The I Love CVille Show With Jerry Miller! - 5 Predictions For UVA BOV Soap Opera; What To Watch With City Council & AlbCo Supes In 2026

Episode Date: January 5, 2026

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Welcome to the I Love Seville Show, guys. My name is Jerry Miller. A pleasure to connect with you guys on our flagship show on the I Love Seville Network. Happy New Year. Hope the holidays treated you well. It's 2006, which is a scary proposition. But at the same time, an invigorating proposition. And I want you to hear this.

And I want you to speak this into reality. 2026 is going to be our best year yet. 2026 will be filled with joy, with love, with upside, with accomplishments. It will be filled with a crossing off of checklists. 2026 will most certainly have its challenges. But we have the resilience, the courage, the backbone, the strength to overcome those hurdles. and to make them, allow them to make us stronger. I truly, truly believe this.

I am so excited for you, viewers and listeners, to have the best year of your lives in 2026. I am ready to do the same here. Our family, my wife, our two boys, Judah Wickcower, this team, we are going to do it, and we're going to do it together. Take a look at the screen for today's headlines, my friends. We're going to highlight a post I did on the I Love Seville Network

while out of town over the holidays. My wife and I, our two boys, spent time with extended family on Long Island. Nearly, what, a week? We can change on Long Island. Enjoying, you know, just charming hamlets like Sag Harbor, like Montauk, like Emiganzet, like East Hampton, Southampton, Hampton, Hampton Bayes. Just, we have two young children, and we had to stay active. So we went all the way as far as you can go on Long Island to the lighthouse on Montauk.

The feels-like temperature was like six or seven degrees. It was even colder because we were standing on the beach. And as we were freezing our patooties off, a seven-year-old, a three-year-old, my wife and I just huddled together. We looked out onto the Atlantic Ocean and we saw a family of seals gracing us with their presence. And in that moment, I realized that, again, I think we all realized this, that nothing is more important than blood and family. As these seals were bobbing their heads near the shoreline, maybe a dozen of them, our two little boys screamed, look, those are seals. And in that moment, everything was absolutely perfect. We headed to Sag, Sag Harbor, and one of my wife's favorite places,

She's been going there for nearly 40 years, the corner bar. We had heard through the grapevine that it was closing. So closings of iconic places happening everywhere. It's not just Charlestville in Almaro County. We all missed the Blue Moon Diner and Mel's Cafe. We all missed, you know, mooses by the creek and some of these icons that have shut their doors. And Sag Harbor, the corner bar that had been there since the 1970s was closing its doors because someone had purchased the building and had decided.

decided that the rent structure was going to change. And when an agreement could not be met, well, that's the end of an iconic business, the corner bar that my wife had been going to for 40 years. It happens everywhere. It's a tough pill to swallow. Change is hard. And we're certainly seeing change here in Charlottesville. We'll talk about some of that change as students return to grounds in about our weaker, a little over a week here in Charlottesville. The chitter-chatter is some faculty are trying to organize and strategize and galvanize a strike to protest the Scott Beardsley presidential appointment. I will offer the predictions I published on the I Love Seville Network that have gone viral, been retweeted by a number of big accounts and been shared all over social media,

Facebook, and Instagram, and LinkedIn. I'm going to highlight a statement from a local business family, the RAPUS Steakhouse family. You can find that. find it, Judah, if you want a heads up on their Instagram. I will read it verbatim on the program today. I want to thank Conan Owen, Conan Owen of Sir Speedy for sending us this statement via direct message. Conan of Sir Speedy will join us on the show on Wednesday. It takes a lot of Cajonies for a business owner to post a political statement, especially one that has Trump, Donald Trump dynamics to it.

And the Adrepas Steakhouse, the Adrepas on wheels, this Venezuelan family did just that. I will relate to you, the viewer and listener on today's program. We'll talk Mastapas in Belmont. They are closing their doors through the month of March

for renovations. We have some friends tied to Mastapas and some friends that are tied to the renovation plans. The expectation coming out of this renovation is going to be something truly special for the downtown Belmont eatery, mas tapas that really set the pace and tempo for that food and beverage scene. Before there was the local, before there was what, Camole, before there was Bell, before there

was Tabela, it was Maas Tapas and Maas Tapas alone, ladies and gentlemen. And because of this tapas bar that had some swag or some Genesequa, some cool factor, other restaurant tours like Adam Frazier chose to build their dream restaurants right next to Moss in downtown Belmont. And now it's an epicenter of dining in Charlottesville

that is the pinnacle of the profession. I think the only thing that could challenge downtown Belmont from a food and beverage standpoint is maybe West Main Street at one time it was the downtown mall all alone. Now I'd say the pinnacle of the profession from the city of Charlottesville only, food and beverage

is West Main Street one, downtown Belmont 2 and then maybe the downtown mall and the three slot. But we'll talk Mastapas and the expectations for this renovation on today's show. Speaking of Food Revolutionary Soup, one of the loved child,

loved children of the late great Wilson Ritchie was recognized by U.S. Congress and by PETA. The PETA acronym is people for the ethical treatment of animals. I think, yeah. So we'll highlight why PETA

and the United States Congress are recognizing recognizing a revolutionary soup on today's show. We'll talk Virginia delegates, Katrina Coulson, and Creed's. They want Virginia the Commonwealth to start

limiting social media usage for children aged 16 and under to one hour per day. Per platform. I'm all for this. I'm also one to call out overreach by local government as well. It's not it's not up to Katrina Coulson and Creed's and the delegates in Richmond, Virginia

delegates, to tell my children what they can do with their social media. That's my wife and I's responsibility. But we'll highlight that topic on today's show. And we'll talk the transfer portal. The off-season is really dramatically impacting the University of Virginia already. The backup quarterback, Kalin, is in the transfer portal. Remember, this guy was paid big money to be the backup for Chandler Morris. He transferred from Nebraska, the Cornhuskers, to back up Chandler Morris. The expectation was Kaylin was going to be the starter next year. Maybe this is an indication that Chandler Morris is going to get a seventh year of eligibility

to return to Charlottesville. Virginia's offensive line coach is heading to Stanford to be the offensive coordinator, and Virginia football is going after talent everywhere, including talent from Blacksburg and the secondary that's now coming to Charlottesville. Those stories and more will highlight Charlottesville Sanitary Supply for being a part the show, Judah. 61 years in business, goodness gracious, maybe going on 62, right?

Yeah. Charlottesville Sanitary Supply on East High Street, the Vermilions, the owners of Charlottesville Sanitary Supply. John Vermillion and Andrew Vermillion are honest people. They're credible. They're educated. They're knowledgeable. They're communicative. Their family business is three generations strong.

Their family's five generations in Almorel County. Charlestful Sanitary Supply online at charlesful Sanitary Supply.com. you can buy something on their website Charlesville Sanitary Supply.com. The prices will beat any of the big box websites and it's delivered for free oftentimes the same day.

You're not getting that anywhere else. Ladies and gentlemen, we'll talk about that. We'll highlight Charlesville Sanitary Supply on today's show. Judah Wickcaro Studio Camera, I've missed you. I'm not sure if you missed me. But it's good to be in the saddle here with you. I genuinely enjoy doing

the I Love Seville Show. I genuinely enjoy recharging the batteries and spending time with my family over the holidays as well. I feel invigorated for the talk show, for our consulting firm, for our brokerage and our real estate business here. And I'm just primed for what is going to be a badass 2026. I truly believe this. I ask you every day the headline that you find most intriguing and why. And then we'll get straight into the nitty gritty. My friend, it's your time. to shine on the show and shine you have been doing throughout 2025 and I'm feeling well into 2026 and beyond you will you will shine as well shoot you to the show is yours um I'm intrigued by the statement made by the owners of a rape of

steakhouse I'm curious what they have to say I'm curious how how big of a statement they've made there is there's a rather large divide between what a lot of Americans believe should or shouldn't have been done in regards to Maduro, and the way the Venezuelan people largely, I think, feel about his being removed from power. Did you read the, have you read the statement yet? I have glanced through it, yes. How about I read it to you?

I'll read the statement from the Venezuelan family behind a repus steakhouse and Rapos on wheels. You set the stage for the viewers and listeners if they're not following global news on what's going on with the United States, a fallen president, kidnapped, and Venezuela. Why don't I read the statement first? Then you, the who, what, when, where, why as we go staccato back and forth on this talk show. So this was posted on their Instagram accounts. it was posted with a lot of courage a lot of courage

no doubt especially in this location especially in Charlottesville especially with Donald Trump written all over this new cycle okay so here's the statement verbatim I'm reading it's very easy to have an opinion

about socialism while living in a capital this country. I've read so many things in the last few hours that I don't even remember who said this. For us, it's an expression that defines the collective feeling of a disapora that fights every day to prove that there are more good people than bad. As Venezuelans, we kindly ask everyone to please listen and understand with an open mind and heart what happened yesterday means to us beyond political positions. Venezuelans are a people who have fought for more than 20 years to escape the clutches of a suffocating regime. We know this isn't a definitive solution, but it's the first step towards restoring the glory of our country. My words today may cause

conflict. I've tried to remain neutral during these difficult times, but the uncertainty will only end when everyone sets aside their visceral opinions and begins to listen to understand, listen to and understand the other side. Thank you all for your support and understanding. Judah set the stage and then we'll offer some commentary. Well, I actually want to hear more from them. I felt it was a little bit lacking and I didn't quite understand some of where they were going with certain parts of it. We will say English is not the primary language here. It's important to highlight that.

English is a second language if not a third language here. okay so I don't want to throw shade on them for that but go ahead yeah I agree and but yeah they they were very brave this this community is is largely hardcore democratic hardcore left they will we've seen some we've seen some stuff And I hope they're not damaged by making this statement. I think it's important for all of us on both sides of the aisle to listen to people whose lives are actually affected by the countries that they come from. What the Venezuelans believe think about the ouster of their former president, and not just listen to, you know, one immediate narrative.

Jason Noble, his words, he says it's an arrest, it's an detainment, but it's not a kidnapping. Okay. I appreciate Jason Noble, his photo on screen. Curtis Shaver says, welcome back, boys. Hope you all had a great holiday break. Curtis Shaver, thank you kindly. We love you, Curtis Shaver. Sincerely mean that.

I think you and Jules are going to have an amazing 2026, my friend. I sincerely mean that. Venezuela is a country in crisis, decades, if not longer, of economic mismanagement, hyperinflation, corruption, falling oil prices, political authoritarianism. Maduro is, depending on who you talk to, Venezuela's version of Castro, a reference to Cuba and my family there. A collapse and living standards in Venezuela is an absolute understatement.

There's food and medicine shortages, massive migration, okay, instability, war, crime, death, standards of living that no Americans would consider for themselves or their family. okay some would say here in the united states that the united that that our government overreach with what they're doing in venezuela some would say in our country that uh we should be focused on what's going on within our borders and protecting our borders there's also discussion of whether or not u.s is in venezuela for the oil and the gold which i have no doubt that's on the short list of it okay We cannot discount the abundance of riches that are in Venezuela and how those riches are tied directly to the United States economy.

There's also the fact that they've largely run their oil production into the ground. I believe they have one of the largest oil reserves in the world. We'll have to wait and see whether the U.S. I seriously don't see the U.S. going in there and, I mean, what, what are they going to? prop up U.S. companies to steal all the oil from Venezuela. It just doesn't track for me. But if we were able

to help them get their oil production up and running, it could be a boon both for the Venezuelan people as well as America as a major oil user. This is the

I Love Sevo show. And what I'd like to do as a show tied to Charlottesville, Almore County, and Central Virginia is localize a global headline that's absolutely consuming the news cycle and tie it to Charlestville. And how we're going to do it is this Venezuelan family that owns a couple of businesses in food and beverage

making a statement on their social media that will absolutely go viral now that we're talking about this on the I Love Seville show and the I Love Seville Network, which across all social media platforms has the most followers and engagement in the region except for the University of Virginia. What do you make of this Fennon's Wellen family

and their statement of what's going on? I mean, I especially appreciate the first sentence. It calls out a lot of... I mean, it calls out what we do, not that we're pretending that we... that we have some lock on logic, on understanding the events that are going on around us. But they make a great point by saying that it's very easy to have an opinion, and I would replace socialism with pretty much anything.

It's easy to have an opinion about X while you're living in a capitalist country, sitting in your living room, on your iPhone, making political pronouncements and statements. It's very easy to have a strong opinion. It's very easy to call out other people while ignoring your own the plank in your own eye. It reminds me a lot of what I experience growing up with my mother, my grandparents,

parents in our extended family. Many don't know this. I am 50% Cuban. My mother, my grandmother, and my grandfather, Mima and Poppy, born in Cuba. Weeks,

weeks before Castro takes over Cuba and guerrilla warfare style, my mother, Mima, and Poppy were upper middle class. My mother, my grandmother actively involved in in politics my father hardworking homeowners money in the bank

my mother second third grader right and weeks before castro takes over cuba mima and poppy tap my mom on the shoulder and they say get what you can that's important to you put it in your school backpack the only stuff that you will bring with you is what you can fit in your school backpack. They also had a backpack on their shoulders, me and poppy, and under the cloak of darkness, they left an upper middle class home where they were politically engaged leaders in the community, and they got on a boat, and they went to Miami, left their home, left their jobs, their possessions, money, and went to Miami, Florida, where they proceeded to couch surf, they proceeded to sleep on floors, couches, with extended family hopping around until they could rally up a little

bit of money for a one-bedroom apartment, and for years, a one-bedroom apartment is where my grandma, my grandfather, and my mother called home in Miami. Upper middle-class lifestyle in Cuba to South Florida, ditch digger, then a barber when his body gave out for my grandfather, and my mother, a hotel maid. From a political leader in Cuba to a hotel made in South Florida, my mom from second grade in Cuba to third grade in South Florida, where she could not speak English and was ridiculed mercilessly for years. until she learned the language you bring up this story to my mom today and she gets emotional because it was such a vulnerable and raw time of her life being eight nine 10 11 years old and having to go through this and she'll explain to us you don't know hardship until you have to leave all your friends and family put all your most important possessions in a backpack and leave your

home and never see it again, and she's never been back to Cuba. She has said to my brother and I so many times, you are so lucky to call America your home. And if you think about it, as I've gotten older and I've gotten some perspective, I realize that Judah Wickhauer, me Jerry Miller, the viewers and listeners of this talk show, think about how lucky we are just to be born on American soil. Think about the crapshoot of this thing we call life. What if a sperm

and an egg that made Judah, or a sperm and an egg that made me, or a sperm in an egg that made Curtis or Jason or Lonnie or Conan, or one of the thousands of the viewers and listeners that are watching and listening to this show? And that

sperm and an egg that made you happen to be in third world Africa. or Venezuela or Cuba eight years before Castro took over like my mom and I want to highlight the the Rapus family and I'm told they're watching the show

for courage to post a statement in Charlottesville about their home, their experiences and when they say, Venezuelans are people who have fought for more than 20 years to escape the clutches of a suffocating regime

we know this isn't a definitive solution but it's a first step towards restoring the glory of our country those two sentences right there are what the statement is all about and they didn't make it about Trump

they didn't make it about Republican and Democrat or overreach they made it about restoring the glory of a country that is in the fabric of their DNA. So after this show, with this statement now going viral, I would hope that our community supports this family-owned business, both of them, vigorously. Conan Owen is watching the program.

He is the owner of Sir Speedy. He is Hispanic himself, and he has this. the U.S. does not need the Venezuelan oil. The U.S. is one of the few places that has the technology to process Venezuelan grade of crude, which is a strategic resource due to its properties. Controlling Venezuelan oil has many strategic upsides for the U.S., bringing their capacity online. It's been on its knees for years, will bring prices down and cut off Putin's cash flow like eight years ago when the U.S. became a net exporter.

It will cut off Cuba's supply of oil, which will topple that regime in short order. It deprives the Chinese of the heavy Venezuelan crude. While only 8% of China's imports, it's 100% of their sulfur heavy crude imports. Also, it deprives China of a key ally in the region. He's talking about the politics of why this was the right move. Vanessa Parkhill, watching the program in Ehrlichville, 100% Jerry. I appreciate the other rapist family sharing their experience in its, She says, I'm very happy to have both you boys back.

We're glad to be back. Carol Thorpe, thank you for watching the program. Ray Cadell, thank you for watching the program. Lauren and Ivy, thank you for watching the program. Alexandra Vaughn, thank you for watching the program. Print Radio and Television watching the program. The print radio and television that's watching the program, I would encourage you to take your reporters or allocate a reporter to rape us to this

Venezuelan family, go to the Steakhouse. probably send them a direct message and ask them and do a piece on them. I would love that. In fact, why don't we do this? Judah, if you could this afternoon, could you reach out to them

and see if they'd be willing to come on the show? We have Wednesday book with Conan Owen. And Conan, if you know the family, do us a favor and do a group text message with us. Judah will reach out via direct message.

I would love to do the interview tomorrow if possible with them. We're literally doing this on the fly. If they can't do it tomorrow, we have Wednesday already booked. In fact, Conan, we'll take it a step further. Conan Owen, you're watching the program. You're booked for Wednesday.

If you want to do the interview with them on Wednesday with you as well, I would absolutely do that. Alternatively, we can do it on Thursday, Friday, or Tuesday of this week. And I would love for the community to see firsthand the rawness and the heartiness

heartbreak and the vulnerability and the pain and the suffering that this family is experiencing right now because I saw it firsthand with my mom and my mima and my poppy my mom my mima and my poppy have family had family they're in heaven now that they never saw again after leaving never and this wasn't at a time where you could get on like face time yeah This was at a time where you had to make a collect call. If you were able to make a collect call, which you could not to Cuba at the time. So it was handwritten letters that went unanswered. Do you understand the heartbreak of a handwritten letter for a third-grade girl

to our cousins and best friends in Cuba that comes unanswered? What that's like? You're nine years old. You leave your cousins and your best friend. You cannot communicate with them. You're told to write them letters, and the letters go unanswered? Do they even get there? Right.

That's the type of stuff you're processing. And I'm not even doing it justice. Jeremy Wilson's watching in eastern Tennessee. If the majority of Venezuela citizens are in favor of this and are happy, then U.S. citizens should not be upset. Bon Romer watching the program. Tina Wyand Breeden says, Welcome back, gentlemen.

Thank you. It's good to be back. Logan Wells Claylow and Carol Thorpe, welcome to the show. I want the narrative to be one of support with this family. 100%. And discussion. I would hope that there is discussion around this.

I think there is room for people to have varying opinions on America going into another. country and whether you call it arresting or kidnapping or what have you I think most of us agreed that this shouldn't be a regular occurrence but at the same time look at the Venezuelan people they're not disturbed by this they're happy to get rid of as the as the people at Arapas put it

a suffocating regime and I hope that we can be civil with each other as we discuss America's part in what just happened. John Blair watching the program. John Blair offered a comment to my five predictions

about the UVA Board of Visitor soap opera Right. His comment was just a fantastic analysis. I republished his comment on the I Love Seville Network over the holidays if you haven't had a chance to read it. His comment then goes viral on Reddit and some of the other social media platforms. It was shared hundreds of times his comment to my five predictions. He has some commentary, John's photo on screen. Jerry, this tweet sums up the Venezuela situation. Can you please read it on air so that your viewers understand what it's so. socialism as meant to Venezuela. It's from the Twitter handle, the Spector, Spectator Index, at Spectator Index is the handle. GDP per capita, 2012, Venezuela, $12,690, Indonesia, $3,740. In 2025, Venezuela, $3,100. Indonesia, $5,000. It shows what has happened to the economy right there. Venezuela falling from $12,690 per person to just $3,100,

while Indonesia rose proves socialism destroys lives and wealth faster than any other system ever could. And it's important that socialism, let's use the word socialism, it's a Charlottesville show here. We have socialists that legitimately are leaders in our community not just protest-wise, but politically. Michael Payne is a socialist. Sally Duncan is a socialist.

Sally Duncan, Almore County Board of Supervisors, Jack Jewett District, the hand-picked replacement by Diantha McKeel. Michael Payne, a two-term city counselor in the middle of his second term. My pick, who I'm not saying, would pick him, but I think Michael Payne is going to be named the next mayor

of Charlottesville. Judah Wickhauer thinks it's going to be Natalie Osheron. We have a bottle of a $75 scotch or burbit on the line, right? Okay, we'll learn this month who it is. This month, we will learn. But how

wild a time is it where socialism has destroyed Venenzuela and there is a very realistic shot that a socialist and Michael Payne may be the mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia. Okay. Now, I was having this conversation with my wife. My politics and Michael Payne's politics are 180 degrees apart. Do I think Michael Payne is intelligent? Yes. Do I think Michael Payne is

well read, well prepared, well informed? I think Michael Payne is one of the hardest working counselors we've had in a long time. I don't agree with, I disagree with virtually everything he has to say in the dais. Okay? But there's an element of me

that respects Michael Payne for his preparation and his intelligence. But it's important for us as men, Judah, and I, and I don't want to speak for you, who have a platform and a following, that Charlottesville, potentially naming a socialist, maybe the S on the chest like Superman, if the S was socialist,

the guy that would be most likely to lead the group is Payne. He's the co-founder of the group. Co-founder of... The indivisible Charlottesville. The co-founder of the group. Literally the co-founder of the group is Michael Payne. For him to be potentially voted by his peers on council, the five counselors pick the mayor as the next mayor of charlesville virginia ladies and gentlemen that is a microcosm a microcosm i would say of of of some of the challenges of the charles that charlesville's economy is facing and frankly speaking i'll take it a step further if pain is named the mayor is that a slap in the face to the business owners and the capital

in Charlottesville. Everyone after I made this post, I did this post on the I Love Seville Network, I think it was yesterday or the day before. I highlighted this, Judah. You ready for this? There's five city councilors, right? Yeah. Really, there's four city councilors and a mayor, okay? But five on the dais. The mayor makes 20 grand a year, 20K. The other city councilors make 18K a year. They're working 40 plus hours a week at this. city councilor job. These folks are making less than $10 an hour to lead Charlottesville and to allocate a $264 million budget in fiscal year 2020, $264 million.

Five people making less than $10 an hour in compensation, right? It's bananas, right? Now, they're going to get a bump in 2026. the bump at 2026 is going to take the pay up to 34,000. I frankly think the pay should be more than 34,000. There's a fine line between paying these folks too much and creating career politicians. We don't want a career politician because the job pays too much.

I don't see how anyone could possibly live on the 18K that Michael Payne's been living on because he hasn't had a full-time job since he's been on council. Probably as a result of why he's lived in his parents' house for a good portion of that. time. Judah gives me grief for saying that he lived in his parents' house. I think it's important to highlight that. Not throwing shade. It's a fact. Okay. The pay is going to go from 18 to 34,000 in 2026. They voted. They've already approved the increase to 34K. Okay. 34,000

still going to be challenging to have a family on that. Okay. The storyline is this, though. If he's named Mayor Payne this month, this month. What does that say to the business community, the capitalists, the small business folks, downtown Charlottesville? What does it say to what's going on here in Charlottesville, Judah? I mean, does it really say that much? It's not like the, it's not like there's a wide option of choices available for, for mayor. I mean, let's be honest there's five yes there's five and how far do they stray from each other politically fair fair rebuttal fair rebuttal the folks pushed back to me that said the mayor's nothing but a figurehead when i said who's going to be picked some folks said it doesn't matter he's nothing but a figurehead

that's the city manager making the calls my response to that was that's not what we were saying when nikaya walker was the mayor and she was writing all those poems that was my response? Yeah. Okay. My response, if pain is named mayor, is the city of Charlottesville will have the co-founder of the socialist movement as it's Derek Jeter or as it's LeBron James or as it's pitchman, the face of the franchise, the face of the organization. Yeah. The face is not Sam Sanders. It's the mayor. It's been Juan Diego Wade, whether ceremonial or not. The mayor is the face.

We're days away from the potential co-founder of the socialist movement in Charlottesville being mayor of Charlottesville. I want you to think about that. As we think about Maduro being detained, arrested, kidnapped, whatever you want to call it.

Yeah. Well, I think the people of Venezuela have had firsthand experience with with not just what do you want to call it like it's like here our socialism is a watered down you know it's it's a watered down institution that doesn't really know what it wants to be and i think uh you know there are parts of our society that are somewhat socialist we've got uh you know We've got health care, we've got Social Security.

There are certain things that we do as safety nets to help people, which come across as socialist, and I think most of us don't really have a problem with. It's the implementation of those types of rules and laws across the entirety of a society where you see, like in Venezuela, the end result. And so I don't know what's going to happen. with the new choosing of a new mayor in Charlottesville. Well, you think it's Osteron.

What? You think it's Natalie Osteron, right? That's your pick. That's my pick. Jason Noble, Michael Payne is Charlottesville's Maduro. Maduro to Venezuela as Michael Payne is to Charlottesville. What does that mean, though? I'm not going to take it as far as the violence and the corruption or anything like that.

Because I will say this. Michael Payne is honest. Michael Payne is a man of integrity. People were posting on the I-Live-C-Ville network that these counselors and these supervisors were getting financial kickbacks. They're not. Yeah, I saw some of that.

They're not getting kickbacks here. That's not happening here, folks. It's just not. They were asking me to docks their net worth. And many folks that, after I did this post, said that they've gotten wealthy because they've been on city council that's not true

Michael Payne is not wealthy make me curious to you know look at some of the net worth before and after being on city council the wealthiest on council right now is Lloyd's stuck okay and because he's been a two-term counselor he has not gotten wealthier because of it

has has his law practice gotten more demand perhaps but he is 25 feet down the hallway, his office from ours. The guy's in his law firm seven days a week until like two or three in the morning at times. The man's a night owl. He drives a beat-up Honda Civic. He is middle class in a middle class,

believe it's the Greenbrier neighborhood. Nice house, but middle class. these jobs aren't making them wealthy Payne was living in his parents' house Natalie Orsharan sells weddings and events at Pippin Hill Juan Diego Wade I believe is retired Jen Fleischer works in mental health Brian Pinkston was middle management at UVA

Nikail Walker before she was on council was making $10 an hour at Charlottesville Parks and Recreation. Probably your wealthiest counselor over the last 10 to 15 years was, what, attorney Mike Signer, who was in-house counsel for Willow Tree Apps. That's probably your wealthiest one. But I wouldn't call him wealthy. I'd call Signer, what, upper middle class? Carol Thorpe says she's with Judah on the Osheran pick

and Carol Thorpe who's watching the program says there's a socialist revving up to run New York City it's just incredible what's happening in the country I was playing squash on Long Island with a friend of mine his name is Eli he lives in Manhattan where he runs he works in finance has his own his own shop a hedge fund and he also has a second home on Long Island

and his family was considering leaving Manhattan because of who was elected a mayor. Was it Mamadabhi? Zoram Madanam Dhani. Boucher is last name. He makes the comment that 1% of the tax base is covering like 65% of the budget. That was an indication to me that

he's in that 1% and he says a lot of his contemporaries are already fleeing Manhattan like fleeing the city because of what's happening Jason Noble said that was tongue-in-cheek to be clear about

Maduro and pain I understand that was tongue-in-cheek Jason Jason you're a good guy. I appreciate that. We appreciated the comment though. The socialist comparison is there. Janice Boyce Trevillian watching the program. When the elections occurred in Venezuela, he did not win but would not leave,

so he's not the rightly elected president anyway. Yeah, that's correct. She's right. Randy O'Neill watching the program. My predictions on the, if you want to put the first headline on screen, on the UVA Board of Visitors saga went viral. They were retweeted by. a very

interestingly, curiously, oddly, they were retweeted by a massive Twitter account for Virginia Democrats. And that tweet positioned my predictions in front of hundreds of thousands of people, which then flooded my direct messages.

My five predictions for the UVA Board of Visitor Saga. I published this a handful of days ago. Number one, UVA Board of Visitor Rachel Sheridan will resign before Governor-elect Abigail Span Spamberger fires her. There's one more meeting, Judah, before Spamberger takes office. One more B-O-V meeting. I think Rachel Sheridan's going to resign in that meeting.

Number two, Vice-Rector Porter Wilkinson covets the rector position, but Virginia Democrats have realized Wilkins and Sheridan are Governor Glenn Yonkins, hatchet men. And then I share a link to a Cavalier Daily article that highlights sources, anonymous sources. on what Porter Wilkinson did with the hiring of Beardsley and how Porter Wilkinson kiboshed other candidates that the hiring committee wanted to sit down and have a conversation with or interview. Porter Wilkinson used her clout and influence

as the vice rector basically became the alpha in the room and said, no, that person will not be talked to. Okay. And what the anonymous sources suggested in this cavalier suggested in this Cavalier Daily article, kind of directed the hiring process to who is the president today, Beardsley. Okay. I'm not really sure what all that means.

I think that a lot of us agree that the Beardsley hiring was a good choice. And, you know, taking some details from the process and making it into a narrative is great. But I don't know that until I hear more, it's like, okay. Somebody took a firm hand on the search for a UVA president, and we ended up with a good candidate who is now the UVA president. I think Beardsley is a fantastic candidate. Unless you have some, like, unless you have some detailed account of how, I don't know, of how Wilkinson was in charge of conspiracy to, who knows, to, I don't know, what, mislead UVA, get a president in before Spanberger took office? I mean, I'm not sure what the narrative is trying to say here.

Just because Porter Wilkinson did X or Y doesn't necessarily make her a bad person. Conan Owen has done an email intro with us in the Arapas family. They have responded to that email intro. He has suggested that the I Love Civo show, like to interview the Arapas family on the show with their statement. They responded three minutes ago. They thank Conan. They respond in Spanish.

Grazias, nosotros, we know the Erpi family. I'm going to translate this here. We've been to the I Love Seville studio before. They did an interview with the Earpies in Spanish. Yeah, I remember. And they say, we think that our English is not good enough to be on a show like that. Conan, if we've come up a solution to have them on the show, I'm all for it, including potentially doing something in English and Spanish there.

My Spanish is not good enough to do that, though. If that's something that you, you know, I'm all for interviewing them. My third prediction on the UVA Board of Visitor's Saga is the Virginia State Code gives the governor power to remove UVA board members from office for malfecent's. fees, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty, Spamberger will threat and leverage this code to reshape the UVA BOV sooner than later. Some call this cleaning house. My fourth prediction, current president, Scott Beardsley, is very qualified to call Carsale home, but Virginia Democrats feel bullied, burned, betrayed because Yon can fast track the Beardsley higher. As a result,

VA Dems, and Spamberger might backroom deal and then front and center force Beardsley out of office. And my fifth and final prediction, if a newly minted Spamberger makes big-time moves without political equity and goodwill, she will catch resistance and be forced to navigate collateral damage rooted in overreach nepotism and collusion, is that a day one poison pill for Spamberger? How nepotism? How nepotism? If Spamberger, you and I having a conversation here, if Spamberger fires Board of Visitors members for malfeasance

like Yonkin did with Bert Ellis he set the precedent Republicans and the media will characterize what she's doing as propping up Democrats on the board replacing Republicans Yonkanites and putting Spamberger

anointed board members on what is one of the most influential boards in the commonwealth Let me just say, first of all, that that's literally what every governor does, right? Every governor does not fire them and keep them from finishing out their term. That's only happened once in UVA Board of Visitors' history with Bert Ellis. But in terms of once they do start replacing board members, it's not like anyone is doing anything different than anyone else.

And I just question about the nepotism, because that means, something specific. Well, the nepotism, the corruption, the nepotism, the backroom dealing would be picking a influential wealthy donor that helps Spamberger get into office and putting them on the UVA board. That's fair, I guess. Nepotism could be family and friends. Yeah.

Or could be friends. Donor, supporter, friend? That's nepotistic. Yeah. I mean, frankly, all the board appointments in some ways follow that. Yeah. I mean, if we're being honest.

All the board appointments, except for Bert Ellis, they don't fire the members. Right. They let them complete their terms. Yeah. If Spamberger does do that, if she fires people,

she will have to navigate what, I mean, the word of 2025 in politics, is it overreach? Every year seems to have a word, right? During COVID, it was pivot. Is the word of, of 2025 overreach?

2024, the word was, what, inflation with Jerome Powell? Is it a 2025 word overreach? I mean, we're talking overreach with Trump and the DOJ and UVA. We're talking overreach with Venezuela. Are we talking overreach with pain? And here's

another thing that's going to scare you here is you put another lower third on screen with city council in Almaro County. That lower third on screen, please? I said this before I closed 2025 on this program. Al Morrow County is at a crossroads, ladies and gentlemen, because I've been here 25 years, and I've never seen a board more focused on development

than the board we have right now. Sally Duncan and Mike Pruitt, Nad Galloway and Fred Missal, if those four supervisors form a collect, and they start voting on things as a foursome, they're going to green light a lot of stuff. And my prediction is some development area expansion. It's 5% now.

My prediction is maybe trading in and out development areas if they don't choose to expand the development area. This is a crossroads we're in. And Pruitt's not going to beat Tom Perry yellow. So Pruitt's going to finish out his term on the board of supervisors. You got four years of Dunkin, four years of missile, four years of Galloway. What's Pruitt? Two years in?

Two years left? These next 24 months could radically change Al Morrow County. Comprehensive plan, development, economy, density, traffic. There's no school that's going to be built in northern Almaro County. They don't have the money for a new high school project in northern Amaral Morrow County. I think the taxes are going to be really. raised on us again, ladies and gentlemen. They just did

four cents on the real estate tax rate in 2025. I wouldn't be surprised if it's another penny or two in 20206. And that's a kick in the nuts. Next headline, what do you got? I want to give some love to Conan and Sir Speedy of Central Virginia. If you have a logo or you need some signage,

some direct mail, some lanyards, this banner behind us, for example, Conan Owen and Sir Speedy of Central Virginia is who you contact. He's a Darden graduate. He is a fantastic business owner, great at communication. It's locally owned and operated, Sir Speedy, Central Virginia. Conan Owen knows what he's doing when it comes to a logo needing more visibility from a marketing or collateral standpoint.

Sir Speedy of Central Virginia, Conan Owen. He's going to be on the show on Wednesday. He says, if Spamberger fires more than the rector, she is opening. a Pandora's box when the GOP takes over in the future and they will because the D's will wait for it overreach for the next four years the GOP will do the same

and it will become a quad renennial tradition to dump the BOV and the president. I agree. I hope that doesn't happen. It'll be a game of finger pointing for decades. And then it will be...

You did it, so we're going to do it. Right. And then it will be... And then it would just march the position and be like, why would I take that job? Lonnie Murray watching the program. Respect Lonnie Murray tremendously. It's good to hear perspectives of Venezuelans,

and the removal of a dictator is a good thing. All that said, there are a lot of dictators in the world. Are we going to remove them all? Are we back to being the global police? There was a better way to go about this. We could have gone in with the support of allies after exhausting all efforts at sanctions and diplomacy. There is a long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America,

and it's often gone very badly, particularly when corporate interests have been put ahead of democratic reforms, self-determination, and long-term stability. There is a real risk here of Venezuela just becoming a banana republic exploited for its national resources with no meaningful democratic reforms. Bringing this locally, though, there's a big misunderstanding about what socialism is and isn't. government can have

socialist policies without being authoritarian. France and Denmark a good example of that. Michael Payne is more like Fredericksson than Maduro. Yeah. Those are good points.

We know Jason I got a, Jason Noble's COVID was tongue in cheek with the pain Maduro comparison. Yeah. We know that. We also know that Paine's policies are rooted in socialism and far away from capitalism.

That's a fact, too. All right, a couple of items out of the notebook here on the Monday edition of the I Love Seval Show, which has gone well. I'm proud of today's show. Revolutionary Soup, this is, you know, I celebrate this because it's a local business. revolutionary soup was recognized by pita people for the ethical treatment of animals it's an odd thing to be recognized for having a soup a vegan spicy peanut tofu soup

okay and then u.s congress john mcguire a member of congress writes revolutionary soup charlottesville a letter that he hands signs saluting them on a remarkable achievement for being recognized by PETA. Okay. I champion revolutionary soup because they're a local business and they're getting national attention. And they've got good sandwiches and good soups. I just think it's odd that PETA is like, hey, you got a good soup because you put the word vegan in it. And it's a vegan. I'm saying that tongue in cheek.

I've never tried this. that. I've never tried the soup, so it may be one of the best soups we've got in Charlottesville for a lot. Give the soup a try there, Judah. Probably not, but. You don't have a vegan spicy peanut tofu fan? Doesn't sound appealing to me. I will say their loaded baked potato soup is fantastic. And their tomato basil soup is fantastic. I have no doubt. Next headline, what do you got, Judah, Wickham? Oh, let's see. Mastapas. Mastapas is closing through March, through March for renovation.

Not closing for good, closing through March. There's only so much I can say on this because I know what's going on. The remodel for this Belmont eatery when it's finished is going to turn this restaurant into a spectacular version of itself. Okay. Taking the first quarter to close, to remodel, get some more seats, and get some more pizzazz and sizz. Mastapas, the first to set the pace and tempo in downtown Belmont.

Now one of the culinary capitals of Charlottesville, downtown Belmont. Next headline, Judah Wickcarra? Next headline. is VA Kids. We'll spend about 60 seconds on this. I don't know how you feel about this. I see this as overreach. Creed Eads.

Yeah, I understand. Katrina Colson. Seeing it as overreach. Let them know what happened first. Virginia is going to limit kids to, limit kids who are under 16 to less than one hour of social media per platform per day, they are going to rely on said platforms to institute those changes, those, I guess, what's the word, I mean, somebody, you've got to know who's on your app,

you've got to know how long they've been on the app. It does sound like a lot of overreach. I think I don't know I think it's a good thing overall but yeah at some point you've got to say okay

I understand people saying I understand you Jerry saying that this should be this should be parents' decisions government should tell parents what their kids can and cannot do government should not tell telling their parents what the kids

cannot do they're telling the platforms that you need to limit what is allowed for someone who's beneath the kid signs up with an adult account the platform will not know right this is overreach Katrina Carlson and Creed's this is window dressing that's all this is this is something for a new cycle that you think will make you look good there's no way Richmond, Virginia, the Commonwealth government can control what 16-year-old children and underdo on social media. That's fair. And it's an overstep to say to someone like my wife and I, your son can only spend one hour a day on YouTube because YouTube's a social media

platform. But I think you're looking at it the wrong way in that regard. I understand what you're saying, but they're not telling parents your kids can't do this. I think ultimately, in terms of parents and children, I think it gives, I know people are going to take this the wrong way, but I think it gives some parents some assistance. There are parents out there that either can't or won't slap the phone out of their kids' hands. I trust that you and Lauren are, you know, are not just having your kids sit around for eight hours a day on phones or tablets. But not everybody is so fortunate. And some parents are single parents.

Some parents don't have the time. Some parents just don't have the strength of will to enforce something like that for their kids. And I think that ultimately, whether you agree with, with, whether you agree or disagree and want to call it overreach, I think that something like this before long is going to be necessary to stop kids from just. What's next? I know. Katrina Carlson and Delica Deeds, Change your socks are going to say, no Reese's Pieces. Yeah, sure. No candy bars?

But. Because it has sugar. Okay. No ho-hoes, no Twinkies? You can make all the... No, but what's next? What's next? I get it.

No little debes? Are you mad that you're not allowed to give your kids alcohol? At some point, you have to say this is damaging two children, and somebody needs to take responsibility for it. I have... I... That's my point. A thousand percent agree with you that social media in abundance,

especially for growing and developing minds, is horribly damaging. We're going to look at social media as Gen. As millennial parents, what's the generation after millennial, Gen Z? As millennial and Gen Z parents, we're going to realize that what we did with our kids allowing them to be on screens for hours a day

is going to be like drugs. Yeah. Where boomer parents, my parents, they were concerned about my brother and I drinking and smoking. Right? smoking weed and drinking beer did it anyway that's what they were worried about kids 18 and under they don't drink like that they may go cally sober but there's certainly hours on social media

and we're going to realize that was a generation that was negatively impacted in ways we don't even truly understand yet yeah but it's the parent that should be my standpoint the parent and I get that but not every parent not every parent can not every parent will and we still have to think about the the health and safety of of all the children last headline we'll talk about this on the Jerry and Jerry show tomorrow at 10 15 a.m. Jerry Ratcliffe the Virginia Sports Hall of Famer UVA football has lost their offensive line coach he's now going to be the offensive coordinator at Stanford they've lost their

backup quarterback. The backup quarterback, Danny Kalin, has entered the transfer portal. He could come back to Charlottesville, but he has entered the transfer portal. They are adding players, including the starting quarterback from Rutgers University. He committed to the University of Virginia on Sunday. They added a safety from Virginia tech. The portal is dramatically impacting Virginia football. already. 10.15 a.m. tomorrow on the Jerry and Jerry show with Jerry Rackleff, and a very detailed rundown on what's happening with the transfer portal and this Virginia football team, Chandler

Morris, his seventh year of eligibility, and will also talk Virginia basketball as they rebounded from a loss in Blacksburg to the Virginia Techokies by absolutely pummeling NC State. Judah Wickhauer was on point. If you need office space, that lower third on screen, if any capacity reach out to us ladies and gentlemen there's no one connecting more people with office space in this community than then then then us in our firm executive office space big office space tiny office space downtown office space

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