The Norfolk Public Schools are holding a series of community conversations this month, with an eye towards an action plan for the next school year. The first of the conversations was held Monday evening. The remaining sessions are: Tues., May 15, 5:30 p.m. Granby Elementary School 7101 Newport Ave. Thurs., May 17, 6 p.m. Norview … Continue reading Norfolk Public Schools community conversations
There's an old saying, "You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar." Sometimes, folks lose sight of this when making a pitch. Case in point: Virginia FREE. I spent Thursday and Friday last week at the Virginia Society of CPAs Leaders' Summit. We had a number of speakers over the course of the two … Continue reading Flies, honey and vinegar
Recently, Robert Hurt made comments on the two-year anniversary of the passage of "Obamacare" otherwise known as the health care reform law or ACA. “It has been just two years since President Obama signed his health care bill into law and with each passing day it becomes clearer that the President’s health care law is … Continue reading Hurt’s recent statement on “Obamacare”
Virginia Attorney General - and 2013 gubernatorial candidate - Ken Cuccinelli appeared on Bill O'Reilly's show last night. This came on the heels of O'Reilly having called out the AG a couple of nights before, as he has "reported" on the story of the beating of two Virginian-Pilot reporters. The exchange got testy at times, … Continue reading I guess Cuccinelli is a RINO, too
I ran across this handy tool a while back, and I refer to it often. The Commonwealth of Virginia has available a report with plenty of information in it. Everything from current statistics to future employment trends and occupation viability. Anyone can request information by locality, county, congressional districts, Workforce Investment Areas, MSA (Metropolitan Statistical … Continue reading Demographics and much more
Guest post by John Fredericks At the expense of being classified by Bill O'Reilly as "pin-head," the normally astute Fox News talk show icon really got this one wrong. And now he won't own up to his own editorial malfeasance. O'Reilly's attempt to spin a yarn about how Virginian-Pilot Editor-in-Chief Denis Finley is part of … Continue reading In Defense of Denis Finley – “The Factor” got it wrong
On Robert Hurt's official website, details of visits he has made to the district are available to read. That's a good thing. What's not so good is that Hurt does not hold meetings planned so a community can attend, so called "Town Hall" meetings. You might remember our previous representative, Tom Perriello attended in excess … Continue reading Drive-by meetings do not serve the constituency
My latest column appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. Lots of figures from the results of Tuesday's election - because that was really the only thing that was different as compared to four years ago. Here's the big thing: if the folks who turned out Tuesday stay involved in the process, they can make a difference. … Continue reading Low turnout – but better
The three incumbents running for Williamsburg City Council were all re-elected Tuesday, despite the fact that next Thursday they will almost certainly approve a budget that increases taxes, possibly multiple taxes. When City Manager Jack Tuttle proposed a budget two months ago that included increases in the real estate tax rate, personal property tax rate, … Continue reading How to Survive Raising Taxes
Back in January I wrote a blog relating to a policy the Hampton School Board was working on which would censor what employees could say with the threat of being sued or fired if they said anything prejudicial to the interest to Hampton City Schools. The statement was so vague it could have even been … Continue reading Follow up on Hampton School Board and Censorship
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