No, that's not a typo. My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. With February being Black History Month, I wanted to write something for it. I had run across Senate Joint Resolution 13 when looking at bills earlier, reading just the synopsis of the bill. Thinking that there might be a local connection, I … Continue reading A Paige in history
A quick look at some of the stories and other stuff from the past week. VA Republican primary: still Romney v Paul The week started off with a ruling by Judge John Gibney to delay the printing of the ballots for the March 6 primary. When he put the ruling in writing the next day, … Continue reading Weekend roundup
With Virginia preparing for the sesquicentennial commemoration of the Civil War, this week's required reading comes from The Atlantic. For realists, the true story of the Civil War illuminates the problem of ostensibly sober-minded compromise with powerful, and intractable, evil.
It should come as no surprise that the overwhelming majority of black folk support the president. After all, it takes a pretty strong constitution to ignore the underlying racism that is attached to some of the attacks. Al Sharpton says we should ignore the latest from Rush Limbaugh. I rarely agree with anything Sharpton has … Continue reading “Uppity-ism”
Richard Bentley couldn't perform miracles in less than 16 months on the job so the board "accepted" his resignation. Really? Yeah, I'm not buying that, either. Word on the street is that certain people were upset that Bentley, obviously a white guy, was hired in the first place to run the majority black school system. … Continue reading Norfolk Public Schools superintendent out
First of all, a very happy birthday to my sister, Sarah, who is resting at home after surgery. A few links from around the 'net: Virginia Beach appoints black council member, although not the one that some people wanted. But we have this thing called elections, and in this case, the election to fill the … Continue reading Quick links 07/13/11
My latest op-ed, title above, appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. In case you haven't noticed from my recent posts, Norfolk is now undergoing the process of redistricting. It is sometimes easy to forget that not everyone who lives in Norfolk - or Virginia, for that matter - is aware of the fact that we are … Continue reading ICYMI: A necessary conversation
I attended both the informal and formal sessions of Norfolk Council last night. The informal session (which you can view here) did not make it through its agenda. After hearing council concerns, a non-agenda item, the conversation turned to redistricting. And that's where it stayed for the remainder of the session. One part of the … Continue reading UPDATE: Norfolk redistricting, school board
The agenda for Tuesday's Norfolk City Council meeting was delivered to my mailbox late Friday afternoon, as usual. (It was posted to the website a couple of hours later.) On it, is R-9, a vote on two alternative redistricting plans. Noticeably missing is the Jordan plan, which was proposed last Tuesday at the public hearing. … Continue reading Where’s the discussion?
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday. In it, I discussed the public redistricting hearing that was held Tuesday evening. As of right now, that will be the only public hearing, which is a real shame since almost no one was there. Attending another meeting last night, several people mentioned to me why they … Continue reading Norfolk redistricting: reconfiguring the council
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