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Editor:This is in response to the article in the Sunday, October 31, 2010, Beacon under “Beachcombing—Last-Minute Write-In.” The first line of the article insinuates that I have been making some kind of mockery of the election process. I have taken ...
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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. VNS urges voters to vote "NO" on all ...
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VIRGINIA BEACH - - (October 30, 2010) - - The powerful and inspiring (but demagogic) rhetoric of Barack Obama just two short years ago has lapsed into the greatest expansion of socialism in the U.S. since Roosevelt’s new deal.And the buzzards are comi...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (October 30) - - 2nd District GOP Congressional candidate Scott Rigell and most of candidates for city council and school board in Tuesday’s election put in an appearance at the weekly GOP breakfast Saturday.Noticeably absent, however, wa...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (October 29, 2010) - - Money - BIG BUCKS - is flying around the current city council campaign like confetti as Mayor Will Sessoms attempts to buy a slate of candidates he can control.Sessoms, himself raised more than $222,000 as a slush fun...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (October 29, 2010) - - Two supporters of Princess Anne District council incumbent Barbara Henley have injected racism into the campaign.In a crudely written ‘flyer,’ John and Shelia Baumgardner state: “In less than three weeks ...
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Editor:if current City Council incumbents, other than Bill DeSteph, were truly concerned about the financial well being of our struggling tax payers, they would have fully disclosed the serious economic implications of policies, that were arbitrarily &...
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Editor:Truth and facts about transportation and light rail needed, not marketingTruth and facts regarding all proposed transportation and light rail projects are needed, not emotional marketing that tries to educate the public.The past two failed transpor...
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Editor: What’s good for the goose is good for the gander! The following in an email interchange with City Council Candidate Barbara Henley, a resident living on farm land in Virginia Beach:To Mrs. HenleyPlease tell me why you want to preserve the farm...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (October 24, 2010) - - In a costly, high profile political conspiracy headed by Mayor Will Sessoms to buy control of all political influence on the city council, at-large candidate Dave Redmond, a bought and sold candidate, of builders, d...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (October 24, 2010) - - Incumbent at-large council candidate Bill DeSteph has been trashed by challenger, Dave Redmond, serving as a political attack dog, in a conspiracy with Mayor Will Sessoms, et al who's trying to buy control of City C...
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The turmoil in Israel continues as usual as do the violence between Hamas and the Israells.Irene, our Mideast blogger writes, "Nothing much new here in Israel. The usual Kassam rocket shooting...to let us know Hamas is ruling Gaza."And our usual response....
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Letter to the Editor: Today I received a newsletter from Shore Daily News which reports on public meetings and it said in part; "Many Supervisors as well as citizens spoke about the incident during the public comment period. Supervisor Wanda Thornton was ...
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Editor:Scott Rigell has recently launched an ad citing his family's "3 generations of service in the U.S. Marines". He claims his son is an active duty marine and his father was an active duty marine - however his web site states that. "He served his co...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (October 23, 2010) - - In the upcoming November 2 election, VNS recommends the following candidates for Virginia Beach School Board:At-Large (2 Seats)Todd C. Davidson - ENDORSED. Scott Seery - ENDORSEAt-Large Special (1 Seat)Ashley K. McL...
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Editor:This is the 9/18/2010 Virginian-Pilot headline. Jim Wood had brought in the largest amount of campaign funds. David Redmond, a planning commissioner and employee of Divaris Realty also raised a lot of money. It does not take much to connect t...
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By French MackesShould any Virginia Beach City Council incumbents be re-eleced? No. One of the most important issues currently facing the taxpayers of the City of Virginia Beach is the proposed light rail development. Much has been written at Virginia N...
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VIRGINIA BEACH (Oct. 18, 2010) - - Republican party chairman David Barthlomew said Monday night he is resigning his position with the party Tuesday due to a flood of political inrigue over an email with racial overtones.
This is part of an overall plan...
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Editor:Michael Douglas, playing the part of Gordon Gekko in the movie, Wall Street, stated. "GREED is good. It's not about fantasy, but political and economic reality." In the Wall Street sequel, after serving a prison sentence, Gekko recognizes tha...
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Editor:While you were busy trying to make a living, the following events have taken place: 1. This morning, the number came out for new unemployment claims for the week ending 9 October 2010 at 462,000 claims. This level has been fairly constant all y...