The I Love CVille Show With Jerry Miller! - CVille/AlbCo Hypocrisy - Rules For Thee, Not For Me; Trump Epstein Statue Erected On Downtown Mall

Episode Date: March 19, 2026

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Good Thursday afternoon, guys. I'm Jerry Miller, and thank you kindly for joining us on the I Love Seville Show. It's great to connect with you guys through the water cooler content and conversation. In Charlottesville, across Central Virginia, the Commonwealth of the country in the world, we encourage you, the viewer and listener, to shape the discussion of today's show. I think we may start the broadcast in today's show with some memorable lines from one of the most iconic shows of all time. The Simpsons. Homer has certainly made good. Do. A part of our vocabulary and lexicon. Homer, the lovable, I wouldn't say lovable loser with Homer Simpson.

He's a schlub. I would say Homer, the lovable average Joe that finds himself in quagmires and predicaments that we could all. I hope he's not the average. Relate to. Bart Simpson's got so many great ones. eat my shorts, one of my favorite. Aye, caleramba, one of my favorites from Bart Simpson. Mr. Smithers, excellent, excellent, is another one that comes immediately to mine.

But one has really resonated with me, Ned Flanders, quirky oddball, relatable in some ways, laughable in many. One of his famous ones, We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas. We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas. Ned Flanders, one of his favorite catchphrases, We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas. Resonates with me this Thursday afternoon, March 19th in downtown Charlottesville,

as I consider what local government is doing in Almaro County and in Charlottesville City. There was a budget meeting yesterday, for example, in Al Morrow County, and the supervisors were quick to raise the flag. We are not going to raise the real estate tax rate. And that flag carried and waived by the county executive, Jeff Richardson, carried and waived by Ned Galloway, the chairman of the Almore County, Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Galloway is going to be in the studio tomorrow for Real Talk with Keith Smith.

Supervisor Jesse Rutherford of Nelson County. Supervisor Tony O'Brien of Fluvanna County will be in studio as well at 1015 tomorrow. Don't miss that episode of Real Talk with Keith Smith at 1015 on the I Love Seville Network. But Supervisor Galloway is waving the flag too. He's like, we're not going to raise the real estate tax rate. It's going to be a little bit. It's going to getting too expensive around here. Then in the budget session, as it progresses, we find out, hey, it's not the real estate tax rate we're going to raise. It's the personal property tax rate we're going to raise it. We're not going to do it incrementally, Judah. We're going to spike the personal property tax rate increase in. We're going to do it in the name of affordability in Amarrow County. So I'd like to understand some things.

one thing that not everyone owns in Alamara County is a home but one thing that a lot of people own in Al Marl County are vehicles cars and trucks machinery and personal property you say that it's getting so expensive in Almaro County we're not going to raise the real estate tax rate but we are going to spike at a pretty significant level, and Judah's going to give us the who, what, when we're a Y, year, in a matter of moments. The personal property tax rate at a significant level, and we're going to do it in the name of affordable housing. How many times is this going to happen?

How many times does this get you thinking of good old Ned Flanders? We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas. yesterday it was a four cent tax rate excuse me last year was a four cent real estate tax rate increase now it's the personal property tax rate increase city of charlesville is a two cent real estate tax rate increase all in the name of housing affordability all having the same impact of gentrifying the community we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas perhaps we try something And perhaps that's something we try is not the same ask, the same activity, the same behavior, year after year after year. And expecting a different result year after year after year.

Because I learned, as a young man, my father, many faults, many strengths. One of the many strengths my wise father has is prudence and accountability with finances and guidance with building wealth slowly. Often explained to my brother and I that wealth is built consistently and slowly over time. It's not a race, it's a marathon with retirement and wealth building. and he would, and these lessons, these life lessons with my brother and I, were about 18 months apart, best friends and mortal enemies by my brother and I, now much more best friends, super tight, my brother and I. And I'm reminded of a lesson from him. If you do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result, it is the definition of insanity. And in the words of Ned Flanders from The Simpsons, one of the most iconic pieces of content in American history, The Simpsons, he has said, on that show, we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas.

Have our local governments embodied Ned Flanders? Are they on their respective diocese trying nothing and all out of the ideas? so they keep going back to the same old, tired tactic of tax spikes and increases. We'll talk about that on the program today as the supervisors of Almar County are now advertising a 15-cent raise in the personal property tax rate up from $4.40, up to $4.43. cents, astronomical race. And they will do this in the name of housing, affordability, or affordable housing. It's going to generate about $1.6 million. $1.6 million supervisors will generate or yield about 27 Coleman tents,

18 Yeti coolers, 19 Yeti tumblers, a couple of a sleeping bags and maybe some lanterns, $1.6 million. But what it also does is it bleeds your constituents by the death of a thousand cuts at a time where gasoline is now $3.79 in climbing. Up a dollar, ladies and gentlemen, since the start of this Iranian war, a war that I've questioned on this program. A lot we're going to cover on the broadcast today. We're going to show you pictures and renderings.

of the Belmont market that's for sale. These pictures and renderings are positioning the Belmont market and it's upside as a boutique hotel and wine bar in downtown Belmont. A boutique hotel and wine bar in downtown Belmont at a location 21 years ago where I was buying Natty Light 12pcels. that were chopped in half by the proprietor of Belmont market and taped up with clear masking tape. A boutique hotel and wine bar in downtown Belmont.

At a time, 21 years ago, when Belmont was the home to Blue Collar, Charlott'sville, and a couple of generations ago, was the neighborhood that catered to the Ix Mill, the namesake, for for ex parte a boutique hotel and wine bar at belmont market in an area on thursday friday and saturday where parking is such a premium that folks are willing to block in locals from entering their driveway double parking them as if they were the saddam hussein from seinfeld you guys

remember that episode where George Costanza, I believe it was George got double parked by Saddam Hussein. Remember that episode? That's happening in downtown Belmont on a Thursday and Friday and Saturday night as restaurant goers look to support Tavola and Moss and the local and the eateries in downtown Malmont that are beloved, but a quarter that certainly is lacking in parking. We'll talk about that on the show today. I also want to highlight on the program, ladies and gentlemen, the South Street Brewery that is now officially listed for sale. Excuse me, for lease, not for sale, for lease, not for sale. The monthly rent and wooded properties is the owner of the South Street Brewery building, including the executive offices above it. Goodness gracious, 15 years ago, my firm rented one of those times.

executive offices to the tune of $325 a month. We know that building well. Woodard Properties owns a lot of real estate locally. A lot of the real estate that Woodard has right now, or some, I'll use the word some, some of the real estate that Woodard has right now is empty, it's vacant. Body and Reed is a good example. South Street Brewery is a good example. Vite Spirits is a good example. The South Street Brewers is a good example. The South Street Brewers is a good example. Roury lease, ladies and gentlemen, Woodard is asking $8,900 a month. That's base rent for the South Street brewery space. You're talking a lot of square feet. If you think about it, it's a pretty big restaurant. You got that long bar. You got the seating by the fireplace, the seating at the bar,

You get the seating kind of at that step up or elevated level with the booths. You have a kitchen. It's a fairly large restaurant. $8,900 a month, the rent at South Street Brewery. And this location is not even on the downtown mall. Ladies and gentlemen. A lot we're going to cover on the broadcast, including asking this question. Who's got the quicker trigger finger?

You know, whether it's, it's Billy the Kid. Give me some, some cowboys, Judah, some deadly cowboys, some cowboy criminals. Oh, man, deadly cowboy criminals. Butch Cassidy and, you know, Jesse James. Billy the Kid and Bonnie and Clyde and goodness gracious, Doc Holliday. Val Kilmer played Doc Holliday brilliantly in Tombstone, the late great Val Kilmer. Goodness, he was a, um, man with

a tremendous faults and tremendous strengths, right? A man that I think was very relatable. I was having a conversation at a local brewery a couple of weeks ago with Elliot Harding and Richard Fox. Two great guys. Richard and Elliot have known each other for some time. Richard and Elliot are very likable,

very well connected, very intelligent. The three of us are having a frosty one. at Selvage Brewery. And we're just talking about society today and the willingness for society in a lot of capacities to forgive and the fact that in today's society, it's almost attractive or makes political candidates

more approachable to have a checkered past if they're willing to acknowledge the checkered pass and apologize because it makes them more relatable to the marketplace and the voting public. A Val Kilmer in today's society or a doc holiday in today's society would be beloved because of the charm and the charisma. And it got Judah and I thinking of Charlottesville and Almar County, which jurisdiction has the quicker trigger finger when it comes to taxing its constituents, both considering tax increases today? A lot we're going to cover on the broadcast. I'd like to go to the studio camera and the two shot.

And then I'd like to highlight one of our partners, Charlottesville Sanitary Supply. They've been a business for 62 years now, John and Andrew Vermillion. Over on High Street, family owns that building. They have an e-commerce website, Charlottesville Sanitary Supply.com. Just click the Shop Now button. And you can have cleaning supplies and sanitary supplies and pool, swimming pool needs delivered to your doorstep at your home for free, oftentimes the same. day at price points that are more affordable than the big box brands. Why would we not shop for cleaning supplies here? Your toilet paper, your paper towels, your bono wood flooring, anything

sanitary or cleaning needed. And their sister company, Charlottesville Swimming Pool Company, is the conciergeurs or consultant for above ground pools, in-ground pools, constructing them, building them, water testing, pool robots for cleaning your pools, pool covers and pool shades, our family, our home and Ivy, our swimming pool, Charlottesville Sanitary Supply and Charlottesville Swimming Pool Company. Judah Wickhauer, I've been using this phrase a lot, and I think it's very fitting. Make it make sense. That's a good one. Make it make sense.

Yeah. Make it make sense, Judah, that we are making the community more expensive to help the community. the community become more affordable. Make it make sense that we are continuing to go back to the same solutions or perceived solutions, the tax levers, and hoping Al Morrow or Charlottesville will become more affordable. I've been in this community for 26 years. Do I get to be called a local? I've been here 26 years.

I get that I'm not born here. I totally understand that. I can't help it that a sperm and egg connected in Naples, Florida, and birthed me. I hold that against you. It was out of my control. I'm hoping to go, I'm now five for five with appearing on the Charlottesville subreddit. I'm hoping to go six for six Charlottesville subreddit. Get me on there tomorrow.

You often say, oh, he's not a local and he's voicing his opinions on Charlestville every day. Charlottesville subreddit, I'm going for six for six. I want consecutive coverage of Jerry Miller or the I Love Seville show on your subreddit, please. I don't think I know a whole lot of Charlottesville natives. It seems to be one of those. The Vermilions are. Well, yeah. The Vermilions are five generations of Almar County.

Three generations of running Charlestville Santerian Supply. That's a perfect example. There's certainly out there. I didn't say that they weren't. In my particular case, a sperm and an egg connect. in South Florida, and I was born nine months later. Then the parents, the issuers of the sperm and egg, decided to take the product of the sperm and egg and bring them to Williamsburg, Virginia, with his brother. And from there, we were encouraged to go to the University of

Virginia where we both got in early, and I've been here 26 years. I call it home. Charlottesville subreddit likes to say I'm not a local. That's okay. Six for six. Charleston summer. I really said that. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, come on.

Make it make sense. Ned Flanders, I started the program with his famous line. We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas. Is it not fitting for city council?

Is city council and the Amar County Board of Supervisors the Ned Flanders? The constant effort is the tax increase for making the community more affordable. Make it make sense, Chita. Make it make sense. Yeah, well, I think,

I mean, you and I advocate for financial conservatism, and I think our local governments do not. And so I know that they do try to, you know, balance the budget, but you got to spend more every year. And in order to do that, you've got to tax people more, especially when you've got flat rates moving year to year. You're not getting more money except from, you know, increased rooftops, increased assessments on rooftops. Philip Reese watching the program. He's the chairman of the Almor County Republican Party. Philip Reese. And he says, just for the record,

and he's at these meetings in person, following them closely. He said, he wants Alburo County to realize that supervisor Mike Pruitt, supervisor Sally Duncan, and supervisor Ned Galloway, voted in favor of a 29-cent tax rate increase

on personal property, but they could not get a fourth to support it. And as a result, they were three of the six members of the board were pushing 29 cents, a spike on personal property. They settle with 15 cents when they were eventually able to get Fred Missal to say yes. This was yesterday. And I said all along on this program, remember viewers and listeners, we got a crystal ball over here. I'm going to get it out of the box, Judith.

I don't even think I can lift this thing out of the box. I gotta be doing the, my son's doing 50 pushups, 50 pull-ups, and 50 sit-ups every day. Thank God I'm doing them with them because this thing is a monster. Am I on the studio camera? Put me on the studio camera. Are we on the studio camera?

Yes, you are. Can they see this? They can see through it. The crystal ball. Put me back. put us back on a two shot. Our crystal ball has proven to be very, very accurate. We said when Sally Duncan was beaten the bejebus out of Dave Shreve

and the Jack Jewett District and the Democratic primary, we proclaimed and predicted that Duncan, Galloway, and Pruitt would form a menager-to-wa. a political love triangle that their politics would align. And we said watch and see that Galloway, Pruitt, and Sally Duncan in their love triangle, their political menager-tois

would push tax increases immediately. And here we are in March. They started in January. Sally Duncan started in January. And here we are in March, and Duncan, Galloway and Pruitt, were pumping a 29% spike in personal property. We also said our crystal ball on this program,

we said Fred Missile was going to beat the brakes off of Scott Smith. Fred Missill did just that. Beat the brakes off of Scott Smith. Wasn't even close. And I said, you wait and see. Fred Missal is going to be a critically important aspect of the board of supervisors because B. Lipisto-Curtly and Ann Malick, their ideologies align in a lot of ways.

Lipisto currently, she lives in Keswick Estates, inside the gates. She's sitting on stacks. Anne Malick is old school Almarl. Old school Almarl. What is she, a fourth, fourth or five-term supervisor, Anne Malik? Those two were going to align. And we said the missile, the big missile, Freddie Miss. He's pretty jacked, dude.

I bet you Fred Missal can put up two Hyundai on a, bench press. I see him in the gym from time to time working out and pump and steel. Of the guys on the of the supervisors, I think Fred Missile might might be able to outlift Mike Pruitt. I don't think Ann Malick is outlifting Fred Missile. If Ann Malick got on a bench press, is she able to lift the bar? Is she able to lift 45 bars, 45 pounds over her head? Missiles probably are you spotting? I'm not spouting Ann Malick. I'm not spawning I'm not spotting Ann Malick on the bench press. I'm not doing that. We said

that Fred Missile's vote was going to be important because he was going to be that fourth vote the deciding factor on taxing and out moral. Fred Missal said 29 cents was too much for him on personal property. He's Samuel Miller District. But Fred Missal said 15 cents was good. So that tax bill that's going to come in the mailbox for you, viewers and listeners, Galloway and Duncan,

pruid and Fred Missal. You see them around town or you go to their respective town halls. You say, hey, Galloway and Duncan, Pruitt and Missile, you're taking my money from me. At a time when gas just jumped a dollar, at a time where groceries are still expensive, floating debt is costly. We were at a point last year where we were talking

Fed rate cuts. 2025 was all about inflation's getting check, federate cuts. The rate's going down. Jerome Powell's cutting. He's cutting. He's cutting. Now that we've hit Iran, and we're bazook-gunning and droning and

mistling, Iran, the word inflation's back. Have you noticed? Viewers and listeners? A tax rate increase in this kind of economic climate is not good. It's not good. And all this in the

case of affordability Let's take their money to make their lives more affordable. Make it make sense. Make it make sense. And who's got the quicker trigger finger, Judah Wickhauer, as you're rotating lower thirds on screen? Who's got the quicker trigger finger, viewers and listeners? Is it the city?

Is it the county? Is it the county? Is it the city? That is a question that will entertain your guests at your cocktail and charcutory party this weekend. All right, comments are coming in, and they're coming in quickly. Bill McChesney

lives in the city, William McChesney, his photo on screen. He says, I always say when I hear of governance raising taxes, Jesse James had a gun. William McChesney. Jerry, you can be considered a local, but you're not a native. I came here in

1963 at 11, so I'm considered a nigh native. Patrick Bull, watch of the program. Did you ever get a Patrick Bull comment, picture? He doesn't have any. Patrick Bull's got a picture. I'm looking at it. It's in the comment section of my personal Facebook page.

Yeah, but you can't access it. Well, see if you can get a photo of Patrick Bull so he can put on screen. He's watching the program and he's making good comments. He says, what about the recent schools floating a $250 million bond for new schools? When does that stop? Board of Supervisors heard from the school board that we won a $250 million high school and the northern feeder pattern of Almara County

despite population for Almaral County public schools projected to be flat or downward by Walden Cooper. Make it make sense. Make it make sense. Patrick Bull says, I'm out of here. I've had enough. And he says, all this is brought to you by the party of affordability. What a bunch of frauds.

Kevin Yancey is watching the program. Kevin Yancey says, where's the ceiling? Why should 30% of taxpayers pay for the other 70%? How about a local beer, wine, spirits tax? A whole lot more people drink than smoke. Not so much anymore, buddy. A lot of Cali sober out there than drinkers.

Vanessa Parkhill Watch, just ask South Street Brewery, and we're going to offer some insight into South Street Brewery. later in the show. Wooded properties once $8,900 a month, $8,900 a month in rent for the South Street brewery location. That's off the downtown mall, off the downtown mall.

Vanessa Parkhill says, correction, Jerry. They're taking my money to make someone else's life more affordable. That's exactly right. The old Ned Flanders here. They're taking everybody's money. Taking everyone's money. The old

Ned Flanders, we've tried nothing and we're all out ideas. Try nothing and we're all out of ideas. Patrick Bull, we need to get your photo on screen, my friend. Rani O'Neill's watch of the broadcasts, print radio on television watching the broadcast, as they always do. We got elected officials on the feed. Elected officials, we will always talk about you.

We kid because we care some of the times. Ray Cadell watching the show, his photo on screen. We kid some of the times or we care some of the times? Ray Cadell's given props to Charlottesville Sanitary Supply and the Remilience. We would never have enjoyed our in-ground pull. without Charlottesville Sanitary Supply. First class knowledge and service. And he says, my wife is many generations here.

I'm only 39 years here, and I'm a Yankee still. And he's 39 years in Almore County. Ray Cadell, the great Ray Cadill, the great Ray Cadill. Watching our fine and fair talk show. John Blair's got a comment. Let's get to Johnny B. Love John Blair. Here's what I don't understand, Jerry, John Blair says.

the real estate tax at least has the tiniest threat of being a little more geared towards the wealthy. But the personal property tax is nearly as regressive as a meals or sales tax. Most people need a car regardless of income. So in order to help the less fortunate, the county is going to impose a regressive tax increase. 100%. I want to offer clarity of what he's saying. There are much more vehicle owners in Almaro County, Judah, than there are homeowners. And in fact, I would say that there are potentially one or two vehicle owners per family in Almaro County,

and homeowners in Almore County, not quite, not even close to that from a ratio standpoint. So taxing personal property is the most significant tax on the marginalized community that doesn't have money in their pocket. taxing homes you can maybe make a compelling argument that they have on-paper wealth it's paper money but at least they have something should the you know what hit the fan that can sell

granted it's going to take them 45 to 60 to 90 days before they can sell it and if they haven't lived there two years they're going to get pop from a capital gain standpoint and if they even give a whiff that they're desperate for the money they're probably going to get bid low and end up losing some of the equity that they've amassed in their home.

The meals tax, you can make an argument, hey, if you're financially strapped, you're not going to go out and eat at restaurants. I've made the argument when you tax meals, all you're doing is gentrifying dining out, and eating with your kids in public is paramount to socializing your children, which they're going to have to be socialized down the road. And hurting the businesses that bring in a lot of, of the tax money that also pays for things. 100%. But a Galloway and a Sally Duncan.

Sally Duncan is a socialist, ladies and gentlemen. Your Jack Jewett representative is a socialist. She literally ran on propaganda in her campaign that I was going to increase your taxes. And she dominated Dave Shreve. So Almaro was getting what they wanted. She said, I am going to increase taxes, and still she beat the breaks off of Dave Shreve. She is a socialist. Duncan, Pruitt, and Galloway

won a $0.29 cents on personal property, Judah. This is a tax of the most regressive variety. Is that on every dollar? It is. I'll read it verbatim to you. It's advertised right now. 15 cents raise in personal property tax up from $4.43 to fund $1.6 million

in housing affordability. a significant increase in personal property tax rate, but the county's real estate tax rate will go unchanged. State code requires Virginia cities and counties to advertise tax rates before a vote is taken. Rates can be lower, but they cannot be raised over the advertised levels. Now the supervisors are hosting town halls in their respective districts to try to justify this type of increase. Now, I'm at the 107 marker, and there's other content that I want to get to,

including the Donald Trump Jeffrey Epstein statue that is on the downtown mall. We have a photo of the Trump-Jepstein statue that we're going to get to in a matter of moments. I'll conclude this first portion, the opening portion of this show, by succinctly closing this way. The 15-cent increase on personal property

is the most regressive and aggressive type of tax. for Almar Countyans because we all own cars because public transportation locally is horrendous. Second, supervisors Galloway, Pruitt, and Duncan wanted to raise the personal property tax rate by 29 cents and could not get a fourth to support it. They settled on 15 cents when Fred Missal joined the Menageratou. And lastly, ladies and gentlemen, I will I will I will close by highlighting all of this is done to make Al Marl more affordable. We're going to take the money from you residents because we feel more confident. We can spend it even better than you, even though you've earned it to make Al Mara more affordable.

That's what they're saying. That's insulting. We're going to take the money from you despite the fact that you've worked your ass to own it. work your ass off to own it, to earn it, because we think we can spend it better than you, despite you earning it, and make Almar and more affordable. That's insulting. This comment comes in off the record. This is an off-the-record comment that just came in from a connected person.

Missal was opposed to raising the real estate rate, but willing to raise the car tax. Why? Maybe because UVA vehicles are exempt from personal property taxes. but not real estate taxes if the real estate is held by UVA Foundation. In other words, is this a conflict of interest by Fred Missal? Does this explain why he is in more in favor of raising the personal property tax rate instead of the real real estate tax rate? To respond without using this person's name, I think that is a conspiracy and not in touch with

what's happening. I think Fred Missal is willing to raise the personal property tax rate because he's, he's pressured to do so. I don't think an ounce of fred missile's thinking is, is I want to raise the car tax because my car is exempt or my, my employer's vehicles are exempt because he works for the foundation. Was it vehicles that were exempt or rooftops that were exempt? And the foundation pays taxes, by the way.

It's UVA that does not pay the taxes. The foundation does. I don't think missile is that sophisticated, no knock on missile, but I don't think missile is that sophisticated to play chess. He's playing checkers, folks. Just being straightforward, especially 79 days into the job. 79 days in the job. Patrick Bull says, who is performing these assessments and who was involved in retaining that company? Follow the money.

He's talking about the assessments on the, uh, on the houses. Whether you want to realize this or not, the assessments are often well below market value. Yeah, I don't think there's anything going on with assessments either. I've, you know, I've corrected some people in the past who were like,

oh, and they are raising the assessments, and I'm like, okay, hold on a second. There's no collusion there. There's not the city councilors or the board of supervisors. They're not,

like going to the assessors and saying, hey, we need more money this year. So it's, yeah, it's based on sales of houses around you. It's based on what they know. I'm sure they, you know, check some of the houses to see if there are changes. But obviously, they just do the best they can. And you can go and ask them to appeal. Yeah, you can appeal it if you think that they've made an error somewhere. And generally, the valuations are below.

actual market value, folks. So be careful about appealing. Be careful with appealing. Oftentimes, you do end up owing more when you appeal. Deep Throat's comments. If you think property taxes can can't go higher, speak to someone from New Jersey. You don't own your house. You have a condominium with people like Sally Duncan or Juan Wade. There's a deal of ruin in a nation, as Gibbon said. Also true for cities and counties. Deep Throat, New Jersey. Jersey has the highest effective property tax rate in the United States, with the average homeowner paying approximately 2.23% of their home values and property taxes annually. Something for Seaville and Almore County to shoot for.

Dream big boys. Dream big girls. Deep throat with the general sarcasm and a hint of bitterness with this commentary, which we love. If you tax it, they will pay. Which we love so dearly. Ginny Who, thank you for the retweet. And I'll close the first part of the show by saying the supervisors and the counselors, old Ned Flanders, we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas.

And us, the taxpayers are like, eat my shorts. The next headline has got to be the Trump-Empstein statute that's on the downtown mall. You got the photo? I do have the photo. This photo, courtesy of a rapture restaurant, I'm sure this was Mike Rodey who published this on his Facebook page. So photo credit to Mike and Cecilia, the owners of Rapture restaurant. They snapped this pick yesterday and posted it on social media. It's right outside their restaurant, Rapture, which is an institution.

It's an icon. Big fan of Mike and Cecilia. And I think Mike, frankly, I hope Mike hears this, is he behind the scenes and often, and sometimes even behind the microphone during council meetings, is become in a lot of ways the voice of downtown Charlottesville. Greer Ackinback gets the headlines as the executive director of Friends of Seville,

but what Mike is doing behind the scenes, Joan Fenton does a lot of it as well is working really hard to evangelize for downtown Charlottesville for zero money. So I respect Mike. Here's is the photo on screen, the Jeff Epstein, Donald Trump.

Look at the screen, look at the screen, look at the screen. There's so many ways. to unpack this storyline. There's the obvious way of unpacking the storyline of the Robert Lee statue comparison. The statue of Robert Lee that led to August 11th and 12th, 2017. The statue of Robert Lee that was taken down

thanks to the most notorious activist in Charlottesville City history, Ziana Bryant, who is now a Charlottesville City school board member, Ziana Bryant, who has no children, is in her early 20s and was one of the momentum. it was the momentum, the big large momentum of A-11 and A-12, the big large momentum, Zion-A-Brient of A-11 and A-12, is now in charge with how the city schools spend their money, make it make sense.

The comparison is an easy one, the Lee statue, tearing it down to now Donald Trump and Jeff Epstein. It wasn't just that statue, though. Oh, at least what? The Lewis and Clark one, right? Lewis and Clark. Cork Square one. Court Square. Yeah.

There were multiple court square ones. Yeah. There was the soldier standing there. Yeah. Not, you know, just minding his own business. Yep. There were the cannons. Yep.

There was... Talk to me, Judah. I believe there was another one over by UVA. Talk to me, Judah. Yeah. But still, you know, I mean, heaven forbid we have statues that potentially offend someone. Hold on. Let me put something on screen for a second.

Oh, you're going to surprise me with something on screen? I don't even know what you're putting on. This is the statue of Trump and Epstein. This is the Epstein statue? I personally don't care. I don't find it particularly accurate. But I question the idea that some people find it okay as long as your people aren't offended. My whole issue with this, my entire issue with this is hypocrisy. Yeah. My whole issue with this was hypocrisy.

People supporting ICE, truancy, student protests. Well, supporting them, but the same people stigmatizing and using the words Nazi and racist for Western Amaral High School, TPUSA chapter. Yeah. We're proud of our kids for being politically active until we're not because those are other kids and they're politically active in a way that we don't like. You call this othering? You call this selective outrage? I mean, at the heart of it, I think it's just hypocrisy. We hate that Lee statue.

And we hate that soldier holding a gun. It's not even that we hate. It's that they're offensive. to some people. It's divisive. We've got to take them down. But this statue of Trump and a suicidal. It doesn't offend us. Suicide pedophile. I don't think he

committed suicide. Human traffic. I don't think he committed suicide. I'm not even 100% sure he's dead at this point. I think most Americans believe that he did not commit suicide and I think there's a large group of Americans that believe he's still alive. I'm not in the group that believes he's still alive. I'm certainly in the group that there's no way

Jeffrey Epstein hung himself. Too many coincidences. is how to go the way for Epstein to whack himself. But my point here is that, is that this doesn't really, I think, fit in falling under othering, but it does fit on, how can you be any more hypocritical than, you know, anything that offends me or my people has to be taken down, has to be removed from the public eye, In fact, we're going to send it to, like, what? I don't know.

We're going to send it wherever. I think they kept it in a park for some time. One of them got cut up and repurposed. It looks like a three-year-old took a professional Lego sculpture and put it back together like the way a three-year-old would. Anyways, it's silly. We see it over and over again. We saw it with Turning Point USA and the kids doing the walkouts.

We saw it with the statues and a new statue up on the downtown mall. Does that get approved by city council? I mean, I'm not really sure who approves a art in place on the downtown mall, but I find it hypocritical that that's what you would choose. Here's another angle that I want to cover on the show. City Council asked police chief Mike Conscious to present to them a policy or a plan that would disallow or ban sheltering and the storage of possessions in public places. Chief Cottius presented this to City Council in front of a packed council chambers littered and crowded with activists. But it wasn't just...

The activists shot Chief Kautius. with metaphorical and proverbial darts. Slings and arrows. Slung insults and hurled four-letter words at him. And counsel did not have Chief Kachis's back. They just let him take it and take it and take it throughout the presentation. Despite the fact that Chief Kautius was instructed by counsel to do this. It was storing of possessions in public.

Are the homeless allowed to store their possessions in public? And if they are allowed to store their possessions in public, does that mean I'm now legally allowed to bring the statues that I have in my house and store them in public as well? Am I able to bring my Chipper Jones statue, my Mark Ripkin, Washington Redskins, quarterback statue. Am I able to bring my Claudio Rainia statue? Am I able to bring my Kelly Kapowski life size cutout? My Valerie Malone statue? Am I able to bring my Kelly Taylor, my Sophia Petrillo

statues? I'm just surprised I've never heard of all these statues. Am I able to, Judah, you don't know much about pop culture. No, no, no, I'm just surprised you have all these statues. Am I able to bring my Al Borland statue, my Tim the Toolman Taylor statue, my C.J. Parker statue. My David Hasselhoff, Mitch Buchanan statue, and just post it up on the downtown mall? Should we all bring our statues to downtown Charlottesville? Look, the storing of public possessions is legal.

Counsel didn't ban it. Can I not bring my possessions and store them on the downtown mall now? Yeah. Because you can you can you can you can you can you can you can and you can and and you can effigize is effigize a word? Probably. Effigize Donald Trump and and and Jeffrey Epstein. Why can't I bring Kelly Kapowski and Valerie Malone or Sophia Blanche Rose and Dorothy or or Ryan Klusco and Hobby Lopez and Chipper Jones or Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumas or

and Bill Lambier and Dennis Robman and John Sally and Vinnie the microwave Johnson and some Chuck Daly. Why can't I bring those statues to the downtown mall? Seriously. Will that lead an indivisible Charlestville to showing up on the downtown mall and singing their catchy tunes? What was the catchy tunes? Who was the city councilor that led the charge with the catchy tunes and target with indivisible Charlottesville? Remember that? That catchy tune.

My favorite part was when you... She went like this and did that. And out. Patrick Bull says Jeffrey Epstein did not commit suicide. Kevin Yancey says he's not dead Jeffrey Epstein. See, people, do you think he's not dead?

I wouldn't say that I walk around the downtown mall telling people I think Epstein is alive. Well, you are right now on this show. No, I'm saying that I've got some doubts that he's dead. I'm not writing articles about it or trying to convince people. I'm not even convinced.

Just saying. I got a call with a prospective tenant at 1.30 p.m. So we have approximately one. We have approximately six minutes left on the show. I want to give some love to 919 Druid Avenue. $699,000 for a completely renovated home. That's in walking distance to everything in literally a 3,000. 32nd stroll to Belmont Park.

919 Druid Avenue has a basement apartment waiting to be rented at $1,500 to $2,000 a month. The upside on 919 Druid Avenue is tangible and palpable. I'm telling you, real estate is how I make my living. This will be valued in the near future at over $800,000. And it's got a basement income producing apartment waiting to happen. This is a steel, folks. It's completely gutted and renovated. Basically, you're getting a brand new home in a lot of ways.

let's talk about Judah Wickhauer the Belmont Market. It's for sale right now. Belmont Market is iconic. I mean, where else, for a couple of generations, have you been able to buy your Marlboro lights and your camel lights and your camel reds, your cheap domestic beer, and your lottery tickets besides Belmont Market? I used to live there in 2005. Would I would trot over to Belmont Market at 10 p.m.?

I'd have to look over Bochelmont Market at 10 p.m. I'd have to look over Bolshe. shoulders stay strapped, but I'd walk out with a 12-pack of Natty Light that was chopped in half and massed together with some wrapping tape and then I'd go like this. Judah's strap right now and I'd go like this and I'd keep my 12-pack of Natty Light as I sprinted back to Little Graves, to our house on Little Graves. Now look at how it's being marketed and presented. Do you have the photos? Yep.

I'm putting the old one up first. Here's the old Belmont Market. You guys know what I'm talking about, right? They do now. Look at the Belmont Market. This is an iconic market. Now look at how Belmont market is being marketed and promoted. It's for sale.

This is called upside. This is called opportunity. This is called salesmanship. A boutique hotel with a wine bar on ground level at the old Belmont market. Look at the screen. Look at the screen. Judah's rotating photos on screen. Look at that boutique hotel and wine bar at ground floor.

For sale right now, the Belmont market. beautiful this is uh is this justification at its finest is this evolution at its finest is this the definition of change judah the obvious questions are where are people going to park the obvious questions are how is the neighborhood going to respond the obvious questions are downtown belmont on thursday friday or saturday night have you been there on thursday or friday or saturday night and try to manage living there on Thursday or Friday or Saturday night? Right. The obvious questions are it's an

under-hoteled community and the upside of a new hotel whoever owns it is money, make some money here. The obvious questions are is what's the construction going to do to Belmont a neighborhood converting a place where you can buy Marlboro lights and lottery tickets and

Natty Light and Colt 45 and some old E for your Edward Scissor hands? Why isn't there more building down? building down? Yeah. Like you've got basements. Why not have...

Because it's expensive, Judah. You're basically saying, are you asking me, why are people not building into the ground, tuddling into the ground, like the people from demolition man who lived under the ground? There are basements.

Because it's expensive. It's extremely, extremely expensive. Okay. You're having to tunnel into the ground. Yeah. And people have done it for, a long time, Belmont Market, a boutique hotel. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wild times. I'll tell you what, if a boutique hotel comes to the Belmont Market, the $699,000 Druid Avenue, 919, Druid Avenue,

forget the eight handle, it's going to have a nine handle. You get a boutique hotel and wine bar where the Belmont market is. Druid Avenue, 919, Druid Avenue, a hop, skip, and a jump away, it's going to start stiff at a million dollars. Last topic on the show before my conference call with a potential tenant at 1.30 p.m. This guy wants to negotiate terms with me. I'm like, come on. I got a waiting list. And people wanting to lease this space that you want to negotiate. Come on.

South Street Brewery, Judah. You want to know what the rent is for South Street Brewery? I bet it's crazy. 8,900 a month. Base rent, base rent, base rent, base rent. Base rent. Base rent. $8,900 a month for South Street Brewery.

You wonder why Taylor Smack and Blue Mountain Brewery? The guy who owns Blue Mountain Brewery, Taylor Smack, owns South Street Brewery where he got his start in beer. Why he's openly said the lease doesn't make sense? Because it doesn't make sense. $8,900 a month. That's a lot of cheese curds. that's a lot of Satan's ponies. That's a lot of barhoppers.

And that's before... It's a lot of wanton nachos. It's a lot of wanton nachos, tuna. That's before anything else that you have to pay like your staff. Yeah. Your cost of goods, your electricity. Your chimney sweep.

Your utilities. Your meals taxes. It's a gas fireplace now. It's not woodburning. There are very few woodburning fireplaces. The one at 10, dirty Nellies. That's what makes it so special. 8,900

a month. That ain't cheap. April 6 is when South Street Brewery closes. April 6 is when South Street Brewery closes, ladies and gentlemen. You better get your cheese curts, your wonton, nachos, and your

sands ponies and your barhoppers in now. I'd like to give some love to Stanley Martin Holmes. Stanley Martin Holmes is dedicated to building homes that cater to each person's unique needs and lifestyles. High quality single family homes, town homes, and condominiums at Stanley Martin Holmes, design and constructed with innovative techniques that ensure exceptional efficiency and aesthetic appeal.

Stanley Martin Holmes. Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow at 10.15 a.m., Nat Galloway is in the studio. Jesse Rutherford's in the studio, and Tony O'Brien are in the studio. Tony O'Brien, supervisor Flavana County. Jesse Rutherford, supervisor, Nelson County, Nan Galloway supervisor, Elmaral County, Real Talk with Keith Smith, 10.15 a.m. UVA plays at 150 p.m. tomorrow 1-50, and their opening matchup in the NC2A tournament. His name is Judah Wickhauer. My name is Jerry Miller,

and this is the water cooler of content and conversation. It is the I Love Seville Show.