Archive for April, 2010

The city council of Virginia Beach, when they vote on the operating budget for fiscal year 2011 in the next few weeks, will throw down a serious challenge to the citizens of Virginia Beach. Council will (in my opinion) adopt an operating budget that includes a real estate tax rate increase and a number of fee increases even though citizens are already struggling under a heavy tax burden. And, council will approve a $170 million Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal year 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

This series of questions is a companion to the “State of The City” series and will pose a number of questions to city Council incumbents who are up for election (Belitto, DeSteph, Henley, Jones, Wood and Uhrin) as well as to all challengers to those seats. Read the rest of this entry »