The Virginia Supreme Court handed down a ruling this morning in a long-running Norfolk eminent domain case. In a major loss for Old Dominion University, the state Supreme Court ruled this morning that the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority did not have the right to use eminent domain to take a 10-unit apartment building near … Continue reading Pretty big deal: SCt. Va. rules in favor of property owners
Lots of moving parts today, among them: Herring wins Virginian-Pilot endorsement. Yep. The one statewide race where I made a prediction. In case you were wondering, Obenshain is the second coming of Cuccinelli - plus more. Democratic strategist Dave "Mudcat" Saunders is backing Cuccinelli. While not as big of a deal as the Boyd Marcus … Continue reading Quick hits 9/10/13
One of the fun things I do regularly on this blog is to predict who The Virginian-Pilot will endorse in upcoming elections. I usually have plenty of time, as the newspaper is often pretty late in releasing their endorsements. Not this year. Roughly six weeks ahead of the time frame of the 2009 gubernatorial endorsement, … Continue reading Predictions on Pilot … ah nevermind đŸ˜¦
Rep. Bobby Scott held his 37th Annual Labor Day Picnic Monday. There were so many electeds, former electeds and candidates in attendance that even Scott, who introduced each one by name, had trouble tracking them all. It took him about 10 minutes to get through all of the names. After the intros, the three Democratic … Continue reading Video: Rep. Scott 37th Annual Labor Day Picnic
Donald Luzzatto, editorial page editor at The Virginian-Pilot, penned an article for yesterday's paper in which he noted that he will be de-emphasizing incumbency as he evaluates candidates for endorsement this fall. A bent toward incumbency isn't by any means new. It has been a factor in Virginian-Pilot editorial page endorsements for a long time, … Continue reading One editorial board member’s shift in priorities
Hate to quibble with the writer of the headline for today's editorial in The Virginian-Pilot, but Old Dominion University is not just becoming a star, it already is đŸ™‚Â Other than that, the editorial is dead on - and I couldn't have done better if I had written it myself. With my media hat on, … Continue reading ODU is a star
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. As I was hauling trash to the curb yesterday, one of my neighbors stopped me to talk about the column. His first question: who is the third candidate for governor? I doubt if he's the only one who is unaware of Robert Sarvis. It seems … Continue reading ICYMI: Change begins with us
I've been following the saga of the removal of park benches in some areas of Ghent. The reason given by the city is that they need to combat crime; it appears, though, the real problem is homelessness in the city. More than 30 years ago, I was involved with an organization that worked on behalf … Continue reading Norfolk removes park benches
Generally, Cathy Lewis' HearSay is live on WHRO at noon Mondays through Thursdays. However, Tuesday's show was taped - and no doubt it was the ungodly 9am taping Monday morning that made me forget about it đŸ˜¦ It wasn't until I got a tweet from somebody during Tuesday's airing that I remembered - and by … Continue reading On the radio talking Virginia politics
The Women's Strike Force has so far endorsed 22 candidates for this fall's House of Delegates elections. Nineteen of them are challengers and three are running for open seats. All of them are, as the endorsement page says, "pro-choice and adamantly opposed to the mandatory ultrasound and personhood bills supported by the current or previous … Continue reading Women’s Strike Force endorsements, distributions
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