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
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
RICHMOND – At the reconvened session of the General Assembly today, Virginia legislators approved 92% of Governor Bob McDonnell’s 213 amendments to the budget and previously passed legislation. Sometimes called the “veto” session, this year’s one-day gathering featured no vetoes from the Governor, as the Governor and staff worked out many issues cooperating with legislators [...]
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Virginia’s cash-strapped General Fund needs feeding and all state agencies have been summoned to the trough. Agencies must take “all appropriate and cost-effective actions to aggressively collect all accounts receivable.” The State Board of Elections is no exception. Unpaid fines levied as far back as 1998 are targeted for collection. CLICK HERE for the excel [...]
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Be careful what you ask for from the Virginia State Board of Elections in Richmond. You might just get it and get it I did. Take a gander at the collapsible spreadsheet that David Allen, Campaign Finance Manager sent me last week. The spreadsheet had some hidden rows and columns that are now viewable. The [...]
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
In an October 20 editorial, “Campaign accounts could get personal” The Virginian-Pilot implied that a “loophole in law gives politicians free rein with campaign donations.” Click here for the full PilotOnline.com editorial. As reported by the Roanoke Free Press a citizen complaint alleged that Delegate Onzlee Ware used his campaign funds for personal use. Mark Powell had inadvertently [...]
Monday, August 24, 2009
The line is forming demanding Delegate Phil Hamilton resign along with an editorial today in The Roanoke Times: RICHMOND – Today, Democratic Nominee for Lieutenant Governor Jody Wagner released the following statement regarding Delegate Phillip Hamilton: “Delegate Hamilton abused his position as a public servant for personal gain. His apologies and denials fall short. Virginians [...]
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Five Republican Commonwealth Attorneys have now jumped on the bandwagon to support Cuccinelli’s call for a special session of the General Assembly to prevent a potential flood of DWI case dismissals. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision made it a very real technical possibility. Cuccinelli and the supporting Commonwealth Attorneys claim it is an extreme [...]
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Robert T. Schultze is the director of the 24th largest public or private pension system in the United States, the Virginia Retirement System (VRS). On Monday, he and his staff reported to the Virginia General Assembly’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) that VRS assets have lost about 21% over the first half of [...]
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
We don’t need a bill that will do no more than create extra work for an already short-staffed State Board of Elections. What we do need are honest legislators who don’t need laws to tell them “right from wrong.” Though it is admirable that Delegate Onzlee Ware’s sudden attention to campaign finance is leading him [...]
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Wednesday the House GOP fought and successfully voted down changes to Virginia’s unemployment law saying it would be too hard on small business. That left $125 million of federal stimulus untouchable. Governor Tim Kaine said, “I just don’t understand” trying to maintain his composure. Kaine’s disappointment was caught here in the video. Minority Leader Ward Armstrong [...]
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Friday, March 6, 2009
According to Delegate Ken Plum (D-36) the House Republicans spent the first two weeks of the session preventing Alexandria Delegate Charniele Herring from being sworn in. They killed bipartisan redistricting legislation and refused to hear bills aimed at cleaning up Virginia’s campaign finance laws. They blocked one of their own members from introducing a measure [...]
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Delegate Robert Marshall (R) equates the stimulus to slavery saying, “It is as much a chain [of slavery] as ankle bracelets were to African-Americans in the 1860′s in this State – its just invisible but is a chain of debt we are not going to escape.” . Delegate David Albo (R) spoke of his 3 [...]
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Uncertified “voice stress analyzers” to be used to measure a suspects “stress level” in hopes of soliciting a confession passed the House without the Governor’s amendment. The Governor’s amendment stated that the “voice stress analyzer” should be certified in the same manner that lie detector equipment is today. Lie detector results and the new voice [...]
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Link to all exceptions: SB1105 The most ridiculously complicated smoking bill passed the house. Though restaurants are banned they can provided ventilation for separate smoking section. Ventilation – a worker can refuse to work in a smoking section without employer repercussion. Now just how many of you really think an employer will not take that [...]
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