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UVA baseball star turned Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman— interviewed this week in the Hook— has signed a one-year, $3.325 million deal.
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The reskinning of the Downtown Mall continued on Friday, February 27 as seen in this view toward the Charlottesville Pavilion. The orangey portion is the new dry-laid brick, while the reddish parts are the old wet-mortared bricks. The light bands are granite which replaces the prior bands of concrete.
The financially troubled multi-millionaire fast becoming known for what his opponents blast as preemptive lawsuits has filed another. This time, a Halsey Minor suit has landed right here in Charlottesville. C-ville Weekly has the story.
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The drive-thru bill-pay window at the Albemarle County Office Building is the latest victim of the economic crisis. Despite a proposed eight percent hike in the property tax rate, the County’s hiring freeze means that there aren’t enough clerks in the finance department to keep the window open, says County spokesperson Lee Catlin. However, as tax time looms in late May and early June, the window (shown here February 25) will probably reopen temporarily, Catlin says.
Premo Auto Body, a nearly five-year-old firm operating in Belmont, has become the first in town to offer BASFs “Glasurit 90” line of water-based paints. “That’s just safer for the environment, safer for our employees, and better for the car,” says bookkeeper Dreama Walker, who notes that many manufacturers, including Mercedes, have switched from solvent-based to more eco-friendly water-based paints.
UVA law professor Jon Cannon, who until recently served on the Albemarle Planning Commision, has been selected for the second-in-command position of deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, subject to U.S. Senate confirmation. If approved, Cannon will take a leave of absence from the Law School.
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Way to go Zim! He only made around $400k last year so his stimulus package looks pretty good
….only $400,000?…meanwhile people across the country are loosing their homes. No wonder we’re in this mess. We think its perfectly natural for someone to make $3 million playing a kids game.
A $277,000 a month paycheck! You gotta love it!
Go Ryan!!!!