My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot last Thursday. Norfolk released its budget last Tuesday and the single public hearing on it is coming up this Wednesday evening at 6pm at Granby High School. A separate public hearing will be held on May 1 - same time, same location - to discuss the … Continue reading ICYMI: Norfolk’s 630-page rush
What a horrible week! There are no words to express what the people of the Boston area have experienced this week. My thoughts and prayers are with them.
City manager Marcus Jones presented his FY 2012 budget to council Tuesday afternoon. The presentation is below. A better copy of the slides used in the presentation can be found here. And the budget itself is here. Council will hold a public hearing on the budget on April 24. Separately, council will hold a public … Continue reading Norfolk: it’s budget time
"Taxes are what we pay for civilized society." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Today is the deadline for filing your 2012 federal income tax returns (unless you get an extension). The IRS website has these Free File options for the do-it-yourself folks out there. The Virginia return is not due until May 1st. If you … Continue reading Tax filing day
This has to be one of the best videos making the rounds that I've seen in a long time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3KyvlMJefR4
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. The topic was the public hearing held Tuesday evening as a part of the Norfolk City Council meeting. I wasn't able to physically be there - because of my teaching schedule this semester - but I rushed home to watch the live stream.(Entire video below.) … Continue reading ICYMI: Where was the civic engagement?
I'm not sure what the rush is to sign an agreement to build a hotel-conference center in Norfolk. I mean - it's not as if we haven't already waited ten years for other things to happen, most notably for the market to improve. Tomorrow, Council will hold a public hearing, followed by a vote on … Continue reading Slow down, Norfolk
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. One of the many things on my mind of late is why people behave the way they do. I've come to the conclusion that at least some of that behavior is rooted in the lack of ethics, a personal code that tells us what is … Continue reading Finding that elusive line
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights icon, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I was perusing my blog for earlier posts, I ran across this one I wrote five years ago. Truth be told, not much has happened in the interim, except the country has elected a black … Continue reading MLK Jr: 45 years later
Two op-eds, reprinted in The Virginian-Pilot, crossed into the territory of the ridiculous. NY Times columnist Ross Douthat put the blame for the deterioration of traditional marriage on the increase in support for marriage equality. If you didn't get that impression by reading the piece, then Douthat himself made it abundantly clear in this followup … Continue reading Ridiculous
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