No, that's not a typo. My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. With February being Black History Month, I wanted to write something for it. I had run across Senate Joint Resolution 13 when looking at bills earlier, reading just the synopsis of the bill. Thinking that there might be a local connection, I … Continue reading A Paige in history
Chesapeake Del. John Cosgrove led the list of Hampton Roads legislators in receiving gifts last year, according to this report. But I'm not going to gig him on that: the France trip, included in the gifts he reported, convinced him that uranium mining "is probably not in the best interest of Hampton Roads." So there … Continue reading Legislator gifts: kudos to Blevins, Purkey
Tax time is here. And with it comes the horror stories, like this one that I've been following for the past few days. The IRS implemented a tax preparer registration system last year, which will ultimately require certain preparers to take a competency test. In the meantime, it is caveat emptor - beware of who … Continue reading Tax time: be careful out there
A quick look at some of the stories and other stuff from the past week. Scott Rigell disavows tax pledge 2nd Congressional district representative Scott Rigell has stepped away from his no-taxes pledge. Needless to say, there are some folks who are unhappy about that, including two letters printed in today's paper (1, 2). There's … Continue reading Weekend roundup 02/04/12
Some of the younger folks may not get this quiz but back in the day, there were often discussions about people being either mostly left-brained or mostly right-brained. You Are 50% Left Brained, 50% Right Brained The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning.Left brained people are good at … Continue reading Friday fun: are you left-brained or right-brained?
Peter G. Decker, Jr., Norfolk lawyer, judge and philanthropist, has died. My condolences to the family. I think everyone has a favorite Uncle Pete story. Mine is the recording provided to me by pianist Pat Curtis, who worked with Decker on it. Decker sang "My Funny Valentine," and it was amazing.
Hard to believe you'd be 49 today. Harder still to believe it has been almost 17 years since you were taken away from us. Not a day goes by that I don't think of you. Not a day goes by that I don't miss you. Happy birthday, little brother.
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. In it, I urge the voters in Norfolk to sign the petition to place on the ballot the question of whether Norfolk should have an elected school board. I don't believe it can be said too many times: the issue right now is to get … Continue reading Sign the petition, please
If you haven't seen the video of the floor amendment offered by Sen. Janet Howell to the ultrasound bill, check it out below. If it weren't so sad, this would be funny.
The Norfolk Public Schools will hold a meeting this evening to "discuss the community's educational priorities in the development of NPS' Fiscal Year 2013 budget," according to the website. The meeting will begin at 6:30pm at Norview High School, located at 6501 Chesapeake Blvd. I understand the format of tonight's meeting was changed last night … Continue reading NPS meeting tonight on budget
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