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.
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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.
It wouldn’t be the last time the VBDA lavished dollars on companies associated with Thompson, of course. And it wouldn’t be the last time Branch supported Thompson while serving on that body. Special reporting by John Holland.
With the curious departure of the mayor and with six City Council seats up this November, there is - at last - a chance for disgruntled Beach voters to bypass the good-old-boys with their slick campaigns and vote instead for good government.