Letters
Nature omitted in Green insert
Published on Jul 19th, 2012
0 comments I find it sad that the only mention of nature in your 32-page Green & Nerdy section is an ad on page 19 for pest control. [spring 2012 special promo insert] As my husband commented when I...
Governor's power exceeds state's contribution
Published on Jul 12th, 2012
0 comments With the Commonwealth contributing  percent of The University's budget [June 21: "'Important alum': Donor Jones had role in Sullivan ouster"], why is any governor making any appointments to the...
Report shouldn't have noted race
Published on Jul 12th, 2012
0 comments I normally enjoy the Hook and the wide array of articles and opinions within.  However, I was dismayed at your comment in the article about the time capsule [June 7: "Wet capsule: Soggy city...
Bypass a monster built for out-of-towners
Published on May 17th, 2012
1 comments Having followed our recent spate of contentious public works issues, i.e., reservoir use, Bypass, Belmont Bridge, I wish to join the ranks of those who have said THANKYOU, to the Hook for keeping a...
Belmont Bridge a journey or a destination?
Published on Apr 26th, 2012
22 comments [Re: April 12 cover story: "Belmont vortex: Vision vs. reality in Belmont Bridge debate"], three big questions to mix it up at your next backyard BBQ:1. The historical debate: "Is the Belmont Bridge...
Schilling was on a witch-hunt
Published on Apr 4th, 2012
10 comments I don't know Ric Barrick, but from all the reports I have read and heard, I have to say that the continued efforts by Rob Schilling to disparage this man truly represent a witch-hunt. [March 29...
New law helps, not hurts, juveniles
Published on Mar 29th, 2012
0 comments The [March 8] Week in Review's "toughest on juveniles" paragraph was wildly inaccurate when it stated that the General Assembly passed a bill making the suspension and expulsion records of students...
Charlottesville can support a Cracker Barrel
Published on Mar 29th, 2012
0 comments I read the article about Cracker Barrel's decision not to come to Charlottesville [March 1: "Staved off: Cracker Barrel bypasses Fifth Street"]. I can't believe that a town this size, a hot spot for...
There was no brawl b/w MHS and CHS
Published on Feb 23rd, 2012
1 comments Regarding ["Biggest brawl"] in 4Better or Worse  in the February 16 issue: First of all, there was no "brawl." Not one punch. I was there. CHS players were playing very aggressively throughout...
Electric cars run on coal
Published on Feb 9th, 2012
0 comments The essay by Randy Salzman [January 26: "Dumb and dumber: Silly stuff that's supposed to be green"] was well-written and covered many important points. I truly applaud the author. However, it failed...
Jaquith omitted most shop-local benefits
Published on Jan 23rd, 2012
15 comments Full disclosure: I own a local business. So you can imagine my disappointment when the Hook chose to run an essay that actively discourages shopping locally, [Janis Jaquith’s January 19 "Online specs...
Can you really handle the truth?
Published on Jan 12th, 2012
0 comments I read with mild amusement your brief article explaining your origins and how your paper takes on the hard stories [October 11 editor's note: "Why the Hook? We unveil a new motto for this newspaper...
Thanks for the movie times
Published on Jan 12th, 2012
0 comments Thank you. It was great to find the movie times back in the Hook. It was even better to find the movie listings back. While I can find the times by phone, I find the short reviews very, very helpful...
Thanks for disinfecting the Biscuit
Published on Dec 22nd, 2011
0 comments 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...
Essayist misunderstood Occupy and its fingers
Published on Dec 22nd, 2011
0 comments I don’t mind criticism of the Occupy movement except when it is based on misrepresentations of the sort in the essay ["Great people? Steve Jobs, the Occupy movement, and us"] on the last page of the...
Too wide a brush painted horse-racing as evil
Published on Dec 15th, 2011
0 comments [Re: October 20 Sports Doctor: "They're off: Colonial Downs a disgrace to VA racing"] We who are involved in this sport love our beautiful thoroughbreds and care for them from the time they are born...
Now I know why helicopters fly over me
Published on Dec 15th, 2011
0 comments Your [October 13 cover story: "Reefer madness? Copter and SWAT team weeded out 2 plants on their property"] finally answered a question I've had for more than a quarter of a century: Why were...
Parents ignored over 'glitchy' system
Published on Oct 20th, 2011
0 comments Thanks so much for "Glitchy System: Inside the student software debacle," [the September 15 cover story] by Dave McNair. This is, unfortunately, the sad truth. A group of parents had been...
Scalping began under the British
Published on Oct 20th, 2011
0 comments Your cartoonist who recently made weak humor [Linda Sherman in the September 1 "Culture Vulture" feature] based on the stereotype that "Indians" scalp people is apparently ignorant of the history of...
9/11 editorial a disservice
Published on Oct 6th, 2011
0 comments I can’t even begin to explain my disappointment in your 9/11 cover story. [September 8: "9/11 reflections: 3,000 dead and freedom too"] Why would you allow an editorial to be your cover story for...
Freedom lives-- along with tasteless headlines
Published on Oct 6th, 2011
0 comments Your front-page headline "3,000 dead & freedom too" [September 8 cover story] is a tawdry offense to the memory of Americans who were slain ten years ago.Tragically, the victims of 9/11 actually...
Schilling's story borders on libel
Published on Oct 6th, 2011
0 comments Rob Schilling's article [August 25 essay: "Game over: Whites 2, blacks 0 in Democrats' firehouse primary"] is not only factually inaccurate, but it verges on libelous. The Democratic Party has had...
Denigration of Native Americans must end
Published on Oct 6th, 2011
0 comments The Hook has been my favorite local news source since its inception. I have always trusted the Hook to give me the news in a way that supports my left-leaning sensibilities. Unfortunately, I now...
Schilling opined without asking
Published on Sep 22nd, 2011
0 comments Regarding Rob Schilling’s imaginative essay [August 25: "Game over: Whites 2, blacks 0 in Democrats' firehouse primary"]: Of all the seven Democratic candidates, only Kathy Galvin and Satyendra Huja...
Schilling concocts Dem capitulation
Published on Sep 22nd, 2011
0 comments Rob Schilling’s article on the Democratic City Council primary  [August 25: "Game over: Whites 2, blacks 0 in Democrats' firehouse primary"] comes up with such whoppers that I must respond....
Reagan cartoon tasteless, insensitive
Published on Sep 15th, 2011
2 comments I saw the tasteless cartoon about Ronald Reagan "rising from the dead following the prayers of 'Tea Baggers'" for the 2012 Presidential campaign, on page 44 of the [July 21] edition of the Hook.Two...
Flaws a masterful exposé
Published on Sep 15th, 2011
0 comments Congratulations. With your July 28 cover story "FLAWS," in which you describe the dredge/dam issue, you demonstrate again why you are by far the most important local news reporter in Charlottesville....
Hook has the real skinny
Published on Sep 15th, 2011
0 comments Being from New York I am a life long cynic and suffer from a terminal degree of sarcasm. It does my heart good to read the real skinny as to what goes on behind the stories we here have to live with...
Trader Joe's looks like a mausoleum
Published on Sep 15th, 2011
0 comments After viewing the artist's rendering of the new Trader Joe's [Aug 18: "First view: Designers reveal look for Trader Joe's, Stonefield"] all I can think of is a community mausoleum! It's certainly not...
Ragged Mountain dam a boondoggle
Published on Sep 8th, 2011
0 comments [Re: July 28 cover story: "FLAWS- Tripled rates, spun numbers, and Conservancy conflicts: Why the war on dredging slogs on"]: Continuing on the present course, here is what this community is likely...