Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot

Former Los Angeles County prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi has written what promises to be one of the most explosive, powerful, and important books in many years: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder. Bugliosi spoke with Coy Barefoot on the July 14, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!”

“Why did I right this book?” Bugliosi asks. “I wrote this book…out of anger. I do not want this guy, George Bush, to get away with murder.”

 

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Coy Barefoot, the father of a six-year-old boy diagnosed with autism and the host of “Charlottesville—Right Now!” shares his reaction to the recent comments of talk show host Michael Savage as well as WINA’s decision yesterday to remove the Savage program from its schedule.

 

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Mincer’s on the Corner just celebrated its 60th anniversary, and Bob Mincer joins Coy Barefoot on the July 19, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” He and Coy talk about the many stories in Mincer’s history, beginning with how the mainstay got its start selling tobacco pipes in a small space in the location that’s now Littlejohn’s kitchen.

 

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On the July 17 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” Coy Barefoot hosts a call-in discussion of the housing market with local Realtor Jim Duncan. The topics include:

• Has the real estate market bottomed out? Jim’s not sure.
• The Charlottesville area’s foreclosure rate ranking: #11 in the country.
• What to do if you’re trying to avoid foreclosure.

 

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Senator Jim Webb’s new book is called A Time To Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America and he joined Coy Barefoot on the July 17, 2008 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now! with Coy Barefoot. Webb recently took his name out of the running for the vice presidency, because he wants to stay in the Senate. “We’re doing good things and I need to stay here,” Webb said. He also chats with Coy about bipartisan efforts helped get a new G.I. Bill passed, his wish to reform this country’s drug policy, and what to do about the oil crisis.

 

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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.

On the July 14, 2008 show:

* Plans for the downtown mall- The rumors that trees on the downtown mall will be removed is… partly true. Brian explains that, as well as the brick work.
* St. Anne’s Belfield news- Brian talks about STAB’s efforts to move their middle school students to their lower school campus.
* Dredging task force- Brian explains the makeup of the task force investigating dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir. Betty Mooney, a member of Citizens for a Sustainable Water Supply Plan called in to object to the composition and goals of the task force.
* Two new parks have been designated in Albemarle- On July 2, the County Board of Supervisors designated Byrom Park and Preddy Creek Park as new public hiking and biking parks.
* Albemarle website ranking- Albemarle County has received the ninth spot in a ranking of the top information-technology-utilizing counties in the country with populations under 150,000 people.

 

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John Whitehead, CEO and President of the Rutherford Institute, is having an incredibly busy summer as his organization trains 22 interns on the ins and outs of defending the Constitution. He’s also awaiting the publication of his new book The Change Manifesto: Join the Block by Block Movement to Recreate America which comes out in September. Whitehead is worried about the state of American democracy, with an increasing surveillance culture as well as an worsening economy. He implores listeners to not listen to Congress, which he says is filled with millionaires who are out of touch. Whitehead wonders if Bush is the worst presidenct since Herbert Hoover, who was in charge the last time American banks failed one after another. Is the American empire bankrupting us? Who would Jesus vote for?

 

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Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate.com, where she writes “Supreme Court Dispatches.” She is also the legal correspondent for NPR’s Day to Day. Lithwick joins Coy Barefoot in the studio to discuss “the Supreme Court version of the Super Bowl” — the Justices’ 2008 decisions.

 

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Ted Genoways, the editor of the award-winning Virginia Quarterly Review, joins Coy Barefoot to talk about the Summer 2008 issue. According to Genoways, “all of the pieces deal with outsiders and outcasts, and we’ve called it ‘No Way Home.’” In this interview, Genoways highlights the contributions of Natasha Tretheway, Tom Sleigh, and Dimiter Kenarov.

 

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Hook Reporter Courtney Stuart joins Coy Barefoot on to talk about her recent article on how many smoke detectors do not necessarily do what their name describes. Ionization smoke detectors are in 90 percent of American homes, and Stuart says they can only detect smoke from an open flame. The Hook news team conducted fire tests with both ionization and photo-electric detectors to find out which ones would provide the most early warning. Read the article for pictures and to find out more.

 

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