Today's Pilot has an interesting article about the debt of the city. While it is no where near the debt ceiling, Norfolk has committed to some pretty major downtown projects: New courthouse: $100 million. Light rail line: $39 million. Cruise ship terminal: $37 million. Conference center: $33 million. Don't see any money in there for … Continue reading Norfolk debt: no $$ for neighborhoods
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Warner’s pig roast
I attended former governor and future president Mark Warner's pig roast today. The event was held at Rappahannock Bend Farm in King George. I'm pretty bad at estimating crowd sizes but I'd say there was probably 1,000 people there from all over. The Virginia blogsphere was well represented - I had a chance to chat … Continue reading Warner’s pig roast
Miller Golf Tournament
Yesterday was the deadline to register for the 3rd Annual Senator Yvonne B. Miller Golf Tournament, which is to be held October 5. No doubt the Senator will take some late registrations 🙂 Register online or by email. Hope to see you there!
Ford shutting Norfolk plant year earlier
As has been speculated for some time now, the Pilot is reporting that Ford will be shutting down the Norfolk plant in 2007, instead of 2008. Although the story doesn't say so, I believe this information came from a webcast this morning that Ford held for employees and the media. Lackluster sales of the F-150 … Continue reading Ford shutting Norfolk plant year earlier
Time, money, people
Successful campaign = time + money + people I've been wanting to write a post about this for a while. Unfortunately, time is something that is pretty scarce around here, with the 15th of the month deadlines I have each month. So this brief post will have to do. Time - the candidate has to … Continue reading Time, money, people
Council had a meeting and a debate broke out!
Wow. I'm pretty surprised to read that Norfolk Council had a meeting yesterday and they actually had a debate! Council meetings are usually pretty tame, with the debate actually taking place in the meeting before the meeting. Going to a council meeting is generally about as exciting as watching paint dry. Not yesterday in the … Continue reading Council had a meeting and a debate broke out!
Norfolk: No to tatoo parlors
They say politics makes strange bedfellows. Not really. There is usually an agenda behind it, just not one we can see. Check out today's Pilot article about tatoo parlors. Norfolk council is about to retain the ban on them, even though the City Manager recommends that they be allowed and the City Attorney, with the … Continue reading Norfolk: No to tatoo parlors
Conservatives Without Conscience: Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of John Dean's book is entitled "Authoritarian Conservatism." Dean says that authoritarian conservatism has been around since America was founded, and our founding fathers were concerned about the vulnerability of a republic: ... they knew that "many republics in history, such as the Roman republic, had been replaced by despots," political scientist Jay … Continue reading Conservatives Without Conscience: Chapter 3
Ford: Union to discuss buyouts
More news on the Norfolk Ford plant from PilotOnline: In a memo distributed to workers today, Local 919 chairman Ed Hay told employees he didn't have information but "speculation leads me to believe that in the near future it will be announced that we will lose a shift permanently and the plant will idle sooner" … Continue reading Ford: Union to discuss buyouts
Some Norfolk news
Harry Minium at the Pilot did a front page, above-the-fold article on Vice Mayor Paul R. Riddick. I knew this article was coming and had feared it would be another biased, unflattering portrait of the man. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised that the article is quite good. Kudos to Minium and the Pilot for finally … Continue reading Some Norfolk news
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