Day: June 25, 2007

Mugler withdraws from 1st Senate race

The Daily Press is reporting that Hampton Commissioner of the Revenue Ross Mugler will not seek the Democratic nomination for state senate in the 1st district. Mugler said in a release that he wanted to unite Democrats rather the subject them to a "quickly constructed firehouse primary" which could prove financially and politically expensive. I … Continue reading Mugler withdraws from 1st Senate race →

Bay Oaks Park update

I received the following postcard: Dear Friend of Bay Oaks Park As a result of the Virginia Supreme Court's recent decision in favor of the Bay Oaks Park Committee, this Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 7:00 p.m., the Norfolk City Council is expected to vote to rescind the ordinances passed on July, 2005, which would … Continue reading Bay Oaks Park update →

Opinion, please: prisoner hair

The Virginian Pilot has a story on an inmate at the Portsmouth city jail whose dreadlocks were forcibly cut. The inmate, Bernard Montoria Garris, is a "Rastafarian who wore long dreadlocks as a symbol of his religion" and had grown the waist-length locks for 13 years. Sheriff Bill Watson has a policy that inmates cannot … Continue reading Opinion, please: prisoner hair →