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  • And the rant goes on ...

    Created: Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:37 Author: Ben Krause
    Editor:   Don't you just love it when the Keyboard Commando Mike Barrett and his side kick Henry Ryto Fire up their verbal bombasts!They claim to be so knowledgeable but yet they have to revert to slogans and hate words like KKK, scourge, inane policie...

  • True Health Care Reform is Sitting Right in Front of Us

    Created: Thursday, 30 July 2009 00:00 Author: Michael W, Thompson
    By Michael W. Thompson The Thomas Jefferson Institute You want healthcare? You got it ... The Thomas Jefferson Institute recently sponsored a health care conference in Richmond and over 60 key business leaders used the event to discuss how our lives ...

  • Which are more believable? Verbal bombasts or fact?

    Created: Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:48 Author: Ben Krause
    Editor: Have you ever noticed that the people who attack the Virginia Beach Taxpayer's  Alliance (VBTA) never refute the factual research and presentations that the VBTA makes?  Being impotent and without any factual retort, they resort to sloganeering ...

  • Mickie protesteth too much!

    Created: Monday, 27 July 2009 16:44 Author: Ben Krause
    Editor:It is interesting to note that Mike Barrett used to show his name, together with his position as president of Rummymede Corp. on his diatribe in VirginiaNewsSource.  Now he has left off his title.[Editor's note:  In all fairness to Mike Barrett:...

  • Taxes should be paid by the users

    Created: Friday, 24 July 2009 00:00 Author: Editor
    Once again, the VBTA distinguishes itself by shooting itself in the foot.  By advocating for doing away with fees that are paid by special interests, Robert Dean and the VBTA is advocating that these be done away with and replaced with just a few taxes, ...

  • The Hurt Locker & The Ugly Truth

    Created: Friday, 24 July 2009 00:00 Author: Steve Meyerson
    Saw two new movies recently. Gave both an "A" for different reasons. Both held my interest for the entire length. Other than that, they were as different as night and day (unless you're north of Alaska where day and night appear the same). "The Hurt Lock...

  • Writer about tyranny in Nelson Co. was right on!

    Created: Wednesday, 22 July 2009 16:39 Author: Marcel LeRoy
    Editor:Ken White's letter  ( See: Tyranny in Nelson County)  was right on and I couldn't agree with him more. He hit the nail right on the head. Great going Ken.Marcel LeRoy...

  • Writer about tyranny in Nelson Co. was right on!

    Created: Wednesday, 22 July 2009 00:00 Author: Marcel LeRoy
    Editor:Ken White's letter  ( See: Tyranny in Nelson County)  was right on and I couldn't agree with him more. He hit the nail right on the head. Great going Ken.Marcel LeRoy...

  • VBTA doesn't realize mayoral vote was lite rail referendum!

    Created: Tuesday, 21 July 2009 16:35 Author: MJB Sends
    Editor:So once again, on the pages of the Virginian-Pilot, the VBTA transportation chairman leads the opposition to Light Rail Transit, an initiative that 86% of voters expressed a preference for in their vote for Mayor.So members of the VBTA must be aski...

  • Virginia Needs a Fiscal Makeover!

    Created: Friday, 17 July 2009 00:00 Author: Leonard Gilroy
    Like a number of other states, Virginia is largely papering over its current budget deficits through the use of temporary federal stimulus dollars, largely avoiding politically unpopular cuts in state services and programs. But with revenue declines and b...

  • Tyranny in Nelson and across the state of VA

    Created: Thursday, 16 July 2009 16:30 Author: Kenneth White
    Editor:I made the following statement to the Nelson Co. Board of Supervisors meeting:Mr. Chairman and members of the Board, my name is Kenneth White, 93 Shields Gap  Road,  Roseland,  and  I  am President  of  the  Virginia  Taxpayers Association...

  • The City Council is a joke...!

    Created: Thursday, 16 July 2009 16:22 Author: BSmith
    EDITOR:July 16, 2009 - - As for the Military Radar moving, what a joke. The money is just shuffled from one government agency to another. And it's all OUR money. Democracy ~ I don't see any. As for the projects listed, they are Part of the Master Plan. Th...

  • The City Council is a joke...!

    Created: Thursday, 16 July 2009 00:00 Author: B. Smith
    Editor:As for the Military Radar moving, what a joke. The money is just shuffled from one government agency to another. And it's all OUR money. Democracy ~ I don't see any. As for the projects listed, they are Part of the Master Plan. The plan to create ...

  • Tyranny in Nelson and across the state of VA

    Created: Thursday, 16 July 2009 00:00 Author: Kenneth White
    Editor: I made the following statement to the Nelson Co. Board of Supervisors meeting: Mr. Chairman and members of the Board, my name is Kenneth White, 93 Shields Gap  Road,  Roseland,  and  I  am President  of  the  Virginia  Taxpayers Associa...

  • Your references to 'Norfolk Vice Mayor' Will Sessoms ,,,

    Created: Sunday, 12 July 2009 18:48 Author: Tidewater Reader
    Editor:Knowing your perverted sense of satire, are you implying through your references to 'Norfolk Vice Mayor' Will Sessoms that he is attached to 'Virginia Beach Mayor' Paul Fraim by his lips to Fraim's ass?Too funny!A Tidewater reader...

  • Your references to 'Norfolk Vice Mayor' Will Sessoms ...

    Created: Sunday, 12 July 2009 00:00 Author: A Tidewater reader
    Editor:Knowing your perverted sense of satire, are you implying through your references to 'Norfolk Vice Mayor' Will Sessoms that he is attached to 'Virginia Beach Mayor' Paul Fraim by his lips to Fraim's ass?Too funny!A Tidewater reader...

  • VBTA's Town Center TIF argument out of step with citizens

    Created: Thursday, 09 July 2009 00:00 Author: Michael J. Barrett
    Editor:   What a shame that the VBTA continues to embarrass itself with its continuing crusade against Town Center, when in fact our citizens, our voters, and most of all, our taxpayers, agree that it will continue to provide positive fiscal dividends ...

  • Pride In Service -- Are You Kidding?

    Created: Tuesday, 07 July 2009 07:00 Author: Administrator
    When I was growing up, people showed their pride in their jobs by performing to the best of their ability. This was especially true with “service” type jobs – medical, customer service, etc. Unfortunately, the workforce in general has evolved to per...

  • Frank Sinatra - One Awesome CD

    Created: Tuesday, 07 July 2009 00:00 Author: Joe McGrenra
    (July 7th, 2009) - - Last month, my wife gave me, and I got a chance to listen to the newly released Frank Sinatra CD. The disc is entitled Frank Sinatra: Live at the Meadowlands and is a recording of a concert from March 14th, 1986 from Mr. Sinatra’s p...