May 9th, 2013 issue #1219

May 9th, 2013

  • Bucking tradition: Does Democrat Terry McAuliffe have what it takes to beat Ken Cuccinelli?

    by Peter Galuszka Easter Sunday blows rainy and cold while the cell phone buzzes at 12:58 p.m. It's a surprise email from Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Terry McAuliffe. "Peter," his message reads. "My family and I are about to head out to Easter brunch but I wanted to make you aware that today's the last day we have to file our first financial report of the year." McAuliffe asks for a $5 donation.

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4Better Or Worse

  • The week in review

    Best sign racism is alive and lurking: Some miscreant paints a racial slur and crude pornographic image on Beta Bridge May 1 that's condemned by UVA President Teresa Sulliv...

The Dish

Essays

Question of the Week

Real Estate - $old

Real Estate - On the Block

  • Spotlight on Key West

    Subdivision: Key WestLocation: Stony PointPrice range: $227,000-$622,500Schools: Stony Point, Burley, MonticelloPros: large lots, walking trails, sense of communityCons: da...

Real Estate Property auctions

  • Property auctions

    May 9 at noon at the Charlottesville Circuit CourtProperty: 829 Belmont Avenue Debtor: Edward Wayne Housley Original amount owing: $150,000 Bidder brings: $11,000 or ...

Movie Reviews

Contents

  • Table of Contents

    COVERMcAuliffe's runAn upbeat Terry McAuliffe stopped by PVCC this week as part of his statewide tour of community colleges, but a new Washington Post poll has him trailing...

News

  • Bob Fenwick, small-business candidate

    City Council candidate Bob Fenwick wants the plight of small businesses and nonprofits to be represented on council. "Many times City Council and city staff appear to treat...

  • Colbert report

    Giddy that political satirist Stephen Colbert will be in town as keynote speaker for the 2013 UVA Valedictory Exercises May 18, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protecti...

  • Fore! Trump golf course faces hazards

    Donald Trump is aiming for a hole-in-one with reported plans to build a public golf course on the former Kluge estate in southern Albemarle, but several hazards stand in hi...

  • May Day rally: Housing authority hides from protesters

    Nothing says May Day quite like a protest. Around 50 public housing residents and supporters, chanting, "C-R-H-A, stop evicting us today," marched the Downtown Mall on May ...

  • On probation: Halfaday charged with another violation

    Even in jail, James Halfaday can't seem to stay out of trouble. The City Council candidate who didn't live in the city served two months for felony election fraud, picked u...

  • Probation violation: Kroboth gets six months

    An extended vacation has turned into an extended jail term for convicted attempted murderer Kurt Kroboth, who was sentenced on May 2 in Albemarle County Circuit Court to si...

  • Vast ambition: Bundoran dream still alive

    Talk about a development vision that won't die. Despite some enormous setbacks, including the fiery plane crash on Bundoran Farm that killed one of the original developers ...

Letters

  • More classical

    As a supporter of local music and a WTJU classical announcer, I thought that the recent edition of the Hook (April 25) did a superb job covering the local music scene and i...

Black and White

  • Ranunculus‬

    Buttercups. Pretty but poisonous. Ingestion causes burning of the mouth, abdominal pain, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea. Skin redness, burning sensation, and blisters follo...

Cultural preview

  • Get Out! events, shows, things to do

    “I think the age of being too cool for things is so incredibly over. If you’re a real artist out there, you don’t care who your fans are. If people connect with your ...