Month: May 2011

Voter information costs

The weekend of April 30-May 1, I was in Blacksburg, attending the League of Women Voters state convention. Among the attendees and the speakers of the convention was Elisabeth MacNamara, national president of the LWV. In her workshop Saturday morning, MacNamara cited information costs as one of the reasons people don't vote. In my op-ed … Continue reading Voter information costs →

Site notes

I have been trying for several months to find a theme for the blog. In particular, I wanted one that had the author's name listed at the top of the post. Many of the themes here at wordpress.com assume a single blogger, which was fine when it was just me. But that's no longer the … Continue reading Site notes →

Friday fun: where do you fit?

An interesting quiz from Pew Research. Although I didn't agree with most of the choices 100% (things are generally more nuanced than the quiz makes out), I'm not surprised with the result 😉   Solid Liberals 14% of the public What They Believe Strongly pro-government and very liberal on a broad range of issues Very … Continue reading Friday fun: where do you fit? →

Quick links 05/05/11

A few items from around the net: Norfolk budget hearing quiet. I went to the budget hearing last night. With no real estate tax increase proposed, the speakers mainly asked for support for the schools and for the Community Services Board. Although I didn't get a chance to participate in the public forums during its … Continue reading Quick links 05/05/11 →

Hamilton trial starts

If you haven't been keeping up with the trial of former delegate Phil Hamilton, now would be a good time to catch up. The trial in Richmond on federal bribery and extortion charges related to his obtaining a position at Old Dominion University has already been like a soap opera with bad actors. Monday's testimony … Continue reading Hamilton trial starts →

Norfolk City Council Budget Hearing

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Granby High School 7101 Granby Street 6:00pm You can download the FY2012 Proposed Budget Here Hope to see you there! UPDATE by Vivian: in case you missed it when it aired live, you can view the entire informal session of council from Tuesday here.

Technology Tuesday: BlackBerry Playbook

On April 19, the long-awaited BlackBerry Playbook was released. I managed to wait two days before heading out to buy one 🙂 (Actually, I waited two days for my pre-release order to be delivered and when it didn't arrive, I canceled the order and bought it locally.) In the ensuing two weeks, we've witnessed a … Continue reading Technology Tuesday: BlackBerry Playbook →