Lowell Feld of Blue Virginia and author of Netroots Rising joined Coy to discuss Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the 5th District Congressional Race and more.
Charlottesville Right Now: 5-12-10 Dahlia Lithwick
Charlottesville Right Now: 5-10-10 Joseph Thai
Joseph Thai, Constitutional Law professor at The University of Oklahoma discussed to discuss President Obama’s selection of Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court and more. Thai received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2003, when Kagan was its Dean.
Charlottesville Right Now: 5-10-10 Bob Holsworth
Bob Holsworth, executive director of Virginia Tomorrow, joins Coy Barefoot once a week to talk state politics. This week on the show:
- Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli seeks documents from the former UVA climatologist alleging fraud over climate change. How does this position him for the 2013 elections?
- Cities across the Commonwealth held elections last week, and Bob has a review.
- Will Virginia choose to drill off the coast in the wake of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?
- Who will run the Republican nomination for the 5th District? Bob describes the candidates.
Charlottesville Right Now: 5-6-10 Stephen Gutwillig
Stephen Gutwillig, California State Director of The Drug Policy Alliance Network joined Coy to discuss efforts to legalize marijuana in California and Virginia Senator Jim Webb’s efforts to decriminalize marijuana usage.
Charlottesville Right Now: 5-4-10 David Swanson
David Swanson talked about the upcoming congressional vote to increase troops and funding to Afghanistan.
Charlottesville Right Now: 5-3-10 Bob Holsworth
Bob Holsworth is the founder of Virginia Tomorrow, a non-profit group that studies politics here in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He speaks with Coy Barefoot every Monday afternoon to talk about the latest in state government.
This week on the show, they discuss how state policies on funding education may affect Virginia’s public universities and community colleges.
Charlottesville Right Now: 4-30-10 Bob Lewis
Charlottesville Right Now: 4-28-10 Herman Schwartz
Herman Schwartz, Director of Graduate Studies for the UVA Department of Politics, joins Coy to discuss Wall Street reform and the case against Goldman Sachs.
Charlottesville Right Now: 4-28-10 Brian Wheeler
Brian Wheeler, Executive Director of Charlottesville Tomorrow, gave an update on local politics, including growth and development issues.
Charlottesville Right Now: 4-26-10 Bob Holsworth
Bob Holsworth of Virginia Tomorrow joined Coy to discuss the latest in Virginia politics.
Charlottesville Right Now: 4-26-10 David Toscano
This past Saturday, Delegate David Toscano presided over a rare meeting between the Charlottesville City Council, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, and the two jurisdictions’ school boards. Toscano called the meeting after the two communities sparred over a potential recalculation of the composite index that would have reallocated $2.8 million from city schools to county schools.
In this podcast interview with Coy Barefoot, Toscano provides a recap of the meeting. To hear it for yourself, Charlottesville Tomorrow posted the audio