Archive for April, 2012

Citizens of Virginia Beach, would you like a nice big bowl of jelly beans? That is basically how our Virginia Beach City Council will fashion the referendum question about light rail. Don’t concern your pretty little self about the cost of the jelly beans, just help yourself and don’t worry about the cost of the jelly beans.

Instead, the referendum on light rail should include, if not specifics, a reasonable estimate of costs involved. Read the rest of this entry »

The economic future of Virginia Beach is either precarious and cause for concern or reasonably stable and we‘re basically OK. That is, we are poised for growth or we are not. Review the factors and you decide. Read the rest of this entry »