Archive for May 2010
Memorial Day 2010
From Wikipedia: Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who died in military service for their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. … Continue reading
One 2nd CD candidate’s Memorial Day weekend plans
To spend a night in a homeless shelter. This Saturday, Congressional candidate Jessica Sandlin and two of her children will spend the night homeless in Norfolk in an effort to help highlight the plight of homeless families in our area. “Home. Less” is a part of Art Everywhere and will run through July in downtown … Continue reading
Friday fun: hooked on phonics
From an email I received: From the diary of a Pre-School Teacher: My five-year old students are learning to read. Yesterday one of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, “Look at this! It’s a frickin’ elephant!” I took a deep breath, then asked…”What did you call it?” “It’s a frickin’ … Continue reading
House Dems call on McDonnell to replace Malek
House Democratic Leader Ward Armstrong and House Democratic Caucus Chair Ken Plum today sent a letter to Governor Bob McDonnell, asking him to remove Fred Malek as Chairman of the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring. Malek has come under fire not only for his “Jew-counting” activities in the Nixon administration but also for the … Continue reading
Portsmouth mayor: resign or face recall
PilotOnline reports that a judge has ordered Portsmouth Mayor James Holley to resign or face a recall election. [Judge] Sword said the petition was sufficient. If Holley does not resign by the close of business next Friday, an election would be set for Tuesday July 13 Holley has repeatedly said that he would not resign. … Continue reading
Giving credit where credit is due
Politics is a sport of one team versus another. It’s rather easy to take potshots at members of the other team, especially when they make mistakes – and we know they all make mistakes. Much harder is when the guys on the other team do something good. If we, as a society, believe in the … Continue reading
And the winner is…
Lee DeWyze. My congratulations to him. Of course, we’ve not heard the last of runnerup Crystal Bowersox. It’s been a strange season on American Idol. I will not be surprised if the show doesn’t return for a 10th season. Not only was the crop of contestants fairly weak, it seems the whole idea – of … Continue reading
Who will win American Idol?
The ninth season of American Idol comes to a close Wednesday night in a two-hour finale. Contestants Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox engaged in a three-song performance Tuesday night that demonstrated why they made it this far.
If it quacks like a duck…
…it probably is a duck. I don’t know how anyone – with a straight face – could not think this is not a conflict of interest: Three of Norfolk’s school administrators also work as consultants for the Colorado-based Leadership and Learning Center, an education firm that has received contracts worth about $1.3 million from the division … Continue reading
A view from the cheap seats: 1st VP of DPVA
A battle of sorts is brewing over the upcoming election of the 1st Vice President of the Democratic Party of Virginia. The position will become available with the resignation of Del. Jennifer McClellan, whose husband, David Mills, is the new Executive Director of the DPVA. So far, three candidates have emerged, all from Hampton Roads: … Continue reading
Is $530 million worth a phone call?
$530,368,002, to be exact. That is the amount of money that Virginia will receive if the Education Jobs Fund is extended, funds that will be used to create or save 8,154 education-related jobs. The money is a part of the $23 billion Education Jobs Fund, which is included in the Jobs for America Act. At … Continue reading
Opinion, please: parental rights
Two stories last week about incidents in local school systems got me to thinking about the rights of parents. First, there was a story out of Chesapeake regarding a principal who at first refused to allow a parent to pick up her child from school in order to attend a doctor’s appointment. The school was … Continue reading
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