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Light Rail Referendum – Virginia Beach
By Wally on Aug 31, 2009 | In Politics, Va Beach, Light Rail Crime | Send feedback »
Referendum – Déjà vu all over again?
"Should the City Council adopt an ordinance approving the development and financing of the proposed Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Naval Base Light Rail transit project?"
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
By Wally on Aug 31, 2009 | In Politics, State, National, Defense News | Send feedback »
Navy shipyards under fire - Lawmakers order investigation
Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) announced August 28 that the U.S. Government Accountability Office has agreed to his request to investigate conditions at the U.S. Navy's four shipyards.
Light Rail Abroad - Carbon Fingerprints
By Wally on Aug 26, 2009 | In Politics, Va Beach, Energy | Send feedback »
European advocates steamed at Light Rail exclusion from Environmental Strategy
The United Kingdom’s government blueprint for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from the transport sector has been blasted for failing to include light rail or tramways.
Northrop Grumman's Newport News Yard
By Wally on Aug 25, 2009 | In The Market, Defense News | Send feedback »
Whats going on at Newport News?
A veteran Washington naval analyst, on hearing of the latest shipbuilding problem at Northrop Grumman's Newport News yard, paraphrased Ian Fleming in the novel Goldfinger; "Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence. The third time is enemy action."
