The I Love CVille Show With Jerry Miller! - VA Dems Promise Aggressive Reply To UVA Prez Hire; Two UVA Student Orgs Condemn BOV "Rushed" Hiring

Episode Date: December 23, 2025

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Good Tuesday afternoon, guys, I'm Jerry Miller. Thank you kindly for joining us on the I Love Seville Show. It's a pleasure to connect with you through our flagship program, the water cooler of content and conversation in Charlottesville and across central Virginia. The I Love Seville Show. Today's program encourages you. you, the viewer and listener, to join us in the discussion, in fact, shape the discussion with your comments, your thoughts, your ideas, your questions, your topics.

Put them in the chat box on whatever platform you're watching upon. The program airs on every social media platform and in some cases like Facebook and Twitter on 15 individual Facebook and Twitter pages, every podcasting platform. And we want you, the viewer and listener, to be the star of the show. Judah Wickhauer, we are just the facilitators of today's dialogue. Today's program has more cause and effect, reaction, collateral damage to this Virginia presidential hire. Virginia Democrats have now promised an aggressive reply come January to the Beardsley appointment. We'll talk about that on the program, including comments from creed deeds and institution in Richmond and in the Senate.

We will talk on today's show. A challenging question will ask, should college boards, the board of visitors, the top boards out there, be appointed or made up of nothing but wealthy individuals? A perfect example of this. Conan, you put this topic of my radar, Conan Owen. The Brown University is under tremendous scrutiny and under the spotlight and microscope because of this campus murder fallout. And the board is led by Bank of America's CEO, Brian Moynihan.

I'm going to ask the question, Should college boards, university boards, be filled by appointees that have many commas in their bank accounts, appointees who have supported governors, and because of that financial support, political support, financial support of soon-to-be governors, they have earned the cherry on the Sunday an appointment to a college board. That topic on today's show. We will also discuss Orvis changing course in the shops of Stonefield, a little, doce do for the national outdoor retail brand. We will talk the Missouri quarterback who's entered the transfer portal, the starting quarterback for Missouri. He has since been linked to both Virginia

Tech and the University of Virginia since entering the transfer portal. In fact, James Franklin, the newly minted head coach in Blacksburg, the previous head coach in Happy Valley, Penn State, recruited the Missouri quarterback to PSU, and now he's chasing a paycheck instead of playing for his brothers in the Gator Bowl, much to the positive for Virginia football. That line moved from a seven-point Missou favorite down to four as soon as the quarterback entered the transfer portal. And then we're going to ask you as we head to the end of 2025,

what are the stories of the year? What are the stories of the year? Obviously, the Beardsley Hire is a story of the year. The AstraZeneca News in northern Amar County has got to be a story of the year as well. Most importantly, however, we thank the partners that make this program possible, and one of the most fantastic ones, John Vermillion and Andrew Vermillion of Charlottesville Sanitary Supply. Judah, you saw these gentlemen today. The Vermillion, our family is five generations strong in Amaral County,

and their business is three generations of families. family strong. It's located on East High Street, Charlottesville Sanitary Supply, but it has a global footprint online at Charlottesville Sanitary Supply.com. Charlottesville Sanitary Supply has a newly launched sister division, which we are working alongside the Vermilions and helping the sister division gain market share, and that's Charlottesville Swimming Pool Company online at Charlottesville Swimmingpool company.com. Just a fantastic family of the Vermilions. Studio camera, I've been told by the team here behind the scenes that there may be surprising photos

on the I Love Seville show today. I literally know nothing about this. It oftentimes terrifies me at this business and within the walls of this firm when I know nothing about the comings and goings of the company, just letting it be out there. I'm a control freak.

What is the surprise I'm hearing? from some of the team members here at Judah Wickhauer. Do we want to show it now? I think it's about the time to do it. All right. So, let's see. Here we go. I don't even know what I'm looking at here.

So let me know when it's on screen because I'm going to be seeing it for the first time along with the viewers and listeners as well. So this is how it started. And the image is on screen now. This is a picture of me. The image is on screen now. Yeah.

I was at a short pump with my mom and one of my sisters on Saturday. And when they had to use the restroom, we found the mall Santa. Oh. And I managed to get a picture with him in it. But. Wait, this is the Santa photo, you taking a selfie with Santa Claus in the background over your shoulder? But wait, there's more. So, upon hearing what I was doing, my sister goes, wait a minute, we've sat on Santa's lap.

Really? And I'm like, really? You've said before thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of thousands of people on the Isle of Seville Network that you've never had a photo with Chris Kringle. I didn't remember. I was probably, I'm guessing, and she sent me a picture. It's a photo of a photo. of a photograph so this was i don't think it's ever been digitized so whenever it was taken i don't know when if ever i would have ever seen it but here is and i think our audience is going to love it

i can't wait to see it is it on screen it's on screen viewers and listeners look at the screen this is my sister mandy and myself sitting on santa's lap and this apparently comes from my vaunted silk period you're vaunted silk period what the heck does that mean maybe you maybe we should call it the uh Saturday night fever phase of my childhood can you see it yet I got I see it that's that's

Judah Wickauer you must be nine years old here I don't think I was that old but are you seven are you eight I don't know are you wearing what are you wearing is that a a silk button that is you know why I know this is Judah Wickhauer. It's actually probably Rayon, but you know why I know this is Judeo Wickhauer because Judah Wickhauer is wearing a button

down shirt with some kind of cardigan over the button down shirt as he is to this day. It's a sweater vest. It's a sweater vest. So ladies and gentlemen, this is breaking news of monumental proportions. The Judah Wickhauer has in fact had a photo of

Santa Claus. You see young Buck Judah Wickhauer, maybe knee high to Chris Kringle, sitting on old St. Nick's lap with one of his two sisters and we can take it off the list of things that Judah has never done items that have included watching home alone

items that have including eating chick fillet items that have including photos with Santa Claus what was on the list Judah things that Judah Wickhauer has not done Judah has a photo with Santa Judah has a photo with Santa it's a Christmas miracle

it's a Christmas miracle it's a Christmas miracle? Let's see. I'm taking photo with Santa Claus off the list. Of things Judah has not done. We've still got Float the James River. Okay. Shop at Trader Joe's. Okay. Watch Yellowstone. Okay. I'm re-watching Yellowstone right now. What are the items we've crossed off that list? One, obviously, Judah now has a photo

with Santa. What else has crossed off that list that you have done? Chick-fil-A was on there. Yep. Chick-fil-A was on there. And Judah Wickhauer for the first... Too late to go to Reeds. Judah Wickhauer for the first time and his life ate Chick-fil-A on Monday of this week. Monday, no, no. It was this year. No, it wasn't.

When was it? All I know is that Liza was with me, so it was at least a year and a half ago. Rest in power, Liza. I'm doing the cross, although I'm Southern Baptist. I was asked the other day if I was Jewish. And no, not by Geryl Thorpe. in fact it was Jesse Rutherford who asked if I was Jewish

in the studio the Nelson County supervisor I said no Jesse I'm Southern Baptist but I was raised in a Catholic school and reared in a Catholic school and grew up in a Jewish neighborhood and then he chuckled and then we enjoyed a scotch together I've been to just about every church imaginable

you know what it broadens our horizon but the breaking and significant news that Johnny R. analysis has given you props for Carol Thorpe is giving you props for Vanessa Park Hill has given you props for Georgia Gilmer is given you props for counselors supervisors planning commissioners attorney

generals commonwealth attorneys police chiefs and board of visitors giving you props for Judah Wickhauer has in fact it's a Christmas miracle breaking news had a photo with Santa Claus thank goodness gracious because I was about to call

child protective services here to my sister, we all know the truth now. Who do we give, which of your sisters do we give props to? That is Mandy. She's also the one on Santa's lap with me. Mandy, thank you for making the photo. Thank you for making the show better by providing this photo. We

appreciate you, Mandy. My sisters are far better historians for our family than I am. I absolutely could see that being the case. Absolutely, my friend. I could see that being the case. But they will not take this moniker from you. The most supportive of the three siblings who's there every single day, every single Sunday for church, every single Sunday for lunch or dinner following church, and the often midweek dinner or visit, Judah Wickhauer, always present for his family.

Any parent would be so lucky to call Judah Wickower a son or child. May I mean. I sincerely mean. Thank you. Sarah Williams watching on YouTube. We appreciate you, Sarah Williams. All right, there's a lot we need to cover on the program today. Now Virginia Democrats who've had, Ginny Who says, oh, look at a little Judah. She loves it. Ginny Who says, love you all. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and I can't wait to see Judah's photos. And she loves adorable little Judah in that Santa photo.

If you think Judah are happy to see Judah and a Santa Claus sitting on Santa's lap, hammer that like button, and leave a comment in the comment section. And Carol Thorpe of the Jack Jewett District, the queen of Jack Jewett, in fact, says, I mailed Judah follow-up Christmas card on Saturday. Did he get it yet? I have not. You're getting Christmas card 2.0 from Carol Thorpe.

Thank you. I appreciate it. Yeah. I don't think he was necessarily offended in any capacity. No, no. Not a little. Was it a menorah on it? Yeah. It was a menorah, right?

I know some Jewish songs. I mean, my family, my family was Jewish, although we always, they always, my grandfather always had a Christmas tree. My aunt, no, it was my aunt that always had the Christmas tree. The family would meet there. We'd have, you know, deviled eggs and, you know, stuff that was Christmas themed. Devil decks. Oh, man. Go ahead.

Keep going. And, yeah, I don't think they were ever strongly, strongly Jewish. Deviled eggs are not specific to Christmas. They were at my aunt's house. Is this the aunt that chain smoked and pounded Jim Beam on the rocks? That was my grandmother. Oh, that was your grandmother. Tell the story about your grandmother.

This woman I loved. I wish I had met your grandmother. I mean, yeah, she smoked my whole life. She drank my whole life. Somebody made her cards that explained how to make her drink because she always wanted Jim Beam on the rocks with a second glass filled with ice so she could put more ice in as she

as the ice melted and she did it till the day she died she went I don't know about till the day she died but yeah she would I mean she would start with a drink or two before we left for dinner and then we'd get to dinner and she'd be

oh no no we can't order yet I gotta we gotta have we gotta have drinks just gotta catch a buzz first and then after an hour sitting at the restaurant like waiting to eat or waiting to order. We'd get our food. She'd have like four bites and be done. Meanwhile, I like to take my time. Oh, my gosh. Judith's the slowest eater ever. Especially when you're at a really nice restaurant. Like, why rush? And so, you know, she could never take it. She's like,

Judah, you're still eating? That literally is, I've said that to you, how many times? I don't know. More times than I can count. Barbara Becker-Tilly watching the program. We love when she watches the show. She says she loves the program. She says, Merry Christmas and looks very much forward to the show in 2026. If there are changes you think we should make for the show, please pass them along. We are not ones for resolutions in any capacity. I try to make changes in better. The business, myself, family, everything on a yearly basis, on a daily basis, I should say. But if there are suggestions that you think could make the program better, please pass them along. James Watson had a fantastic suggestion. He thought the show could potentially be better if it started at 12 p.m.

instead of 12.30 to catch more of the lunch break live listeners. I responded, we've thought about the 12 o'clock start for the show. The reason it starts at 1230 is because we often have morning shows that go 1015 to 1115 and that time in between the first show and our flagship show, the I Love Civo show, is paramount for getting things set up. But it was a fantastic suggestion. and if more viewers and listeners think the show should start at 12 p.m., let us know, and perhaps we will consider it. Any other changes, please put them in the feed. I'll relay them live on air, and we will absolutely consider it.

We do this program for you, the viewer and listener. Viewers and listeners like John Blair, his photo on screen. I wanted to wish you and Judah the merriest of Christmases, enjoy yourselves, and find some peace and relaxation in the coming days. Same to you, John Blair. He's a fantastic father, a fantastic husband, and my hope is, This is my hope that one day John Blair will be the city manager of Charlottesville, Virginia. That would be great.

That is my hope. Okay. That is my hope. And I say that in the most sincere form possible. The lead headlines of the program, my friend, put them on screen and offer the perspective to the viewers and listeners and with the lead headlines so we can platform it to talking points. To start, we are talking about the fact that VA Dems are promising an aggressive reply to the UVA presidential hire. Extremely unsurprising. Cree deeds already in the news, ladies and gentlemen, Change Your Sox, already in the news, about this hire.

And Change Your Sox deeds has suggested that there will be an obvious, aggressive response from Virginia Democrats for the newly minted Scott Beardsley who's extremely well qualified Judah for this job. No doubt. He's been three-time dean

of the UVA business school, Darden, and fantastic fundraiser. By all accounts, he is nearly perfect for the job. The Jefferson Council, I mean the Jefferson Council we take this with a grain of salt because

as we know their political leanings. But they believe that Dr. Beardley's deep experience within UVA is perfect and believe that he'll guide a renewed emphasis on creating a level playing field for free and civil exchange of ideas. Scott Beardsley starts the 1st of January. Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger, she starts January 17th. Creed's on record with local media saying, quote, I'm a little dismayed at the process, but I've learned to be dismayed by things

over the last several months with the Board of Visitors. Creedits continues, quote, I think certainly there are two or three different avenues that one could take if one were looking for a way to slow this process down or stymie this process. He highlights that the board is not seen as legitimate because it's missing members. My guess, and it's not rocket science here, viewers and listeners, I would imagine your guess is of the same. That Spamberger is going to say this Board of Visitors was not fully legit because it was missing members. It did not have the right makeup, including the number of Virginians on the board. And because the board was not legitimate by letter of the law, the Scott Beardsley appointment was far from,

legit? I mean, it's essentially a, I don't know how to put this, but it's a, it's a situation that the Democrats created. The Democrats created this because they block Yonken appointments to the board. And then, I mean, they had to know that there was going to be a search for a president. And it also shows you that Yonkin's firing of Burt Ellis was a mistake. Had Ellis had been on the board, it would have been one less vacant position that Democrats could have used against the hiring process. This is the beginning of the real soap opera and saga. The question that I have is the following.

What does Spamberger do to the board? What does Spamberger do to Rachel Sheridan and Porter Wilkinson, the rector and vice rector? what does Spamberger do through malfeasance and malpractice, claiming malfeasance and malpractice of board members? Does Beardsley have the president title stripped? And if the president title is stripped of Scott Beardsley, does he return back to Darden as the dean?

Does he also get a year, year and a half's severance, compensation, some kind of payout, some kind of walkaway money. Yeah. And I'll ask this question, is Jim Ryan still lurking in the shadows as a potential president? I wouldn't be surprised. I would not be surprised either.

Because it would seem to me, viewers and listeners, I'm curious of your thoughts, the faculty, the students, and Virginia Democrats, and Governor-elect Spanberger, would want to put Jim Ryan back in office. And if you were to immediately fire a president, or strip a man of a newly minted title,

the way that you, from a public relation standpoint, could ease the collateral damage in the negative headline is by reappointing Jim Ryan. And if Ryan gets reappointed to Virginia, would he then be the 11th president? Because Beardsley's the 10th. Ryan's the 9th. So Jim would be the 9th and the 11th president.

And if he is reappointed, he would essentially be presidential, Jesus Christo. He would walk on water and take a few fishes in the loaves and feed the thousands on the rotunda and the lawn. It would definitely be a happy day for students and faculty. But we have to ask the question about Jim Ryan. He was planning on retiring from the post in 2026, I believe. So does that mean he...

Does he want the job? Yeah. Or was his plan retirement because of the exhaustion, the headaches created by the young and appointed board? I think Jim Ryan is still, in the grand scheme of professional hierarchy and professional, you know, a career on the young side. You think with the reshuffle of the board and the new governor, he'd be more amenable to stay at the job for longer? He basically would have four years of easy riding and smooth sailing. I don't know about easy. Easy like Sunday morning.

He's still got the DOJ to deal with. He'd have. I think if Ryan's reappointed, it would galvanize UVA's base even more to say, let's go and challenge the DOJ. And if the federal funding is somewhere between, we've heard, it's a wide range, $500 million and $1 billion a year in federal funding, as John Blair has pointed out, as many viewers and listeners have pointed out, the alumni is so wealthy that they could raise that money. And if this was the campaign, help us raise between $500 and a billion to basically stand up to Donald Trump in overreach? But is that... People would do that in Virginia's alumni base. We know they would.

Is that maintainable in perpetuity? It doesn't have to be in perpetuity. It just has to be until Trump's term is over. Potentially. Once the term is over, then you, the T-Leaves would suggest the DOJ investigation, and whether you think it's overreach or not, that's up to you, the viewer and listener to decide, would cease, right? Especially if it's a Democrat in office? Yeah, you would think. I mean, I can't, I don't see another Trump term.

Legally not possible, right? Legally not possible. Let's hope there's not another Trump term. Right? Don't see that happening. Thoughts. Logan Wells Claylow, welcome to the broadcast. Viewers and listeners, thank you kindly for watching the program.

Carol Thorpe, Brandon Harrop, watching the program. If you have any thoughts, comments, concerns, put them in the feed. We'll relay them live on air. Chad Wood. Conan Owen is watching the program. He's the owner of Sir Speedy, Central Virginia. He's a partner of the show. Conan Owen, ladies and gentlemen, is a Darden Graduate.

He says this. This is how I would fix the Board of Visitors. This is Conan Owen at Darden Graduate, the owner of Sir Speedy. First, I would fire them all. Two, appoint four alumni from each of the current and last three decades. Need to have some Gen Zers who have struggled with their stupid decisions as undergrads or dealing with the realities of the first few years in the workforce and people from all stages of life to reflect on how UVA prepared or failed to prepare them for the real world. The Board of Visitors members are, earning less than $250,000 per year should be paid $2,000 per meeting for their service. This should not just be for the rich people who can afford to take time off to parade around sipping bourbon and orange pants. Three, no one who attended UVA in a full academic scholarship is eligible.

They've been forced-fed the orange and blue Kool-Aid with the rooms on the lawn, secret societies, et cetera. Real people need to shape the UVA experience for the majority of future students. 4. No one who has donated more than 50,000 to UVA is eligible. You should not be able to buy your way a seat on the board. Notice how 100 million is insulating Paul Manning from being, for being pillor, for being... Pillaried. What? Pillaried. As the BOV's backman, stabbing Ryan in the back if Ryan is to be believed. Five. No one who has donated a lifetime toll.

of more than 5,000 to all campaigns of the appointing governor is eligible. Only thing worse than buying a seat on the board is buying one to grind up political acts. This will take politics out of the appointment process and force governors to reach across the aisle and find reasonable people to serve the UN and not their political agendas. And finally, from Conan Owen, terms should be six years and staggered so that no governor can appoint more than 60% of board of visitor members in any four-year term. I like it but once you

get rid of all the candidates that fit in those spots that fit your criteria where do you actually find those people well that leads us to the next headline that we should put on screen should college boards be I mean it's it's almost

it's in a lot of ways what's happening in local government Yeah. Like Almore County Board of Supervisors, B. Lepisto currently retired and has disposable income, Rivana District Supervisor, Ann Malick. B. Lepistow is in her second term on the Almore County Board. Ann Malick, in her fifth term, representing the White Hall District,

retired and disposable income. Nad Galloway, about to start his third term, right? It's the Almore County Board of Supervisors until most recently with Mike Pruitt, who's a housing advocacy attorney and Sally Duncan, I'm not sure exactly what Sally Duncan does. I believe she's a private school teacher, Sally Duncan. I think that's what it is. She does.

It wasn't until recent that we did not have like really retirees that made their own schedule. I mean, I guess Ned Galloway in some ways, I'm not sure what Supervisor Galloway is doing professionally now. was previously the general manager of one of the car dealerships on Pantops. Yeah. I'm not sure what he's doing now. But he didn't have retiree freedom and, you know, disposable income like Malick and Lepisto-Curtley

and some of the previous board members. So there's similarities between the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia. You have a lot of folks that have time on their hands, call their own. schedule in our Scrooge McDucking and gold coins. I mean, sincerely, right? Mr. Manning's a billionaire. I do not hold that against him. In fact, I applaud and salute and give props to Paul Manning for having the skill set and capabilities to become a billionaire. We should salute success. I'm never envious of other people's success. I want everybody in our ecosystem and economy to have financial success because it breeds a stronger ecosystem and economy for all of us to enjoy and to reap

the benefits of. But does a guy who's a multi-billionaire have the best perspective to offer on a board of visitors and what's best for the next generation of college students? Like if we ask Paul Manning how much a gallon of milk costs, would Paul Manning be able to answer that question? Woody? Who knows? Seriously. Would he be able to answer how much is a gallon of milk? Would he be able to answer how much is a Gus Burger at the White Spot? Seriously. I know. I don't know the answers to those questions.

Right. But I would say a board member that can answer how much is a gallon of milk, how much is a Gus Burger at the White Spot, while also looking at a P&L and a balance sheet, and Virginia's $5.2 billion operating yearly budget, those are important skills because it's about having perspective. It's about not being insulated with wealth and having your view skewed. Because I can tell you as someone who worked his ass off

at the University of Virginia as a waiter at Ruby Tuesdays and Barracks Road, now I believe chop salad, as a host at Ruby Tuesdays, as a day bartender who was walking from Lambeth Commons, his second year, to work at Ruby Tuesdays while his fraternity brothers from Phi Kappa Sai would come in on Saturday and Sunday while I was working my day shift to get blackout hammered while I was serving them. And when I wasn't working at Ruby Tuesdays, I was running a sports book, hustling pool, and entrepreneur in the gray area. and I'll leave it at that. Not all of us come from this 1% background. And you know what? When I look about it now, I was having this conversation with Jeff Gaffney.

Great guy, Jeff Gaffney, on Monday. Our children, my wife and I's two boys. We want them to start on our shoulders, start life on our shoulders, then start life where our feet are. Right? But it's a fine line of maintaining or galvan, or nurturing that drive and that hunger

that's back by desperation and wanting to be better. That drive, that was backed by like this unquenchable desire to have a better

footprint or life I've been on my own since I was 18 is a superpower when nurtured correctly like a superpower so how do you help your kids start on your shoulders instead of where your feet are

while not diminishing that superpower. I struggle with that. Viewers and listeners, let us know your thoughts. Put them in the feed. We'll relay them live on air. Judah, jump in here that I'll offer comments from the viewers and listeners that are coming in quickly.

That's a tough question. I mean, I like a lot of Conan Owen's suggestions for how the board should be constituted. And I think a lot of those ideas would in, if put in place, help democratize, you know, what's going on. And, yeah, like, why should it just be wealthy people that have, that have abased themselves before the, you know,

before the governor or... The very large majority of board members, and not just UVA, but across the board, have found a way to pony up, and generally it's financially, to the governor. Mm-hmm. through some kind of donation that helped drive their victory lane

into the governor's mansion. Yeah. And that's wrong. That's politics. Vanessa Parkhill, Queen of Earlysville, watching the program. She says, I assume the Board of Visitors as governing bylaws. I'd like to think someone has checked them for guidance regarding how they may operate without a full membership.

and the current climate, if that has not happened, then maybe their judgment is a little questionable. That's a great question for John Blair, who's incredibly intelligent when it comes to this topic here. Like, is the basis John, Mr. Blair, that Spamberger is going to say this board is not following the letter of the law as a result that her appointment of Beardsley is not legitimate. Beardsley has the title stripped.

board members get removed for malpractice and malfeasance and a new board members are replaced by Spamberger choices backed by Virginia Democrats in Richmond and then we have a new president is that what the expectation is I would have to think that somebody's checked the bylaws by now I mean because that would be that would be an easy way to shoot down this whole thing accreedes to MBC 29 says this Deeds declined to speculate on whether a lawsuit is brewing, but noted the UVA Board of Visitors voted to appoint Beardsley to the position and was five members short of a legitimate board. And then he says there are two or three different avenues that one could take

if we're looking to stymie this process. And Deeds is an attorney. But doesn't stymie the process seem to signify that it would have to be done during the process? Or do Republicans in Yonken appointments, are they playing a game of chicken and seeing if Spamberger is going to call the bluff? With the mindset, we've done it. Now Spamberger, once in office, early in office, would have the nuclear burden. bomb this, and she doesn't have the political equity or goodwill built

yet to do so. So this is going to cost... Especially if this was an honest to goodness best choice made for UVA's sake. And as I said to Scott Beardsley, as I mentioned to Scott Beardsley via direct message, we support him

as the best choice. He seems like a great choice. Right? And if everything besides the lack of full board and And, you know, if everything was done in service to UVA in good faith, then, yeah, the Democrats look, I don't know, spiteful, just kind of, I don't know, the optics are a little bit bad for them if they come in and just start smashing around like a bull in a China shop. Which could be the play. Because they're angry that they didn't get, you know, invited to the prom.

There you go. There it is. The kids that didn't get to sit at the cafeteria Cool Kids Table. Yeah. I'm going to come in and knock some stuff down just to show that... Just to let people know you're there. Yeah. Yeah.

There it is. Let us know your thoughts, viewers and listeners. We'll relay them live on air. Next comments. Chew to Wickhauer. We've also got a couple of UVA student organizations condemning the rushed hiring. But, I mean, at this point, it's just everybody's piling on. This is the Cavalier Daily editorial board and the UVA Student Council,

both lamb-baseding the Board of Visitors' decision to choose a new year. university president and they point to the votes of no confidence, the protests, and all of that as, oh, and the fact that the decision was announced on a day when most students had left for a winter break, which I'm not really sure how that makes any difference. It makes no difference. Were we going to, were they all going to? get together and have a vote to see if they agreed with the decision.

Right. Are we going to... They're students. Are we going to sit next to the canfire and roast some marshmallows and some s'mores and sing kumbaya? Seriously, they're students. I think Vanessa said it yesterday. Do employees get to pick the boss?

Yeah. John Blair answers the question. I'm not a specialist in higher education. However, there's an old attorney general's opinion about local government that states that even if board seats are supposed to be filled by specific individuals and may act with a quorum even if the seats are not filled. Yeah, that makes sense because you wouldn't leave the BOV completely devoid of power

just because the Democrats denied appointees. We continue on the water cooler of content and conversation. I'd love to put the stories of the year on screen because I believe the next headline, is it Orvis? Yeah. It's a 30 or 45 second headline. Why don't we put Orvis back on screen? It's not the next, but it's on there.

Okay, let's cross Orvis off the list. Okay. Orvis has reversed course and will remain open in Stonefield, Judah. Yep. They are doing some reworking of the space, I believe. They are going to continue with their closeout sale. They're not going to remove that, despite the fact they're sticking around, and they are going to relaunch in January with the soft reopening.

This inside information from Conan Owen, he says, corporate changed their mind. Orvis Stonefield is not closing. They already sold off their fixtures, so they're going to close temporarily until they can restock the inventory from other closed locations. Then he texts us he's going to swing by today, which we're looking forward to seeing you, Conan. Nice. We've crossed that piece of views off the list. Corporate has changed their mind. Orbis in Stonefield will stay open.

Yeah. Unlike a couple of the other nearby locations, I believe, I can't remember the names right now, but a couple others are still closing, along with, I believe, a few more outside of our area. Next headline, Judah Wickhauer, what do you got? Well, let's see. We've got the PHA.

All right. Everyone should be very concerned about this. Put the lower third on screen here. Piedmont Housing Alliance is now gone to Sam Sanders, the city manager, and says the grocery store project on Cherry Avenue is now, quote, stuck. With a funding snag. And now Piedmont Housing Authority, excuse me, I said Housing Alliance. Piedmont Housing Authority, PHA, is asking taxpayers for an additional $700,000.

The initial ask was $1 million, a performance grant. So we got $700,000 and a million dollars. You got two lower thirds to rotate on screen. This is the most Bally Hood talked about grocery store I have ever seen. We are legitimately subsidizing a grocery store. store with taxpayer dollars in an area that we all realize cannot financially support a grocery store and we're doing it excuse me solely for the optics the perception judah of what i mean i'm choosing my words extremely carefully here a grocery store is going to be

run by a co-op of people that are local to the neighborhood that have no grocery experience. The developer, Piedmont Housing Authority, who's helping make the grocery store happen in conjunction with the land owner and the primary developer, Woodard Properties, Piedmont Housing Authority, is now asking for another $700,000. in addition to the $1 million they already asked were at $1.7 a subsidy. Piedmont Housing Alliance, I was right. Seville right now was wrong.

What's going on here? Why do we need to subsidize and underwrite a grocery store that we know is not going to have long-term success in this location? Reed's was approached to run the grocery store. No way. We don't want anything to do with this. Reeds just closed. The grocery store here on Market Street is operating on the thinnest of margins. We're told that they have a significant theft issue. I mean, this is just, it's sometimes we do this, Judah. Sometimes in life,

we want a storybook ending, right? Sometimes in life, we want Cinderella or we want the prince and the princess to kiss to to have babies and start the family we want frozen to happen okay our kids love frozen the movie but the reality is sometimes you don't get frozen is is this about the grocery store though or is it about the i'm trying to i'm trying to parse this article that i'm reading where it's uh the pha it seems like a lot of the the money we're talking about for them is about the affordable housing in the units surrounding the the grocery store and the 700,000 and this is what I don't get second and last paragraph Sanders said that 700,000 at this time will build a commercial shell unit into the property that a grocery store can fill but wasn't that what ordered properties was going to build the shell yes and then allow so why would the city why would P.H. PHA. The story, the nut of the story,

the lead of the story, is more money for taxpayers for this project. Yeah. That's what it is right there. Yeah. I'm just trying to figure out what all this is. More money for taxpayers for the project.

When do we say enough is enough? Sincere question. And in any other scenario, any other scenario, if someone wanted to bring a business to market, whether a co-op or not, we wouldn't be asking the city to give them money.

I mean, it's crazy. And we're doing it in a spot that we know with common sense is not going to work long term. This is a pipe dream. This is a fairy tale, and fairy tales aren't reality. You know, you know what real life is if you want to do a movie comparison? it's much less frozen and very much more the family stone have you seen the family stone if you haven't seen the family stone watch it it's a fantastic christmas movie with an incredible cast but that movie embodies heartbreak and heartache the movie embodies life

I mentioned this comment on the Jerry and Jerry show this morning. The older I get, the more I realize this is what life is about. Life is a fight for a knife in the mud. Life is not, here's the knife for you to fight with, we'll give it to you. life is a fight for a knife in the mud and this whole grocery store project is the city giving Piedmont the knife

instead of having Piedmont fight for it all right final couple topics on the program and then we're going to bounce on a short and week with Christmas around the corner the Missouri headline I'll take if you put me on a one shot then we'll Talk headlines of the year for a couple of minutes. The one-shot news is this.

Missouri's quarterback, by now you know, Bo, Vanessa Park Hill, is it, Pribula, Pribula, P-R-I-B-U-L-A, what did we say it was? Pribula? We don't know. He started at Penn State in Happy Valley. He transferred to Missouri for one year this season. He had some success. Virginia plays Missouri in the Gator Bowl on Saturday, national television,

big time bowl game. If Virginia wins, they will have the most wins for one season and school history. This Missouri starting quarterback, who's only been there for one year, not even a year, told his football team and his coaching staff, I am not going to play in the Gator Bowl. Instead, I'm going to enter the transfer portal, where I'm going to command potentially $2 million to play football next year. He doesn't want to risk injury. This helps Virginia. The Las Vegas line dropped from San Francisco. Seven points where it opened when Pribula was the starting quarterback down to four points where the line currently is at. And get this. Virginia Tech may have helped the University of Virginia here.

James Franklin recruited Pribula to Happy Valley to Penn State. James Franklin was fired by Penn State. James Franklin, now the head coach at Virginia Tech. Where is Pribula rumored to go now that he's left Missouri, Blacksburg, where he could command $2 million. So Virginia Tech very well could have helped the University of Virginia in the Cater Bowl. Most interestingly, most interesting here, Pribula is also linked to the University of Virginia and he's watching whether Chandler Morris will get a seventh year of eligibility. And if Morris does not, he may come to Charlottesville instead of Virginia Tech.

Wild story. Regardless, Missouri is going to play a freshman under center at Quarles. quarterback, and Vegas has responded by cutting the line by three points. Wild story. College football. Two-shot Judah Wickhauer. We close with this. The headlines of the year, lower third on screen, it's got to be the Beardsley Board of Visitors fiasco in the one slot. I mean, do we start with Beardsley, or do we start all the way back with Jim Ryan's, whether you call it, ouster or or retirement

Ryan, okay I'll give you the old Ryan Beardsley B-O-V fiasco. What do we do? And this is cocktail, this is conversation for your Christmas charcutority and cocktail party. When things get

dry with family, you can bring this up. Jim Ryan ousted, Department of Justice, overreach, Sheridan and Porter Wilkinson and board members, stabbing Ryan in the back, Beardsley appointed, bottom of the ninth inning, now Virginia Democrat's going to stab Beardsley in the back. Okay?

Second, is it AstraZeneca? In any other year, a $4 billion-plus investment into Almaro County by AstraZeneca. $4 billion would be the lead story. Because I've said this on multiple times on this program, this storyline of biotechnology in this biotech beltway that runs through Almore and Charlottesville and Central Virginia, $4.5 billion investment into Almore County is going to gentrify this community

like nothing we've ever seen. If you own a home, the values are going to go up, the tax is going to go up. If you don't own a home right now, you have 12 to 24 months to do it before they get really expensive. Other storylines, athletics returns to prominent football and basketball.

Yeah, no doubt. monumental storyline. Conan says one of the storylines to follow is the degrading conditions of downtown Charlottesville. We knock on wood and hope they're turning over because the 50-year anniversary is next year of the downtown mall. And they just invested $1.2 billion, $1.2 million into a clean team, an ambassador program. About the $6.2 million homeless shelter that was purchased, plus another $5 to $6 billion to upfit it for a homeless campus with wraparound services. That's got to be

a story. I mean, those are probably all tied together, along with the fact of Charlottesville City Council starting an ordinance to ban camping and then deciding that

they didn't like that they asked for an ordinance to ban camping. How about a radically shape Almore County Board of Supervisors with Sally Duncan on the board. Now clearly Pruitt not going to win the 5th District. Sally Duncan, Mike Pruitt, Ned Galloway, and potentially Fred Missile combining to change this board and to make it pro-housing. So much to cover on the program. Judah Wickcaro, Jerry Miller, the Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Edition of the I Love Seville Show. Thank you kindly for joining us so long, everybody.

Thank you. Thank you.