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Brian Kirwin

The right wants to jeer him. The left wants to censor him. Moderates usually want both. Brian Kirwin is a political consultant and public relations strategist in Virginia Beach with a lightning-rod flair. Brian also serves on the VB Arts & Humanities Commission and frequently appears on Hampton Roads theatrical stages, if only to prove that all actors aren’t liberals. Kirwin’s columns stir up debate and hit the political scene with no punches pulled.

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9 Responses to "State Senator sues her city"

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   P-Town Hubert December 19, 2008 06:06 am

   Mz. Lucas has to be one of the most arrogant, self-serving people on this planet. We need to recall her, immediately, or at least mount a massive effort to vote her out of office at the next opportunity. She represents no one but herself. Here insatiable obsession to enrich herself and her family at the public’s expense is astonishing. She has shown an inability to control herself so clearly, that it’s hard not to believe that she’s been using her State Senate office staff and funds to further her personal quest for wealth. She needs to be investigated. There’s no telling how much cash she has stashed in HER freezer.

   We have enough Government embarrassments in Portsmouth. I hope Paul Riddick isn’t looking into moving here. He’d be right at home.

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   Scott December 19, 2008 08:14 am

   Well, like I said on Scott’s Morning Brew…

   She is claiming, oh wait, I’m sorry, the corporations are claiming that City Council denied her, oh wait, I’m sorry again, the corporations access to the bonds because she is, darn, I did it again, the corporations are primarily African-American owned.

   She is trying to intimidate City Council. No question about it.

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   Brian Kirwin December 19, 2008 09:21 am

   I don’t think so.

   I think she thinks she’d lose a City Council vote again, and is suing to get the 98 million dollars through the courts.

   She has to know that any City Attorney would tell Council not to vote on the project with pending litigation.

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   Reid Greenmun December 19, 2008 13:32 pm

   Okay .. . so she wants government money (which ultimately comes from taxpayers) to build a hotel she will own to cater to African-Americans – - and then she accuses OTHERS of racial discrimination when they tell her no – because the business case isn’t there and the local market cannot support another hotel to compete with the City’s “partnership” with the Renaissance Hotel, which is also struggling financially?

   One aspect of this mess that I haven’t hear discussed yet – why would Senator Lucas want a “black hotel”? Could it be because she can control who will get head of the line privileges for the African-American events that right now have to compete equally with everyone else to book the Renaissance Hotel? Is this a way for her to offer racially motivated “favors” in exchange for political support from the African-American community?

   At the same time is this a way she can pay out large salaries to her family and supporters and gain access to millions of dollars to help her political endeavors?

   It seems she is out to prove that she can be just as corrupt as any other politician and local business person that games the system and to get in her way is to discriminate against her by denying her equal access to government corruption.
   Perhaps what she is shining a light on with her law suit is the dangers these so-called “public private partnerships” can lead to – with taxpayers stuck picking up the legal fees on both sides of the law suits!

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   Max Shapiro December 19, 2008 14:25 pm

   Quick fix; no one gets government bonds, period. Unless you are doing something where the entire purpose of the organization is to help the community then you have no right to a dime of taxpayer money. A skatepark, sure, a rec center, sure, a youth club, sure, a hotel? Are you serious?

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   Reid Greenmun December 19, 2008 14:43 pm

   Max, its not a ‘hotel” (well, okay it is … but don’t look at that aspect…) – why it is a much needed “BLACK” convention center!

   You know … it’s meant to help “the community” . . .

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   Max Shapiro December 19, 2008 14:56 pm

   I wonder if she thinks she is in the right of if she knows its retarded and is just doing it anyway…

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   Reid Greenmun December 19, 2008 17:43 pm

   Perhaps she was “inspired’ as she feels this is life in the new Obamanation?

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