The Pilot reports that the House of Delegates has delayed voting on certain bills that would have provided financing for transportation. Over at Extra Innings, Delegate Bob Brink gives a list and links to the four bills in question that have been deferred for 90 days. (No, Delegate Brink can't count 😉 ) I happened … Continue reading House delays vote on taxes, local transportation authority
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Phil Kellam Announcement
Formal announcement of Kellam's Congressional bid will take place this coming Monday, May 8. Here is the schedule: TIME: 8 a.m. (Hampton) LOCATION: The American Theatre 125 East Mellen Street Hampton, Virginia 23663 TIME: 9:30 a.m. (Norfolk) LOCATION: Ocean View Fishing Pier 414 West Ocean View Norfolk, Virginia 23503 TIME: 12:00 p.m. (Virginia Beach) LOCATION: … Continue reading Phil Kellam Announcement
Proposed: Norfolk Real estate tax relief
The Compass today has a full page, color ad on the back containing a description of the real estate tax relief included in the proposed budget. Remember that the hearing on real estate taxes will be held Monday, May 8 at 6pm at Lafayette Winona Middle School. Here is what is included in the proposed … Continue reading Proposed: Norfolk Real estate tax relief
Ford: Fraim and Kaine traveling to Deaborn for a meeting
Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim and Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, along with four others, will be meeting with Ford officials on Friday morning. The purpose of the meeting is to attempt to convince Ford to keep the plant open or at least delay the scheduled closing. With so many jobs at stake, I certainly hope they … Continue reading Ford: Fraim and Kaine traveling to Deaborn for a meeting
Update: Beach email was a “joke”
Seems the email circulating yesterday around Virginia Beach was a joke sent out by political consultant Brian Kirwin. From Pilotonline: Kirwin addressed "all DeSteph voters" in the body of the e-mail and claimed that the voter registrar had postponed the election one day because of "prolonged testing of the new touchscreen voting machines." Tuesday's election … Continue reading Update: Beach email was a “joke”
Reminder: Budget hearing tonight
Don't forget that the Norfolk budget hearing is being held tonight at 6pm at Lafayette Winona Middle School, 1701 Alsace Avenue (off Tidewater Drive). You can't talk about real estate taxes - a separate hearing for that will be held Monday, May 8. The proposed budget can be found here.
Unofficial results
I can't seem to get a properly formatted table of results 😦 so go here for Norfolk results and here for Virginia Beach results. My congratulations to all of the winners. I look forward to your service to your community. For those who did not win, I thank you for running and I wish you … Continue reading Unofficial results
Updates from Va Beach
Seems that Barbara Henley has regained her seat on council, defeating Jim Reeve in the Princess Anne district with 63% of the vote (80% of the precincts reporting). The other big race is in the Beach district and it appears that challenger John Urhin has defeated incumbent Richard Maddox. Pat Edmonson has defeated incumbent Jane … Continue reading Updates from Va Beach
Election story of the day#2: False email VB elections
Apparently, there was a false email circulating around today that the council and school board elections in Virginia Beach had been postponed. This prompted the registrar to issue a statement this afternoon to the local media to deny the email. Having been the victim of something similar (there was a phone call the morning of … Continue reading Election story of the day#2: False email VB elections
Election story of the day: Ward 5
When I profiled the candidates in Ward 5, I mentioned that it was difficult to find out anything about the challenger, Michael Osburn. Anecdotally, I heard a couple of stories about him. One was from a candidates' forum. The moderator said that Osburn had not responded to their invitation and wasn't there that evening. A … Continue reading Election story of the day: Ward 5
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