4Better Or Worse
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Oct 26th, 2006
1 comments Boldest defiance of the League of Women Voters: Senator George Allen refuses to pull footage from an October 9 League debate from an ad lambasting opponent Jim Webb. The League insists debate footage...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Oct 19th, 2006
0 comments Best news for minimum wagers: UVA raises its wage to $9.75 an hour in December, and Albemarle County plans to boot its pay from the current $8.84 for the 2007-2008 fiscal year, based on the same...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Oct 12th, 2006
0 comments Saddest Parkway news: Lizzy Hafter, a 22-year-old UVA grad student from Columbia, South Carolina, is murdered and her body found October 1 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. A man driving her car, William...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Oct 12th, 2006
0 comments Worst fallout from school terrorism: Culpeper closes all schools– both public and private– October 5 because of a bomb threat. Worst copycatting: A 14-year-old Culpeper girl is arrested...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Sep 28th, 2006
0 comments Biggest political gaffe not involving George Allen: Fifth District Congressional candidate Al Weed issues an apology to Mitchell Wade-illegal-campaign-contributions associate Richard Berglund, who...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Sep 21st, 2006
0 comments Most offended by a college newspaper: UVA gets several thousand messages protesting three "blasphemous" cartoons depicting Jesus in the Cavalier Daily August 23-24. Bill O'Reilly also chimes in on...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Sep 14th, 2006
0 comments Most dubious distinction: The Charlottesville area has the highest gas prices in the Old Dominion, an average of $2.77 a gallon compared to a statewide average of $2.59 a gallon for regular,...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Sep 7th, 2006
0 comments Worst tropical depression: Ernesto hits Virginia September 1, killing at least six people and causing $33 million damage in the state.  Worst sex scandal: Five former Whisper Ridge staffers are...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Aug 31st, 2006
0 comments Worst plane crash: A Delta commuter taking off on the wrong runway at a Lexington, Kentucky, airport crashes early August 27, killing 49 people, the worst domestic plane crash in nearly five years....
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Aug 24th, 2006
0 comments Latest in the Earl Washington saga: Charges are being brought against Rebecca Lynn Williams' real killer. Washington was convicted of her 1982 rape and murder, and was held on Death Row until DNA...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Aug 17th, 2006
0 comments Ugliest gaffe: Senator George Allen's "macaca" comment to UVA student/opposition filmer S.R. Sidarth provokes a firestorm of debate. What exactly was he trying to say? Faintest support of Albemarle'...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 27th, 2006
0 comments Least pastoral: Former Peace Lutheran Church associate pastor Gregory M. Briehl is arrested July 18 in his Earlysville home and charged with 20 felony counts of possession of child porn and two...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 20th, 2006
0 comments Biggest dean scandal: Rick Turner, head of UVA's African-American Studies, goes on administrative leave after admitting he lied about his knowledge of the "activities of a known drug dealer," Bob...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 13th, 2006
0 comments Worst spate: A man tries to phone-in a robbery at SunTrust bank on Pantops July 8, threatening to blow up a bomb– later found to be faux– if employees didn't put cash outside the building...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jul 6th, 2006
0 comments Most vicious: A brief storm July 2 takes out trees and electricity in the Jefferson Park Avenue area.  Wettest: Heavy rains close nearly two dozen Albemarle roads June 27, but the Scottsville...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jun 29th, 2006
0 comments Best change in the weather: A week ago we were whining about potential drought; this week we whine about flooding from the nonstop rain, five days in a row at presstime.   Worst flooding...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jun 22nd, 2006
0 comments Worst déjà vu: With rain levels nearly a foot below normal, Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority issues a drought watch June 19, calling for voluntary water conservation. Mandatory...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jun 15th, 2006
0 comments Most surprising change of heart: The Western Albemarle student who pleaded guilty to conspiring to blow up two schools appeals his plea in Albemarle Circuit Court June 7, Liesel Nowak reports in the...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jun 8th, 2006
0 comments Most expensive defense: Virginia has paid the McGuire Woods law firm more than $500,000 to defend the estate of a former state police investigator who a jury said fabricated the evidence that sent...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Jun 1st, 2006
0 comments Least willing to say they're sorry: The UVA 17 protesters, punished by the school for their four-day Madison Hall sit-in, appeal the University Judiciary Committee penalty that they write letters of...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on May 25th, 2006
0 comments Worst senior-year tragedy: Albemarle High lacrosse player Nolan Jenkins dies in a May 19 car crash in which police believe alcohol may have been a factor. Eleven teens at a nearby party are arrested...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on May 18th, 2006
0 comments Least willing to go down without a fight: Fifth District candidate Bern Ewert. Despite trailing his opponent Al Weed 106 to 55, he writes to delegates committed to Weed urging them to vote for him in...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on May 11th, 2006
0 comments Biggest rout: The Democratic machine roars back to life May 2 to oust Republican City Councilor Rob Schilling, who took in 24 percent of the vote compared to Dem challengers Dave Norris' 39 percent...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Apr 27th, 2006
0 comments Most Jeffersonian: The long-awaited First Amendment Monument is unveiled April 20, and local notables John Grisham, Boyd Tinsley, and Mayor David Brown chalk their thoughts on the slate. Best sniping...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Apr 13th, 2006
0 comments Best reason to look before crossing Fourth Street East: City Council votes 4-1 to open a temporary, long-requested-by-business-owners Downtown Mall crossing there, John Yellig reports in the Daily...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Apr 6th, 2006
0 comments Best news for city property owners: City Council likely will approve dropping the real estate rate from $1.05 per $100 of assessed value to $1 when it votes on the budget April 11. Latest oh-please-...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Mar 30th, 2006
0 comments Earliest start: Winning a waiver from the state's so-called King's Dominion law, the Albemarle School Board votes late last week that summer vacation ends and classes in the County schools begin...
4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Published on Mar 16th, 2006
0 comments Worst driving– second runner up: Salatiel Dedios allegedly crosses a double yellow line on Stony Point Road March 11 and causes Albemarle Police Officer Tavis Coffin to veer into a ditch to...
The week in review
Published on Mar 16th, 2006
0 comments   Worst driving– second runner up: Salatiel Dedios allegedly crosses a double yellow line on Stony Point Road March 11 and causes Albemarle Police Officer Tavis Coffin to veer into a ditch...
The week in review
Published on Mar 9th, 2006
0 comments Most hung jury: A mistrial is declared March 6 in the murder trial of William Franklin "Billy" Marshall, accused of strangling Azlee Hickman, 18, March 13, 2004. Marshall claimed Hickman's boyfriend...