Tomorrow there will be 26 regular agenda items for council to vote on at the formal session. The increase in agenda items was most likely caused by the new meeting schedule and budget discussions dominating most of the informal meeting time. A few months ago the City Manager implemented a few changes on how agenda … Continue reading Norfolk City Council: 5.24.11
Month: May 2011
Rigell doesn’t get Medicaid
That was the title of a letter to the editor printed in Monday's Virginian-Pilot in response to 2nd Congressional District Representative Scott Rigell's support of the Ryan budget plan. The fact is, around 65 percent of Medicaid spending goes to the care of the disabled and elderly — mostly for long-term care in nursing homes. … Continue reading Rigell doesn’t get Medicaid
Quick links 05/21/11
A few things you may have missed: OMG Norfolk - seems the Community Services Board hired a new CFO without doing a background check. (And it seems the headhunters they hired didn't do one, either.) The man had a felony conviction in 1982. Have to say that is not what bothers me - after all, … Continue reading Quick links 05/21/11
But I thought we were broke?
Virginia Beach is getting $9 million from the feds for sand? I thought we were broke.
Message to VB City Council
Don't empower another incumbent. My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. In it, I attempt to make the case that the voters of Virginia Beach - not the ten members of City Council - should decide who represents them. All of Virginia Beach council members are elected at-large, meaning that the entire city gets … Continue reading Message to VB City Council
Abbitt not seeking re-election
Speaker of the House William Howell announced Wednesday that Delegate Watkins Abbitt would not seek re-election for a 14th term.
Taking out the trash
No, it's not Friday afternoon. But it is Take Out the Trash Day, at least according to LloydTheIdiot at Too Conservative. He has an interesting post about ten things we should throw out. His list is good - and already contains some of the items I would have listed, although in a slightly different order. … Continue reading Taking out the trash
Selective Bragging
I am sure that the practice of only taking parts of someone's article that you like and publicizing it to your advantage is not new. In fact, everyone does it at some point or another. This time, it is an example of our new Congressman, Robert Hurt (R-05) doing this, and leaving out his own … Continue reading Selective Bragging
ICYMI: Nuckols nails the GA
Christina Nuckols is leaving The Virginian-Pilot to become editorial page editor at The Roanoke Times. In her latest column, printed in Sunday's paper, she muses about her 14 years covering Virginia politics in Richmond. And slips in this gem: Too many of my 14 legislative sessions have ended without anyone stopping to ask, "What did … Continue reading ICYMI: Nuckols nails the GA
What happened to the Democratic Party?
Have we become a one-party country? One of the advantages - or disadvantages - of being a student of history is that I get a sense of the way things were and how things could be different today. Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the modern day Democratic Party and how, despite efforts to … Continue reading What happened to the Democratic Party?
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