That little place further down south must be experiencing some inclement weather 😉 This Cal Thomas article was reprinted in Sunday's Virginian-Pilot. (So much for the "liberal bias" of the newspaper.) It was this sentence that caught my eye: If we want smaller government, we will have to pick up the slack. And that's the … Continue reading In which I agree with Cal Thomas
Mark your calendars! The Virginia Peninsula MAL Unit of the League of Women Voters of Virginia announced Friday that it will be hosting four candidate forums covering the General Assembly races in Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson and Yorktown. The forums will be open to the public and will be moderated by The Daily Press. The … Continue reading Peninsula LWV Announces 2011 candidate forums
The Virginian-Pilot is reporting that former delegate Phil Hamilton has been ordered to begin serving his prison sentence by Monday. Judge Henry Hudson, according to the article, wrote: This court cannot conclude in good faith that defendant’s appeal raises a substantial question of law or fact likely to result in reversal or a new trial. … Continue reading Hamilton ordered to prison by Monday
Yesterday was the filing deadline for campaign finance disclosure reports for candidates on the ballot in November. The data below covers the period August 11 to August 31 and was taken from the Virginia Public Access Project, better known as VPAP. As of this writing, the information on VPAP is just the raw data from … Continue reading 9/15/11 Financial reports – local races
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announced this week that state employee retirement benefits might need to be cut, because the system has $18 billion in unfunded liabilities. He's right about the unfunded liability. Over the next 75 years it does total $18 billion. But that's not the state employees' fault. McDonnell has done little to endear … Continue reading Governor goes after state employees …again.
I grew up in Phoebus, right outside of Ft. Monroe. I recall the coach of the community football team - for which I was a cheerleader - was an officer stationed there who lived in the neighborhood. After getting my license on my 16th birthday and a car shortly thereafter, Ft. Monroe was a place … Continue reading Ft. Monroe no longer military base
Absolutely buried heading into the 15th. A few links from around the 'net: Bill Clinton coming to raise money for Virginia Senate Democrats. Rick Perry coming to raise money for Republican Party of Virginia Excerpts from the taped interviews of Jackie Kennedy Nearly 1 in 6 Americans are in poverty 1 in 4 homes with … Continue reading Quick links 09/14/11
Following up on last week's full page letter from the publisher, news editor Denis Finley had an article in Sunday's paper about specific changes that are coming to The Virginian-Pilot. The article was republished as a blog post Monday. Here are the changes you will begin to see next week: - On Mondays only, we … Continue reading Changes coming to the Pilot
I might have headed to Portsmouth last night for the debate watch party had I known about it in advance. Then again, probably not. I tend to prefer to watch debates from the comfort - and relative silence - of my own family room. As the debate wore on, I found myself thinking about ... … Continue reading CNN/Tea Party debate
Been a while since I wrote one of these 😉 The Washington Redskins are 1-0 after Sunday's win over division rival NY Giants. I didn't get to see much of the game - just the last 9 or so minutes - but that didn't matter. It was a win. Of course I'm not getting too … Continue reading Monday morning quarterback: 1-0, baby!
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