It’s not just the task force that was left out of the process. The governor has been keeping city leaders in the dark, too.
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It’s not just the task force that was left out of the process. The governor has been keeping city leaders in the dark, too.
Virginia Beach Councilman Aaron Rouse - on the job for a mere 14 months - is ready to resign his seat to run for mayor. Bad idea.
Virginia law is crystal clear. There is no ambiguity. No exceptions for terrible tragedies.
The Chamber usually endorses business-friendly candidates, but engaging in dark ads aimed at taking out one candidate was something new.
Clearly, some of the local plutocrats are terrified that their Gatsbyesque lifestyle will end if the Good Government guys win.
Virginia Beach’s most famous developer, a man who’s financed his projects with tens of millions of tax dollars, is threatening to pack up and pull out of the resort area if good-government types are elected in November.
The all-you-can-eat-taxpayer-funded buffet could close down and developers might have to start paying for their own projects.
The horror of it all.
Ninety two bucks may be pocket change to Beach politicians and their Porsche-driving pals, but to the cashier at Kroger who drives a 20-year-old Chevy and works two jobs to support her family, that increase is painful.
The man my former colleague, columnist Dave Addis, once described as a “goat boy" for the developers.