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.
May 9th, 2013 issue #1219
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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...
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 ...
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Vendor bender: Will the City Market stay or go?
For as long as the Charlottesville City Market Saturday extravaganza of local foods and crafts has existed on the City parking lot along Water Street–over 20 years, t...
Rich and smiling: New study says money does buy happiness
"I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, honey, rich is better," the vaudevillian Sophie Tucker quipped. Tucker's witticism will not strike most of us as controversi...
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...
