Tag: "norfolk"
Norfolk sinking; city government all wet
If you’ve ever had the chance to drive through the city of Norfolk after a heavy rainstorm, you know that you’d rather have a boat than a car. In a blinding flash of the obvious, WAVY-10 local did a report on Norfolk’s flooding problems – the city’s solution: to contract with a foreign company and [...]
McDonnell to Obama: Reconsider the closing of USJFCOM
Governor McDonnell has written both President Obama and Defense Secretary Gates voicing his opposition to the closure of the United States Joint Forces Command in Norfolk. McDonnell wrote…”as a retired member of the United States military, I am struck by the fact that this closure is not a part of the recommendations contained in the [...]
Robert Gates Closes Joint Forces Command in Norfolk
Big news affecting Virginians coming out of Washington today. Defense Secretary Robert Gates today announced that Joint Forces Command in Norfolk Virginia would close, some positions eliminated completely while others would be reassigned. The economic impact of this decision is momentous.
Old timers whine about Norfolk’s descent
One of the funniest things about Hampton Roads is Norfo-centrism: the belief that despite a shoddy city, a sub-par education system, high crime, and a city known more for drinking than thinking, Norfolk should be the center of the regional universe and all other must bow in homage it.
Norfolk vice mayor’s attempt to silence website unites political bloggers
Norfolk Vice Mayor Anthony Burfoot’s attempts to shut down a website has met resistence from the politcal blogging community.
Virginian-Pilot’s light rail editorial off track
My dad was the best auto mechanic I ever saw. I’d sit for summers watching him repair cars with no computers, no manuals, and second set of hands. I couldn’t count the number of times he could diagnose a car problem by sense of smell or sound. He could find that one thing wrong in [...]
Light Rail, Shucet and proactive transparency
Several bloggers and I met with new chief of Hampton Roads Transit Phil Shucet and my first impression was definitely one of flux. Still evident is the strain of transition from the leadership of Mike Townes (who still is making a pretty buck doing whatever he’s still doing at HRT. We didn’t see him at [...]
Five-minute restaurant review: Freemason Abbey in Norfolk
My family and I took a drive into downtown Norfolk last night and decided to drop into Freemason Abbey at the corner of Boush and Freemason Streets. The atmosphere is absolutely awesome (a church converted into a restaurant), the service was terrific (thanks, Chris!), and the food was just perfect. We started off with calamari [...]
Hampton Roads House of Delegates Financial Updates
Here’s a financial breakdown of the Hampton Roads House of Delegates races. (note, some reports are not online, including all of the 64th, ) This idea came from Too Conservative’s VA Blogger, who has the Northern Virginia breakdowns here. Total raised is taken from total receipts, which includes contributions, in-kind, and loans. Candidate: 7/1 – [...]
Matthew James’ (80th) Campaign Still Lost
Matthew James, candidate for the 80th House of Delegates race, has had a tough road since winning the Democratic Primary at the beginning of the summer on June 9th. You may remember Matthew James from J.R.’s post here which highlighted James’ mounting campaign debts after the last reporting cycle. A stop on his campaign website [...]
Is Doyle ready to exercise judgment?
Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney and Democrat, Jack Doyle, is on the short-list to becoming a circuit court judge in Norfolk. He is one of the four would-be judicial appointees of Sen. Yvonne Miller for Norfolk and Virginia Beach. However, some information has come to light that might derail his plans to become a judge, let alone [...]
Queen Yvonne
There are over 500,000 people in the commonwealth that live in the cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach — all of them are being held hostage by the wishes of one Democratic Senator who wants to get her way on judges…Sen. Yvonne Miller.
Nye takes up residence in the 2nd
Bearing Drift was happy to learn that pillar-of-the-community Democrat Glenn Nye has finally found a place to live in the 2nd Congressional District and attended his first civic league meeting this past week. Welcome to the neighborhood! In case you were wondering, Thelma Drake has lived in and served her community since 1967.
They used to call this extortion
Norfolk State University will block Norfolk’s light rail plans unless the taxpayers purchase NSU’s president’s home, pay for a parking deck near campus and pay for sound and sight barriers between campus and the light rail line. It gets better! After taxpayers buy the president’s home, NSU wants them to transfer the deed back to [...]
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