Worst gubernatorial week in Richmond
Terry McAuliffe learned May 23 he’s under investigation by the FBI for what was first reported as donations from a Chinese businessman and later for business dealings under the infrequently prosecuted Foreign Agents Registration Act. General Assembly Republicans also sued to overturn his order restoring voting rights for 206,000 felons. And the clerk of the House of Delegates refused to publish his line-item veto in the budget.
Alleged surreptitious-filming pet sitter in court
Forest Lakes resident Thomas Eagleson, who “had been trusted to take care of the neighbors’ pet” and installed hidden cameras in the family’s master bathroom, according to Albemarle police, waived his right to a preliminary hearing May 26 for three counts of filming a nonconsenting nude person and two counts of breaking and entering. He’s also charged with two felony juvenile filming counts.
Behind closed doors with Dewberry
Several city councilors met with John Dewberry, the owner of the derelict Landmark Hotel, and say construction could begin in 2017 and be completed in 2018, the Daily Progress reports. No site plan has been submitted to the city’s planning department.
As if brandishing a weapon weren’t bad enough…
Charlottesville police allege Shaidee Amend Wingate, 22, did so while holding a child in a May 18 domestic-dispute confrontation on Sixth Street SE. Wingate faces multiple charges, including B&E, child endangerment and carrying a firearm while under a protective order.
$4.2 million grant for English prof
UVA’s Rita Felski scored a whopping award from the Danish National Research Foundation for a non-STEM endeavor: to study literature and the social world.
RUFF ESTIMATES
Projected numbers show that Charlottesville could be home to a pile of illegal pups (the number of vaccinated dogs compared with dogs with licenses), while dogs in the county surpass city dogs by about half. And if you’ve ever needed an incentive to choose the city over the county, how does saving a whole dollar on your dog registration sound to you? That’s what we like to call more bark for your buck.
3,442
dogs on record in the city as being vaccinated in 2015
2,688
owners have obtained a license for their dogs
10,280
pooches estimated in the city, according to current U.S. Census data (that’s an estimated 2.8 million pounds of poop in Charlottesville per year from dogs)
3,736
dog licenses issued so far in 2016 in the county, with 5,392 issued in 2015
$4
for a dog license for a spayed/neutered pet in the city (one year)
$5
for a dog license for a spayed/neutered pet in the county (one year)
1,076
dogs and puppies adopted from Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA in 2014
84
million dogs living in the United States
*Numbers by DoodyCalls, the CASPCA, Census data, American Veterinary Medical Association pet calculator, city treasury and Albemarle County
Quote of the week
UVA alum and veteran broadcaster Katie Couric “must have graduated from the Joseph Goebbels School of Journalism.” Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League gun rights group, takes issue with the editing in Couric’s new documentary, Under the Gun.