymandered states, and efforts to hand over the redistricting pen to a non-partisan panel. SB625 and HB836 are making their way through the General Assembly. Solimini says many legislators are “cautiously supportive” about the idea.

 

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Chris Graham of the New Dominion joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” from the Shenandoah Valley. This week, Chris and Coy talk about:

• the weather differences over the mountains
• the various bills dealing with animal fighting
• the tabling of bills to ban text-messaging while driving
• the fate of redistricting in Virginia

 

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