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  • Is Hampton Roads Tea Party speaking with 'forked tongue?'

    VIRGINIA BEACH (August 31, 2010) — Did Karen Hurd, founder of the Hampton Roads Tea Party (HRTP) endorse GOP congressional candidate Scott Rigell or not?  Is founder of the HRTP talking out both sides of her mouth?  Has she been bought off by the Rige...
  • Life in Israel: Peace talks, gun smuggling, and stork migrations

    (August 31, 2010) - - Talks about peace as weapons smuggling into Gaza continue don’t make Israelis feel too secure.Israeli PM Nananyahu and the Palestinian’s Mahmud Abbas (even through he does not currently hold any official government position) are ...
  • Forget parties - vote your conscience in Congressional race

    Editor:(August 31, 2010) - - Well before the June 2, 2010, Republican Primary, the GOP anointed Scott Rigell as the man who will be the 2010 Second District, Republican congressional candidate in Virginia. Ladies and Gentlemen, that was wrong; by no means...
  • Debate reveals Even Nye didn't contribute to President Obama's campaign

    VIRGINIA BEACH (August 28, 2010) - - The establishment party candidates in the 2nd Congressional District race - were ‘no-shows’ at Saturday candidate forum hosted by the Virginia Beach Taxpayer Alliance.  Independent Kenny Golden, former GOP party c...
  • What wrong with this picture? (Hint: Everything!)

    Editor:What is wrong with this picture?According to the latest Virginia Beach Budget, 1% (4336 based on 2009 data) of Virginia Beach citizens ride the Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) buses.According to a recent Virginia Beach City Auditor report, Virginia Bea...
  • VBTA to host congressional candidates forum Satiurday

    VIRGINIA BEACH (August 27, 2010) - - 2nd Congressional District candidates have been invited to a Town Hall meeting Saturday morning sponsored by the Virginia Beach Taxpayer Alliance @ 9 a.m. in the Marian Manor Retirement Center.A $4 breakfast buffet beg...
  • Independent Kenny Golden endorses Fair Tax; abolish IRS

    VIRGINIA BEACCH (August 27, 2010) - - Independent 2nd District Congressional Candidate Kenny Golden has come out 4-square for the Fair Tax and will host a tax forum town hall meeting, Friday, Sept. 3 at his headquarters in 4314 Holland Road.Golden said, ...
  • Where is the manifesto from Ben Krause?

    Editor:The recent letter you posted from Ben Krause certainly provoked significant response. So perhaps you will follow through by posting Ben's VBTA manifesto in which he provides his advice on how to cut the city budget.While this is a long document, it...
  • Throw more money at computer system; don't fix it

    Editor:  The last time I looked up in the right hand corner of my laptop screen, the date ended in  2010. Obviously, the computer screens at the Virginia Information Technologies Agency don’t display this information. I know this because, if that data...
  • Peace: World's most illusive state in Mid East

    (August 24, 2010) - - Next week Israeli PM Natanyahu is going to be in DC to talk ‘peace’ with Palestinian Prez Abbas. No more illusive term can be found in the dictionary than what ‘peace’ means - especially in the Middle East and Asia.  Everyon...
  • Light Rail Now! Why Now? The fraud of proponents!

    by Ben Krause(August 23, 2010) - - Light Rail Now sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? But discerning adults know that such a costly transportation alternative must be carefully evaluated – need, want, will solve what problem, best alternative, etc.The phras...
  • Rules went out window at Congressional Debate

    VIRGINIA BEACH (August 23, 2010) — Wally Erb’s take on the ‘congressional debate last week that almost didn’t happen’ questions what the next step will be.He accuses GOP candidate Scott Rigell of relying on ‘canned’ sound bite barbs with wer...
  • New Jersey Reform Efforts Can Help Virginia

    By Michael W. Thompson Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policyt   (August 23, 2010) -- As Virginia continues with its Governor-inspired effort to modernize state government through the Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring, it might b...
  • Waterside, no return on taxes: Listen up Norfolk!

    Editor:We spend too much, and get little if any return on our tax dollars. Our taxes, and fees, just keep going up.Waterside is struggling, for so many reasons. Crime, lack of affordable and safe parking, and the competition from MacArthur Mall. Many peop...
  • 21 YO pulls U.S. Constitution on VA Beach Police

    VIRGINIA BEACH (August  21, 2010) - - She proved she’s a practicing Libertarian.   Paige Reeves, 21, told the monthly Saturday morning breakfast meeting of the Tidewater Libertarian Party of her recent encounter with police and how she taught a police...
  • What the mayor left unsaid more important than what he said

    VIRGINIA BEACH (August 20, 2010) - - Mayor Will Sessoms was the GOP’s featured speaker July 24 at which time what he didn’t say was more important than what he did tell the group, says municipal blogger Bob O’Connor.Sessoms touted that Town Center h...
  • Economist to speak to Chesapeake taxpayers

    CHESAPEAKE  ( August 20, 2010) - - Dr. Douglas O. Walker, retired chief economist for the United Nations, will address the Chesapeake Taxpayer Alliance Saturday about where he sees the nation in regard to the current financial crisis.Is our financial cri...
  • Decision in UVA document case pending

    RICHMOND (August 20, 2010) - - In a statement issued late Friday, Atty. Gen. Ken Cuccinelli clarfied points made in his attempts to get documents from UVA on global warming reseach by a professor at the institution.He said there have been mischaractgeriza...
  • The congressional debate that 'almost happened'

    VIRGINIA BEACH (August 20, 2010) - - Some gotta win, some gotta lose!  But not in the 2nd Congressional District’s 1st debate of the political season.Despite a huge turnout, there were no verbal bombs dropped, or serious negative allegations made.  If...
  • The Myths of Light Rail (Cont'd)

    VIRGINIA BEACH (August 17, 2010) - - Is using myths anyway to try to marshall public opinion to support municipal and regional issues?  Is it anyway to govern?These are issues our Wally’s World blogger has raised in Myths 1, 2, & 3 on his blog abou...