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.
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Virginia Beach City Council Endorsement: Guy Tower
Tomorrow we get a chance to vote FOR Tower. A man who actually lives in the district and shows no signs of being a developer’s sock puppet.
Rosemary Wilson: Why Switch Seats?
What’s not understandable and is - unfortunately - legal, is Wilson’s decision to run for the Beach seat.
Rosemary Wilson: Hoping Beach Voters Can’t Count
Does Wilson think no one is going to notice that she’s been on city council since the turn of the freaking century? Nineteen long years? Where has she been all this time?
VB Cronies Push To Hike City Manager’s Pay
Dave Hansen, who’s alternately bully and buffoon, continues to treat members of the public like imbeciles and certain developers like royalty.
Open Government. Virginia Beach-Style.
Virginia law is crystal clear. There is no ambiguity. No exceptions for terrible tragedies.
Rosemary's Ruse
If Wilson really wants that Beach seat, she should resign her post and let the voters decide the future of both slots.
John Uhrin. Gone For Good.
The political machine is not going to give up this seat without a fight.
Cronyism Still Kicking In Virginia Beach
That empty Beach seat was filled with an empty suit for a dozen years.
Mark Whitaker. One More Felon Who Can Vote
Virginia isn’t as progressive as Maine or Vermont where inmates can vote from their cells, but we’re getting there.
Who Paid For The Smear Campaign?
The Chamber usually endorses business-friendly candidates, but engaging in dark ads aimed at taking out one candidate was something new.
Laches, Baby
Common sense would say you can’t belatedly raise a legal issue if you sat on it for months.
Three-Time Loser
If Uhrin’s nutty request had been granted, the people most affected by City Council’s decision would not have had a representative at the table.
Spot The Typos
In a legal document, Uhrin makes the ludicrous assertion that he personally will suffer “irreparable injury” if Nygaard is allowed to vote at council meetings.
It's Councilman Nygaard. Deal With It.
Both lawsuits are disturbing and emblematic of our times when courtesy, decency and sportsmanship are of no consequence to this win-at-any-cost crowd.
Sore Losers
Apparently taking a page out of Hillary’s Handbook for Losers are John Uhrin and Richard R.K. Kowalewitch.
Showdown In Cronytown
Bad command climate. That’s a polite way to describe what’s happened at City Hall.
Hail Mary Pass
This is a desperate move by a member of City Council who was bad at his job.
VB Pols Panic: Puppets In Peril
Clearly, some of the local plutocrats are terrified that their Gatsbyesque lifestyle will end if the Good Government guys win.