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The “We pump it” Citgo on Ivy Road was not pumping it this morning, nor was it yesterday. The station is closed today, with plastic-bag covered pumps and no prices posted on its sign.
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Boston competes with C'ville
… for most surprising traffic ticket. In Charlottesville, the police chief continues to defend ticketing the wheelchair-riding citizen struck in a crosswalk, while Boston tickets a driver rushing his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth. (0)
County red ink hits $7.2 million
Just five months into its fiscal year, which began July 1, Albemarle County faces a $7.2 million deficit and will raise property taxes to compensate, according to the Daily Progress. (9)
Harvard tops UVA, loses 22%
Harvard University, which, like UVA, uses the so-called “Yale model” of investing its endowment, is now reporting a 22 percent loss, which is more than UVA’s alleged 18 percent loss. (1)
Horrors of war: Jaquith interviews photo-journo Ashley Gilbertson
Local blogger and Virginia Quarterly Review web guy Waldo Jaquith interviews photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson, whose eye-opening recent article in the VQR “The Life and Lonely Death of Noah Pierce” “tells the story of just one veteran, the 23-year-old Pierce, who took a handgun and shot himself in the head on the night of July 25, 2008, tortured by the memories of what he’d seen and what he’d done in his two tours of duty in Iraq.” Indeed, the peice is a wake-up call for anyone who has been lulled to sleep by this drawn out war. Writes Jaquith on the VQR’s blog, “I sat down with Ashley a few weeks ago to discuss how he became interested in this topic, why it’s so important, and what it’s been like for him to write about and photograph something so difficult.” Listen to the interview (0)
15 jobs chopped at Staunton newspaper
As part of an urgent company-wide move which may be the biggest mass lay-off in American newspaper history, Gannett has axed 15 jobs— including laying off 10 full-time employees— at its Staunton News-Leader. With Gannett stock falling 76 percent and the Daily Progress‘ parent falling 93 percent, this has not been a good year for daily newspapers. (2)
No chance it just went out of business?
I’ll bet that’s it - otherwise they’d be open to sell overpriced ice and beer.
Joy Food Store on East High was out of gas for what seemed like at least a week. This was only about a week to ten days ago. So spot shortages are not new to this area I suppose.
The transport company delivering to Joy Food can’t make much profit anyway though. Every time the delivery tanker pulls onto the lot he suffers a flat tire from a curb that sticks up. It’s like the curb suddenly ends and is sticking up about 5 or 6 inches at the property line of Fitch Services. Roadside service has to be called in to install a new tire on back of the tanker. And this doesn’t come cheap.
I think it depends on the station’s supply arrangement. A couple stations in my area have been out, but most are fine.