The Norfolk Public Schools will hold a meeting this evening to "discuss the community's educational priorities in the development of NPS' Fiscal Year 2013 budget," according to the website. The meeting will begin at 6:30pm at Norview High School, located at 6501 Chesapeake Blvd. I understand the format of tonight's meeting was changed last night … Continue reading NPS meeting tonight on budget
That would be the Norfolk City Council, save councilman Tommy Smiegel. I may have to go back to referring to them as the seven bumps on a log. In an article today, Smigiel, in his first term on council and a contributor to this blog, stands alone in wanting his colleagues to pursue some kind … Continue reading Wimps
Matthew Geary, former candidate for Commonwealth's Attorney in Henrico, dead of apparent suicide: Geary's campaign ran into trouble after a highly orchestrated attack on his character by Republican leaders, including U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-7th. The leaders revealed that Geary had engaged in an affair with a married woman in recent years. I watched this … Continue reading The politics of personal destruction
If you haven't seen this map from Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, then you might be missing why the tide seems to be turning towards Mitt Romney. Sabato calls it a "Newt-mare," a spin on the word nightmare. If Gingrich is the nominee, it's not just the presidency that Republicans lose, but a lot of those … Continue reading Newt-mare
The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus is holding a rally Tuesday morning, January 31, to demonstrate the opposition to some of the bills that have been introduced that would reduce the right to vote. Civil Rights leader Dr. Benjamin Chavis will be there, along with U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott and Richmond mayor Dwight Jones. Participants are … Continue reading Protect the vote rally Tuesday
The Norfolk Citizens for An Elected School Board is holding its second meeting tomorrow morning. The time has changed from the original announcement: it will be held at 10:30am at the Pretlow Library in Ocean View. The meeting is expected to last an hour, with an advisory committee meeting following. Both meetings are open to … Continue reading Reminder: elected school board meeting Saturday
There have been so many things I have looked at and read lately, I haven't been able to write about all of them. So today, I will be leaving a few items here for you to look at when you get the time. This first story has the unlikely title, "Another CVS Claims Uterus Is … Continue reading Bits and pieces
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. In it, I take a brief look at some of the implications of a merger between Old Dominion University and Eastern Virginia Medical School, a study of which has been proposed by Del. Johnny Joannou in HJ173. As an ODU alum, I would love to have a … Continue reading ODU+EVMS=Wrong for now
In its informal session yesterday, Norfolk City Council received a presentation on the proposals for Waterside. The document that was presented is here (pdf) and the video is here. Of equal interest to me in the session yesterday was an update on the Community Services Board. City Manager Marcus Jones' information on how to handle … Continue reading Norfolk council presentations: Waterside, CSB
Republican candidate Willard "Mitt" Romney released his tax returns late last night. He wasn't kidding when he said "returns" plural: in addition to his personal 2010 returns, Romney released those of three trusts and a charitable foundation, plus an estimate of his 2011 return. The trusts are all grantor trusts, and the income from those … Continue reading Romney’s taxes: 13.9%
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