Suburban Acres Civic League is holding a Ward 6 candidates' forum Monday, April 9. In addition, there will be two Ward 7 candidate forums Monday as well. The Suburban Acres Civic League Ward 6 forum will be held at the Norfolk Collegiate (Upper School), Suburban Parkway & Granby Street. Doors open at 6, meeting at … Continue reading UPDATED: Norfolk council races watch: candidate forums Monday
My dear friend and occasional blog contributor, Maria LoPresto, died last night. Details are few at this point but I am told she died in her sleep. Besides being an avid Jimmy Buffet fan, Maria was a dyed-in-the-wool, true blue Democrat. She had been active in the YDs, even serving as a national committee-woman at … Continue reading RIP Maria LoPresto
I have agreed to be part of a beta test here at wordpress.com for site advertising. This test is different from the advertising which used to appear on this site (that I actually paid to have removed). Now I will share advertising revenues with wordpress.com, my blog's host. The ads are supposed to be tastefully … Continue reading Testing 1,2,3: advertising
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. In it, I reject the notion that somehow embracing a word that has been used as a slur somehow takes the sting out of it. Not only have I seen little evidence of it, but what I have seen is that doing so gives license to those … Continue reading The O-word, the Q-word and the N-word
First-time candidates make a lot of mistakes. One that I find particularly difficult for them to overcome is when they lack the ability to articulate why they are running. There's an old saying in politics that to get elected when running against an incumbent, a challenger has to answer two questions: why to fire the … Continue reading Why run?
Rolling Stone has a good article on the president's re-election campaign. Yes, it's long. But it's a really good read. And there are some lessons in here for candidates as well.
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. In it, I touched on the Trayvon Martin case, the Florida law and how such laws make their way across the country. A much more detailed read on the latter appeared in the printed paper just below my column: this article by Paul Krugman. For … Continue reading From their state capitols to ours
On May 1, voters in Chesapeake will elect the mayor, three city council members, and four school board members. All of these positions are elected at-large, meaning those elected will be chosen by and represent the entire city. The candidates for mayor are: Alan Krasnoff* Harrietta Gibbs Gibbons Burnie Mansfield The candidates for city council … Continue reading Candidates’ list: Chesapeake
Suffolk Del. Chris Jones is making noise on the tolls that are scheduled to start in July on the Midtown and Downtown tunnels. The delegate is right: they need to slow down and see if there is another way to do this project and, if not, scrap the deal. And the op-ed Tuesday from Secretary … Continue reading Suffolk Del. Jones right on tolls
I am told that Jesse Scaccia, candidate in the Ward 6 council race, has received the endorsement of the Norfolk Federation of Teachers.
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