Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot

Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins Coy Barefoot every Tuesday to talk about local growth and development issues. To recap, Charlottesville Tomorrow is a non-partisan group that records various meetings in and around town to provide an ongoing archive of how and when decisions are made.

This week on the show, Brian and Coy discuss:

• Committee to recommend three options for Eastern Connector
• City School Board expected to make a decision on land for Meadowcreek Parkway
• Hawes Spencer of the Hook asks questions about the Community Water Supply Plan
• A preview of the April 28 County Planning Commission meeting
• Pie Day has been set for May 16, 2008. That’s when Brian and Sean Tubbs will traverse the County in search of pie. Albemarle County is the fifth largest locality in Virginia, and the trip is a chance for Sean to learn more

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Senator Jim Webb joined Coy Barefoot on the April 28 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about his new GI Bill, which he has spent the last two years collecting votes for the initiative. If passed, the Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007 (SB22) would provide financial assistance to service members who have served since 9/11/2001.

 

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Hawes Spencer of the Hook joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his latest article advocating for a revisitation of the adopted community water supply plan.  The Sierra Club recently announced it wants a second opinion on dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir.

 

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Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” on Tuesday afternoons to talk about land-use, growth and transportation issues in our community. This week on the show:

• Council postpones vote on the Meadowcreek Parkway
• How the Meadowcreek Parkway fits into the Three-Party Agreement
• North Downtown Business Council invites Danville and Lynchburg business officials to discuss a bypass for US 29
• Planning Commission reviews cell-tower policy

 

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Sherry Zak and Renee Breeden join Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to give a health and fitness update. The pair are sisters and have been ACAC members for over ten years, and tell the story of how working out have dramatically improved their quality of life.

 

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The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. Many on the left contend that the Founders were deists and the advent of the First Amendment proves that church and state should be separated. Author Steven Waldman contends that neither of these claims are true in his new book Founding Faith: Providence, Politics and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America.

 

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Sean Kotz of Horse Archer Productions is the director and co-producer of Virginia Creepers, a new documentary that explores the horror host tradition in Virginia. New River Valley based Horse Archer Productions was founded in 2005 by Kotz and his partner. Virginia Creepers tells the history of shows like WVIR’s Slime Theatre and WDCA’s Creature Feature with Count Gore De Vol, and more. For a full list, check out the website.

 

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Dick Dyszel played an integral role in Virginia’s horror heyday as host of Creature Feature, which aired Saturday nights on WDCA Channel 20 in D.C. Dyszel played Count Gore De Vol, Captain 20 and even Bozo for the station from 1973 to 1987. He was a guest on the show and answered questions from Coy Barefoot and Hawes Spencer of The Hook.

 

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Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow is a guest every Tuesday on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot to talk about growth and development issues in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

This week on the show:

• Charlottesville City Council takes six minutes to adopt budget for FY2009
• Albemarle County Board of Supervisors takes several hours to adopt budget for FY2009
• An update on Albemarle County’s new computer system
• City School Board to vote on donating 9 acres of land for Meadowcreek Parkway
• County Planning Commission recommends denial of new residential development near Clifton Inn
• County Board of Supervisors denies rezoning along Route 250 near I-64
• North Charlottesville Business Council to host heads of Danville and Lynchburg Chambers of Commerce to discuss western bypass

 

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Samuel Staley is director of urban and land use policy at the Reason Foundation, a non-profit think tank advancing free minds and free markets. Staley will be in Charlottesville this Thursday to speak as part of the Free Enterprise Forum’s Economic Opportunity Luncheon.  As a preview, Coy Barefoot gave him a call to find out what he’ll have to say.

 

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