I'll start my day at the 24th annual Martin Luther King Community Leaders' Breakfast. Then I'll be heading over to Norfolk City Hall to participate in the annual march. Here are a couple of old posts that you might find interesting on this day: MLK: Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution and MLK Memorial Speech. … Continue reading In celebration of MLK Jr Day
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Opinion, please: Role of government
The economy is, according to some, headed for a recession. President Bush has asked Congress to enact an economic stimulus package. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke agrees, as does Congress. Many of the presidential candidates (Romney, Clinton, McCain, Obama) have issued their own packages while some (Thompson, Kucinich) are not so sure. I'm curious - … Continue reading Opinion, please: Role of government
OTR 01/20: Big convention and proposed Pilot sale
This Sunday's On the Record will feature a conversation about the largest national convention ever to come to the region, the American Bus Association 2008 Marketplace. The convention will be held February 2-7 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. In the other segment, joining host Joel Rubin will be Gordon Borrell, a local communications consultant, … Continue reading OTR 01/20: Big convention and proposed Pilot sale
CNU survey part 1
The CNU Center for Public Policy released part 1 of its recent survey of Virginia voters. The poll of 700 registered voters was conducted January 8-10 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.7%. The poll found: Virginia voters are more positive than negative about the state's overall direction, with 48% of them saying … Continue reading CNU survey part 1
Dissing redistricting reform
Thanks to Assembly Access, we get to see the House P&E subcommittee on Elections kill not one, but two redistricting bills this morning. First up: Del. Ken Plum's HB339. By the way, note that he says that he introduced this same proposal in 1978, when there were 75 Democrats in the House of Delegates. And … Continue reading Dissing redistricting reform
NTP2: Evaluating city government
The Norfolk Tea Party 2 will be holding a meeting Saturday morning at 9am at The Banque (1849 E. Little Creek Rd), the purpose of which is to conduct a survey about city government. The latest efforts by the group were the subject of this article in The Virginian Pilot, as there is some concern … Continue reading NTP2: Evaluating city government
Friday update (01/18): verifiable voting
Weekly update of my legislative agenda issue. There are only a few bills dealing with the issue of verifiable voting. SB35 (Deeds) will require that hard copy op-scan ballots be rerun through the machines in the event of a recount. SB292 (Herring) will require random audits of op-scan tabulators within 24 hours after the initial … Continue reading Friday update (01/18): verifiable voting
Bill highlight: O’Bannon’s HB602
I hope the assessors are paying attention to HB602, proposed by Del. John O'Bannon (R-73). Provides that when any assessment of real property is 20% greater than the previous assessment, in any appeal of the assessment to a board of equalization or circuit court, the burden of proof is on the commissioner of revenue or … Continue reading Bill highlight: O’Bannon’s HB602
Are you ready for some ODU football?
Old Dominion University will host Chowan University in its opening game on September 5, 2009. According to The Virginian Pilot, this will be the first ODU football game in nearly 70 years. The team will sign its first recruiting class on February 6 and already has nine committments, the latest being Maryland offensive lineman AJ … Continue reading Are you ready for some ODU football?
3rd Thursday means Norfolk Drinking Liberally
Join the folks gathered upstairs at The New Belmont from 5pm to 7pm tonight for the Norfolk chapter of Drinking Liberally. As always, drinking is optional. And bring a friend. I'm going to try to make it but this might be my last one for a while. Tax season, ya know 😦
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