Posted by Scowly on October 9th, 2008
The City of Charlottesville announced last night that, in order to provide reliable transportation to the polls for all residents, CTS rides on Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 will be free. That announcement was issued by Mayor Dave Norris at last night’s City Council meeting. As has been publicized, a record turnout is expected on Election Day and parking challenges may develop as a result of this interest particularly at the Downtown, Alumni, Venable, and Tonsler polling precincts. Residents are encouraged to carpool to the polls, arrive during non-peak hours such as the mid morning and afternoon, or take free public transportation. City staff is currently arranging for additional parking and safe transport to polling locations that may see the most pressing parking challenges.
For more information residents are urged to call 970-3250 or log onto www.charlottesville.org/vote
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Posted by Thor on October 6th, 2008
If you’ve been around Charlottesville long enough, you realize that paying for parking is for tourists, college students, newbies or lazy people. It’s not that hard to find parking 1 or 2 blocks away from any destination site, be it the downtown mall, the corner or midtown.
We’re going to use this thread to solicit secret, free parking spots and we’ll put together a giant map of those free spots when we get everyone’s tips. Please leave your secret parking spot in the comments and we’ll start building the map.
Oh and if you haven’t seen our bad parking jobs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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Posted by Blanco Nino on September 1st, 2008
I was just perusing the Charlottesville Craigslist musician’s blog and discovered a heated debate about paying musicians vs. playing for tips. A local Belmont coffee shop put out a request for musical acts and offered food, drink and tips as compensation. However, this arrangement didn’t sit well with at least one local musician who thinks such an offer is an “insult to musicians” everywhere. I don’t really see anything wrong with playing music for tips or a cut of the door, but I’m curious as to what other folks think.
Is it really insulting to ask musicians or bands to play for no guarantee? Seems to me most up-and-coming bands would jump at a chance to gig out and get some exposure, even if the compensation wasn’t exactly pro-level.
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Posted by Kyle on July 25th, 2008
Hello everyone, we just got a brand new Black iPod Nano 8GB to give away to you.
The Rules:
- You have go to the Spicy Bear offices to pick the Nano within 3 days of winning the contest (or you can pick it up at our party!). If you live across the country, sorry!
- Enter by commenting with a link to your favorite cVillain.com, cvilleMUSE.com, or cvilleStyle.com article. The article has to be at least 10 days old!
- Only one comment entry per person, except you can enter a second time by linking to your favorite cVillain cvilleMUSE.com, or cvilleStyle.com article on your website and giving us a link to your website in the comment section below.
- The contest ends Friday, August 1st at Noon. We will choose the winner at random and notify them by email.
Good luck!
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Posted by Thor on April 9th, 2008
Perhaps you remember the cartoon shown above and our discussion; or, maybe you remember our critique of the Cavalier Daily when it published an article loosely based on Catholic pseudo-science that claimed having sex around a “natural planning cycle” is more effective than condoms. Let’s not forget the “tear down this wall” column which said the freedom wall was “nothing more than a cheap, interactive platitude.” And finally, take an opinion from the same publication about StreakTheLawn.com (now shut down) which explained that exposing seedier aspects of college life was a “risk” to UVA’s reputation.
Do you see a trend with the Cavalier Daily, University of Virginia’s “independent newspaper?” We do… and so do others.
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