Unusual developments
Major error in the Fifth/Avon streets big box story [“Chain reaction,” The Week, September 14]. “Albemarle County Supervisor Lindsay Dorrier Jr….reminded his colleagues of how Panorama Farms developer Jim Murray….” My brother James B. Murray, Jr. sold the Fifth/Avon land to Coran Capshaw. Our father James B. Murray bought Panorama Farms in 1952 and nobody has developed it. Our parents’ legacy to Albemarle County has been to preserve the 800 acres of Panorama Farms from development. A century from now, Panorama Farms will be an island of green in a sea of development, much like Central Park is to New York City.
Matthew B. Murray
Charlottesville
Get a MoveOn
On September 19, we sponsored a program for MoveOn.org, a creative on-line organization that supports progressive political candidates. It featured a MoveOn documentary called Outfoxed, which exposes the outrageous ways in which Fox News TV slants the news toward its far-right wing bias.
We appreciate C-VILLE’s coverage of the event [7 Days, September 21]. More than 150 people participated, contributing $2,200 to MoveOn (not to the Kerry campaign, as C-VILLE reported). We believe that MoveOn and similar organizations are a breath of fresh air in our political discourse, because they engage people on issues that affect us, they take a strong progressive stance and they do so without insulting those who disagree. We need more of this, and much less of Fox News.
Susan Mintz and Russ Linden
Charlottesville