November 10th, 2011 issue #1045
November 10th, 2011
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The flip that flopped: Biscuit Run men want $20 million more from taxpayers
Biscuit Run is the gift that keeps on… taking. Initially sold to the public as a $10 million state park, the nearly 1,200-acre tract has actually extracted more than $21 million from state taxpayers in what has been called one of Virginia's biggest corporate bail-outs. Now, nearly two years after the sale, the former owners are seeking nearly $20 million more, and, in the latest chapter of this saga, they have filed suit to collect. "That sounds outrageous," says Creigh Deeds, the state senator who inadvertently allowed situations like this to happen.
4Better Or Worse
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The week in review
Most double-shotted endorsement: The Daily Progress picks two pro-dam candidates for the three open seats on City Council– incumbent Satyendra Huja and Kathy Galvin&#...
Question of the Week
Real Estate - $old
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Rock solid deal in Stony Point
9/19/11 Albemarle Howard & Susan Pollack to Dale & Amands White, 2735 Jasmine Terrace, $405,000, Jessica & Amy Sikes-Dorman to Cory & Georgia Li...
Real Estate - On the Block
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Eschew DIY: Buy this ready-to-go in Rutledge
Address: 1712 Yorktown Drive Neighborhood: Rutledge Asking: $589,000 Assessm...
Real Estate Property auctions
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Property auctions
November 10 at 2:30pm at the Albemarle CourthouseProperty: 4229 Blenheim RoadDebtor: George L. and Deborah A. SellersOriginal amount owing: $166,400Bidder brings: $16,500 o...
Art Features
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Intimate distance: Balfour gets up close and abstract
Ever seen an actor backstage after a performance or watched a model relaxing between takes? If so, you know how jarring it is to discover that what looks natural under the ...
DR. HooK
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The clot thickens: New anticoagulant challenges warfarin
Blood is thicker than water, they say. Oh, really? What about those rich families who disown their children and leave them nothing? Zilch, Nada. Disowning children is a pop...
Movie Reviews
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Gere'd up: 'The Double' could use twice the plot
It takes The Double less than half an hour to reveal who the double is. That's if you're lucky enough to avoid the movie's trailer, which just comes right out and tells you...
News
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Halfaday balks: Charges dropped against campaign worker
Since entering Charlottesville politics earlier this year, James Halfaday has cut a wide– and, at times, bizarre– swath. Besides the fact that he now faces elec... -
Huguely hearing: Mum on medical records, no TV in court
On Monday, November 7, the public got a taste of what's to come during a hearing on motions concerning the medical records of slain UVA student Yeardley Love. -
Packed houses: Scenes from a film festival
It was standing room only at this year's Virginia Film Festival. Now in its 24th year, the November 3-6 homage to cinema is more popular than ever, at least judging by the ... -
They're back! Locals stock up on anti-stink bug artillery
Fall should mean apple cider, changing leaves, and fuzzy sweaters, but in the past few years, something less charming has been added to that autumn list: stink bugs. First ... -
Unusual outcome: $722K in sanctions, juror judges judge
Nearly a year after a jury made one of the largest wrongful death awards in Virginia, the plaintiff and his attorney have seen the $10.6 million slashed– and been hit...
The Brazen Careerist
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Straighten up: A messy desk tells your whole story
Here's a way to kill your career: Have a messy office. These are things that people with messy offices say: My work gets done; I know where everything is; people are too co...
Sports Doctor
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Mixed week: UVA win overshadowed by scandal
Last weekend proved a real conflict for me. On the one hand, UVA finally got a November win and silenced trash-talking Yankees, but on the other hand, a man who so many (my...
Strange But True
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Ditherer: Don't be a lover like J. Alfred
Q. Taken from the title character of T. S. Eliot's 1915 poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" comes the adjective "Prufrockian." What kind of lover is that? –J. Fros...
Online only
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So it was Stone on the grassy knoll?
Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone spoke on Friday, November 4, day two of the Virginia Film Festival. His talk followed a screening of his lengthy JFK, a film that purpo... -
Table of Contents
COVERMo' moneyAfter seeking millions in tax credits to mitigate his losses from a failed housing development turned state park, Hunter Craig, the lead investor in Biscuit R...
Facetime
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Shelter from the storm: Garage founder branches out
Don’t worry, nobody’s abandoning the one-car shelter on 1st Street that also happens to be the most charming outdoor music space in Charlottesville. Hill and Wood main-...