--- description: Michael Signer, a practicing attorney and author, served as mayor of Charlottesville from 2016 to 2018. He is the author of Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Michael Signer ## Michael Signer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close [Michael Signer](https://www.michaelsigner.com/), a practicing attorney and author, served as mayor of Charlottesville from 2016 to 2018\. He is the author of [_Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege_.](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/154173615X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=154173615X&linkId=0d252b4f5b80cda8a2461e3d0cc9de76) ## Michael Signer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 21, 2022 ### [Democrats Lost Virginia By Ignoring Parents. Snow Days Show They Still Are](https://time.com/6140918/democrats-virginia-schools/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 13, 2021 ### [3 Lessons From Failures in Charlottesville](https://time.com/5929153/charlottesville-capitol-riot/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 3, 2020 ### [Why Trump Won't Try to Heal a Grieving Nation](https://time.com/5846870/minneapolis-charlottesville-trump/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 17, 2016 ### [The Electoral College Was Created to Stop Demagogues Like Trump](https://time.com/4575119/electoral-college-demagogues/) Trump promises to bring to the presidency precisely the 'tumult and disorder' that Hamilton warned a... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-signer/","name":"Michael Signer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-signer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-signer/"},"name":"Michael Signer","jobTitle":null,"description":"Michael Signer, a practicing attorney and author, served as mayor of Charlottesville from 2016 to 2018. He is the author of Cry Havoc: Charlottesville and American Democracy Under Siege.","url":"https://time.com/author/michael-signer/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```