The I Love CVille Show With Jerry Miller! - How Will Perriello Announcement Impact AlbCo?; Perriello Will Earn Dem Nod; Pruitt To Complete Term

Episode Date: December 11, 2025

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Welcome to the I Love Seville Show, guys. My name is Jerry Miller. Thank you kindly for joining us. Good Thursday afternoon to you. It's a pleasure to connect with you guys through the I Love Seville Network and our flagship show, The Water Cooler of Content and Conversation, the I Love Seville Show. A lot we're going to cover on our broadcast, including a Virginia Department of Education report card that has now been released that offers insight or grades to Albemarle County and Charlottesville City

schools and public schools across the Commonwealth of Virginia. There are many schools in Almaral County that have performed significantly well. And by significantly well, they've earned the moniker distinguished. Many of those Almorel County public schools, you could probably guess. Ivy Elementary, Murray Elementary, Henley Middle School, Western Almoral High School, the community lab school, earn distinguished rankings, monikers, or grades. However, there are many of the schools within Charlottesville and Almore County's school divisions that have earned distinctions or have been slapped with grades that are extremely concerning if your parents. Some of these schools have been slapped with monikers called need intensive support or off track.

We will highlight the ones that are performing well, and we will also call into question the schools that are struggling and underperforming. What startled me from this Virginia Department of Education report card was the absolute number, the abundance, the many schools that were struggling to just maintain basic, grading levels or metrics. We'll talk about that on today's program. On today's show, I want to discuss the cause and effect of Tom Perriello, his announcement earlier this week, his pursuit for a seat in Congress with the 5th District. Tom Perriello is a household name. Tom Perriello is obviously

the clear-cut favorite in the 2026 midterm election to claim or grab. or garner the Democratic nod. He is such a political force that a number of the Democrats that were competing for this seat, a primary, have already dropped out of the race in the last 24 to 48 hours. That's the Tom Perrier L. Tom Perrierle impact. One Democrat who has not dropped out of the race is Almore County Supervisor Mike Pruitt. Earlier this week, I briefly touched on the impact of Tom Perry Lowe's announcement. earlier this week, I said

Perry Yellow, the favorite to win the Democratic primary, and certainly someone that could win, because he's done it in the past, the 5th District, despite the district being very Republican and very red. Mike Pruitt, since he does not have the name recognition, the

household, Genese Cua, the institutional brand recognition. He is someone that went from favorite in the Democratic primary to needing to do a lot of work to compete with Tom Perry-Ello. And I think the fallout, the cause and effect of Perry-Ello's announcement is going to have a significant impact on Almaro County because it likely

means supervisor Mike Pruitt will not win the Democratic nod, will not win the 5th District, and will most likely complete his term on the Board of Supervisors in Almaro County. He's the representative for the Scottsville District. I want to unpack the cause and effect of Perryiello's announcement even further on today's show. Also on the broadcast, ladies and gentlemen, will highlight Tony Bennett, a soon-to-be induction and his soon-to-be induction into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame, and we will highlight the impact of the North Carolina Research Triangle and the fact that Almaro County is openly, actively saying we will compete with the North Carolina Research Triangle and the Paul Manning Biotech Institute in AstraZeneca's $4.5 billion infusion into northern Almoral County are the linchpins for that competition. So much to cover on the broadcast.

I want to highlight Charlottesville Sanitary Supply for being a part of the show. We met with John and Andrew Vermillion this morning. They are fantastic gentlemen. 61 years in business, soon to be 62. Charlestful Sanitary Supply located on East High Street, online at Charlottesville Sanitary Supply.com, and Charlottesville Sanitary Supply, now a special announcement, launching a new division to the company, the Charlottesville Swimming Pool Company. You can find that division online at

charlottesville Company.com. More details to come on the I Love Seville Show about Charlottesville Sanitary Supply expanding even further into the swimming pool space. I want to relay some firsthand perspective before I go into our topics today. Our oldest son and I, he is seven years old, turns eight in March. He's a second grader. He and I have just been spending a lot of quality time together. We have now have found we have quite a bit in common. He is an avid racquet sports player. He has already showing our head for business.

He is tenacious. He is competitive. He is loyal. He is fierce. He is curious. He is sensitive. He's a great. kid. And in the last six to 12 months, our relationship has blossomed even further as father and

son because of this common ground. And it's just been an extremely joyous experience for me, one that I look forward to each day, you know, as he gets out of school or each morning as he wakes up before school or when we're spending even more time together on the weekends. And as I navigate this, I guess, kind of uncharted territory for me. This is our first son. He's seven. There is no playbook or a roadmap for being a parent. So my wife and I, like all parents, we're kind of just figuring this out on the fly day by day, trying to be the best versions of ourselves. Sometimes we fail. Sometimes we succeed. Sometimes we do what's most important. And that's checking in, being on time, being the best version of ourselves, or at least trying to be

with our kids. And as I navigate this uncharted territory with our oldest son, I find myself often in real time questioning my decision making. I find myself often asking, is this the right thing to do in the moment? And then considering if my first instinct is right or if my second instinct is right. And never in my life, as someone who has always led with his gut, as someone who has always led with his intuition, his instinct, and as someone who has always trusted it. My wife trusted as well. Never in my life have I had more second-guessing than I do right now as a dad. And I second-guess so much because I want to make sure that our two boys, we have a three-year-old as well, and our seven-year-old have just a better scenario in life than what my wife and I had. And both my wife and I had, and both my wife and I

had come from fantastic families and fantastic households to parent households, households that prioritized learning and hard work and honesty and ethics and integrity. So as I get closer with our oldest son and as we continue to grow down this path, this bond of a father's son, I offer kind of, no, not words of caution, but my perspective to the dads and moms that are out there, that, hey, we may not always have the right answer, and maybe we are constantly second-guessing ourselves as parents with our kids, but that's normal. There was a young father that was in our studio this morning.

I won't utilize his name, and he is very much in the thick of things with his eight-month-old son. And I found myself as a father of a seven-year-old and a three-year-old boy offering advice to this young father and his eight-month-old son, saying, look, times are dark right now. We understand sleeping is tough, but the storm is passing, and all this hard work that you're putting in now will yield tremendous return on investment, and it's love and joy and this bond once your son gets to seven years old like I'm in right now. It's been extremely joyful

and joyous time for me as a dad. All right, so that's out of the personal playbook, a little stream of conscious or conversational journaling for you, the viewer and listener. I'd love to go to the studio camera if you could, please, and then go to a two-shot as we welcome Judah Wickhauer to the program. Judah Wickhauer, the man behind the camera, not so much anymore, a man very much in front of the camera now. Start the program same way every time. The content that intrigued you the most today and why, my friend.

I'm just, I'm proud of Chief Kachis. He's, he's been an excellent addition to our, to our community, to our government, and I'm happy to see him getting some recognition for all he can do. And did you let them know what the recognition was? That recognition is for Spanberger's transition team.

He's going to be part of, he's going to be part of the public safety transition committee as well as this is a committee helping with public safety and homeland security policy. I've said it oftentimes on this show.

If there's one man that could run for city council, if there's one man that could run for any kind of delegate position, there's a man that could run for a seat in the 5th district or any of the districts. I mean, she could probably beat Periela. Well, I don't know that he could. I'm being somewhat facetious, but.

Chief Conscious is a man that has unified this community. There's few people post-COVID that have brought this community together into a common ground of human connection, a common ground of communication, a common ground of safety and trust than Chief Conscious. And I sincerely, sincerely mean that. I can't think of a single person post-COVID, COVID to now, that has done more for this community than Chief Kachis. If you viewers and listeners can think of one, put it in the feed,

and I will relay it live on air to the viewers and listeners. All right, two topics I want to cover on the show. It's kind of something to unpack, and you've got lower thirds to put on screen. The first two lower thirds should be rotated on screen, if you could. Starting with the first one now. The announcement of Tom Perry-Ello. Tom Perry-Ello is a former congressman. Once you're a congressman, are you always a congressman?

Like, once you're a president, you're always a president. We constantly refer to President, you know, Bush, President Clinton. it's not former. It's President Obama. Is that the same for Congress? Question for you, the viewers and listeners. Tom Perry Yellow, a narrow victory in 2008, a victory that was very much pushed over the finish line when Barack Obama graced Charlottesville with his presence on the downtown mall, the pavilion on the mall, and really galvanized a 5th District and is historically very Republican, very conservative, and pushed Tom Perrello to Victory Lane. Now, Tom Perrello, an unsuccessful bid, two-year terms in Congress, an unsuccessful

bid in 2010. Then Periello, after losing in 2010, a number of jobs tied to the Hill and tied to behind-the-scenes politics. Now he's very much front and center politically. Yesterday, evening, he was at Random Row Brewery on Preston Avenue, and it was a slammed, packed house. The buzz at Random Row Brewery was tangible, it was palpable. There were political dignitaries and luminaries present, including former governor, once a governor, always a governor. Do I have to say former? Governor Ralph Northrum, David Tiscano, Lloyd Snook, and a lot of movers and shakers politically. Tom Perriello is the apple of Sonia Smith's eye.

Tom Palliello has to be on paper the clear-cut favorite, clear-cut favorite to win the Democratic nod and the 2026, what will be a 2026 mid-term election. Now remember, just because you're the Democratic nominee does not mean you're a slam dunk to win the 5th District. It's very different than Charlottesville City Council where the Democratic primary determines who wins the, who gets to victory lane.

In the 5th district, victory lane's determined in November. Okay? And right now, the 5th district is represented by someone who's embattled, someone who is an unknown, someone who you may even call divisive, someone that is refusing in a lot of ways to have, you know, town halls, right? John McGuire.

So this is a race that's wide open. On paper, I think Perry Yellow is your favorite to win the Democratic nominee. On paper, I think Perry Yellow very well could win the 5th District. This is the question that we should be asking as taxpayers, as residents, as folks that live in Charlottesville, Central Virginia, Almero County, or work at the University of Virginia or have some kind of affiliation with Central Virginia in any capacity. Mike Pruitt is also running for this seat. And he's not stepping down, unlike a lot of the other people that were planning on running until Perryello's name showed up.

Mike Pruitt, the Almore County Board of Supervisor, represents the Scottsville District. He's a military veteran. He's an attorney. He's a housing advocate. And he's politically ambitious. So much so that he announced that he announced that he's a military veteran. he was running for this race months ago, well ahead of Tom Perry-Ello, and he's doing so in the middle of his term for supervisor. Tom Perry-Ello most likely will win this Democratic

nomination, which means Mike Pruitt will likely complete his first term on the Almore County Board of Supervisors. That leads all of us to this question. The cause and effect of Tom Perry-Ello's announcement this week and how it impacts Almaro County. I want to unpack that to lead today's show. Pruitt is an advocate of expanding the developmental area. Pruitt has previously endorsed trading out certain pockets that are in the development area with pockets that are outside the development area, specifically Rivana Village, the area around the gated community, Glenmore. He saw firsthand, this is also his district. saw firsthand how, and I saw firsthand, frankly, behind the scenes, because I was living in

Glenmore at the time, how two or three dozen residents of Glenmore pretty much crushed the full capacity of development tied to the neighborhood Breezy Hill, a southern development project right outside the gates. Breezy Hill was going to be way more dense than what is materializing now. And that's because these sophisticated, well-heeled, well-funded, nuanced, organized and strategize Glenmoreans lobbied and pressured the supervisors to shrink the density footprint

of the neighborhood, and they pushed infrastructure, fire and rescue personnel, traffic, and safety as the reason to squash the development. So with Pruitt likely finishing his term on the board of supervisors, and Judah,

with Sally Duncan replacing Diantha McKeel, and with Ned Galloway, who's going to join us on Real Talk one week from tomorrow. Ned Galloway, Supervisor Galloway, will be on Real Talk at 10.15 a.m. One week from tomorrow. Tomorrow, I think we have Candice, Fanderlin, and Woody Fincham on the program. We have to ask ourselves,

does Tom Perriello's announcement mean Alamorrow County will become more housing dense, more development area expansion focused, more pro-housing. That's a great topic for your cocktail and charcutory party this weekend. And if you want chakouterie suggestions, my suggestion to you is the Gouda cheese. Judah's not a fan. And some pursuit with a cracker that is willing to carry the weight of the Gouda and the Pursuit without breaking.

Willing or able? Both. What is your thoughts on this topic, Judah Wickhauer, as we lead the show? Tricotery boards or Perry-Ello? I'm open-minded to both. And is Peri-Ello a cheese,

or is it Tom, the candidate? Good questions. I was impressed to find out that Pruitt is so far out-fund-raised McGuire. Very impressive. I will push back on that. The Republican has

to fundraise a lot less in this race than the Democrat. That's fair. Because it's historically a very red district. People are like, what do you mean it's very red district? We live in Charlesville, Nowmore. The fifth district is legitimately larger than some states, ladies and gentlemen. I believe

it certainly Rhode Island. I looked it up because I wasn't really sure what the area was. And when I saw it, I was like, oh my goodness. It's massive. It's a very strangely drawn district. Yeah, and it encompasses a considerable amount

of rural America, and that rural America is often red and leaning. More conversation on this, and then I'll offer some thoughts, then we'll get to the viewers and listeners. I mean, the fifth district includes a majority of rural south side Virginia.

It stretches as far as the Richmond suburbs, Charlottesville, Danville, Lynchburg. It's absolutely massive. Go ahead, Judah. I mean, if I were McGuire, I would not be resting on my laurels when it comes to fundraising. Not only does he have some strong competition from the Democrats, but he's got, I believe, Bob Good eyeing his old seat, wanting to reclaim it.

And I'm not even aware of who else is trying to jump in, toss their hat in the ring, on the Republican side. So maybe he doesn't want it that much. Who knows? But if he's not going to fundraise, he may have trouble. John McGuire, the incumbent Bob Good, previously two terms prior to McGuire,

Bob Good, thinking about jumping in the mix, front of the program, Denver Wrigelman. Do you think he's going to jump back in? I don't think Wrigelman's going to jump back in. I think Riggleman's coasting. Riggleman was ahead of Bob Good for two terms. Tom Garrett, Robert Hurt, beat Periello. When Periello, Seeked his second term, then Periello, then Virgil Good.

So you're looking very Republican over the last generation or so in the 5th District. I want to talk about how this impacts Almaro County, because we're the water cooler of content and conversation in Charlottesville, Amar County, and Central Virginia. Does that center around? Pruitt remaining in his seat? I think that's the absolute story that's not being told. There's not a media outlet locally that's looking at this angle. But unless he can convince other Board of Supervisors members to vote along with him on some of these things, like you mentioned with the... He's got to vote in Sally Duncan, and he's got to vote in Ned Galloway.

Ned Galloway right now, Sally Duncan right now, and Mike Pruitt right now. now would expand the development area. They would do that right now. The swing vote is Fred Missile in the Samuel Miller District. Interesting. Anne Malick will not expand the development area. She's the fifth term supervisor Whitehall District. She will not do it.

B. Lipisto-Curtley, second term, Rivana District, will not do it. The swing vote is Fred Missile. Pruitt, the competition he's facing right now from Tom Perry. means he finishes his term. It creates a voting block of Galloway, Duncan, and Pruitt, and now they are going to do their best to seduce, recruit, a romanticize, friend missile to their voting block. And if they're capable and able of doing that, Almaro County's development area will expand from 5 percent to a larger land mass, which will mean more housing locally. Mark it down.

In the lease scenario, the most obvious would be trading out dirt outside the development area for dirt within the development area. Ravanna Village is a perfect example of a trade that's in the development area that could be traded out for something else. This is a story that's not being talked right now. And they will utilize, go ahead. They will utilize the platform or the mantra. the mission. We have AstraZeneca coming with 600 jobs. We have AstraZeneca coming with 3,000 indirect jobs. Rotate lower thirds on screen if you could. You can now go to the Research Triangle 1. Almaro County is actively, Almero County is actively saying that biotechnology and

life science will compete with the Research Triangle in North Carolina, a research triangle led by NC State, UNC Chapel Hill, and Duke University. This research triangle is extremely significant. More than 300 companies, 55 to 60,000 employees, 10,000 plus contractors. And they're going to say, Paul Manning Biotech Institute and AstraZeneca are going to create or further the housing crunch. So this expansion of the development area is a must. That's going to be your storyline viewers and listeners for 2026 in Almaro County, mark it down today, our crystal ball is rarely wrong. Had Periello not jumped in the mix, this is a crazy if, this shows you the impact that all politics matter and local politics matter the most in a lot of ways.

Had Tom Perrello not announced this week that he was seeking the fifth district seat, Mike Pruitt would have won the Democratic nomination. You think he would have beaten everyone else? 100%. Not a down in my mind. And Mike Pruitt would have competed and could potentially have upset John McGuire because John McGuire is

about as I don't want to use the word abrasive. I don't want to use, maybe it's unknown, unknown. I couldn't even tell you what he looks like. Unknown. Lacking and communication skill set.

Yeah, he's gotten a lot of, he's gotten a lot of... Forgetable in a lot of ways. Forgetable. John McGuire is the 5th District, what Brian Pinkston was to Charlottesville City Council. That's what it is. And not the cantankerous nature of John McGuire, not the voting track of John McGuire, the vanilla nature of John McGuire is the analogy with Pinkston. The milk-toast nature of.

John McGuire with Pinkston. Pruitt could have beaten McGuire. And if Pruitt had beaten McGuire, your supervisors would not have come close to the four votes needed to expand the development area and to push density. That is a wild

turn of events that no one's discussing right now. Viewers and listeners, like and share the show, let us know your thoughts. Neil Williamson is watching the program. Neil, what are your thoughts on that commentary right there? And Neil Williamson highlights Biscuit Run the park down south side, Charlottesville, right in the urban ring.

Avon Fifth Street extended that was housing expectation, but came online at exactly the wrong time, the housing crisis of 2008, 2009, and has since been repositioned as a park. Maybe he puts Biscuit Run in the comment section, Neil Williamson, because he says Rivana Village could be traded out with Biscuit Run. Is that what you're alluding to there, President of the Free Enterprise Forum, Neil Williamson? Vanessa Parkhill, her photo on screen, don't forget that it's very possible. She says the fifth district may not have the same boundaries by election time. That will most likely be a significant factor depending on how the districts are redrawn.

She's absolutely right. Richmond Democrats want to redraw the district, make it more liberal in its voting ideology than it is right now. Parkhill says Tom Periello is a smart, experience, and very well-connected, man. I guarantee you he did not enter this race on a whim. A hundred percent right, Vanessa Parkill. A hundred percent right. Carol Thorpe is watching the program. She says, Jerry, as the chair emeritus of the Jefferson Area Tea Party, I had many public interactions with Tom Perry Yellow. I have a lot of historical context and stories to tell. While Tom and I respect each other, we cannot be more polar opposite and political opinions. I think his election this time

may hinge entirely on whether or not the Democrat-controlled General Assembly succeeds in their plan to Frankenstein, the fifth district from its current split, a five-dem, four Republican seats to ten-dem, one-republican seats. Frankenstein, the district is a fantastic way of putting it. Frankenstein, the district, another way of putting that as redrawling the district, reimagining the district, remodeling the district. Some would call it destroying the district. It's all the rage today. Such as politics. I mean, look at what they did with the Board of Visitors. Look at what they did with Yonka and appointees.

Yeah. There's still vacancies on the board. Wait until you see what Spamberger does. Conan Owens says, build, baby build. Conan Owen is a fan of density locally. Viewers and listeners, let us know your thoughts. Put them in the feed. We'll relay them live on air.

Judah Wickhauer comments, and then more comments are coming in from the viewers and listeners. Well, I mean, this is certainly interesting, you know, Periello deciding, he must have, I don't know, taking an assessment of the Republican strength right now and said, hey, there was probably never a better time to jump back into politics in central Virginia, especially for someone like Tom Perriela, well-liked and a former congressperson in the 5th District. I just got a text message literally right now. Who is that from right there? You can read it. Let's see.

N.G. I can't see the name. Ned. Ned Galloway. He texted me moments ago, the Almore County supervisor, soon to be in his third term. He wants to highlight that a week from tomorrow, Jesse Rutherford, Tony O'Brien, and himself, Ned Galloway, will be in studio. That's a Fluvanna County supervisor, a Nelson County supervisor, and an Almorough County supervisor, one week from tomorrow at 10.15 a.m. on the I Love Seville Network. Ned Galloway, a lot we're going to cover with you on the broadcast. Go ahead, Judah.

I'm glad somebody told me before next Friday. Well, that's why he did that. John Blair watching the program. He said, powerful words on being a dad. dad. John is also a phenomenal dad. He also highlights something that we should have mentioned earlier this week on the show that his barbershop and Barracks Road Shopping Center, the former Staples, is closing. I actually got a text message this weekend from a squash friend that sent me a picture of a piece of paper that's on the his barbershop and Barracks Road Shopping Center that's been posted there. I'll read the piece of paper with the announcement that's on there. It says to all our loyal customers, it is with deep sadness that his barbershop will close permanently on January 24th, 20206. We have come to this after exhaustive efforts to keep the doors open, including a sale that was ultimately stymied and we've run out of options. It has been a pleasure to continue the legacy and history of the shop.

We picked up in 2018, where Staples Barbershop left off from their beginning at Barrett's Road, starting in 1959. From Albert to Ken to us, a rich and proud history, we are grateful to have been a part of the story and has been your support and loyal patronage that has kept the doors open, along with great staff, past and present. We will miss you all and hope you'll follow our team as they move on. Thank you for making his barbershop a success. We couldn't have done it without you. His barbershop, most known as Staples, has been around since 1959. Quick math, Judah Wickhauer. That makes it, what, 86 years old?

86? No. 59 is what? 66 years old? 66, yeah. 60, thank you very much. You're keeping me in check. 66 years old for the barbershop.

Can you imagine the overhead. tied with federal reality in Barracks Road Shopping Center? Nope. And slinging $15 and $20 haircuts? And the volume of haircuts that you have to do?

Yeah. Can you imagine, ladies and gentlemen? Who wants to bet his barbershop closure and Barracks Road Shopping Center is tied to the most expensive Wrette district in the city of Charlottesville? Publicly traded federal realty

that does all they care about is the bottom line and not an institution that's been around since 1959. No doubt. Thoughts, put them in the feed. I'll relay them live on air. The domino effect, I'll close with this. The domino effect of Periello's announcement

will be one that will be generationally significant for Almaral County. And the generational significance of the announcement will be associated with housing density and the potential infrastructure strains that come with it. I am not against housing. I'm all for housing. All for housing.

I'm also for infrastructure and schools. I say it all the time. Don't paint me as a NIMBY. Paint me as someone that plans and strategizes. Yeah, I think that's a big problem in the area. Well, it's a perfect segue into the next topic. How about the Department of Education grades? were announced. New lower third on screen.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Virginia Department of Education has released its report cards. And I'll start with the positive. Admiral County Schools have some, is the key word, have earned positive remarks. And guess the ones that have received positive remarks, Judah. Oh, I would do a terrible job guessing the actual ones, but I've got the information in front of me.

Western Amaral High School. otherwise known as Stab West, Ivy Elementary, formerly known as the artist we call Prince or Mary Weather Elementary School, Virginia Murray Elementary School, and Henley Middle School. Those Almorough County High Schools, Middle Schools, and elementary schools, worthy ones along with Stony Point Elementary, Holly Meade Elementary, and Brownsville Elementary, to earn distinguished monikers. So to put this in perspective, Brownsville is in Crozay. The ones that received Distinguish, which is the top distinction by the Virginia Department of Education.

There are four rankings. Distinguish is the top. Next is on track. Then you've got off track. And finally, at the bottom, is needs intensive support. Yeah. the schools that received distinguished, most of them, Western 1, Henley 2, Murray 3, Ivy, 4, Brownsville 5, tied to Ivy or Crozet. Also receiving distinguished, Holly Mead, and Stony Point.

What I found interesting is that the buy-in-lawful. the high schools and middle schools did fairly well. It was mostly the elementary schools that had some failures, had some areas that fell into the needs intensive support category. Agner Elementary needs intensive support. Stone Robinson Elementary in Keswick, off track Scottsville Elementary Woodbrook Elementary Mountain View Elementary

Off track Middle Schools Burley Middle Off track Now city schools Same report card comes out for city schools City schools

Goodness gracious A lot of concern on the city schools Okay. The division's two middle schools in the microscope. Charlottesville Middle School checked in as off-track. Walker Upper Elementary needs intensive support. This Virginia Department of Education report,

which you can find online, ladies and gentlemen, offers a clear, like, snapshot of where your son or daughter's schools stand in a independent grading system done by the Virginia Department of Education. Yeah. There's an accountability benchmark of 80 points that they need to get past to reach the on-track level. The on-track level is an 80% score, ladies and gentlemen. 80%. Me growing up, Judah, 80% was one tick above failing.

When we were growing up, when you were scoring in the 70s, you were in the D minus F range. 80 growing up for us, at least the school that I went to, 80 was like a C-minus. That's not what you remember? I went to so many different schools. I don't remember what the, I don't remember how they all tallied their scores. Our grading system and our school was extremely competitive. I have gone through some of my old report cards, and they were hilarious. 97 to 100% was an A plus.

97? 93, 94, 95, 96 was an A. 92, 93A minus. And then 991 B plus range. It was extremely competitive. below 80 your parents were called into school for parent-teacher conferences I mean really it just depends what the bell curve is

we didn't have that I'm just saying that the numbers don't matter in a vacuum you can say that you can say that 60 is 60 and below is an F you can say that 70 and below is an F it doesn't matter if you don't understand how they're

how they're scoring tests that's fair I do think the grading has become watered down parents what are your thoughts on that I would encourage you regardless parents

to check out the Virginia Department of Education report cards that have been issued for the local school systems some of the scoring will surprise you I mean goodness gracious

Woodbrook Elementary 67.6%. Woodbrook Elementary. It's, I mean, very concerning. Western Amaral High School, on the other hand, scored a 107. Out of 100? 107 for Western Al-Moral.

Judas got the dad jokes today. Did they get extra credit for bringing the test, giver, an apple and a slice of cake? How about the framework score between Woodbrook Elementary, 67.6% and Ivy Elementary, 96.5%. How about Murray, 98.3% and Woodbrook, 67.6%. That's a delta of 31 points. Unbelievable. Next headline, Judah Wickhier, what do you got?

let's see we've got Loudon County All right you set the stage on this one This is your headline from yesterday This one's a startling one Yeah this is a startling one Apparently a couple of students

Who identify as young Christian men Had a problem with I think transgender Students coming into the Men's bathroom and using it to change

they were uncomfortable and they were chastised by the school and now the government is saying hey that's not cool we may have to

withhold some money from you I mean it's pretty wild that a couple of two students are accused of violating the transgender access policy in Loudoun County. And this was for the policy requires students and faculty to accept and promote gender inclusivity. And two students in the department failed to do so by saying this is how they got in trouble and failed to follow the policy,

which was by saying they felt uncomfortable after a student assigned female at birth changed clothes in the boys' locker room and recorded the event. Yeah. I mean, this is insanity. And the boys were suspended for 10 days in order to submit a comprehensive student support,

submit to a comprehensive student support plan to which this agent, which is suing the school which says further obviously violates the boys' rights to free exercise of religion. I mean, should it even be about religion? I mean, here was a

here was someone born female changing in a locker room, recording it. Yeah, the recording thing is. I honestly cannot understand how these two boys were ended up suspended. But

I, you know, there are a lot of times where I think the federal government seriously overreaches, and I think correcting an error like this is a good use of the long arm of the law. Yeah, wild times. Recording in the locker room is such a breach of privacy. Every locker room I've ever been in, there's signs that say you can't even use your cell phone.

Like, not even, like, use your cell phone. Because you could have the camera open. Yeah. But recording in them is just an utter breach of privacy. And the inclusion of the Christianity of Christian was done just to stoke the fire. Like, why the religious labeling? Yeah. Do you understand it in any capacity?

No, I don't think it applies anywhere here, except to say if somebody is out there. they're saying, if these boys weren't associated, weren't identifying as Christians, then maybe they would have been fine with all of this. Yeah. Which is crazy. Crazy.

It's just nuts. And the school system? The school system is obviously run by former inmates and the asylum. The asylum? Yeah. Inmates. Because come on.

This was. Suspending the boys for 10 days for saying they were uncomfortable with a woman in their in their dressing room recording recording things and that 10 day suspension will follow them and will be something that they're going to have to address on their transcripts in the future no doubt if you're the parents of these boys i would imagine they're speaking with attorneys next headline what do you do we have anything else we've done the research triangle we've got cautious you set the stage the who what, when, where I, who what, when, where, why would Chief Kachis?

With, with Abigail Spanberger, getting ready to take her place as the Virginia governor, she is putting together her crews, and in a very, I don't know, wise decision, She chose Chalasville Police Chief Mike Kachis to serve as the, to serve a transition committee on public safety and homeland security policy. The committee is currently developing policy recommendations on key public safety and homeland security issues. And Chief Kachis, in a quote, given on, on Charlottesville.gov says it's an honor to have the opportunity to contribute to the governor elects transition efforts and to share perspectives on public safety. Helping develop thoughtful policy recommendations on important public safety topics is a meaningful way to ensure communities remain safe while building trust and accountability. And I'm sure he has a better ear there than he does sadly in our own city.

Well, I think counsel listens to Chief Kachis. I'm sure they do. I think counsel is victim often of activist pressure, however. And we saw that with the sheltering and camping ordinance. We'll really see the backbone of counsel in 2026 when the shelter is completed. and Charlottesville City has north of $10 million of skin in the game. Do we think it's going to be completed in 2026? Yeah, I would think it would be 2026, tail in the 2026.

If Charlottesville, all right, let's hedge and call it early 2027, okay? If Charlottesville does not have the backbone, its leadership, after spending $10, $11, $12 million to purchase and upfit the shelter, the homeless shelter, if it doesn't have the backbone to implement new policy, to empower the police, to

essentially redirect homeless activity from the business district to the state-of-the-art world-class shelter, then we know that local government is weak,

spineless, and can't see the forest through the trees, and very frank conversation. Is that what it'll take? If you spend 12 million, if your pot committed to $10 to $12 million, you better see through your bet and not get weak after the card on the turn of the river is something that makes you a little queasy. That's fair. I think it's also fair to say that the shelter is something that we need. It's not just a, it's not just a, it's not just just a, you know, a ploy to get people to get the houseless off the downtown mall. No, the shelter is something we need. But that shelter did not have to come to the tune of

$10 to $12 million in a yearly commitment financially to manage it. Yeah, that's fair. It didn't have to be like that. It could have been in conjunction with the Salvation Army on Cherry. It could have been there. There was a number of spots more affordable. than that, that made sense. But they got peer pressure every time. And the only people that offered the peer pressure on the Holiday Drive location

were the three hotels and Angela at the Aberdeen Barn. It was not peer pressure of historical track record peer pressure. It was peer pressure from four businesses, which they were willing to overlook. All right, James Watson's

photo on screen. He says, in a nutshell, James Watson, he says on one of the 15 Facebook pages, sadly, if you look at the schools, elementary, middle, and high school that are performing well, they are all tied to the rich neighborhoods. Yeah. Yeah, I think the resources certainly have something to do with it, and that's why if you look at Almar County, the homes with the most value are often in the Western and Ivy feeder pattern, because the schools in a lot of of the ways are driving home value. And also, I would, I would, I wonder this, I don't have this answer, I wonder if the likelihood of having two-parent households in the Western Crozay and Ivy Feeder patterns, patterns is greater or more likely than in other patterns and other

neighborhoods, because the value of a two-parent household is, is priceless. Next headline, what do we got? Is this Tony Bennett? likely triangle and Bennett what's that research triangle we touched on that already which i just mentioned a couple minutes ago Tony Bennett his last one yeah Tony Bennett will be inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2026 so well deserved 365 wins 136 losses and 15 seasons. National championship in 2019. Two ACC tournament titles.

Six ACC regular season championships. Ten NCAA tournament appearances in 15 years. The ACC coach of the year in 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019 and the three-time national coach of the year. This guy has an overall record

including his time at Washington State, a 433 wins and 169 losses. And 18 years. 134.134. wins and 136 losses and 15 seasons at UVA. What a stud. If Tony Bennett goes anywhere in Charleston, Elmore County, he should never pay for a drink again. Never pay for a bacon cheeseburger at Riverside again. Recently spotted at Riverside this week, Tony Bennett. His son, I believe, is a basketball coach at St. Ann's Belfield. Carol Thorpe highlights the fact that

the superintendents of Almore County in Charlottesville City Schools are compensated in total compensation a quarter million dollars a year and that their compensation should be tied to performance. Yeah. That's from Carol Thorpe. Quinn and Jack Jewett.

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