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Thanks for writing a fair article regarding the tea party [“Hundreds protest federal spending on Tax Day,” Government News, April 21]. Much to my dismay, our new President is turning out to be a severe disappointment. It is now abundantly clear that he had absolutely no fiscal experience in the real world prior to becoming [...]

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Free lunch I am responding to a rant in the April 7 issue of C-VILLE regarding our local Meals on Wheels program receiving stimulus money from the federal government. While I cannot speak for any Meals on Wheels organization but our own, I can assure any and all concerned citizens that Meals on Wheels of [...]

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Off label I just read your collection of articles and reviews on the work of Warren Craghead and enjoyed them very much [“Here, there and everywhere,” March 31].  Craghead’s How to Be Everywhere and A Map’s Little Spell are some of the strongest “comics” of the past few years, strong enough to make the label [...]

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Fighting words J. Tobias Beard: You suggest in your opening paragraph that the second knockout by Liston resulted in Patterson “ending his career” [“Lords of the ring,” March 17].  As a boxing historian, former NYC Golden Glover, recent trainer, certified referee and often-published boxing commentator and radio guest on the subject, let me correct you: [...]

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Squash, courted Forever enshrined in my memory is the wonderful fried zucchini I had at a celebratory lunch at Ristorante Amalfi, after a successful presentation on Madison Avenue, over 30 years ago [“Crush to become Tavola,” Restaurantarama, March 17]. I never could find it again until suddenly, I looked down, and there it was on [...]

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Your roots are showing When I was a lad living at the end of N. First Street our neighbor, Mr. Sam Fitch, whose property ran all the way to what is now McIntire Road, kept a nice coop of chickens along with an appreciative rooster [“Chickens raise concerns when barnyard is backyard,” Development News, February [...]

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November dreams So our brain dead supervisors want to increase our taxes [“Will proposed county tax hike ruffle city-county relations?” Government News, February 24]. I presume they can’t read, since they apparently do not know that the country is going through its worse recession since the Great Depression. Have they been to school? Oh, and [...]

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Where there’s smoke there’s ire Virginia is a state rich in culture, history, and natural beauty and Charlottesville is her crown jewel—but the stain of Big Tobacco mars the value of Virginia as a place to live. I would love to move to Charlottesville, but my biggest hesitancy in doing so is that not nearly [...]

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What’s wrong with this picture? Let me get this straight… The only expression of black devotion that you and your photographer can find in all of Charlottesville is the love of a black servant for the child of her employers? [“Heart & Soul,” February 10, 2009] The city’s loving black couples, caring black parents, and [...]

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Grading on a curve I enjoyed seeing C-VILLE’s take on Ash Lawn-Highland’s inauguration day/MLK celebration [“Timid feeders on the lagoon,” January 27, 2009]. While it may be a somewhat odd venue for such an occasion, I was nonetheless a bit disappointed to see such criticism directed towards President Monroe and the event in general. Certainly, [...]

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Mr. Beard: I apologize if my reply to your “Sour Grapes” edition of The Working Pour [January 6, 2009] is late, but on the other hand,

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Ridge Schuyler is the reason I don’t give money to the Nature Conservancy.

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I don’t have any comments on the safety/health issue, but find it interesting that the argument for the fake turf is saving money.

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This most recent article is a “Dis” service to the Virginia Wine Industry, and an insult to thousands of consumers of Norton.

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The most obvious source of stressful racial relations in Charlottesville

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As a small business owner and one who believes in the spirit and festivities of the holidays,

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The C-VILLE perhaps forgot to include over the hill ex-electeds in your review of the city

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I enjoyed Mr. Tobias’ column about overpriced Virginia wine [“Workingman’s pour,” The Working Pour, November 18, 2008].

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They are all my favorite! Can't choose.

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Mr. Beard: I read with interest your recent article on the vocabulary of wine

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In his incredibly arrogant assertion that Wikipedia is not to be trusted because it doesn’t list

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The question was asked what other Charlottesville legends deserve memorial signs

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Shame on the Virginia Wineries Association and the Virginia Wine Marketing Office for not

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One only needs to look at the current state of our country’s economy to realize why UVA

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Rick Lilly has things a bit confused in the story on Buford football

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Loved your article on the ugliest buildings in town [“Walls of shame,” September 30, 2008],

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J. Tobias Beard’s piece on wineries using California grapes [“Shallow ground,” The Working Pour, September 16, 2008]