Thursday, September 9, 2010
Thanks to a neighbor for scouring the Internet to find the City of Newport News fiscal year 2011 budget. City officials in Newport News have kept their vision for its citizens and tourists. They successfully run Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run. The fund breaks even as best as I can read this. CLICK on the images twice to enlarge.Filed Under: Technology 3 Comments
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Have you ever received those solicitations that tell you to prepare for your retirement, financial planning, advice on wills and power of attorney, long-term care and offers of prepaid burial plans. They have pictures of “happy smiling seniors” being coddled by gentle caregivers and beautiful flowered views of a cemetary. <laughing so hard I can barely [...]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Lt. Governor Bill Bolling hoped that the light at the end of the tunnel for Virginia’s economy was not a train. That train could come in the form of a “double-dip” recession. Monday morning the Lt. Governor heard concerns and appreciation for the improvements to Virginia’s business climate. Bolling met with the Roanoke Regional Partnership [...]
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Governor Bob McDonnell arrived at Steel Dynamics at noon on Wednesday. Steel Dynamics Vice President and General Manager Joe Crawford and Charles Hunter Chair of the Roanoke Economic Development Authority and Dennis Cronk CEO of Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group greeted the governor. Vice-Mayor David Trinkle introduced Governor McDonnell and touted Roanoke’s two exiting [...]
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Formal action on the formation of the Community Development Authority (CDA) for South Peak is perking up with the help of Bonnie France of the McGuire Woods law firm in Richmond. France has been advising Roanoke County on bond issues for 25 years. James Smith, the developer will start first with a 120-unit condominium project [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Washington, D.C., June 30, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to approve new rules to significantly curtail the corrupting influence of “pay to play” practices by investment advisers. Pay to play is the practice of making campaign contributions and related payments to elected officials in order to influence the awarding of [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
A campaign dubbed “Eat for Education” was launched Wednesday in front of the Texas Tavern. The two-percent meal’s tax increase starts July 1 and Mayor David Bowers recognized that “the meals tax may impact restaurants and their customers.” The two-percent tax will go to combat the budget shortfalls for Roanoke City Schools. The campaign still [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Monday, June 28, 2010
Washington, D.C., June 28, 2010 — Today the Supreme Court issued its decision in Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and United States of America. In its decision, the Supreme Court held that the restriction on removal of Board members under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 violates [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Washington, DC – Following a meeting of the CFTC-SEC Joint Advisory Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler today commented on the status of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010. Commenting on the Wall Street reform bill that is currently in conference committee, Chairman Gensler said: “The [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday evening’s public hearing and council motion on the “cart path of least residence” put speakers at ease. The vote came down 5-2 with Mayor David Bowers and Vice-Mayor Sherman Lea voting “no.” Vendor carts will only be allowed at greenways and parks. The most popular spots are likely to be at Carilion Medical Center [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Governor Bob McDonnell Monday officially signed two bills: SB257, and HB861 designed to recruit the production of television, film, documentaries and interactive digital media to Virginia. McDonnell also highlighted a budget amendment he requested during the 2010 session which increases funding to the Governor’s Motion Picture Opportunity Fund from $200,000 to $2 million for FY 2011. [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
The South Jefferson Redevelopment Plan is being amended effective June 30, 2010. The amendment is a reworked 5-year plan that will accommodate Virginia’s newer property rights laws. Council will vote on the amendment at its June 21 meeting. The Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority has no plans to initiate future eminent domain proceedings. In April [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
The last council meeting on June 21 is looking like a late night for the outgoing council members Gwen Mason and Rupert Cutler. Four hanging chads are yet to be decided before Ray Ferris, Bill Bestpitch and incumbent Dave Trinkle take office July 1. Public hearings for the 7:00 p.m. meeting on June 21 include: [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Monday, June 7, 2010
Negotiations between city finance personnel and Carilion Clinic have given birth to an arrangement that yields fractional real estate tax revenue for the city. The negotiated agreement will have Carilion, through its subsidiary Carilion Clinic Physicians, LLC pay one-sixth of the taxes on the building and the full tax amount on the land. Carilion has [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
Saturday, June 5, 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commission promised to get moving on a uniform proposal that would keep computers (HAL 9000) from destroying the stock market. On May 6 the DOW plunged 1000 points in 10 minutes. There are at lest 50 separate exchanges involved. Your stock order could be executed at any one of them to [...]
Comments Off Read full story »
