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Kay Peaslee moved to Charlottesville 36 years ago from Nova Scotia. She founded the now defunct Observer with her late husband. Kay recently dropped by WINA to chat with Coy Barefoot about her recollections of Charlottesville, the changes that have occured since 1970, and how the local media scene has evolved.
David Swanson of the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice drops by the studio to discuss the possibility of impeachment with Coy Barefoot on the July 18 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now.
CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.
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Delegate David Toscano of Charlottesville and Albemarle County recaps his freshman term in the Virginia General Assembly, a blockbuster session which lasted from January 11 and lasted until June 28. The conversation begins with a discussion of the rules set forth on the first day, and extends to a talk about what Toscano believes are the highlights and lowlights of the session. He is proud of the raise in teacher salaries.
If you want to know what it’s like to be a first-term legislator, take a listen. At ten minutes in, Toscano talks about the hazing that goes on, as well as the “pop-up” rule. Listen in and find out which day was his worst in the House.
CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.
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Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow joined Coy Barefoot for the July 18th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. They discussed the recent approval of a nine-story building on the downtown mall. Will it change the character of the popular destination? The topic also came up during a recent Charlottesville City Council meeting on strategic planning. Brian also talked about the proposed Rivanna Village development near Glenmore, which has caused many Albemarle residents to become concerned over the impact of more people in the area.
CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.
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Delegate Steve Landes joins Coy Barefoot on the July 6 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss the recent budget. Topics discussed include the space shuttle, transportation, and Landes’ opinion on how to restore funding to the United Way’s Child Care Scholarship program. State funding for the scholarship did not make it into the finalized state budget.
This interview was conducted on July 6, 2006.
Jon Nafzinger with the United Way joins Coy Barefoot on the July 5 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. The vice president of the Thomas Jefferson Area branch says he wishes the state government had funded the group’s Child Care Scholarships. The programs pay for daycare and babysitting for low-income workers, but state money was cut in this year’s budget. Governor Kaine submitted funds as part of his budget amendments, but those changes were not approved by the House of Delegates.
Coy’s guest on a show coming up later this week is Delegate Steve Landes, who voted to cut the funding.
Crozet resident Tom Loach joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss his views on Albemarle County’s planning process. He says the way is being planned for more growth in the town. Loach is on the board of directors of Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population.
This interview is from the July 5, 2006 edition of the show.
Lt. Governor Bill Bolling phoned in on the June 28 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about Virginia’s new state budget. He also discusses his efforts to shore up Virginia’s laws to prevent against government seizures.
CharlottesvilleGuv,!vDjnjRight Now is broadcast live Monday through Friday on NewsRadio 1070 WINA from 4 to 6pm. Best-selling author and historian Coy Barefoot is the host and producer. To participate in the program, you can call 434-977-1070. Coy can be reached at barefoot@wina.com.
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The Internet helped propel the Howard Dean campaign into financial success, and Jerome Armstrong says the next successful presidential candidate will build on Dean’s success with the blogosphere. In 2001, Armstrong started the political blog MyDD, which inspired other Democrats to take up the practice. He’s written a book with Markos Moulitas (the guy behind Daily KoS) called Crashing the Gate: Grassroots, Netroots and the Rise of People Powered Politics. Armstrong is also working with former governor Mark Warner’s Forward Together PAC. He spoke to Coy Barefoot on the June 6 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now about the future of the Democratic party in a digital age.
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A quick chat with Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling about the Senate’s new budget plan passed on May 23, 2006. The new Senate version eliminates tax increases to fund transportation upgrades in Virginia. The House of Delegates had opposed such increases. This interview originally aired on the May 23 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now.
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Sean O’Brien, the Executive Director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership talked with Coy from the set of “Evan Almighty” which was filming in Richmond. Sean’s first cousin John Michael Higgins plays one of the leads in this new movie. Sean shared some behind-the-scenes observations from the movie set.
Lowell Feld is the editor and founder of Raising Kaine, a blog that bills itself as the “Voice of Progressive Virginia.” Feld was a guest on the May 8 installment of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now, and discussed his efforts to get Jim Webb to run for the U.S. Senate, the history of his blog, and U.S. foreign policy.