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Editor:So as reported, the VBATA members kept up their reputation for raucous behavior, reportedly booing and shouting down candidates for office at their forum When you get less than 16% in the last election, and put up the same candidates again, and the...
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by Joseph J. McGrenra, CFCM(September 28 2010)-Last week there was a conference entitled “Race, Slavery, and the Civil War: The Tough Stuff of American History” held at Norfolk State University. One of the speakers was Governor Bob McDonnell. Of cours...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (September 27, 2010) - - Who stands where on light rail among those running for city council?Results are mixed in public forums recently held. Incumbent at-large candidate Bill DeSteph, John Moss, and Wally Erb, at Lynnhaven District cand...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (September 27, 2010) - - Wally blogs that ‘love ‘em or hate ‘em’ reality TV shows where alliances are formed for advantage and to win prizes have changed the contemporary American scene.He likens those shows to the Virginia Beac...
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[Editor’s note: In the following, Ben Krause wrote incumbent councilwoman Rita Bellitto expressing disappointment with her performance during Saturday’s candidate forum hosted by the Virginia Beach Taxpayer Alliance]I was very disappointed in your...
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VIRGINIA BEACH - - Only developer-backed and employed Dave Redmond got more negative reaction at a forum for at-large candidates than incumbent Rita Bellito. Redmond is a candidate supported by self-appointed power brokers, including Virginia Beach Mayor ...
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Photo by Rachael West
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Apparently, Scott Rigell’s camp has more money to spend on signs then he knows what to do with. If Mr. Rigell is this hapless with his own campaign funds, will concern for spending your hard-earned money be one ...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (September 25, 2010) - - For those of you who heard the roar of jets overhead during this year’s Blue Angel’s Air Show at Oceana NAS, but didn’t get a chance to see the entire show, a collection of photographs have been assembled th...
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
There are three (3) Constitutional amendments are on the ballot. Changing the Constitution is always a very serious matter. It must be of the utmost importance to make such a change.The amendments will be presented in the ...
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Editor:Given the penile envy the Virginia Beach City staff and Council have of Norfolk, it is only a matter of time before the Virginia Beach citizens will be faced with the question and expense of where a battleship will be placed in Virginia Beach.Many ...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (September 24, 2010) - - Independent 2nd District Congressional candidate Kenny Golden Friday night was endorsed by the Modern Whig Party.This growing conservative group founded by returning Middle East war veterans has joined Golden’s ca...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (September 24, 2010) - - The Virginia Beach Taxpayer Alliance (VBTA) Saturday will host a candidates forum for those running in the city council race for the 2 at large seats.Meetings are held in Marian Manor Retirement Center behind St. Gr...
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Editor:In Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From A Birmingham Jail (1963), he wrote that the fight for rights was about "...standing up for the best in the American dream and the most sacred values in our Judeo-Christian heritage, and thusly, carrying our w...
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by David Lawrence
(September 24, 2010) - - Will the Republican's Pledge to America help them in the 2010 elections? It may garner a few votes from those who are not aware to the Republicans ìContract with America in 1994, but little more.In 1994 N...
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There are three (3) Constitutional amendments are on the ballot. Changing the Constitution is always a very serious matter. It must be of the utmost importance to make such a change.The amendments will be presented in the form of “Ballot Question(s)”:...
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by Ben Krause
The Virginia Beach Schools are being shortchanged by the City Council and City staff.Since the Virginia Beach School System does not have taxing authority, its budget is funded by an arbitrary formula (as percentage of “some City income...
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by Joseph J. McGrenra, CFCM(September 23, 2010) -- Let me start off by saying I was born and raised in a large city, and for many years I utilized public transportation on a daily basis. By public transportation, I mean buses, trains, subways, and even ...
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Editor:I awoke this AM to tune-in and find out what went on at Fort Bliss yesterday afternoon when two women were reported as shot and killed at an on-base convenience store by an as-yet-unidentified man who was shot by Army police. I thought it was curio...
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Editor:Some cities like Virginia Beach get around their limits to the amount of bond debt it can have by establishing "authorities" that issue debt for various projects. As being witnessed in Harrisburg, PA., that debt is city debt and can come home to ...
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A few days ago I was considering a bid on a foreclosure in Lindberg Forest in South Knoxville. The home was built in 1951. I was going to renovate the property then sell it for a profit. That night I attended a seminar in West Knoxville on lead based pain...