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  • Whoa!!! The Portsmouth FOP Grew some balls!

    Just a link: Go here. Or an even better write up here… [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2008, 6:42pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Hmmmm… Obama/Biden

    **sniff**  **sniff** Smells clean, talks gooder than most… Wow!  A Mainstream African-American! Ooooooo!!!  Pick me!  Pick me!!! I wonder if we can go to Dunkin Donuts and get some Indian American (as opposed to American Indian) to serve us some jelly filled donuts??? Biden is a fucking moron. [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2008, 10:36am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Something inherently wrong…

    Number of comments: 2
    UPDATE: I have been reading the Pilot Online article as it grows.  And I have to side with most of the comments. City Hall and the City of Portsmouth is corrupt. The State Police SHOULD come in and take over the day to day operations of the PD The Attorney General SHOULD initiate [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2008, 8:27pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Portsmouth’s mis-management ruins another one

    By Matthew BowersThe Virginian-Pilot© August 18, 2008 PORTSMOUTH Acting police chief William Corvello is resigning as of Sept. 1, his office confirmed this morning. He has notified the department, and City Council members are aware, his secretary said. Corvello assumed command May 7 pending a city manager search for a [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2008, 12:34pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Shooting last night in Portsmouth

    But nothing in the papers. [...]
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    Posted: July 26, 2008, 9:53pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Here’ your answer "white America"?

    Number of comments: 1
    Well here’s your answer Marlon Baskerville:  SHUT UP! You, Lucas, Holley, Locke and Williams can take your “black hotel and conference center” and go to Chesapeake, Norfolk or anywhere but my city.  (Riddick would love that).  I am tired of your attitudes and mouthy rhetoric. Marlon Baskerville, a Portsmouth resident and investor, [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2008, 9:54pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Yeah I took a break…

    I don’t know how much blogging I will do.  Probably just when something really pisses me off like that moronic Mayor James Holley in Portsmouth. We’ll have to wait and see. Anyone know what Ed Long is doing now that he’s unemployed? [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2008, 6:39pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • James Holley is a bigotted fucking idiot

    I don’t need to write anything else here.  The title says it all.  What a freakin’ moron!  If Martha Creecy doesn’t start a recall move now she’s missing her chance. FUCK!  This guy infuriates me. [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2008, 6:15pm EDT
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  • Maybe a couple people in Southside Gardens?

    Is it still called that?  That housing area near there? As part of receiving tax credits for developing a project in an Empowerment Zone, employers are required to hire at least 35 percent of their employees from that area. How many people does it take to run a hotel and convention [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2008, 11:30pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • I?m still here. BUT CHECK THIS OUT!

    The City of Portsmouth is NOTORIOUS for paying it’s bills late.  But at least they are equal opportunity slackers…  They apparently don’t even pay THEMSELVES on time. But the city has yet to repay itself for $874,793 in expenses. Sheeesh… City accrues $191,000 in interest from 13 -year-old suit settlement | HamptonRoads.com [...]
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    Posted: May 28, 2008, 11:25pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Ray "Criminal" Smith is OUT

    Good riddance… The losing candidates were: James Ellis 3,798; incumbent Ray Smith 3,765, Steve Carroll, 2,869; Terry Morrison, 2,605; and PAige Cherry 4,194. Portsmouth mayor James W. Holley wins re-election | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2008, 9:38pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Portsmouth police chief resigns

    I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again.  Ed Long is a nice guy.  Lousy Chief but a nice guy. Police Chief Edward Long has resigned, effectively immediately, according to a news release sent by the Office of the City Manager Tuesday. Portsmouth police chief resigns | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2008, 6:48pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • I had heard about this

    I had heard about some serious communications problems in Portsmouth.  I had no idea it was this bad though. Jim at Portsmouth Virginia Police Department says this: Their are significant coverage problems with the current system when an employee is using a handheld radio in Churchland. In December of last year an [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2008, 8:09pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Portsmouth police officer charged with DUI

    Two words.  DUMB ASS. As if the PD doesn’t have enough to deal with.  Way to go bud… Ann Hope, a police spokeswoman, said Officer Wayne Sherman was charged after the vehicle he was driving allegedly struck the rear of another in the Midtown Tunnel. Portsmouth police officer charged with DUI | [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2008, 6:02pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Well now interesting

    I don’t know Jim Conrad, or the details behind his leaving the Police Department. I heard there were some terminations. But it looks like Conrad has an ax to grind and is getting ready to go public. I like this guy already!!! Go get ‘em Jim!!! Let’s share resources!!! Or snippets of information [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2008, 8:47pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Timothy Kaine is an absolute certifiable IDIOT!

    Number of comments: 1
    Kaine?  Go home.  Resign.  Get yourself a hooker and resign.  You are the most absolutely WORTHLESS excuse for a governor that I have ever seen in all my years. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Tuesday stayed the scheduled execution of a convicted Winchester murderer until the U.S. Supreme Court issues [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2008, 8:20pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Latest rumors around P-Town

    Number of comments: 3
    City of Portsmouth Police Radio System is hosed.  Officers are complaining to the City Manager that some areas of the city are unsafe to work…  not because of the criminals…  but because the police radios don’t work.  Apparently someone installed equipment in cars that is supposed to make this problem [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2008, 7:05am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Well damn

    I thought I would rate higher. But the doohicky said I was still 57% higher than most websites. Created by OnePlusYou - Free Online Dating [...]
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    Posted: April 01, 2008, 6:52am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Money money money

    Number of comments: 1
    I wonder how much money the city is pumping into this?  Any? By Jen McCaffery The Virginian-Pilot© March 24, 2008 PORTSMOUTH City officials released sketches last week of a new full-service Holiday Inn that is scheduled to open next year. Construction on the project will begin later this year once [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2008, 1:27am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Well Mr. Barack Hussein Obama am I typical? I think not.

    Number of comments: 3
    typical Main Entry: typ·i·cal  Pronunciation: \ˈti-pi-kəl\ Function: adjective Etymology:  Late Latin typicalis, from typicus, from Greek typikos, from typos model — more at type Date:  1609 1: constituting or having the nature of a type : symbolic 2 a: combining or exhibiting the essential characteristics of a group <typical suburban [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2008, 4:16pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Nappy headed hos BAAAAAAD

    But Reverend Jeremiah Wright Jr’s comments are simply taken out of context… I’m just thinking that the same people didn’t think twice about taking 45 seconds out of 3 hours per day, five days per week for 30 years from Don Imus out of context! Bearing Drift Ohio: Quote of the [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2008, 9:51pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Does she do this on purpose?

    Does Billary make stoopid faces on purpose or is just a natural talent? [...]
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    Posted: March 16, 2008, 12:43am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • I got a Dear Grumpy letter

    Number of comments: 1
    Heh. My emphasis added again… Dear Grumpy Gustav (I know its a fake name), I am a great fan of your insightful writings on the http://grumpysgripes.wordpress.com/. Its quite encouraging to read your blog-posts and primarily I enjoy them because of their philosophical-perspective and generic nature. Grumpy, I would humbly like to [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2008, 9:58am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Street named for fallen Suffolk officer

    Portsmouth City Council?  Ahem….  my emphasis added thank you very much… The name change was made by Suffolk City Council in January as a municipal tribute for Officer William “Drew” Henley, who died while on duty in March of 2005. Street named for fallen Suffolk officer to be dedicated | HamptonRoads.com | [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2008, 11:09pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Well he did it

    Number of comments: 1
    Good for him.  I’m still not voting for him but Mrs. Grumpy might. The pastor of my church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who recently preached his last sermon and is in the process of retiring, has touched off a firestorm over the last few days. He’s drawn attention as the result [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2008, 9:58pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Maybe Yuk Yuk can get a refund on Olivers Twist?

    Maybe Bill “Yuk Yuk” Moody can get the cities money back on the “round-a-bout” in front of City Hall.  Naw…  This ain’t Wal Mart baby. That could take the cost of the project to about $57 million, figuring in for as much as $250,000 in legal costs, Councilman Steve Heretick [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2008, 7:08am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Jeremiah Wright Jr. slaps 9/11 victims and survivors

    Number of comments: 1
    Ok.  I have avoided getting into discussions concerning religion and politics.  But I can not let this one pass. Barack Hussein Obama’s spiritual advisor and pastor of his church made these assinine remarks concerning 9/11: “We bombed Hiroshima! We bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2008, 11:38pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Why doesnt Portsmouth have a public safety memorial?

    It was a solemn occasion, said Jack Bider, president of the Chesapeake Fraternal Order of Police. Putting the name of a fallen officer in stone always is.  Shivers is last name to fit on Chesapeake police monument | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com And Portsmouth has…  NONE. Chief Long?  Chief Whitehead?  Sheriff [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2008, 10:56pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Governor Kaine is a hypocritical Asshat

    Number of comments: 1
    From United Conservatives of Virginia and the Virginia Citizens Defense League: Governor Kaine has hypocritically signed into law, SB 776, Delegate Hurt’s bill, a bill that permits Commonwealth Attorneys and their deputies, with NO requirement for any firearms training, to carry a concealed handgun into a restaurant that serves alcohol AND [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2008, 5:48am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • AARP Cards dont STEENK!

    Number of comments: 2
    Psssst... I'm 47 too and threw mine in the shredder... [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2008, 9:47pm EDT
    by Grumpy

  • The Weekly Gripe: More Rumors abound about PTown PD

    As I wrote about here:  My questions are many but I will limit them. Are the manpower shortages due to attrition of officers leaving? Or are the manpower shortages because officers with overtime on the books are being sent home and told not to work? I am still hearing other rumblings.  [...]
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    Posted: March 11, 2008, 9:36am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Portsmouth Police Officer Shot

    Number of comments: 2
    Here is your piece of shit slime ball that tried to kill a cop. His name is Bobbitt Jermal Gladney and he lives in the 500 block of Taft drive in Portsmouth. I am sure his parents are proud of him. He’s lucky he’s not dead, then we could be listening [...]
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    Posted: March 09, 2008, 8:01am EDT
    by Grumpy

  • Leased office space for Portsmouth City

    Hmmm…  I wonder what the Police Department is paying in leased space?  How many police officers could we hire?  How much overtime could we pay them? “It would be a sad thing to complete a project of this magnitude and still be leasing space,” Chandler said.  -=SOURCE=- I don’t know how many [...]
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    Posted: March 05, 2008, 10:03pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • Oceanfront property in Arizona

    Remember that song?  That’s the first thing that popped into my mind.  Wanna buy some Portsmouth? Their proposal doesn’t stop with the courthouse. It also asks the city for some of Portsmouth’s largest developable parcels of land, including three spots along the downtown waterfront. In return, the company promises to build [...]
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    Posted: March 05, 2008, 2:00am EST
    by Grumpy

  • Reconquista: what is it? Whos behind it? Should you be worried? First in a three part series

    Enclosure: [download]
    100% Preventable! Americans continue to suffer and die at the hands of illegal aliens, when will the madness end? Download for your Ipod here. This has been the Blogs For Borders Video Blogburst. The Blogs For Borders Blogroll is dedicated to American sovereignty, border security and a sane immigration policy. If youd [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2008, 8:29pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • The Weekly Gripe - I am so freakin tired of the Pilot

    Matthew Roy, I have no idea who he is, writes the following headline: Man accused of being drunk dies in custody in Portsmouth Then writes the following paragraph: It was 12:48 p.m. Wednesday… The man, Powers, told authorities he had consumed alcohol. He was taken into custody to be charged with being drunk in [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2008, 7:05pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • Rumors abound about PTown PD

    Number of comments: 3
    I have several friends in the Portsmouth Police Department. And we talk. Boy are there some issues there! Apparently, the City Manager is upset over police overtime. Word that I am getting is that Chief Long has dissolved the “power shift”. A group of officers that work peak hours from Wednesday night [...]
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    Posted: March 02, 2008, 9:56pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • Idiotic questions from dead criminals family

    Number of comments: 1
    This is one of the most idiotic questions I think I have ever heard regarding a police involved shooting: Garretts grandmother, Deborah Williams, questioned why the officer had to kill her grandson, less than a half-mile from where he lived.  Officer killed man who pulled gun, Beach police say | [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 7:20am EST
    by Grumpy

  • Is this even a question that needs to be asked?

    Number of comments: 1
      What about THIS and in the Pilot THIS? Portsmouth City Council members are idiots.  But I repeat myself. I would be that the judges and staff sitting in a leaky asbestos filled building would vote NO.   Should Portsmouth contribute $14 million in grants and infrastructure to develop the downtown Holiday Inn site? [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 5:15pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • Bumper Nuts SAFE to hang!!!

    Number of comments: 1
    Delegate Lionell Spruill’s anti bumper nut legislation is dead.   Virginians who hang objects resembling male genitalia from the bumpers of their trucks and cars have nothing to fear. House of Delegates kills bill that would have banned bumper nuts | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 4:56pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • 100% 100% Preventable

    We didn’t plan on another 100% 100% Preventable week so soon, but there were so many stories this week that will be ignored by the media we felt we had to.  So without further ado we give you 100% 100% Preventable week! Here is the donation info for the Clark [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2008, 3:37pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • What about "Olivers Twist" in front of City Hall?

    Number of comments: 1
    UPDATE: I wonder what happened to all this money that the Mayor and Steve Heretick talked about here. This coming from the idiot Moody who tried to make a funny about the multi-million dollar traffic circle in front of City Hall and the nTelos Pavillion: Its certainly going to require some rethinking [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2008, 10:31pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • This is bad :::snicker:::

    Number of comments: 2
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    Posted: February 09, 2008, 9:40am EST
    by Grumpy

  • Pieces of Shit Code Pink Im pissed

    If your work network has a profanity filter do NOT read below the fold. I’m pissed off. Click Here to listen to part of a GREAT song… sortof… I don’t really care if you support the war or not. I personally don’t think we should have been there in the first [...]
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    Posted: February 09, 2008, 12:39am EST
    by Grumpy

  • House Subcommittee Gets Smart

    Number of comments: 1
    Smart people…  yes siree… A House of Delegates subcommittee unanimously killed legislation to ban smoking in restaurants and most other indoor places. Virginia House subcommittee rejects restaurant smoking ban | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 10:04pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • What the heck is going on?

    Number of comments: 3
    First I saw this…  with this comment: She’s had enough of the ODBA and the drama that so often came from that group. Some people’s ego’s are just too big- and they really have no place calling themselves “owners” of groups. Then I poked around a bit and saw this. What is going [...]
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    Posted: January 28, 2008, 8:01pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • Slavery in Florida! Wait til you hear who it was!

    Number of comments: 1
    100% Preventable! More children sacrificed to open borders! Deporting criminals? Are you sure it’s a good thing? This has been the Blogs For Borders Video Blogburst. The Blogs For Borders Blogroll is dedicated to American sovereignty, border security and a sane immigration policy. If youd like to join find out how right [...]
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    Posted: January 26, 2008, 10:01am EST
    by Grumpy

  • Be afraid be very very afraid

    Here it comes! The company, the second-largest cable provider in the United States, will start a trial in Beaumont, Texas, in which it will sell new Internet customers tiered levels of service based on how much data they download per month, rather than the usual fixed-price packages with unlimited downloads. FOXNews.com [...]
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    Posted: January 17, 2008, 8:40pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • Bull Testicles and Virginia Delegates

    Number of comments: 1
    HERE’S MORE!!! Turkey Testicle Festival complete with a song!!! Clinton, MT Testicle Festival   I would be willing to bet a weeks wages Delegate Spruill would freakin’  VAPOR LOCK!!! The original article is gone but you can see a blog entry here. More than 300 people paid $5 for all-you-can-eat goat, lamb and bull testicles [...]
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    Posted: January 17, 2008, 7:40pm EST
    by Grumpy

  • Open borders groups demand: Dont tell the truth about the invasion!

    100% Preventable! More Americans sacrificed to open borders. And civil rights: who gets’em? And yes, that is one of our smoke detectors beeping in the background! Apologies if it’s annoying. This has been the Blogs For Borders Video Blogburst. The Blogs For Borders Blogroll is dedicated to American sovereignty, border security and a [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2008, 8:13pm EST
    by Grumpy
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