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The slopes as seen from Charlottesville.

Big chill: Biscuit Run presaged Wintergreen money mess

A pile of debt, another warm winter, and the state's unwillingness to accept a dead appraiser's valuation for millions in already-spent conservation tax credits have pushed the company running Wintergreen Resort to the brink of insolvency, as reported Monday morning in the

After Biscuit Run, State Senator Creigh Deeds began work to shed more light on the $100-million-plus program.

Biscuit Run reform: Deeds would loosen secrecy... some

In Virginia, tax returns are so sacred that a section of code forbids state officials from revealing individual info– even if those individuals have reaped millions of dollars for their land from state taxpayers.

Thanks for disinfecting the Biscuit

Thanks for the reporting on Biscuit Run shenanigans. [November 10 cover story: "The flip that flopped: Biscuit Run men want $20 million more from taxpayers"]. I sincerely appreciate your efforts to keep us informed.What was that quote about sunlight being the best disinfect

With the exception of Reeves, who didn't return calls, none of these lawmakers expressed interest in repealing the secrecy law.

Biscuit and gravy: Lawmakers dodge calls to unshroud millions

The loudest voices on both the political left and right have voiced outrage, but future Hunter Craigs can continue to secretly extract millions from taxpayers. That's because the Charlottesville-area delegation of state lawmakers demonstrates little interest in forcing disc

Cuccinelli says Biscuit Run backers shouldn't lean on the state.

Biscuit burden: Cuccinelli demands cash from Craig

In his response to a speculator's controversial lawsuit seeking nearly $20 million from taxpayers in the form of conservation tax credits, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has fired back by accusing Biscuit Run investor Hunter Craig of unmitigated gall and demanding that Cr

Biscuit Run was the subject of the Hook's November 10 cover story.

Biscuit backstory: Flips would have rewarded Craig's fees

In its first two years in the hands of speculators, doomed housing development Biscuit Run rang up over $7 million in expenses, including nearly a quarter million dollars paid to lead investor Hunter Craig. That's according to a court filing in the lawsuit in which Craig an

The flip that flopped: Biscuit Run men want $20 million more from taxpayers

Biscuit Run is the gift that keeps on… taking. Initially sold to the public as a $10 million state park, the nearly 1,200-acre tract has actually extracted more than $21 million from state taxpayers in what has been called one of Virginia's biggest corporate bail-outs. No

Biscuit Run deal stinks

[Re: "'Insufficient evidence': State mum as Biscuit Run appraisers go unpunished"]: Thank you for staying on the Biscuit Run story. As a former resident of Albemarle County, I was appalled by what these crooked people tried to get away with. The sleaze factor is off the cha

The business suit- and Birkenstocks-clad trustee, Larry McElwain, ran the proceedings.

For $7.5 million: Defaulting Bundoran claimed on courthouse steps

Bundoran, a defaulted open-space-oriented development in southern Albemarle, was taken away from its developer June 29 on the courthouse steps when the lender, Wells Fargo, valued it at $7.5 million. There were no other bids at the Wednesday afternoon auction. Subsequent to

Tim Kaine chats about Biscuit Run on the Downtown Mall.

Since 2010: Kaine makes first Biscuit Run comment

Since the revelation that a potentially hyperinflated appraisal could have defrauded Virginia taxpayers out of millions of dollars, former governor Tim Kaine has now made his first public statements on the state's controversial purchase of what will eventually become Biscui