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Chris Graham, founder and publisher of the Augusta Free Press, joins Coy Barefoot on the July 30th edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to discuss the possibility of Governor Tim Kaine as Senator Barack Obama’s vice presidential candidate. Graham has also been writing recently about the effects of oil speculation on the high cost of a barrel of crude.
Vivek Kundra is the Chief Technology Officer for Washington, D.C. and formerly the Assistant Secretary for Commerce and Trade for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He joined Coy Barefoot on the July 28, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now” to talk about the transition from Richmond to D.C., what he does in is position, and how he’s helping transform the way D.C. does business.
Former Governor and Republican Senate candidate Jim Gilmore joins Coy Barefoot on the July 28 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” Gilmore is touring the state as part of his Working Families tour, and will be in Charlottesville at Sam’s Kitchen at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, July 30. He says that people are hurting from high gasoline prices, and that he’ll work to address that issue when he’s Senator. “We’ve got to have more domestic oil production and energy production, we’ve got to drill in ANWR and bring that oil in, and we’ve got drill off-shore,” Gilmore said. He said his opponent, fellow former Governor Mark Warner, won’t support those things.
Wendy Fournier of the National Autism Association joined Coy Barefoot on the July 22, 2008 episode of “WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the recent comments made by talk show host Michael Savage blaming autism on bad parenting. Later on, WINA permanently pulled the host from its airwaves. This podcast begins with a rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner from Whitman, Coy’s six-year-old autistic son.
Jonathan Rintels is the executive director of Center for Creative Voices in Media, a non-profit organization that advocates the rights of writer and artists to express themselves freely in film and television. He recently joined Coy Barefoot on WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the recent U.S Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision which overturned the FCC’s $550,000 fine for the Janet Jackson incident at the 2003 Superbowl. Rintels is also concerned about the increased role internet providers such as Comcast are playing in deciding what you can download. He says net neutrality is needed to protect consumers.
Former Los Angeles County prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi has written what promises to be one of the most explosive, powerful, and important books in many years: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder. Bugliosi spoke with Coy Barefoot on the July 14, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!”
“Why did I write this book?” Bugliosi asks. “I wrote this book…out of anger. I do not want this guy, George Bush, to get away with murder.”
Coy Barefoot, the father of a six-year-old boy diagnosed with autism and the host of “Charlottesville–Right Now!” shares his reaction to the recent comments of talk show host Michael Savage as well as WINA’s decision yesterday to remove the Savage program from its schedule.
Mincer’s on the Corner just celebrated its 60th anniversary, and Bob Mincer joins Coy Barefoot on the July 19, 2008 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” He and Coy talk about the many stories in Mincer’s history, beginning with how the mainstay got its start selling tobacco pipes in a small space in the location that’s now Littlejohn’s kitchen.
On the July 17 edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” Coy Barefoot hosts a call-in discussion of the housing market with local Realtor Jim Duncan. The topics include:
Senator Jim Webb’s new book is called A Time To Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America and he joined Coy Barefoot on the July 17, 2008 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now! with Coy Barefoot. Webb recently took his name out of the running for the vice presidency, because he wants to stay in the Senate. “We’re doing good things and I need to stay here,” Webb said. He also chats with Coy about bipartisan efforts helped get a new G.I. Bill passed, his wish to reform this country’s drug policy, and what to do about the oil crisis.
Brian Wheeler of Charlottesville Tomorrow is a guest every Tuesday on WINA’s “Charlottesville-Right Now!” with Coy Barefoot to talk about growth and development issues in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
On the July 14, 2008 show:
* Plans for the downtown mall– The rumors that trees on the downtown mall will be removed is… partly true. Brian explains that, as well as the brick work.
* St. Anne’s Belfield news– Brian STAB’s efforts to move their middle school students to their lower school campus.
* Dredging task force– Brian explains the makeup of the task force investigating dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir. Betty Mooney, a member of Citizens for a Sustainable Water Supply Plan called in to object to the composition and goals of the task force.
* Two new parks have been designated in Albemarle– On July 2, the County Board of Supervisors designated Byrom Park and Preddy Creek Park as new public hiking and biking parks.
* Albemarle website ranking- Albemarle County has received the ninth spot in a ranking of the top information-technology-utilizing counties in the country with populations under 150,000 people.
John Whitehead, CEO and President of the Rutherford Institute, is having an incredibly busy summer as his organization trains 22 interns on the ins and outs of defending the Constitution. He’s also awaiting the publication of his new book The Change Manifesto: Join the Block by Block Movement to Recreate America which comes out in September. Whitehead is worried about the state of American democracy, with an increasing surveillance culture as well as an worsening economy. He implores listeners to not listen to Congress, which he says is filled with millionaires who are out of touch. Whitehead wonders if Bush is the worst presidenct since Herbert Hoover, who was in charge the last time American banks failed one after another. Is the American empire bankrupting us? Who would Jesus vote for?