Not sure how I missed this. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced today that it is taking steps to challenge in federal court the Internal Revenue Service's threat to revoke the NAACP's tax-exempt status because its Chairman, Julian Bond, criticized the Bush administration's policies in a speech in 2004. If … Continue reading NAACP to challenge IRS in Federal Court
Day: April 21, 2006
Another candidates forum
But this one with a twist: only the challengers are going to be there! The Norfolk Republican Women are sponsoring an interactive forum with three Independent challengers running against incumbent Norfolk City Council members on Thursday, April 27th, at the Radisson Hotel, Monticello Avenue and St. Paul's Boulevard. Ms. Barbara Saunders is running to represent … Continue reading Another candidates forum
ODU Football: We’re getting closer!
I'll admit it. I'm a football fan. (Go Redskins!) It started when I was about 12, as a cheerleader for the local community football team, and continued thru high school, where I was first a member of the marching band and then drum major. I attended Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) my freshman year and … Continue reading ODU Football: We’re getting closer!
Gilmore: “Not my fault”
Hilarious is how I'd describe the article in today's Pilot about former Governor Jim Gilmore's response to last week's charge by Norfolk Treasurer Tom Moss and Commissioner of the Revenue Sharon McDonald regarding the increase in personal property taxes the citizens of Norfolk will have to pay. Moss, the former speaker of the House of … Continue reading Gilmore: “Not my fault”
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