Letters
Get dam facts straight
Published on Apr 13th, 2006
0 comments I write as a volunteer with the Rivanna Conservation Society (RCS) in response to Dan Sebring's and William W. Stevenson's letters [April 6: "Cry me a river" and "Shad v. drinking water"]. Both...
Save the dam for recreation
Published on Apr 13th, 2006
0 comments I enjoyed reading the letter by Dan Sebring concerning the Woolen Mills Dam [April 6: "Cry me a river"], and I agree with him. Dan's points concerning the ecology are all true. Why destroy a habitat...
LETTER- Cry me a river
Published on Apr 6th, 2006
0 comments Thanks to Lisa Provence for raising the matter of the proposed destruction of the Woolen Mills dam [News, "Dam demo: Breach at Woolen mills good for shad," March 23]. What I wanted to say...
Shad v. drinking water
Published on Apr 6th, 2006
0 comments I was astonished to read that there is a proposal to destroy the nearly 200-year-old dam at the Woolen Mills ["Dam demo: Breach at Woolen Mills good for shad," News, March 30]. If anything qualifies...
LETTER- Smoking bans do work
Published on Mar 30th, 2006
0 comments The Dish may need to get out a little more [March 23: "Where there's smoke, there's smokers"]. Smoking can successfully be banned in restaurants and pubs. Dave McNair claims it won't work, but one of...
LETTER- Wa-who? Teddy's no UVA saint
Published on Mar 30th, 2006
0 comments Thomas Yeatts' write-up of Edward M. Kennedy's speech at the UVA law school [March 23: "Plucky Ted: In speech, principle trumps politics"] plays more as a piece of hagiography of St. Ted than any act...
LETTER- Harrison needs a web connection
Published on Mar 23rd, 2006
0 comments This week's Damani Harrison column is a new low ["The Prowl/Music Review- Tortured souls: Putting it out there takes nerve"]. Worst thing I've ever read in any of your pages. Is it too much to...
LETTER- Malkmus still Jewin'
Published on Mar 16th, 2006
0 comments In your March 9 interview with David Berman of the Silver Jews ["Silver Jews: David Berman clears things up"],Vijith Assar writes, "Pavement frontman and former Silver Jew Stephen Malkmus probably...
Malkmus still Jewin'
Published on Mar 16th, 2006
0 comments   In your March 9 interview with David Berman of the Silver Jews ["Silver Jews: David Berman clears things up"],Vijith Assar writes, "Pavement frontman and former Silver Jew Stephen Malkmus...
LETTER- Biofuels tops in efficiency
Published on Mar 9th, 2006
0 comments I was interested to read Ronald Bailey's piece in the February 23 Hook ["Energy rhubarb: Biofuels lead to biofeud"]. As the events director for Public Policy Virginia, a local non-profit that has...
LETTER- Courts should ease up on fathers
Published on Mar 9th, 2006
0 comments I was so glad to hear another woman speak out about the inhumane laws of marriage and divorce courts [Letter, "Kroboth driven crazy," March 2]. I too do not know Kurt Kroboth, but I...
Biofuels tops in efficiency
Published on Mar 9th, 2006
0 comments I was interested to read Ronald Bailey's piece in the February 23 Hook ["Energy rhubarb: Biofuels lead to biofeud"]. As the events director for Public Policy Virginia, a local non-profit that has...
Courts should ease up on fathers
Published on Mar 9th, 2006
0 comments   I was so glad to hear another woman speak out about the inhumane laws of marriage and divorce courts [Letter, "Kroboth driven crazy," March 2]. I too do not know Kurt Kroboth, but I sympathize...
LETTER- Deal with the threats-- now
Published on Mar 2nd, 2006
0 comments After reading the comments by those out of the know, namely Waldo Jaquith [February 9: "Explosive: Details sketchy in school plot"], one wonders why 9/11 is referred to when 4/20/99 is the real start...
LETTER- Kluge should buy own lobbyist
Published on Mar 2nd, 2006
0 comments Just happened on the article [February 2: "Out-lobbied: Wholesalers hogtie wineries"} linked through erobertparker.com. This quote got my attention: "'That's because we don't have the money the...
LETTER- Kroboth driven crazy
Published on Mar 2nd, 2006
0 comments Your cover story about the masked would-be murderer [February 16: "Horror in the hallway: Masked assailant faces sentencing"] is terrifying, both in the reality of what took place and in the...
LETTER- Water ordinance a washout
Published on Mar 2nd, 2006
0 comments I'm glad that Richard Price was willing to admit that PS2 Properties had "made some mistakes... and had some erosion problems" in their creation of the RiverBluff "conservation community." [...
Deal with the threats-- now
Published on Mar 2nd, 2006
0 comments   After reading the comments by those out of the know, namely Waldo Jaquith [February 9: "Explosive: Details sketchy in school plot"], one wonders why 9/11 is referred to when 4/20/99 is the...
Kluge should buy own lobbyist
Published on Mar 2nd, 2006
0 comments   Just happened on the article [February 2: "Out-lobbied: Wholesalers hogtie wineries"} linked through erobertparker.com. This quote got my attention: "'That's because we don't have the money...
Kroboth driven crazy
Published on Mar 2nd, 2006
0 comments   Your cover story about the masked would-be murderer [February 16: "Horror in the hallway: Masked assailant faces sentencing"] is terrifying, both in the reality of what took place and in the...
Water ordinance a washout
Published on Mar 2nd, 2006
0 comments I'm glad that Richard Price was willing to admit that PS2 Properties had "made some mistakes... and had some erosion problems" in their creation of the RiverBluff "conservation community." [...
LETTER- AEDs should be required
Published on Feb 23rd, 2006
0 comments My heart goes out to Susan DeJarnette and her family for their loss of Henry [February 9 cover story: "Heartbreak– Could a simple device have saved a life?"]. My husband (age 54) died while out...
LETTER- Avoid cheapo Gold's
Published on Feb 23rd, 2006
0 comments I just sadly joined Gold's Gym. Now I read in the Hook that they are too cheap to buy an automated cardiac defibrillator and so at least one person died who might have been saved. I have left a...
LETTER- Whiny distributors harm customers
Published on Feb 23rd, 2006
0 comments What low self esteem Virginia's distributors seem to have. The scare tactic claim that distributors will be forced out of business [February 9 mailbag: "Wine story one-sided"] unless the government...
Leaflets missed us
Published on Feb 16th, 2006
0 comments This letter is in response to Kate Johnson's letter to the editor February 2 ["Anti-bulbsters, listen up!"]. I live in the 1300 block of Chesapeake Street, but that does not automatically make me a...
Blacks aren't Sambos
Published on Feb 16th, 2006
0 comments   Rose Hill [February 2 cover story: "Saving Sambo"] has a right to express her opinions, no matter what they may be. But I'm very curious about what Hill is trying to say about herself, her...
LETTER- Deeds forgets his humanity
Published on Feb 9th, 2006
0 comments Back in May 2004, Creigh Deeds condemned Republican legislators for a "mean-spirited and unnecessary" bill banning gay marriage and legal contracts between unmarried partners. He also went on to say...
LETTER- Wine story one-sided
Published on Feb 9th, 2006
0 comments When you quote those from the Virginia farm winery industry as they accuse "wholesalers" of being too rich [February 2: "Out-lobbied: Wholesalers hogtie wineries"], I would suggest that you check...
LETTER- Anti-bulbsters, listen up!
Published on Feb 2nd, 2006
0 comments I live in Woolen Mills, on Chesapeake Street to be exact. That makes me (and everyone else who lives in Woolen Mills) a member of the neighborhood association. It's not some fancy country club with...
LETTER- Get a gay perspective
Published on Feb 2nd, 2006
0 comments Why are the Charlottesville weeklies selling their souls to wedding planners? First the C-ville Weekly published a wedding insert; now the Hook dedicates an issue to "Getting Hitched." While I'm sure...