NO FREAKING WAY. Who would have though that no one ever wins when their chances are only 1 in 100 million?

I did. I am gullible.

Jayson Whitehead discusses the finer politics of The Lottery, School funding and more.  What does he find about this “poor man’s tax?”

The Constitution requires that the profits be sent to the localities from a specific lottery-proceeds fund. The problem is that the money currently goes from that fund to the state’s general fund before being distributed to the localities. Perhaps that explains why Prince William County received more than $70 million during the same period that Albemarle and Charlottesville together got less than $13 million. “Once we turn the money over, we are not a part of that process,” says Paula Otto, the state lottery’s executive director….

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Since 1999, Albemarle County schools have received $9,239,248 (Charlottesville received less than half that), which rounds out to about a $1 million a year. The proposed budget for Albemarle this year is $151.2 million. The lottery proceeds add up to less than 1 percent of the county’s expenditures.

Well, what do you think?

[Read the Article at C-Ville Weekly]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up for your week in review.

We got villains dissing on wine bars, gunshots at the Outback and some Grecian food. Don’t forget to stop around back to sample our smelly PR move, celebrity wannabies, and your favorite musical acts. When you leave, grab the gift bag– it’s full of tats, lawsuits, and monkey sex. Enjoy!

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Besides the lovely complexity of having too much wine this week, we break the story on Pink Paintballs, (hopefully) find a restaurantuer a chef partner, chat with bartenders and break a rumor of a high end steak place. Oh, we also make some rule.

The week in review continues below:

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Besides the weather here’s what happened over the last few days:

Kucinich drew a mere 500 supporters on Saturday.  Compare that to Obama who did 4,000+.  Looks like someone isn’t as popular.  [DP]

Albemarle High School swim coach, Kyle Wilson, collapsed and died at an Annapolis swim meet. [WCAV]

Monticello High School wins the football state championship! [DP]

Albemarle County will reduce carbon emissions 80% by 2050. [CP]

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Apparently UVA’s blue safety phones don’t work. P.S. What, Cav Daily can actually publish meaningful articles!? [CD]

Are we facing a major slowdown in housing with potentially negative housing assessments? Jim, where is your opinion? [DP]

Event: Out of Control will spin tonight (November 15) at R2 inside Rapture on the Downtown Mall. WNRN DJs Patrick Allen and AudioRapture, no strangers to the Alternative Dance Music genres, will be spinning four hours of tunes sure to get your body moving. Will they clean up the scene?

Did you know about that new web only UVA publication called the Sentinel? Well, google “sentinel uva” and your first result is “Sentinel Program for Rodent Colonies at University of Virginia.” Oops. Maybe this link back will help them. [S]

Charlottesville City Schools are asking 4th graders the following questions [WCAV, Direct Link to Survey]:

Within the last year have you..
Drank alcohol (beer,liquor,etc.)?
Smoked marijuana (pot)?
Inhaled glue, gas, etc. to get high?
Used other drugs to get high?
Used tobacco (cigarettes,chew,etc.)?

The real problem with the survey is that they aren’t giving the kids enough names for the drugs. Marijuana has many names, let’s not forget Ganja, Aunt Mary, Boom, Blond, Blunt, Bud, Cheeba, Chunky, Columbian Pot, Don Juan, Doobie, Fu, Grass, Hay, Jay, Kif, Leaf, Magic Dragon, Mary Jane, Rasta, Reefer, Sen, Skunk and those are only the English names. Videos are hidden names for drugs as well..

I.E. THE DRAGON EATS HOMEWORK

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So college is supposed to be the time of your life. A time when you can do anything and get away with it. Graduation was supposed to mark our entry into the “adult” world. Well boys and girls, this used to be true until Google invaded our lives. Have any of you every Googled your names? You will be surprised by the news/articles that come up as #1 hits.

Why Should You be Worried?

Prospective employers do perform due-diligence on new hires. For those of you ignorant folks out there, that means they investigate you with any means possible. Be it calling previous employers where you interned, or performing a Google search to see if they can find a blog, or even bad-press about you! So while you could have had the 4.0 GPA from McIntire, President of your Fraternity status, a Google link to your college-year arrest for doing something ridiculously stupid can bar you from getting a job. Then again, if you were stupid enough to get caught doing stupid things in college, you really didn’t deserve the job in the first place.

While we can quit our jobs or be fired at-will, we cannot leave our parents. Yes, parents. You know, the old timers who raised us? They are getting more internet savvy and might want to check you out as well. All those stories you made up during college as excuses to cover-up lame and stupid behavior can all be erased with the click of a Google search button.

What Can You Do?

Fortunately there is a cure for this. Google works via a method called “page-ranking”. The most relevant hits with the most traffic come up as the primary links on a search. Use this to your advantage:

• create blog posts EVERYWHERE and sign them with your name
• create a LinkedIn profile page
• get your charitable work in the news
• stop acting like a frikkin a$$hole

The lesson we should all take from this is that nothing is kept secret anymore. If anyone has ever snickered, insulted, or bashed you in any way online, Google will find it. Do yourself a favor and Google yourself. See what comes up, but be prepared for the worst. While its cool to be a cVillain, its not cool when Google indexes your stupid behavior.

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The Daily Progress Reports:

A former youth soccer coach was sentenced in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to nine years in prison for possessing child pornography and using the Internet to entice a minor for sex. The sentence spared Jabbour from a harsher penalty under federal guidelines, but was in line with a plea bargain Raja Charles Jabbour struck with prosecutors in February after an investigation into his online activities. Jabbour, 40, who most recently coached varsity girls’ soccer at Albemarle High School…

Comon people. There had to have been signs. Does anyone have any stories to share?

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