The I Love CVille Show With Jerry Miller! - CVille PD Make Quick Arrests W/Gun Violence; Why Does CVille Need To Move $1M Between Projects?

Episode Date: September 22, 2026

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Welcome to the I Love Seville Show, guys. My name is Jerry Miller, and thank you kindly for joining us on a Tuesday afternoon and downtown Charleston. You're watching and listening to the top-ranked, number one-ranked media platform in Charlottesville, Almar County, and Central Virginia. And, folks, it's not even close. The metrics back it up. The show is live on 27 social media podcasting and social media platforms as we speak. We put local content in the palm of your hand, and then we encourage. you, the viewer and listener to help shape the show.

We want to crowdsource content. We don't want to break the news. We want to crowdsource content, ladies and gentlemen. A lot I'm going to talk about on today's program, including kudos and props to the Charlottesville Police Department and what they are doing. Look, it's no secret of late. We've had gun violence locally. And, you know, Charlottesvillians, unfortunately, pockets of Charlottesville have been hotspots for gun violence for the 26 years I've been in this community. You know, West Aven, and, to be very frank, a lot of these pockets of CRHA housing,

Public housing, Section 8 housing, you know, subsidized housing, have been hotspots for gun violence. Been here 26 years. I've seen this across, you know, four different police chiefs. Tim Longo, Al Thomas, Chief Brackney, and now the George Clooney of policing chief conscious. When the violence, when gun firing and shooting of guns, you know, comes on the downtown mall,

live on LinkedIn now, viewers and listeners. Thank you, Judah. Like it did, what, a couple of weekends ago, that's when you're terrified. As bars and concert venues and nightlife are letting out, in front of a CVS, there was a young man that was popping off with a gun and damaging real estate.

Thank goodness. The only stuff damaged was real estate and buildings and businesses. And thank God no one was hurt. We had another shooting, you know, on Sunday afternoon, near 11th Street, Northwest, and Grady Avenue that left two people injured. And police have now arrested Hussein Stinney. I might be butchering his first name. Husswan Stinney.

This guy is not a good person. The Daily Progress reports that Stinney had been convicted of murder in 2018 and was on probation. Of course, the new accusations are charges and not convictions, and Stenny is subject to the judicial process. But Sunday afternoon, Stini allegedly shot two people. This is daytime on Sunday afternoon on Grady Avenue. Okay?

And first we need to commend the police department for making quick arrests. They are doing a hell of a job with this. They made a quick arrest with the guy that was shooting his gun on the downtown mall as bars and concert venues were letting out as people were on the mall. made a quick arrest with this this the stinny fellow they made a fairly quick arrest with the guy that that that clipped the Wawa employee who was on his on his break

Judah's churchgoer no it's not my church oh he's not from your church I think somebody that came on our show said he was in his church William McChesney said that quick arrest there so arrest room being made quickly still I've been in this community of 26 years and it's been a long time since I've seen this and whether it's some kind of gang affiliated brouhaha I don't know what it is but one thing I do know

is we need to afford and allocate and equip the police department with even more resources and we need to allocate and equip this police department that is doing great work with with with funding with personnel and with the the digital infrastructure that that that that that they need and whether that digital infrastructure is is more cameras more tracking you know more body count let's give it to them let's give it to them I I see a world and in and in spots of tourism and students and locals and commerce like the downtown mall where better security footage needs to be set up. The video camera footage of the young man that was shooting outside the CVS a couple of weekends ago, that photo was circulated, it was not a quality

image. That's what really one of the elements that took me aback from that story was how piss poor the image was. I saw this picture and I'm like in this era of iPhone 17s and MacBooks and everyone's got a computer that's better than the computer that took the

astronauts to the moon for the first time in the palm of their hand. How is this image of this young man that was circulated on social media so poor so grainy, so unclear? I am not opposed. In fact, I

champion and support a Charlottesville where cameras are improved and better at tracking suspect behavior. There's locals in this community that eviscerated the flock system. The Gillican gang led that charge. I understand the concerns may be of flock and how that data can be utilized. and where it's archived and who has access to it. I get it. But we need in a downtown mall setting or a UVA corner setting,

a West Main Street setting, a West Haven setting, certainly around the CRHA properties, the CRHA rentals, the Charlottesville and Housing Authority rentals, we need digital and camera infrastructure that could rapidly and immediately identify, suspect behavior and track that suspect behaviors coming in comings and goings and real time. I don't want anyone locally in this community. I'm talking to the Gilligan gang to push back on that because eventually what's going to happen is this this gunfire,

this gun violence that's happening is going to have serious impact on people. There was what a 15-year-old girl in Westhaven that was sent to the hospital because she was hit by a stray bullet. There was two people on Grady Avenue. a Sunday afternoon that were struck by bullets. There was a guy shooting a gun on the downtown mall on a weekend night, weekend

night morning as bars and restaurants and music venues were let out. Don't push back on a police department that needs improved digital and tracking infrastructure. Certainly not with what's going on here. You're seeing the headlines

just like I am. All right, that's I wanted to start the show. I want to welcome Judah Whitcower to the program. He's informed me. We're live on LinkedIn. Thank you for that, Judah. John Blair, thanks you as well. A lot I want to cover on the broadcast today. We have some comings and goings to talk about. We got a tip from Conan Owen. We'll give him some love of Sir Speedy, Central Virginia. Conan is the owner of Sir Speedy of Central Virginia. He does fantastic signage work, fantastic direct mail work, stickers, lanyards, banners, merchandise, uniforms, clothing, hats.

The banners behind Judah and I are Sir Speedy, Central Virginia. He does it for our rental portfolio. We have 24 doors for our clients and our consultancy. I trust them with my money. I can't give a better endorsement than that. I trust them with my money and how I spend it with my marketing needs. He gave us a tip prior to the show about lazy boy coming to the old Joanne's fabric spot and the Rio Hill Shopping Center.

My wife and I were at the Rio Hill Shopping Center on Sunday with our boys. We went into what, T.J. Max, Marshalls, and that Kroger, and I don't often go north of Barracks Road. It would be very straightforward. And I often don't do a lot of shopping. but on this particular night we were with our Jack Russell Terrier puppies, i.e. our 8-year-old and 3-year-old son, and we had to do a little bit of shopping. And I was really impressed with what the new owners have done with Rio Hill Shopping Center. Ryo Hill Shopping Center at one time, just a few years ago, was the red-headed stepchild of 29 North shopping centers. And if you remember, we

broke this news that Ryo Hill Shopping Center was sold for $52.5 million and November of 2025. I broke that news on this show. The buyers Cohen and Steers a reet through a joint

venture with Philip Edison and company. 288,000 square feet on Route 29 in Woodbrook Drive. A shopping center that is anchored by Kroger, T.J. Max, Sierra, Burlington five below. Planet Fitness. It's got a new tenant wing stop.

We broke that news on the I Love Sebo show. Coden passes on the information to us that lazy boy is going to replace Joanne Fabrics over there. If you haven't seen Ryle Hill Shopping Center of late, goodness gracious. It is gorgeous. It is absolutely a completely different shopping center. Facelift, experiential, and the quality. of its tenants are following suit. Since November of 2025 until now,

an about face over there. So Conan, thank you for that tip. I want to welcome Judah to the show. As comments, hammer the like button, share the show, subscribe to the show, help us spread the gospel and pass along your ideas. Look at what we did with Conan. He texted me right before the show a tip.

And we wove it into the headlines and the rundown for you, the viewer and listener. Judah, the show is yours. What is striking you from today's program? Or where do you want to begin, my friend? I mean, we might as well start with lazy boy. Who among us has seen a lazy boy cushion or seat? The last time I remember seeing one was probably,

I think a neighbor had a big, comfortable, you know, Put the back down, put the legs up. That was, man, that was Los Angeles probably 40 or more years ago. I don't think I've seen anyone with a lazy boy since then. I'll offer some perspective on this. My wife made the very bold decision. And remember, we have an 8-year-old, a 3-year-old. They're akin to Jack Russell Terrier puppies that have chugged a

a bunch of Mountain Dew and Jolt Cola. They're constantly energized from 6 a.m. to like 8 p.m. She made, we also have a German Shepherd named Max that's 12 and a half years old. She made the very bold decision of bringing the reclining chair lazy boy that she nursed our two sons in. So while nursing our sons, breastfeeding our sons overnight in the early morning hours, 1 a.m., 2 a.m., 3am, 4 a.m. hours, next to their crib, was a reclining lazy boy.

An actual lazy boy or just a reclining chair? Yep. A chair cherished by her and made the very bold decision my wife of bringing this chair where she nursed our kids. I bottle fed, but we went the, I mean, she's a superhero, breastfeeding route.

Seven months our youngest child did not sleep. Seven straight months, ladies and gentlemen. You talk about no sleep, that's torture. Seven months. She made the bold decision of bringing this chair to our, I guess, our primary living room. We have a sofa with two reclining chairs on either end, the end cap of a leather sofa. And then we've recently positioned this lazy boy next to the sofa. And I have, when she's not enjoying it, I'm enjoying it often when the boys and my wife are asleep and I'm watching something on television.

I'm now watching The Shy on Paramount Plus. fantastic series. I'm reclined back in this chair. It is as comfortable of sitting that I've ever experienced. I could fall asleep in this chair and it would be level almost to the quality of the California King savvy rest mattress we have. It's that comfortable. And why it's a bold decision is because our children and our German Shepherd are constantly near and touching this chair. Put your comments in the feed. I will relay it live on air. Georgia Gilmer's photo on screen, she has a comment. Was there a discussion about the new encampment

by the English in photos yesterday, or was it just a quick mention? We discussed it. I'm going to mention it again on the show. The Rivana River encampment has been, tent town's been torn down. That encampment, we've seen a good chunk of those tent town participants moved to 2000 Holiday Drive, where they are either at capacity or very close to capacity, but we've also seen additional encampments pop up. And the one that is gaining the most traction is the one next to the disc golf course by

BOTOS, by the English Inn. And it's gaining momentum. And I'm curious to know or I'm curious to hear what city council and city hall are going to do about it. Yeah. Okay? the downtown mall, it's gain momentum again. The houseless are on the mall.

Again, below Belmont Bridge, yet another encampment. We've seen the campment gain momentum by Wegmans near the Willoughby neighborhood as well. To say that the tent towns are completely torn down is a bold-faced lie. And if we're going to build the Taj Mall, Hall of Homelessness at 2000 Holiday Drive, where all in from the money we're allocating to this Arizona consultancy to manage it, to the short-term shelter, to the purchase of the dirt, $6.2 million, $4 million for the Arizona consultancy for one year of management. Money allocated to Martin Horn to build the short-term shelter, and eventually another $15

million for the long-term shelter to build that out. it's going to be soup to nuts somewhere between $25 and $30 million at 2000 Holiday Drive. If we're going to have something of that significance and of that price tag, we need to have a policy in play that's approved by counsel that you cannot camp or store your possessions in public places. This is obvious, but our council won't do it. Natalie Ocean refuses, Jen Fleischer refuses, and Michael Payne doesn't have the minerals to make it happen.

So next time you're playing disc golf, and if your disc goes a little off course, get ready, it's going to be next to a Coleman tent, a 40 ounce of old English, and maybe some U syringes. That's the world we're in. And it's not like this in other places, folks. It's like this at some places, but not other places. Comments put them in the feed. I will relay I'm live on air. Malcolm Inge, Jacob Willard, Steve Smith, and Olivia Branch.

Welcome to the show. Anything you want to add to that, Judah? No, I think that was good. All right. Next headline. What do you got, Judah, with cover? We can talk about Charlottesville PD. I started the program with that, obviously. I again want to salute the police department for swift action. The police department's not going to be.

going to prevent the gun violence from happening. They can find the people that are doing the gun violence. Yeah. Arrest them. I mean, this guy that was shooting up Grady Avenue, good God, was convicted of murder in 2018. The terrifying thing is that with at least one of these cases, I believe they found an AK-47 after finding the shooter. And I think we're all very lucky that that's not the gun that was used because that would have been far more destructive than a handgun. Yeah, I mean, folks, come on. Let's allocate.

more resources to the police department. Because clearly something here is a brewing, and it's not... I've been here 26 years. Viewers and listeners that are watching the show, you've been here longer than me, some of you've been here longer than me, some of you have been here a shorter period of time than me.

Do you remember headlines like this of this prolific nature? I do not. The period right before Chief Kachis took over we had a spate of gun violence that was extremely concerning. But what's happening now is significant. It's like every, you know, once a week we're seeing something about this. And I don't want to desensitize this,

but when we're seeing the issues happening during the day or on the downtown mall, they just raided the house on Stribbling Avenue. We're seeing these out of the general pockets of, Hot spots of concern. All right. Next headline, what do you got, Judah Wickauer?

Let's see. Why does Seville need to move money? All right, this came up in the council meeting yesterday. I found this as something that we should ask questions about. Okay? in the council meeting, there was a decision to shift a million dollars around. And when we're shifting a million dollars of taxpayer resources around, I'm going to ask questions about it. And a million is being shifted from Phase 3, Kindlewood, to the Carlton Mobile Home trailer park.

I want to talk about that on the show today and kind of give you a heads-up what's going on. Before that, I'd like to give some attention to Charlottesville Swimming Pool Company, Charlottes Virginia Vacuum Company, and Charlottesville Sanitary Supply, the Vermilion companies that are absolutely doing amazing things on East High Street. John and Andrew Vermillion are absolutely honest people, and anything vacuum-related, swimming pool-related, or cleaning-related, you should absolutely do through John and Andrew Vermillion.

Anything and everything, folks. So here's the story. Charlottesville needs to move a million dollars between housing projects. The proposal would temporarily redirect one million allocated to Kindlewood Phase 3 toward a principal payment associated with Carleton Mobile Home Park. The published staff explanation describes a misunderstanding over an updated loan amortization schedule, not a finding that money went missing.

It's important to emphasize that. The city expected to readjust both project budgets in fiscal year 2008 capital planning during that period. Who noticed the scheduling problem? That's a question I have. Who noticed it when? Does the transfer change Kindlewood's construction timeline? What will restore the $1 million to its original allocation?

In a nondescript council meeting in front of an empty council chambers last night, in an agenda item had a $1 million shift of taxpayer resources from Kindlewood to a mobile home park. Yeah. A mobile home park that was purchased what, in conjunction with PHA and Habitat for Humanity? The city gave a loan to. A sweetheart deal of a loan. and now a million dollars was shifted from one project to the other without anyone knowing or watching it besides us and I'm going to ask the question here and this is why were the number one media platform in charlesville and central virginia

because no one else is asking this why is this happening i'm not alleging any kind of nefarious intent i'm not saying any kind of criminality corruption i'm just pointing out to the fact that a million dollars was shifted. And the central question is whether Charlottesville is solving a payment timing problem or taking money away from a housing project that needs it. The proposed transfer involves two affordable housing efforts, Kindlewood, Phase 3, and the Carlton Mobile Home Park. But a transfer on the agenda does not by itself establish that either project lost funding. I want to emphasize that. I have three, three questions. Why? did the payment come due

unexpectedly? Will Kindlewood's schedule change and exactly will and exactly when will the $1 million be restored to Kindlewood? Those are the questions I have. And the players here are Piedmont Housing Alliance.

You're talking Charlottesville City and Almoreal County. Piedmont Housing Alliance is as, not as, but a prolific developer. Okay. Stanley Martin Holmes in Central Virginia is your most

prolific housing developer. We'll give them some love. 600 homes they've built in the last two years. Hundreds of homes come into Green County. 80 homes coming to Breezy Hill outside Glenmore. They're bringing a project of roughly 50 homes to the Fry Springs neighborhood.

Stanley Martin Holmes. Frank and Charlie at Southern do a hell of a lot of development as well. But Sunshine and Piedmont Housing Alliance, they're doing significant, significant, significant development. They're the people now behind the Kim's Market Project or the grocery store.

Yeah. They did down where your parents live, Fifth Street, Avon extended. Carleton Mobile Home Park. Yeah. They're often asking counsel for money. We should ask these questions. Carlton is home to more than 60 families, the mobile home park. Habitat for Humanity says it partnered with PHA and residents and others to preserve the park after its land was put up for sale in 2024.

The $1 million transfer concerns a loan principal payment, not a newly announced purchase of the park. Anything you want to add you to Wick Howard? Yeah, like you mentioned, Piedmont Housing Alliances has their hands in a lot of a lot of pies and it's kind of concerning that when the city asked them for a new amortization schedule

they somehow did not include the principal payments. How is this mistakes made? That seems like a major oversight. Okay, how is this made? The business, clients, the real estate we're doing a million dollar mistakes like this

it's not happening like this. You're not just able to transfer a million dollars from one fund to another fund, one project to another project, nilly-willy. But that's what's happened here. And again, I'm not alleging nefarious intent. Right.

Or saying nefarious intent. I'm saying some management malpractice, though. Mm-hmm. All right. Next headline, what do you got? We have, we talked about lazy boy. Mark Warner has been seen helping Periello on the campaign trail.

I mean, this is just old guard helping old guard. Yeah. You know. But it's, you can't say it's not a good look for Periello. I mean, he's out there. He's active. He's got, you know, he's got, you know, he's got, you know, well-known names supporting him.

And meanwhile, it would be nice to know that McGuire, if he's serious about keeping a seat, it'd be nice to know if he's making moves. Mark Warner supporting Tom Perriello is almost akin to Barack Obama getting Tom Perry O'Ello elected in his first term. It's what? your most recognizable Democrat right now in Virginia?

Who is your most recognizable Democrat in Virginia right now? Potentially Spanberger. Is she? I don't know. More than Mark Warner who's institutional. I mean, Tim Cain, Mark Warner, right? Yeah.

Terry McCullough. Don Scott. Are these your most recognizable Virginia Democrats? It's got to be Mark Warner, right? Potentially, yeah. Certainly one of a couple, going balls to the wall for Tom Perriello, we are, what, five weeks away from Election Day?

One, one, two, three, four, five, we're six weeks away from Election Day. And early voting has already begun. Early voting has already begun. Periello is bringing all the ammunition. All the ammunition. What are we seeing from McGuire? Yeah. Like, what are you seeing for McGuire?

Is Trump going to back McGuire? Is Trump going to back McGuire, endorse McGuire? He'd be a fool not to, I think, at this point, unless somebody else is going to pop up and magically take the seat. It's two completely different campaigns. One, almost coasting on being the incumbent and it being a red historical district. and the other one doing everything humanly possible to win.

Next headline, what do you got? Comments coming in. Let's get to some comments. Put your comments in the feed. I'll relay them live on air. Georgia Gilmer says Judah, lazy boy has come a long, long way since the 1980s. I'm not knocking them. I just was making note of the fact that I hadn't seen anything about them in a long time. Patricia Spicer Napoleon's photo on screen. She asked a straightforward.

question that I'm also wondering, why are these shooters not afraid of being sent to prison? They are shooting in broad daylight. They are easily identified and they are gaining nothing. Why do they have no fear of going to prison? Tyler Berry is watching the program. Tyler Berry is an entrepreneur, a business owner, his catch the chef food truck and food cart often seen on the downtown mall and in other places. He's fantastic. He's jacked. He's fit. He's got a fantastic wife and kids. He says this, Tyler Berry, I came back down there with my food cart and stand on the mall hoping it had changed. We had set up on the downtown mall from 2011 to 2018, but it has gotten absolutely worse, and I decided not to come back. I stopped even going to dinner down there with my

family. I personally do not feel safe there. And Tyler Berry is saying this. He's like a jujitsu and mixed martial arts virtuoso and fit as a fiddle. And he's saying that. I'll add some contacts here. I'm on the downtown mall 50, 60 hours a week easily. My business is down here. I own a lion's share of a building on Market Street. We do a lot of business, real estate and brokerage-wise and consultancy-wise with business owners and landlords downtown. And I am also troubled with what I'm seeing here. We must improve the digital infrastructure downtown and further offer local police another resource.

I would love to see a digital camera infrastructure system that is legitimately tracking, able to track suspect behavior from camera to camera to camera and very important spots in Charlottesville, Virginia. We saw with the shooting outside the CVS a couple of weekends ago, you saw that photo, right? Which one? The shooting outside the CVS

where the police department released, the image on social media and asked the police, asked the public help it identifying them. It was an awful image. Yeah. We need some kind of and this is coming from a guy

that wants small government and less interference. That's the, I mean, that's the debate. The payoff, not the payoff, but the tradeoff. Nobody wants flock cameras. But when something like this happens, the police are reliant on grainy footage from, you know, from local businesses.

And you've got away the pros and cons of, you know, potentially ending up with a state that's washing everything you do. keeping your freedom, but knowing that that may lead to, you know, criminals getting away. It's not an easy, not an easy question to find an answer for. Hank Martin's photo on screen. Jerry, as you were pointing out, the ease this money was redirected is a perfect example of why the potential regressive tax for school infrastructure only makes for a highly suspicious ask on the November ballot. And basically, Hank's saying, look, if we increase the sales tax to fund capital improvement

for public schools, do we know that's where it's going to be used? What kind of accountability do we have with the incremental tax revenue collected? I think it's a fair question. That's always a fair question when it comes to how our local governments are spending our money. Yeah. Jason Noble throws some shade at our AG of why criminals are afraid to, why they're not afraid to commit crime. I'll say this.

The Attorney General's locally, Hinchley, and Plantania, they don't mess around with the gun violence. They have in the past. You and I differ on this one. I mean, there's some leniency with the substance abuse. cases where they afford the, you know, criminals second and third chances with rehabilitation, with substance abuse. I get that. But show me a track record of leniency with gun violence.

I thought I remembered a case from just a few years ago where someone was given leniency in a gun case. and I'll have to look for it. You maybe bring that to attention on tomorrow's show. Vanessa Parkhill watching the program. Maybe instead of the flock cameras, local government could provide some grants to local businesses to upgrade the cameras in their stores. I'll offer some perspective on that, Vanessa Parkhill.

Ben Finer, the owner of ProLink, his firm is fantastic. and they put up cameras all up and down the downtown mall in conjunction with Friends of Seaville. We need to utilize a local business like ProLink and Ben, who is completely committed to bettering Charlottesville and Almore County. He's a conscious capitalist or a social entrepreneur, a business owner that runs his or her business into black

while leaving their footprint in a better place than when they first arrive. That's Ben to a T right there. Let's use some of these resources to create an improved digital video system and certain important hubs in Charlottesville. Do it downtown the corner, midtown. Get an improve one on West Haven and around the CRHA properties. And don't allow somebody like the Gilligan gang, a group like the Gilliken gang, to link and compare this to flock. because I don't think it's comparable. The downtown one, you could tie it to local businesses

and just asking the footage from local businesses. Next storyline, what do you got? Let's see, UVA Center for the Arts gets quite a bit of money and new funding. That's your headline. Put it in perspective for the viewers and listeners. Well, they've... They've had plans in place, and fortunately this new infusion of capital is allowing them to move forward.

They have plans to build a center for the arts, and we've actually had, actually it may have been Jodi Kobasa. We've had them on the show. Fantastic tennis players. He's come on the show many times. Provost for the arts. Yep. He is pushing this. It's historic for the university. And single largest appropriation from the state ever for a single capital project at UVA.

Exciting. I think this is amazing. I think this is absolutely amazing. Just further adding an amenity or attraction to our community. Yeah. I mean, we have an abundance. We have obviously food and beverage, obviously ACC sports, obviously the live music, obviously the downtown mall, which I think is the Crown Jewel,

the outdoors, the hiking, the wineries, the breweries, the trails, the University of Virginia, improved arts, I'm all for it. We got a festival of the book. We have a movie festival. We have a photo festival. We have an art festival. We have the Seville Sobroso Festival. Yeah.

I think that's this weekend. I thought it was... Did it just happen? I think it just happened. Okay, it just happened over on the downtown mall and the Tink Pameleon. I mean, it's amazing what's going on. I love it.

Those are the storylines I want a champion. Thank you for including that. Let's give attention. It should be open by 2030. Fantastic. Let's give some attention to Snow's Outdoor Living. Corvin Snow's family-owned business, more than 100 years of proudly serving this community. On tomorrow's show, Trevor Chandler will join us.

Trevor is a landscape designer at Snow's, and we're going to tell the story of Charlesville and Almaro through landscape design. His family planted the original trees on the downtown mall. I want you to understand that. This family, the Snow's family tree, planted the original trees on the downtown mall. We will tell the stories of Charlottesville and Alamara County through landscape design. And on a side note, this business is helping our family with an outdoor patio and fire pit, a seating wall, and some turf and handpick plantings. The process has been joyful. When can you describe a process of working with a contractor at your house as joyful?

rarely. In the case of snow's outdoor living, my wife has literally said to me multiple times, I love working with these people. This has been a joy to do. You'll see Trevor Chandler on tomorrow's program. Next headline, Judah Wickhauer, what do you got? I think this is a perfect segue into E.W. Thomas and 100 years in business in Fluvana County.

You want to set the stage on this? In grocery, such a competitive line of work, Judah. I was going to say, I mean, with all the discussion that we've had in the in the past months over over the the attempt at at positioning someone to run a grocery store in in Fifeville and and reads closing I mean this is a pretty spectacular success story yeah this is a success story now they do have some market advantages and a lot less competition and Fluvana.

Yeah. Okay. A very captive market there. Now, you can say it's not the deepest market population-wise, with much of Fluvana County and its worker base commuting outside of Fluvana County for work. And oftentimes you'll see with grocery shopping, people piggyback their grocery shopping with their work-hour habits, doing grocery shopping after leaving work. So Charlottesville or Albemorrow may capture a lot of that Flubana County grocery spending

because the large majority of flucoes don't work in fluvana county still 100 years for eW thomas champion and salute any locally owned business that does that certainly one of the grocery business because they are dropping like flies here even the big ones are dropping like flies yeah i was in i i mentioned the trip to rio hill shopping center on sunday we went to sierra we went to tj max and we went to croger i don't see how it's possible for two of those three businesses to remain in operation and their current footprint. In Sierra, you're talking, what, 30, 40,000 square feet? I don't even know the exact footprint, but I'm talking about tens of thousands of square feet. There must have been half a dozen people

in that store on a Sunday around like 630 p.m. There was literally employees sitting around twiddling their thumb. The Kroger at Rio Hill, that grocery store was empty. There were employees around literally doing nothing. Now, I will say this. There was a lot of people in DJ Max, the discount treasure hunting store. That place

was packed. I just don't see the viability of big box stores 40 and 50,000 square feet with a dozen staff members sitting around doing nothing. Salute to E.W. Thomas for 100 years.

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