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Today's sponsor is Piedmont Master Gardeners: Now accepting applications for their 2026 training class. Apply by December 1, 2025No study of American history or macroeconomics would leave out the impact played by the Great Crash of the New York Stock Exchange of 1929 which culminated on Black Tuesday, 96 years ago today. Stock prices had continued to increase throughout the Roaring Twenties but would generally decline until 1932, marking the era of the Great Depression. This edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement does not have the time or resources to delve into the causes of a financial panic that transformed the United States. I'm Sean Tubbs, and I think people should look back on their own time.In this edition:* Earlier this year, President Trump asked officials in Texas to redraw the Congressional maps to give the Republican Party an advantage in the 2026 midterms* Other states with Democratic majorities such as California have countered with redistricting proposals of their own* This week, the Virginia General Assembly is meeting in a special session to take a first step to amend the state's constitution to allow for a mid-Census redistricting* The podcast version features an audio version of yesterday's story on 530 East Main Street (read the story)Charlottesville Community Engagement is the work of one person and that one person sometimes neglects the marketing. You can help fill the gap by sharing with friends!First-shout: The new WTJU mobile app is here!WTJU is pleased to announce our brand new mobile app! You can download a version from either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Here are the links to both:* iPhone version* Android versionThe WTJU app is the place to tune in and listen live to WTJU, WXTJ, and Charlottesville Classical. Aside from the live stream, listen to archived shows, view recent songs, playlists, and program schedules, check out videos of live performances, stay up-to-date on WTJU's most recent news and articles, and more!Live chat with your favorite hosts, share stories with your friends, and tune into your community all in the palm of your hand.Virginia General Assembly takes up redistricting amendment during special sessionThe second presidency of Donald Trump has introduced many novel approaches to governance in the United States, including pressure on legislators in Texas to break from precedent to redraw Congressional districts in advance of the 2026 mid-term elections.Traditionally redistricting happens every ten years as mandated in Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. States can determine the method of how they draw districts but for many years Southern states were required to submit boundaries for review to ensure compliance with civil rights legislation such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.The Republican Party currently holds a narrow majority in the U.S. House of Representatives with 219 members to 213 Democrats with three vacancies. One of those vacancies has been filled in a special election in Arizona won on September 23 by Democrat Adelita Grijalva but Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has so far refused to swear her in until he calls the full House of Representatives back into session.According to the Texas Tribune, redistricting in Texas is expected to create five additional safe seats for Republicans. The state's delegation of 38 Representatives consists of 25 Republicans, 12 Democrats, and one vacancy. Governor Greg Abbott signed the new Congressional map on August 29 with no need for voters to approve the measure.In response, California Governor Gavin Newsome, a Democrat, suggested legislation called the “Election Rigging Response Act” in direct response to the new maps in Texas, and a voter initiative to redraw maps in the nation's largest state mentions efforts underway by Republicans to redistrict in Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nebraska, and South Carolina. Proposition 50 is on the ballot on November 4.Last week, the Virginia Political Newsletter reported that Democrats who control a narrow majority in the General Assembly are seeking to follow California's lead. On Monday, the House of Delegates agreed to take up House Joint Resolution 6007 which would amend the Virginia Constitution to allow the General Assembly to make a one-time adjustment.The General Assembly is able to meet because a special session from 2024 was never technically adjourned. To allow consideration of the Constitutional amendment, the joint resolution that sets the rules for the special session had to be changed and agreed to by both the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate.One adopted on February 22 of this year lists six items of acceptable business including memorials and resolutions commending people or businesses. A seventh was added to House Joint Resolution 6006 which was introduced by Delegate Charniele Herring (D-4) on October 24. This would allow a “joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia related to reapportionment or redistricting.”Both the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate convened on Monday, October 27.As the debate in the House of Delegates began, Delegate Bobby Orrock (R-66) made a parliamentary inquiry.“My first inquiry would be given that special sessions have by their very nature only occurred for specific reasons. Ergo, we have resolutions controlling what can be considered during them. And subsequently, to my knowledge and experience here, they've never extended for more than a one year period.”Orrock said the 2024 Special Session was continued to allow progress toward adopting a budget that year. He said that had taken place and the stated reason for the special session was moot.The amendment itself was not made available until Tuesday afternoon. More on that later.Delegate Jay Leftwich (R-90) read from §30-13 of the Virginia Code which lays out what steps the Clerk of the House of Delegates has to take when publishing proposed amendments to the Constitution.“It goes on to say, Mr. Speaker, the Clerk of the House of Delegates shall have published all proposed amendments to the constitution for the distribution from his office and to the clerk of the circuit court of each county and the city two copies of the proposed amendments, one of which shall be posted at the front door of the courthouse and the other shall be made available for public inspection,” Leftwich said.Delegate Herring countered that that section of code predates the Virginia Constitution of 1971 which does not have those requirements. Leftwich continued to press on this note but Speaker of the House Don Scott ruled that his questions were not germane to the procedural issue.Delegate Lee Ware (R-72) said the move across the United States to redraw districts mid-Census to gain partisan advantage was a bad idea no matter what party was proposing it.“Just because a bad idea was proposed and even taken up by a few of our sister states such as North Carolina or California, is not a reason for Virginia to follow suit,” Ware said. “ For nearly two and a half centuries, the states have redistricted following the decennial census, responding to the population shifts both in our country and in the states.”A motion to amend HJ6006 passed 50 to 42.The House of Delegates currently only has 99 members due to the resignation of Todd Gilbert. Gilbert had been named as the U.S. Attorney for Western Virginia but lasted for less than a month. Former Albemarle Commonwealth's Attorney Robert Tracci was appointed to the position on an interim basis.Charlottesville Community Engagement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Second-shout out: Cville Village seeks volunteersCan you drive a neighbor to a doctor's appointment? Change an overhead lightbulb, plant a flower, walk a dog for someone who is sick, visit someone who is lonely? If so, Cville Village needs you!Cville Village is a local 501c3 nonprofit organization loosely affiliated with a national network of Villages whose goals are to help seniors stay in their own homes as long as possible, and to build connections among them that diminish social isolation. Volunteers do small chores for, and have gatherings of, professors and schoolteachers, nurses and lawyers, aides and housekeepers. Time and chance come to all – a fall, an order not to drive, failing eyesight, a sudden stroke. They assist folks continue living at home, with a little help from their friends.Cville Village volunteers consult software that shows them who has requested a service and where they are located. Volunteers accept only the requests that fit their schedule and their skills.Volunteering for Cville Village can expand your circle of friends and shower you with thanks.To learn more, visit cvillevillage.org or attend one of their monthly Village “meet-ups” and see for yourself. To find out where and when the next meetup is, or to get more information and a volunteer application, email us at info@cvillevillage.org, or call them at (434) 218-3727.Virginia Senators pre-debate the amendment on TuesdayThe Virginia Senate took up the matter on Monday as well. Democrats have a 21 to 19 majority and were unable that day to suspend the rules to immediately consider an amendment to HJ6006. They had a second reading on Tuesday.The initial discussion of the Constitutional amendment took place during a portion of the meeting where Senators got to speak on matters of personal privilege. As with the House of Delegates, many inquiries from Republican legislators happened because the document itself was not yet available for review.Senator Bill Stanley (R–20) rose to remind his colleagues that the General Assembly passed a bipartisan Constitutional amendment to require that redistricting be conducted by a nonpartisan committee.“We listened to Virginians who were tired of the gerrymandering,” Stanley said. “In 2019, polls showed 70 percent of Virginians supported redistricting reform. Not 51 percent, not 55 percent, [but] 70 percent. The Mason Dixon poll showed 72% support. And crucially, over 60 percent of Republicans and Democrats alike supported this amendment. Equally when it came to a vote in the Commonwealth. This was not partisan.”Senator Mamie Locke (D-2) served on the bipartisan redistricting committee and reminded her colleagues that the process broke down in October 2021, as I reported at the time. The Virginia Supreme Court ended up appointing two special masters to draw the current boundaries.“There was constant gridlock and partisan roadblocks,” Locke said. “[Those] Were the reasons why the Supreme Court ended up drawing the lines because the commission ended up discussing things as tedious as which university could be trusted to provide unbiased data.”Locke said the proposal in Virginia would still have a bipartisan commission draw new maps after the 2030 Census and that voters in Virginia would still have to approve the amendment.Senator Scott Surovell (D-34) said the amendment is intended to step in when other branches of government are not exercising their Constitutional authority to provide checks and balances. He echoed Locke's comment that the redistricting commission would continue to exist.“There's no maps that have been drawn,” Surovell said. “There's no repeal of the constitutional amendment. The only thing that's on the table or will be on the table later this week is giving the General assembly the option to take further action in January to then give Virginia voters the option of protecting our country.”Senator Richard Stuart (R-25) said he thinks President Trump is doing a job of bringing manufacturing back to the country and dismissed Surovell's notion that democracy is at threat.“I'm not seeing any threat to democracy,” Stuart said. “I heard the word king, and I would remind the Senator that if he was a king, he would be beheaded for what he just said. But in this country, we enjoy free speech. We get to say what we want to say, and that is a valued right and privilege.”Senator Barbara Favola (D-40) said many of her constituents are concerned about cuts to federal programs due to the recent passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill including threats to Medicaid. She explained why she supports her Democratic colleagues in Congress in the current state of things.“We are in a shutdown situation because the Democrats are standing up and saying we must extend the tax credits that are available on the health marketplace so individuals can afford their insurance,” Favola said. “Health insurance. This is not going unnoticed by the Virginians we represent.”Senator Mark Peake (R-22) said Republicans were entitled to govern how they want because they are in control of the federal government.“The current president won an overwhelming majority in the Electoral College and he won the popular vote by over 4 million or 5 million votes,” Peake said. “That is called democracy. That is what we have. And the Republicans won the Senate and they won the House of Congress. We will have another election next year and it will be time for the citizens to vote. But we are going under a democracy right now, and that's where we stand.”The points of personal privilege continued. Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-72) said elections are a chance for citizens to weigh in on a presidency that started the process of mid-Census redistricting.“The key point is this,” VanValkenburg said. “The president's ideas are unpopular. He knows it. He's going to his ideological friends, he's asking them to carve up maps, and now the other side is upset because they're going to get called on it in elections.”The Senate adjourned soon afterward and will take up a third reading of HJ6006 today.Democrats file Constitutional Amendment for first referenceEarly discussions about a potential constitutional amendment in the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate this week did not include a lot of details about how a mid-Census Congressional redistricting would take place.House Joint Resolution 6007 was filed with the Virginia Legislative Information System on Tuesday, October 28. As of this publication it is in the House Privileges and Elections Committee because the Senate has not yet given itself permission to take up the matter.The amendment would amend Article II, Section 6, of the Virginia Constitution to insert language into the second paragraph.Here is the full text, with italicized words indicating new language.The Commonwealth shall be reapportioned into electoral districts in accordance with this section and Section 6-A in the year 2021 and every ten years thereafter, except that the General Assembly shall be authorized to modify one or more congressional districts at any point following the adoption of a decennial reapportionment law, but prior to the next decennial census, in the event that any State of the United States of America conducts a redistricting of such state's congressional districts at any point following that state's adoption of a decennial reapportionment law for any purpose other than (i) the completion of the state's decennial redistricting in response to a federal census and reapportionment mandated by the Constitution of the United States and established in federal law or (ii) as ordered by any state or federal court to remedy an unlawful or unconstitutional district map.Take a look at the whole text here. I'll continue to provide updates. Stories you might also read for October 29, 2025* Charlottesville Ale Trail brings people to craft beverage makers, Jackson Shock, October 27, 2025* U.Va. leaders defend Justice Department deal in letter to Charlottesville legislators, Cecilia Mould and Ford McCracken, Cavalier Daily, October 28, 2025* Council agrees to purchase $6.2 million office building for low-barrier shelter, Sean Tubbs, C-Ville Weekly, October 29, 2025* Republican legislators slam Virginia redistricting proposal, Colby Johnson, WDBJ-7, October 27, 2025* Democrat Abigail Spanberger backs Virginia legislature's redistricting push, Steve People and Olivia Diaz, Associated Press, October 27, 2025* Va. Democrats roll out redistricting amendment to counter GOP map changes in other states, Markus Schmidt, October 28, 2025* Virginia Republicans Sue to Block Democratic Redistricting Push, Jen Rice, Democracy Docket, October 28, 2025* Redistricting session to resume Wednesday, WWBT, October 29, 2025Back to local again shortly after #947This is a unique version based on me wanting to go through the General Assembly recordings myself. I have a lot of local stories to get back to in the near future and I'm working extra this week to make sure I get back to them.They include:* Coverage of the discussion of 204 7th Street at the October 21, 2025 Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review* Coverage of last night's Albemarle Planning Commission public hearing on Attain on Fifth Street* Coverage of two discussions at last night's Greene County Board of SupervisorsAs expected, I work longer hours when I'm out of town on family business because I don't have the usual places to go. This is okay. 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In this episode, Joe Dashiell, WDBJ 7 Senior Reporter, talks about his more than four decades in the Star City. Joe D discusses his early radio days, going from W&L to WDBJ 7 and the start of his news career. Plus, Virginia politics and the future for News and will Artificial Intelligence play a part going forward.

In today's episode of the Sports Business Classroom Audio Experience, we spoke with NBA TV Host, Chris Miles. Born and raised in New York, Chris was a member of the Rice High School basketball team, where they won three New York State Class A titles in the 1990s. After graduating from Fairfield University in 2003, Chris went on to work at WDSU in New Orleans, WDBJ in Roanoke, the Columbus Sports Network, and WVVA in West Virginia. For almost a decade, Chris worked with NBC Sports Washington as a sports anchor and provided pregame/postgame coverage for the Washington Wizards.In this episode, Chris and Marlena discuss:How Chris knew what he wanted to pursue as a careerThe audition process for NBA TVThe importance of learning and being preparedWhat it takes to succeed as a broadcast host for a major sports networkChris Miles holds 20 years of experience in the sports business and shares his remarkable story, taking listeners back to the discovery of his career at Fairfield University. Chris was also a guest speaker at the 2022 SBC Business of Basketball Immersive Experience in Las Vegas during the NBA2K23 Summer League. Follow SBC: LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | FacebookFollow Marlena Rodriguez: LinkedIn | Instagram Follow Chris Miles: LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter

We were once again joined by Melissa Gaona, WDBJ 7 Anchor and Host of The Ignition Ministries Podcast, along with her husband, Pastor Joshua Cunningham. This was one of the most in-depth shows  we've done to date. We had a wonderful discussion about jumping into the world of podcasting, the mission of Ignition Ministries, her work with the Lampstand that's helping victims of trafficking, and much much more.  http://www.patreon.com/getontaphttps://www.appalachianpodcast.orghttps://www.facebook.com/AppalachianPodcasthttps://twitter.com/GetOnTaphttps://www.instagram.com/theappalachianpodcast/https://www.facebook.com/harwellgriceSupport the show

TRIGGER WARNING (EPISODE HAD TO BE EDITED AND PARTS WERE CUT OUT) In this episode very disturbing episode, we research the tragic murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward from the WDBJ 7 team of Roanoke, VA in 2015. We dive into the backstory of Vester Lee Flanagan II and his bizarre behavior increasing to deadly actions.  VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED  Check out Magic Mind: https://www.magicmind.co/cryptic   Get 40% off your subscription for the next 10 days with code: CRYPTIC20     Cryptic Hotline: (540) 358-1583  www.youtube.com/@UC_1q0phngPjIJ8hssiigT0w  https://www.facebook.com/groups/2531530113816495/  https://www.instagram.com/itscrypticoutthere itscrypticoutthere@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/itscrypticoutthere/support

In this podcast we're going to dig into the background on a disturbing murder on live television that took place on the morning of August 26, 2015. News reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, both employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, were fatally shot while conducting a live television interview. What was most disturbing is the killer live-streamed the shootings on Facebook. He was a former colleague who was hell-bent on getting revenge for what appears to be racism that never actually happened.  ★Enjoy!★PLEASE RATE THE PODCAST: I'd like to as a quick favor - please rate/ review the Homicide Inc podcast if you haven't already. Click the stars (all 5 if you fancy) and leave a review if you would. Thanks!https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/homicide-inc-classic/id1548239093?l=en★NEED MORE HOMICIDE INC.? Check out our PATREON campaign for exclusive Homicide Inc. podcasts available only to Patrons!https://www.patreon.com/petervongomm★THE HOMICIDE INC. WEBSITE is here! All podcasts are available on the website.https://www.homicide-inc.com★DISCORD CHAT! Want to chat about the Homicide Inc. podcasts and crime in general? Join us on our Discord server here.  https://discord.gg/peBqDfT6★ WHO AM I ?My name is Peter von Gomm and I'm a professional Voice actor and Narrator and in this podcast I'll be bringing you high quality True Crime that passes the test of time. You've come to the right place for a great story! ★PODCAST SUPPORTIf you like these Podcasts and would like to help support their production, please consider buying me a cup of coffee! This will help keep me wired for writing and recording these weekly podcasts, and contribute towards web and podcast hosting. Thanks very much indeed! :0)  buymeacoffee.com/petervongomm★STORY SUBMISSIONIf you have an INTRIGUING TRUE STORY to share and would like me to consider reading it in a podcast, please submit it to petervongomm.reads@gmail.com *It must be well-written please. ;0)★Homicide Inc. theme song by Christopher J. Ortonhttps://www.fiverr.com/meandamic*Guitars played by Joao Corceirohttps://www.fiverr.com/joaocorceiroSOURCES for this episode:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CDl2TPaHrkvq23mG9GwzQLneso4fXFsz/view?usp=sharing#murder #truecrime #alisonparker #live #podcast #truestory #homicide #homicideinc #crime #investigative #killer #horror #truecrimepodcast #prison #truecrimecommunity https://www.homicide-inc.comSupport the show

What is former WDBJ 7 meteorologist Patrick Evans doing these days? He spent a decade in the Star City and he's busier than ever. Plus, he shares some wonderful memories from TV and radio in the valley.

In 2015, Andy's daughter Alison was shot and killed on live television while she was reporting the news for WDBJ-7 in Roanoke, Virginia. Now, Andy's formed a PAC called Andy's Fight to raise money for candidates who support both gun safety laws and reforming social media. AndysFight.com. His book is called For Alison: The Murder of a Young Journalist and a Father's Fight for Gun Safety. And you can follow Andy on Twitter here. Meantime, if you like what you hear, please help support this show by subscribing to our bonus content at patreon.com/bobcescashow. Additional music by Astral Summer.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Five times five is 25, but two times two is not 22. Yet somewhere in this sentence are all the ingredients to tell you it is May 25 of the current year. Like most things in life, there are no easy solutions to intractable problems, and resources are often hard to find or arrange in the right way. But we must try to solve them anyway. This is Charlottesville Community Engagement and I’m your host, Sean Tubbs.  On today’s program:Governor Youngkin orders flags at half-mast in memory of the 19 children and two adults murdered by a young adult with access to military-grade weaponryA second daily train between Roanoke and D.C. could launch this JulyAlbemarle Planning Commission reviews a report about how well the county’s development areas are filling in First shout-out is for LEAP’s new Thermalize program In today’s first Patreon-fueled shout-out: Have you been thinking of converting your fossil-fuel appliances and furnaces into something that will help the community reduce its greenhouse gas emissions? Your local energy nonprofit, LEAP,  has launched a new program to guide you through the steps toward electrifying your home. Thermalize Virginia will help you understand electrification and connect you with vetted contractors to get the work done and help you find any rebates or discounts. Visit thermalizeva.org to learn more and to sign up! Flags at half-mast to mourn the children killed in Uvalde, TexasGovernor Glenn Youngkin has ordered that flags at public buildings in Virginia be flown at half-staff from now until May 28 “in respect and memory of the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.”As of this reporting, nineteen elementary school students and two teachers stopped living after the fast-moving bullets tore through their unprotected bodies, rendering it impossible for them to sustain life. The lone gunman carried a handgun and an AR-15 style assault rifle. Earlier in the day, the assailant shot and wounded his grandmother. Earlier this year, attempts were made in the General Assembly to repeal legislation that passed in 2020 to place some limits on firearms. Those successful efforts in 2020 included a bill that allowed localities to prohibit the carrying of firearms on public-owned land in buildings. Delegate Tim Anderson (R-83) introduced a bill this year to repeal that effort, but it did not make it out of the House Committee on Public Safety. (HB26) Anderson also sought to lower the penalty for a second violation of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit from a Class 6 felony to a Class 2 misdemeanor. That passed the House of Delegates on a 53 to 46 vote but did not make it out of the Senate Public Safety Committee. (HB11)Another bill that passed the House of Delegates would have shortened the time the Department of State Police would be required to complete a background check on a firearms transfer from five to three days. “If a dealer who has otherwise fulfilled all requirements is told by the State Police that a response will not be available by the end of the dealer's third business day, the dealer may complete the sale or transfer without being deemed in violation,” read the summary of HB204. The bill from Delegate Otto Wachsmann (R-75) passed the House on a 51 to 48 vote. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the bill by indefinitely. Another bill that passed in 2020 made it possible for an attorney or officer of the court to file an emergency order that if granted would prohibit an individual who posed “substantial risk” from possessing, purchasing, or transporting a firearm. A bill from Delegate Marie March (R-7) to eliminate this possibility passed the House of Delegates on a 52 to 47 vote but the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the bill by. (HB509)There is one firearms related bill pending in the 2022 Special Session of the General Assembly. HB1306 introduced by Delegate Marcus Simon (D-53) would make it unlawful to remove or alter a serial number on a firearm. That passed the House of Delegates on a 94 to 3 vote with one abstention. The Senate passed the bill on a 31 to 9 vote. Three Senators and three Delegates are the conferees working to reconcile the two versions of the bill. The General Assembly returns on June 1. The National Rifle Association is active in campaign finance in the Commonwealth, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. In 2021, the organization contributed $93,250 to candidates. All of them are Republicans.Since 1997, the NRA has contributed $1.16 million to Republican candidates and groups, and $91,222 to Democratic groups and candidates. Another $4,750 went to Delegate Watkins Abbitt who served from 1986 until his retirement before the 2012 General Assembly. Abbitt was a Democrat until becoming an independent in 2001. For more on the response to this latest mass-shooting in America from Virginia politicians, read Brandon Jarvis’ Virginia Political Newsletter. Second passenger train may begin operating this JulyIt has been nearly a dozen years since Amtrak running daily service through Charlottesville and we are perhaps months away from when a long-awaited second train will begin work. This week, the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s Board of Directors met and got an update from executive director D.J. Stadtler, who said a deal with Norfolk Southern has to be closed. He expects that to happen next month or early in July.  (meeting material)“It’s only when that close takes place that we can start the new service,” Stadtler said. “There are three trains waiting for that close. One is the new Roanoke train which would be the second-round trip. One is the [third] Newport News train that was paused due to COVID/Amtrak staffings issues. And then the third one is the new Norfolk train.”Construction of a new bridge to cross the Potomac River will not be needed before it begins, but Stadtler said VPRA is applying for $300 million in federal funding to help cover some of the $2 billion cost of Long Bridge expansion project. Stadtler also said ridership is rebounding after the pandemic on all routes. “If you look at the April ridership, we’re up over 25 percent over the previous month,” Stadtler said. “‘Normal’ times you would see an increase from March to April of about eight percent so this is a huge increase showing that folks are getting back on the train.”Ridership on the Roanoke train in April 2019 was at just under 19,000 but plummeted to 1,116 in April 2020 and rebounded to 9,385 in April 2021. This year ridership was at 19,605 for the month. Hat tip to WDBJ-7 for the original reporting that prompted this story. Watch the full meeting here:Shout-out to Camp AlbemarleToday’s second subscriber-supported public service announcement goes out to Camp Albemarle, which has for sixty years been a “wholesome rural, rustic and restful site for youth activities, church groups, civic events and occasional private programs.”Located on 14 acres on the banks of the Moorman’s River near Free Union, Camp Albemarle continues as a legacy of being a Civilian Conservation Corps project that sought to promote the importance of rural activities. Camp Albemarle seeks support for a plan to winterize the Hamner Lodge, a structure built in 1941 by the CCC and used by every 4th and 5th grade student in Charlottesville and Albemarle for the study of ecology for over 20 years. If this campaign is successful, Camp Albemarle could operate year-round. Consider your support by visiting campalbemarleva.org/donate. Albemarle Planning Commission briefed on build-out analysis For the past six months, Albemarle staff have been working behind-the-scenes on the update of the Comprehensive Plan, which will be conducted in four phases. Rachel Falkenstein is a planning manager with the county. “And the first phase is Plan for Growth where we are evaluating the current growth management policy and we’re using the theoretical maximum build-out of the county’s development areas based on the current land use plan from our 2015 plan to determine what the maximum build-out could be of those development areas,” Falkenstein said. Falkenstein said the question is whether there’s enough land to accommodate the population growth expected over the next 20 years. There is also an effort to look at whether there’s enough land to meet the county’s goals for economic development. This is the first time the county has contracted out the build-out analysis to a third party. Kimley-Horn was hired and Jessica Rossi is a planner with that firm. She explained some of the methodology. “Our first step was to identify parcels that may have development or redevelopment potential,” Rossi said. “The way that we did this is we looked at a very high level the value of land and the value of improvements.” If the land value was greater than the improvements, Rossi said that designated it as land with development potential. A second step was to factor in location, environmental constraints, size of the land, and who owned it. Another was to look at the list of projects that are in the development pipeline.“We removed properties that were either approved or under review from our model and inputted what we know the yield of those projects, the maximum build-out yield of those projects are,” Rossi said. “One, to avoid double-counting of those projects but [also] to use the total build-outs that we know have been approved.” Then forecasts were developed that take into account the past ten years of development activity, combined with real estate performance as well as three sets of population projections. Rossi said the growth area currently has about 9,377 units that are approved but not yet built. They also looked at the number of units currently under review which totals 5,504. “That led to a total buildable unit figure of over 14,800,” Rossi said. Rossi said when you look at land that has not yet been through the rezoning process, there are an additional 9,265 units. “When you put these two numbers together, that total exceeds 24,000 residential units,” Rossi said. Between 2010 and 2021, the average number of units built is 646. The ten year forecast anticipates between 6,000 and 7,500 new units, and the twenty year forecast is between 11,500 and 13,500. Rossi said not all development areas are the same. What’s known as Neighborhood 6 has no units pending for review whereas the Hollymead community has the potential of about 6,350 new units. That figure of 9,265 units assumes that development comes in at the maximum allowed under the current Comprehensive Plan designation. Rezonings or special use permits would be required to make that happen, and those approvals are not always guaranteed. “Looking at rezonings approved from 2016 through 2021, the total density approved was approximately 58 percent of the maximum density recommended per future land use designations,” said county planner Tori Kanellopoulos. For instance, the Rio Point project approved by Supervisors last year could have had a maximum of 624 units but only 328 were approved. Old Trail in Crozet was approved in 2005 for between 1,600 and 2,200 units, but the final build-out will only be around 1,200 units. Hunter Wood of the United Land Corporation said it is very difficult to get the maximum amount of units available under the Comprehensive Plan.“Costs have gone through the roof and a lot of that cost is two years of rezoning to go through the county and to start off at 500 units and you get beaten and come in here and get whipped and beat and you walk out with 250,” Wood said.Wood said he would love to be able to build those 6,000 units in Hollymead and his company still has a lot of undeveloped land there. “I personally, probably a little biased, think the growth area needs to be expanded,” Wood said. “I have some property that water and sewer is away from me yet I have a road that has a boundary that no one wants to cross.”Wood referred to Somerset Farms, a 1,900 unit development on Route 20 south of I-64 for which a growth area expansion was recommended to be voted down by the Planning Commission in October 2011. Commissioners were asked one simple question: Does our current Growth Management Policy provide opportunities to meet housing and non-residential needs for growth over the next 20 years?Commission Chair Karen Firehock said unit amounts are often reduced during the rezoning process because of concerns brought forward by other community members. “A lot of times it has to do with schools and traffic and I really can’t answer this question without knowing what kind of traffic would that put on our roads, how many schools would be needed to realize X number,” Firehock said. Commissioner Julian Bivins said one question is whether people who live in Albemarle really want density.“Everybody comes out and talks about how they don’t want to walk their dog next to those people, or they don’t want to get run over when they cross that street,” Bivins said. “So the whole idea is that the community has got to get better with density. If that doesn’t happen, we have all we need.” Bivins said he would like to see conversations about creating transition zones that are between rural and growth areas. He also certain projects could have been much taller to allow more units. Commissioner Daniel Bailey suggested the county also needs to better understand how the lack of available land could be forcing people to live outside. “I’ve employed many employees that live in Lake Monticello and drive in and would love to live in Charlottesville but it’s too expensive,” Bailey said. “I don’t know how we get to that understanding.” Another growth management work session will be held with the Planning Commission next month. Luis Carazanna and Corey Clayborne were not present at the meeting. There is a vacancy for a representative of the White Hall District. Thank you for reading Charlottesville Community Engagement. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. 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Robin Reed is certainly a household name. In this episode of Mic Side, Robin discusses how he ended up at WDBJ 7. What has changed in his 40 years at the station. Plus, by teaching at the School of Communication at Va. Tech, some of the questions that are being asked today. It's a fun podcast.

A disgruntled, former television station employee takes out his revenge during a live news broadcast. Resources: “Ex-Broadcaster Kills 2 on Air Virginia Shooting” by Michael D. Shear, Richard Perez-Pena, and Alan Blinder, The New York Times, August 26, 2015. “Vester Lee Flanagan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know”, Tom Cleary, Heavy.com, April 8, 2021. “A Life of Listing Grievances, and Then Virginia Gunman's Final Homicidal Explosion”, Michael D. Shear and Sarah Maslin Nir, The New York Times, Aug 27, 2015. “Murder on social media: Killer wanted the world to watch”, Emily Brown, USA Today, Aug 26, 2015. Links: CrimeCon - www.crimecon.com www.crimecon.co.uk - Use discount code ONCEUPON22 for 10% off your registration. Our website - www.truecrimepodcast.com Patreon - www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime

A disgruntled, former television station employee takes out his revenge during a live news broadcast.  Resources:  “Ex-Broadcaster Kills 2 on Air Virginia Shooting” by Michael D. Shear, Richard Perez-Pena, and Alan Blinder, The New York Times, August 26, 2015. “Vester Lee Flanagan: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know”, Tom Cleary, Heavy.com, April 8, 2021.  “A Life of Listing Grievances, and Then Virginia Gunman's Final Homicidal Explosion”, Michael D. Shear and Sarah Maslin Nir, The New York Times, Aug 27, 2015.  “Murder on social media: Killer wanted the world to watch”, Emily Brown, USA Today, Aug 26, 2015.  Links: CrimeCon - www.crimecon.com www.crimecon.co.uk - Use discount code ONCEUPON22 for 10% off your registration. Our website - www.truecrimepodcast.com Patreon - www.patreon.com/onceuponacrime More about the Show:  Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: https://bit.ly/OnceUponACrimePodcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On August 26, 2015, 24-year-old WDBJ 7 news reporter Alison Parker and her co-worker, 27-year-old photojournalist, Adam Ward travelled to Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia to promote a story on local tourism. During a live interview with Vicki Gardner, the executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce, the unthinkable happened.

Hour 3…Power Hour; we welcome in Travis Wells, WDBJ 7 Sports Director; Hoos outlast the Hokies, VT now winless in the ACC, why still no expanded football playoffs and Brent Pry finalizes his staff. Later, Rick is joined by former All Conference Lineman for VT, Dwight Vick; a look ahead at his podcast schedule, filling the needs for VT football, insight into the coaching side of the ball that fans don't see, helping the youth during COVID and how to stay grounded looking at the big picture. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Larry Dowdy Mic Side podcast continues with “Where Are They Now” as we sit down with Keith Humphry. We watched him on WDBJ 7 as the 6P anchor for 30 years. How did he end up in Roanoke? We'll talk about some of the talent he shared screen time with, favorite news stories and who he would like to interview today if given the opportunity.

Travis Wells of WDBJ (Roanoke) and I preview #CANES v #VirginiaTech game on 11/20/2021. Also talk about #VirginiaTech coaching search and #CANES coaching and A.D. search. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/daniel-rivera73/support

WDBJ7 Senior Reporter Joe Dashiell joins Local News Live to talk about his interview with Roanoke-based author Beth Macy. Her new book "Dopesick" is the basis for a limited-run Hulu series that sheds light on drug problems in West Virginia. It's part of WDBJ's award-winning podcast "Hometown Stories" which can be found here: https://www.wdbj7.com/page/hometown-stories-podcasts/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/local-news-live-daily/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

We continue with “where are they now” on Mic Side. Jennifer Wishon went from Roanoke to Richmond and then Washington D.C.. She discusses her time at WDBJ 7, what it's like being a White House correspondent, the Virginia Governor's race and stories she's most proud of over the years.

Hour 2… Rick is joined by Roanoke Times writer Aaron McFarling; the writing is on the wall, everyone is still giving max effort but where is the tipping point and UVA is worth betting on. Later, Rick welcomes in Travis Wells, WDBJ 7 Sports Director; Glenvar/Radford is the game of the week, Salem is the real deal, future of VT and the shake up in the SunBelt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 3…It's the power hour, Rick is joined by Travis Wells, WDBJ 7 Sports Director; Some Friday Football Extra picks: Hidden Valley, Christiansburg, LCA and EC Glass are straight up rolling, VT's offensive woes and UVA is defenseless.  Later, Rick welcomes in Dwight Vick, former All Conference Lineman for VT,@Vick757 podcast; underwhelming and disappointing re: VT offence, in spite of that, the season is still there for the taking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 3…It's the power hour, Rick is joined by Travis Wells, WDBJ 7 Sports Director; excited to get to Morgantown, Glenver/Hidden Valley tonight, Riverheads are the real deal and the “Game of the Week” is Galax at Radford. Later, Rick welcomes in Dwight Vick, former All Conference Lineman for VT,@Vick757 podcast; Braxton needs to slide, the loss of Mitchell and the run game needs to step up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we continue on Mic Side with Where Are They Now, former WDBJ 7 anchor and health reporter Joy Sutton talks about her career as a media coach, podcaster, TV talk show host and her mission to help women shine.

Hour 2… Rick welcomes in Kion Brown, our NBA analyst, and they talk all things NBA. A Chris Paul-less Suns getting it done vs the Clippers without Kawhi Leonard, Bucks/Nets and Hawks/Sixers recap, and the Draft Lottery. Later…Rick is joined by Mike Stevens, City of Salem Communications Director. They talk about his time at WDBJ 7 as the Sports Director, the wonderful Friday Football Extra television show that really pushed 7 into the forefront of the community and his induction into the Virginia Broadcasters Hall of Fame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 2… Rick welcomes in Kion Brown, our NBA analyst, and they talk all things NBA. But first they discuss Radford's non-conference schedule, the Nets battling back with KD's 49 pts, Hawks/Sixers preview, are the Suns really that good and the Clippers chances to advance. Later…Rick is joined by WDBJ 7 Sports Director Travis Wells as they discuss the terrific run by JMU Softball, for which his daughter is a freshman pitcher, and covering it as a reporter and dad. The new Radford Basketball head coach Darris Nichols, Travis's big college games when he was a player and his thoughts on the new college football playoffs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hour 2… Rick is joined by Marva in Miami to talk about Tim Tebow, the NBA playoffs and the final four of NCAA Lacrosse. Later… Rick welcomes Travis Wells, Sports Director for WDBJ 7 to discuss the success of JMU Softball for which his daughter is a freshman pitcher, having fans back at events and Phil Mickelson at the PGA Championship. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 11 of Larry Dowdy Mic Side, WDBJ 7 Chief Meteorologist Brent Watts talks weather and shares some things you may not know about him.

This week’s GOAT episode was all about Ali Fedotowsky! Ali was the 6th Bachelorette, circa 2010. Ali is from Massachusetts (Williamstown, specifically), and after her time as the Bachelorette, she went on to do some news correspondent work. Megan talks about the murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, who seemed like just amazing human beings. Alison, like Ali, was a news correspondent, and Adam was her trusty cameraman. Alison and Adam worked for the WDBJ station outside of Roanoke, Virginia and were unfortunately shot and killed by a man they used to work with, Vester Flanagan II (aka Bryce Williams) in 2015. (Content Warning: suicide) (Story starts at 10:23) Danielle discusses the Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal. Two women, Annie Dookhan and Sonja Farak, compromised the entire Massachusetts judicial system with Annie falsifying documents to remain the superstar of the office and Sonja battling a serious drug addiction. Danielle also discusses the ACLU's fight for justice for the over 75,000 convictions. A lot of her information came from "How to Fix a Drug Scandal" which is available on Netflix. (Story starts at 41:38) Megan shares some true crime news: a development in the appeals case surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing, Robert Durst’s murder trial is postponed, and in light of the murder of Vanessa Guillen, the Army names an independent panel to review Fort Hood’s command and culture. Danielle also shares a quick update from a CR cutie (thanks friend, @ari.elle6) about one of the exonerated M25 Three, Raphael Rowe (related to our Episode 18), who is now an Executive Producer on Netflix’s World’s Toughest Prisons (Season 4). Links mentioned in the episode: Everytown for Gun Safety: they have tons of resources to learn more about the problem of gun violence in this country here. You can check out the pod-cert we’re involved in at the Killin’ Missin’ Hidden Podcast here! Connect with us at linktr.ee/CrimeandRoses There you can see links to listen and share the podcast and connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Email: CrimeandRoses@gmail.com. Send us crime suggestions and any questions or comments you may have. Huge shoutout and thank you to our producer, David Velick! You can find him on Instagram @davidvelick --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crimeandroses/support

Journalist /podcast host Javier Leiva (Pretend Radio and Criminal Conduct) worked alongside future murderer Vester Lee Flanagan II (aka Bryce Williams) at CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia. They lost contact, but Javier vividly remembers the morning Vester opened fire on two colleagues (Alison Parker and Adam Ward) on live television, August 26, 2015. This explicit, public tragedy even caught the attention of President Obama. Javier looks back on the hours spent with Vester and wonders what could have prevented the ambush, what signs were missed, and how this tragedy reinforced Javier's awareness that life is fragile.

Katey Roshetko, a reporter with WDBJ 7 television in southwest Virginia, openly shares her journey of coming to terms with her own mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, and frequent panic attacks. Learn more about Katey Roshetko: www.kateyroshetko.com Instagram - @thedrawnlifeblog and @kateyroshetko Facebook - Katey Roshetko WDBJ7: http://www.facebook.com/KateyRoshetko/

On today’s show I chat with Joy Sutton, the Director of Corporate Communications at American Addiction Centers, a leading provider of both residential and outpatient addiction treatment services. I am thrilled to be able to use my Brave Girl platform to shed light on this critical topic and to provide vital resources and information to you through my conversation with Joy.  On the episode, Joy tells the story of her boss, addiction treatment trailblazer Michael Cartwright, who co-founded American Addiction Centers and she shares her best advice on how to get help for you or a loved one. We talk about the detox process and why it’s best to do it with assistance. We also talk about residential treatment programs and the path to long-term recovery and sobriety. One of the resources we discuss is Rehabs.com, a national directory and library of resources to help you find out what help is available. I encourage you to visit American Addiction Center’s website as well. It’s chock full of information, not just about their facilities and services but includes research and other resources as you do your research. Joy and I also talk about Michael’s best-selling book Believable Hope, where he shares his personal struggles, his recovery process and the 5-pronged approach that has caused dramatic transformation with clientele ranging from those living on the street to celebrities and everyone in-between. We talk about the stigma of mental health issues and the clinical information available around brain diseases. On a personal note, Joy has spent more than 15 years as a media expert and journalist. Some of her career highlights have included covering the impeachment hearings of President Bill Clinton and serving as anchor/health reporter for CBS affiliate WDBJ for more than a decade. She still enjoys entertaining a crowd whether as a motivational speaker or emcee, and her "news voice" has come in quite handy for commercials and other voice-over work. You’ll love her answer to my finale question and understand why today, she brings hope to people through her work as a communicator. Collectively, I believe that we can bring hope and joy to the world.   

On August 26, 2015, the lives of Andy and Barbara Parker changed forever when their daughter Alison, a news reporter for WDBJ, was murdered along with her cameraman, Adam Ward while conducting an interview on live television near Roanoke, Virginia.  The nation was stunned by the killings and President Barack Obama said he was “heartbroken”.  The gunman was a former reporter for the TV station who killed himself hours later following a car chase with police.  On the day of his daughter’s death, while his emotions were still raw, Andy Parker vowed on national television to do “whatever it takes” to end gun violence in America.  He’s written about his daughter’s murder and his fight for gun safety in the new book,  For Alison: The Murder of a Young Journalist and a Father's Fight for Gun Safety.  The book is about showing people, in painful detail, what it’s like to receive the worst phone call of your life and feel your guts get ripped right out on the kitchen floor.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamie Morrow, a meteorlogist with NWS-Raleigh, will be joining us to discuss some new trainings that broadcast meterologist get to participate in. We will talk about the NWS AWIPS Event Simulator amd experince what the National Weather Service does before issuing warnings. Jamie is a graduate of the Virginia Tech Meteorlogy program, interned at WDBJ in Ronaoke, VA. He worked at the National Weather Service office in Blacksburg, VA and has just recently moved to the National Weather Service in Raleigh. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Pastor John Bennett returns so you get full-strength, unadulterated Armed Lutheran Radio this week. You'll hear about layers, pro-gun bumper stickers, shooting on the move, teaching our kids about guns, and how a pastor in the Wisconsin Synod thinks that if you have guns, criminals will want them too.   Fundamental Defense - Aaron Israel discusses the safety concerns and possible legal ramifications of pro-gun bumper stickers. Ballistic Minute - Sgt. Bill has tips for learning to shoot on the move. Mia's Motivations - Ogres have layers. Onions have layers. And so will you as the weather gets colder. Mia Anstine discusses the need to practice concealed carry in your cold weather clothing. Clinging to God and Guns - Pastor John Bennett is back to help us debunk an article by a WELS pastor, written in the wake of the WDBJ shooting.  www.ArmedLutheran.us/alr-episode-35/ www.CooksHolsters.com

Dr. Frances Cress Welsing makes her 30th visit to The Context of White Supremacy. Dr. Welsing is 3rd generation physician, general and child psychiatrist, author of the Isis Papers: Keys To The Colors, a contributor to the Hidden Colors documentary series, and a Victim Of White Supremacy. We'll get her views on Congressman John Boehner resigning as House Speaker; she's repeatedly shared her position that House Speaker Boehner's skin complexion drives his vitriol towards President Obama and is a likely factor in the GOP dissatisfaction with his congressional leadership. With the immigrant crisis roiling across Europe, the recent attack by two black immigrants at a Swedish Ikea have prompted an intense backlash against non-white refugees. We'll also make time to review the visit from Pope Francis as well as WDBJ shooting by alleged killer Vester Flanagan. #AnswersForMiriamCarey INVEST in The COWS - http://tiny.cc/ledjb CALL IN NUMBER: 641.715.3640 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. archives: http://tiny.cc/76f6p

Here's a few phone I made to WDBJ.

BHL: Justice Is Served -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live hosts Chelsea Galicia and Sara Azari, joined by special guest BJ Abron discuss legal cases for the week of September 2nd. In today's show the hosts discuss the WDBJ shooting, Dr Dre apologizing to the women he's hurt, White Police Officers are being slain, and the Train of Owen Labrie has ended in an acquital. All this and more on Today's Justice Is Served!

Logic Amen reads what he wrote in his letter to Roanoke, VA's news network.

BHL: Justice Is Served -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live hosts Chelsea Galicia and Sara Azari, joined by special guest BJ Abron discuss legal cases for the week of September 2nd. In today's show the hosts discuss the WDBJ shooting, Dr Dre apologizing to the women he's hurt, White Police Officers are being slain, and the Train of Owen Labrie has ended in an acquital. All this and more on Today's Justice Is Served!

John and myself engage in yet another excellent discussion with Jay Dyer. We discuss the bizarre WDBJ shooting, Crisis Actors, Mass Media Psyops, Traveling Actor Troops,U.S. Commission on National Security,Actor Andy Parker, Les Miserables, "The Merchant of Killogue",Agitprop Theater, The Shooting Epidemic, Think Tanks, Pop Culture, Neil deGrasse Tyson,Scientism, Nanobots, Riverside Church, Charlie Wilson's War, Chautauqua, Bruce Gender, Pan Religious Non-Denominational Churches, Nelson Mandela MI6, Fidel Castro was an Actor, Mao set up by the Rockefeller's, Communism, Wal-Mart, Arkansas, Leftists, Memorandum 200, The Gates Foundation, GAVI, Population Council Promotes Homosexuality, Margret Sanger, Darwinism, Claims vs. Facts, Objects of Veneration, Appeals to Authority, Presuppositionalism, Philosophical Assumptions, Transitional Fossils,Mad Max,Peer Review and Scientism,Skepticism,Michael Sheerer,Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Bill Nye,Poisoning the Well, Creation Evolution Debates,Religious Creeds, Chemtrails, Bureaucracy, Moon Lasers, American Ultra, MK Ultra,Die hard, Iron Man, James Bond,Media Entertainment Continuum, Presidents and Dictators who are also Actors,NATO, New World Order, Assassins,Targeted Individuals, Edward Snowden,Black Mirror, Tracking Folks on the Internet...................hoaxbusterscall.com

Chris and Steve reveal the dumb things that landed them in detention. Then, they talk about summer camp movies, back to school time, and the on-air shootings at WDBJ this past week.

Isaih 3:12,The Breakdown of the Family, Zero Height Platform Thought Experiment, Mission to Mars!,The Mars Ground Squirrel,13 points of Circumstantial Evidence of Fakery,WDBJ,Sandy Hook, Boston Bombing, Uninstall Media calls in, Damon Calls In, Appeals to Authority, 1984, Cognitive Dissonance,The Hollywood Media Continuum, The Externalization of the Hierarchy, NASA Fake Missions, Missile Fakery, Marketing and Psyops, The Hidden Persuaders, Eggs, Goat Milk, The Jews Wrecked Easter Island.......................................http://hoaxbusterscall.com

Discussing the careers and tragic shooting deaths of Alison Parker and Adam Ward

8.30.2015 WDBJ. AM Incident. Data Breach / Level 3. Even more BS than before

On this week's Rantin' And Ravin', Yamaneika and Chloe are joined by comics Zainab Johnson and Josh Accardo to discuss the WDBJ shooting in Virginia, a black women's book club getting kicked off a Napa Valley Wine Train and the intangibles of conflict, the importance of not living out of fear, police brutality, and The ManSamp Report with Chris. Check it out! Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/yamaneika ... twitter.com/Chloe_Hilliard ... twitter.com/zainabjohnson ... twitter.com/joshaccardo ... twitter.com/ManSamp ... twitter.com/StandUpNYLabs Watch live on DailyMotion, Mondays at 5:30pm: www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hj1sj_s…y-labs-live_fun Go to standupny.com to see when Yamaneika and Chloe are performing live at Stand Up NY. Listen to all our other great podcasts at standupnylabs.com

Crazy, crazy, crazy world we live in when a person decides through their racist manifesto to go and kill a news anchor and cameraman live on TV.  All because he felt that a race war needed to start in the US and he was going to be on the forefront of that and a catalyst for it. Bryce Williams was told in 2012 to seek counseling or risk losing his job at WDBJ-7, according to internal memos from his personnel file.  Williams, real name Vester Flanagan II, was fired from the station in early 2013 after getting one final warning about his aggressive behavior toward colleagues. On Wednesday morning, he opened fire on reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, two of the people he apparently blamed for his dismissal, killing both of them. He fatally shot himself hours later, after fleeing from the police.  Mark, Producer Bobby and their guest Matt Krueger decide to talk about the value of social media being used in murders in 2015.  Is this the first real attempt capitolize on social media for showcasing blame? What has been the ramping up of this?  Did Ferguson and the Boston bombing open this door further and Vester just kicked it in hard?  All these things will be discussed in detail.But before that, Krueger has decided that his life was a mess and that his attitude was a real problem.  So he has come to an epiphany of why this was the case, but it doesn't sit well with Mark because Mark claims to have been telling him all these things for years and years prior to this new knowledge...can the guys get to a middle ground in regards to life...find out on this next episode of the Q.  

It's 3 hours of News, Opinion & Laffs with Kenny Pick, Tom Shafer, Debbha Kel & P.s. Mueller! Macarone & Kool Black Dude also join the fun with their reveiws of "Straight Outta Compton" Kenny's opinion of True Detective Season 2! How the Right is so ready to get it Wrong on the WDBJ killings of Alison Parker & Adam Ward in VA. News Ninja Action! Kenny & Pete talk radio legends and Bob Fass of WBAI in the documentary, "Radio Unnameable." Trump vs Ramos! Green News! Name Calling! Reverse Call-In with CaitlinChris! Kool Black Dude & Macarone's spoiler-free review of "Straight Outta Compton!" The Hive Dive! Crazy Fundies with Bryan Fischer! Outlaw Porn! Glenn Beck challenges Donald Trump's faith... We remind Glenn Beck why he said he became a Mormon. And much more!

While Matt was looking for some clarity about eating and sucking on Moby Dick, Robert Kelly from Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll called in. Robert Kelly talks about his dream of Indian (Native American) girls and delves into his food addiction. Everybody tells their favorite orders at fast food restaurants and Robert says his favorite is In and Out Burger - a double double with fries and a shake. Robert describes his weight difference between his first appearance and the second episode on Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll and getting to eat food as improv on TV. Check out Robert's special, Robert Kelly Live, for $5 on right on his website. Jay Burns talks changing the color of your poops with us. We discuss more fast food items to eat with Jay, and everyone describes how they hide their large food orders from judgmental fast food employees. Jay tells us about his Chaturbate flirtation, where he was a porn star for a bit. He told us his tricks for dealing with hecklers, and announced that he is starting his own horror movie podcast, called It Came from Another Podcast. The last hour we ran with one Harvey's Headline - the live TV shooting of WDBJ reporters Adam Ward and Allison Parker by Vester Flannagan. We watched the videos Vester posted to Facebook of him committing murder, and wonder if we are desensitized to these videos at this point. You can find Jay Burns on Twitter and Instagram and check out Robert Kelly's website, Twitter, and Instagram. You can listen to the episode on iTunes, Stitcher, and here:

WDBJ-TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward, shot live on air; also Vemma shut down by the FTC. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/us/virginia-shooting-wdbj/index.htmlFTC Acts to Halt Vemma as Alleged Pyramid Schemehttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/08/ftc-acts-halt-vemma-alleged-pyramid-schemeIs Vemma A Scam? Things you should knowhttp://www.spreaker.com/user/exum/is-vemma-a-scam-things-you-should-know

A caller named Burlington Coat Factory says he worked with the WDBJ-7 news shooter. “I had a feeling it was him once I saw that screenshot.”

Katie and Ryan talk to Jason Reich, BuzzFeed's director of global security. ***This episode was recorded and edited two weeks before the shooting of two WDBJ reporters in Virginia.***Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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WDBJ-TV journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward, shot live on air; also Vemma shut down by the FTC. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/26/us/virginia-shooting-wdbj/index.htmlFTC Acts to Halt Vemma as Alleged Pyramid Schemehttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2015/08/ftc-acts-halt-vemma-alleged-pyramid-schemeIs Vemma A Scam? Things you should knowhttp://www.spreaker.com/user/exum/is-vemma-a-scam-things-you-should-know

breaking news on the tragic shooting death of Alison Parker and Adam Ward on live television. what motivated shooter vester flanagan to commit such a tragic and senseless act of violence? on national dog day there is a lot that we can learn from our four legged family members that will help us avoid this kind of awful tragedy in the future

The Mandatory Sampson Podcast is back as Chris and Joey sit down to discuss the tragic WDBJ shooting in Virginia, some disturbing climate change news and a Carly Fiorina interview full of misinformation and wrongheaded rhetoric on the topic, misnomers about the Iran Nuclear Deal and an at-first-glance damaging article put out by the AP, #BlackLivesMatter's Campaign Zero police reform agenda, Caitlyn Jenner's potential vehicular manslaughter charges, a quick 2016 Presidential Campaign update, and of course, Joey presents his Fuck Up Of The Week. All that and more, so check it out! Thanks for listening everyone, and leave a comment! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ManSamp ... twitter.com/A_Lozzi ... twitter.com/JoeyFromJerzey ... twitter.com/StandUpNYLabs Watch this episode in full, only on DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x33ha2o_msp45-an-exceptionally-american-problem_fun Watch live on DailyMotion, Thursdays at 4:00pm: dailymotion.com/video/x2hj1sj_s…y-labs-live_fun Please rate and subscribe on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/manda…id932147356?mt=2 Go to http://standupnylabs.com to listen to all of the other great podcasts on the network.