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  • Talkin’ trash on the Schilling Show

    Conservative talk radio show host Rob Schilling had me on to talk about the RSWA lawsuit against Pete Van Der Linde. Listen. You can check out the series on this in Selected Writings. I’ve been writing about this for some time, and I’m still trying to figure out what the [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 11:09pm EDT
    by Charlottesville

  • Tao of Poo

    On May 27, Governor Tim Kaine (D) presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for a $40.3 million upgrade of the Moore’s Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, which one attending official called the “next step in addressing the impact of humans on the natural ecology.” Of course, it’s a welcome upgrade, but is [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2009, 12:44pm EDT
    by Charlottesville

  • Waste Wars

    Way back in February of 2008 I wrote about Peter Van der Linde’s new state-of-the art recycling facility out at Zion Crossroads. Since then, the story has become quite interresting…a story about a man who may have a solution to our waste woes, the same man being sued by our [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2009, 12:36pm EDT
    by Charlottesville

  • COVER- King of the Road: The unstoppable Wendell Wood

    A few weeks ago, we contacted developer Wendell Wood to ask if he would respond to rumors that he was building a palatial mansion in Southern Albemarle County. When he called back, he didn’t want to talk about his house, though he neither confirmed nor denied the rumors. He just [...]
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    Posted: February 10, 2009, 11:20pm EST
    by Charlottesville

  • Poet to Architect: Remaking the way we see things

    In 1996, when poet Lisa Williams began working for architect William McDonough and German chemist Michael Braungart as they wrote their book, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, she didn’t know much about environmentalism or ecology. All that was about to change. As Williams helped craft the [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2008, 11:52pm EST
    by Charlottesville

  • Critical violator: Twice-closed Tavern vows a cleaner menu

    Recently, The Tavern, the long-lived breakfast joint on Emmet Street where “students, tourists, and townpeople” meet, became the place where the salmonella bacterium met with a long history of health code violations. Health inspection records show that over 60 food handling and preparation violations have been served to The Tavern since [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2008, 6:10pm EDT
    by harlottesville

  • Single-streamin’: Why not try private sector recycling machine?

    Developer and entrepreneur Peter van der Linde has a proposal that could save the City and the County millions and make recycling “everything on the planet except food waste” as easy as tossing it into a trash bin. The problem is, no body appears to be listening. In the Rivanna [...]
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    Posted: July 21, 2008, 12:03pm EDT
    by harlottesville

  • Mauling the Mall? Don’t change the bricks: Halprin

    While discussing the proposed $7.5 million renovation of the Downtown Mall, city planners and the MMM Design Group, the Norfolk-based design firm contracted to do the work, have repeatedly vowed to remain faithful to the original Lawrence Halprin design. Interestingly, no one bothered to consult Halprin himself. MORE [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2008, 10:21am EDT
    by harlottesville

  • The super recycling machine!

    On a 10-acre tract of land near Zion Crossroads, Peter van der Linde plans to finally open a $10-million, 100,000-square-foot recycling center, featuring a 270-foot state-of-the-art sorting machine, which should be operational in mid-May. “This will be the opposite of the way it’s done now,” he says. “You’ll just throw [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2008, 11:51pm EST
    by harlottesville

  • Letter from a hold up man…

    After writing the news, I became the news…appearing on a local TV station after writing about a guy who tried to rob a bank downtown and then wrote a letter to our news office apologizing for it Now the FBI wants the letter….yikes! Stay tuned. [...]
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    Posted: July 01, 2007, 1:29am EDT
    by harlottesville

  • Hook wins big!

    The Hook, the paper I work for, took home the Virginia Press Association’s highest award this year at the annual ceremony in Norfolk on March 24, of which I’m very proud. In addition, we won 20-something other awards…including two for yours truely. I’m also proud of the fact that our [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2007, 9:51am EDT
    by harlottesville

  • Mall fountains discussed on the radio

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    Coy Barefoot had me on his WINA radio program “Charlottesville Right Now” to talk about the way our Mall fountains are no longer interactive. Take a listen, courtesy of Charlottesville Podcasting Network… Photo at left is the Central Place fountain in January 2007. Photo right is the Central Place fountain in [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2007, 5:55pm EST
    by harlottesville

  • The Mall fountain, a bit of advocacy journalism

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    Wrote an article for the Hook about the disuse of the “interactive” water fountains on the Mall. It was unusual for me in that I wasn’t just writing about something happening, I was writing about something that I thought ought to happen. Fountainblue: Who’ll revive our Mall fountains? Can you place the [...]
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    Posted: January 19, 2007, 12:32am EST
    by harlottesville

  • Anatomy of a police shooting

    On October 20, 2006 Charlottesville Police shot and wounded Elvis Gene Shifflett after a three-hour manhunt involving over 60 officers, two helicopters, police dogs, and ATVs. Here’s my coverage of events so far… 11/30/2006 Riddled: What happens after police shootings? (2nd part of two-part story) While the fallout from the Robert Lee Cooke [...]
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    Posted: January 13, 2007, 11:19pm EST
    by harlottesville

  • Welcome!

    Number of comments: 2

    Well, as you can see, I moved my blog over to WordPress, by far a more superior blogging setup. You’ll also notice there’s nothing here. You’ll just have to click on the link to my old blogger blog to access my archives over the last few years. Eventually, I’ll [...]

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    Posted: January 10, 2007, 4:12pm EST
    by harlottesville

  • Welcome!

    Number of comments: 2

    Well, as you can see, I moved my blog over to Wordpress, by far a more superior blogging setup. You’ll also notice there’s nothing here. You’ll just have to click on the link to my old blogger blog to access my archives over the last few years. Eventually, I’ll move [...]

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    Posted: January 10, 2007, 3:12pm EST
    by harlottesville
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