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  • What will they do when the time comes?


    Detroit Area Municipal Officials Take Pay Cuts.
    The Detroit Free Press (12/7, Hall) reports, "Some municipal officials in metro Detroit are taking voluntary pay cuts to help their communities weather the economic storm, and more could follow suit. Livonia's mayor and council members were among 31 city" [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 2:44pm EST

  • SORRY CHARLEY NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

    MR. PRESIDENT WILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY GIVE UP YOUR CURRENT HEALTH CARE PROGRAM AND JOIN THE NEW 'UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM' THAT THE REST OF US WILL BE ON ?" THERE WAS A STONEY SILENCE AS OBAMA IGNORED THE QUESTION AND CHOSE NOT TO ANSWER IT! IN ADDITION, A" [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:17pm EST

  • WHO CAN BE TRUSTED

    If scientists in this world cannot be trusted then who can? Those brainy ones who have been fudging facts about global warming are still insisting they are right. A believer is Obama who will spend more millions of our money to get to Copenhagen. At least our simpleton, Al Gore, [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 5:21pm EST

  • CITY ASSUMES NEW STATUS

    The citizens group for saving Obici House has been nose-thumbed by the oversalaried city spokesperson, and assistant city manager. Firstly came a bid from the serious group, followed by a flat unexplained rejection, followed by a serious attempt to again pick up the thread and meet with said city officials, [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:19am EST

  • ASK THOSE WHO LIVE THERE

    “For residents of Suffolk, the only consensus to be had on hunting regulations was that they should be consistent across the city,” said Deputy City Manager Patrick Roberts in Wednesday’s City Council meeting. He, and it matters not his personal experience with hunting and guns, chaired the public input meeting [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:34am EST

  • BILL COSBY, WILL BE A WRITE –IN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT

    HERE IS MY PLATFORM:
    Any use of the phrase: 'Press 1 for English' is immediately banned. English is the official language; speak it or wait outside of our borders until you can. We will immediately go into a two-year isolationist attitude in order to straighten out the greedy big [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 1:41pm EST

  • EXCERPTS FROM 95 YEAR OLD SAILOR LETTER

    I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish. I can't figure out what country you are the president of. You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like:' [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 7:30am EST

  • NOT A HAPPY DAY TUESDAY FOR SOME

    Always wanted to eat at the Oysterette in downtown Suffolk. Back when it opened Andy Damiani and I did a Round Table Talk show there. As much as I love oysters I left when the show was taped. Before noon the air was so thick with first and second hand [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2009, 11:36pm EST

  • ABOUT THIS OBICI BATTLE

    "When it comes to our history, we should commit ourselves to finding a solution that not only protects our past, but is economically viable.
    Both sides of this debate — both the city and the Citizens for the Preservation of Obici House — have very smart people working for them." [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2009, 6:47am EST

  • TWO EXCELLENT CITIZEN COMPLAINTS

    Linda Bunch, curator at our local museum decried the amount of paperwork and fees necessary to sponsor a local charitable event on city property. “It is a shame that the city of Suffolk wants a larger and larger share, before the event even takes place.” Right on, she is. “And [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:56am EST

  • I'M THANKFUL THIS THANKSGIVING

    I am thankful I am not a progressive liberal, did not vote for Obama, have had twenty-three years of retirement, and if one must get old I’m glad I lived through nearly 85 years without socialism hanging around my neck. Younger folks will have it tough unless they can summon [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:15pm EST

  • Happy Thanksgiving


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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:42am EST

  • CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

    Our country Doctors, Obama, Reid, and Pelosi, are operating where no operation is needed. They are systematically severing this country's arteries. They are about to remove the very core of this nation's being, the heart of our Republic, they are about to remove the Constitution of the United States. If [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:22pm EST

  • THIS COMMENT WORTH BEING A POST

    I was born here and Im tired of the attacks on the downtown area.I prefer to support my "neighbors" in the east, west and south. I only hear the complaint that all of the growth is being pushed,steered, directed and offered tax breaks by the council and mayor to the [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:05am EST

  • THREE TIMES AS MANY DOLLARS ??

    In a column that appeared in Thursday’s News-Herald, the Retail Alliance reported, “For every $100 spent at an independent business, $45 is returned directly to the area economy — more than three times the return gained from dollars spent at a national chain.” It is the local economy that supports [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:55am EST

  • CITY BRAINSTORMS WAYS TO FUND ROADS

    The City Council on Wednesday discussed new ways to pay for local road projects as state funding becomes increasingly scarce. One idea was to build a reserve fund using only the extra tax revenue the city rapes, I mean reaps, each year from “new” home [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:31am EST

  • A TOAST TO MY FRIEND WHO WENT THROUGH HELL

    He was pressed into service June, 1941 and left behind a close family, a growing marine construction business with his dad, and a special girl friend. After many months of training as an engineer they were issued winter clothes and then discovered they were headed for the tropics. Luckily, just [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:32pm EST

  • IT'S HAPPENING, YOU WILL BE POWERLESS

    WASHINGTON—In an effort to cut condiment expenses and address the gluttony, waste, and utter lack of self-restraint exhibited by Americans, officials from the fast food industry announced Monday a new policy prohibiting all customers from dispensing their own ketchup.

    "We thought our patrons were responsible enough to handle" [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:54pm EST

  • NORTH SUFFOLK GETS ANOTHER ONE

    The distance between north and south in our 430 square miles isn’t that great, maybe ten miles, but for some magic reason all new businesses plop down in the vicinity of Harbor View. It’s almost as if there’s a wall running across the city. Downtown gets bedrooms and south of [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:43am EST

  • SO WHY DON'T YOU ALL JUST RESIGN

    The U.S. Post Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:24am EST

  • ITS BEEN THREE YEARS, TIME TO CLASS IT UP

    In an attempt to upgrade comments to our Posts we offer the following. Misspelled words indicate our Public School education system is lacking, just as does poor grammar and words out of context. Former teachers expect more…some of the comments we receive are an embarrassment to them. It appears we [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:05pm EST

  • HOW FIRST LADY CREATES JOBS

    In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much," she said. "See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service, "... Michelle Obama. No, she does'" [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:21pm EST

  • When was that a good idea?


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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:23am EST

  • Another Closed Session

    Another closed session for the redistibution of Suffolk taxpayer income and property. During her campaign, the mayor declared that she would like to make sure that the property at Lone Star Lakes is divided. (This was stated at the Pow Wow held late last summer.) This likely looks like the [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:17pm EST

  • OBICI HOUSE BLUES

    The few bids that came in to the city fathers must have been a slap in their faces judging by their reaction to the bidders. And they will get no reason why their attemts, apparently feeble, were not accepted so we have a right to guess. Was it because the [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:47pm EST

  • DO NOT DUMB DOWN HUNTING GUN LAWS

    On three sides of our home are natural woods that allow deer access to our flowers and shrubs year around. Attempts to run them off are fruitless so we expect year around Bambi’s plus their parents and relatives to survive on our efforts to beautify. What we don’t expect are [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:15am EST

  • NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN

    The mayor cut a new ribbon up in North Suffolk, a neighboring principality, and it is already expanding its workforce. Applied Technical Systems Inc., located in the Harbor View Professional Center, specializes in data and intelligence analysis, skill sets that have a special level of pertinence for the Department of [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:35am EST

  • Ethical Conduct is not just for the "Tone-Deaf"...

    With such huge amounts of money being spent by "The Government" at all levels; it raises the question of motives for those who vote for, or against a project or a proposal. As Suffolk moves into even higher levels of growth and spending than seen in the past, it begs [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:10pm EST

  • PROMISES PROMISES

    If a purchase proposal presented to the Southeastern Public Service Authority by a New York-based company this week is accepted we continue to get free access to dumping. So says ReEnergy HOLDINGS LLC that upped the ante and answered hanging questions. The company was one of two that submitted bids [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:47am EST

  • GOOD NEWS OR WHAT

    Revenues from many local taxes are beating expectations. That’s good. Just ninety days into the fiscal year the city is projecting revenues to exceed expenses by about $823,000. And the city expects more money than it budgeted for nearly all taxes on restaurants, hotels and sales, and increased tax revenue [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:18am EST

  • IT AINT OVER YET

    But tonight the Democrats stabbed the nation in the back making Pelosi the heroine. Of course there is still the Senate. If this bureaucratic bill passes and is signed into law it will speed the ruination of democracy, but the end of the Democratic party come the next two elections. [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:35pm EST

  • OBAMA GUILTY OF CONSERVATISM

    But a different kind…he has thrown in with Al Gore to conserve the woods and forests, and stop harvesting the seas. We must ration energy, exact strict control on human activity; preserving the planet must come before the interests of mankind. Author Paul Johnson said that many of his supporters, [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:10pm EST

  • ONE MAN CAN DO A TERRIBLE AMOUNT OF DAMANGE

    They say the professor at the military base in Texas was a Muslim, but perhaps in name only. They say he was not a terrorist but he certainly killed like one, bringing down over forty persons by himself. That’s the object of any terrorist anywhere, efficiency. And who would have [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:02am EST

  • OBAMA "NO U TURN" SIGN IGNORED

    Perhaps the magic words this morning, the day after the election, are Virginia, Jersey, brick wall, about face, and surprise. This has got to keep the leftists awake for a few nights but today we will only hear them say those two victories mean nothing. And locally, the size of [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:02am EST

  • IT IS NO WONDER THEY COME ACROSS

    If you cross into N Korea illegally you get 12 yrs hard labor.
    If you cross into Iran illegally you're detained indefinitely.
    BUT, if you cross into the US illegally you get:

    1. A driver's license
    2. A Social Security card
    3. Welfare
    4. Food stamps
    [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 10:27pm EST

  • Good Luck to All Candidates

    I'd like to extend a sincere "good luck" to all candidates tomorrow - from the Governor's race on down. Candidates from both parties and our Independent candidates are running because they believe they can make a difference in our state, district, and local communities. Thanks to all for participating in [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:38pm EST

  • THERE IS NO END TO IT

    An employer friend got a call from a man enquiring about a job, and at the end of the conversation the man left his phone number. The employer asked if this was a new cell phone number and the man replied, “Yes this is my Obama phone." When asked what" [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:51pm EST

  • AN EXCELLENT MOVE

    SPSA can only benefit by removing politicians and politics from control of SPSA decisions. It looks like America is slowly waking up to the fact that people with responsible business experience are far superior to small town politicos whose effort can be mainly directed toward reelection and grasping for earmarks [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 6:31am EST

  • WE HOPE YOU ARE FOLLOWING THIS

    October 30. An excellent opinion piece by Meghan Brinkley can be read in the Suffolk News Herald. The title is "Fox news stands up to the president." Makes you wonder what goes on in the Administration
    minds. What idiot could convince Obama to stoop to such pettiness? Or.....[...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 6:48am EDT

  • IT IS NONE OF OUR BUSINESS BUT

    What are your thoughts about the group of Suffolk Citizens bidding for restoration of the Obici House as a place for fine dining. There perhaps is a connection between those who play golf and those whom fine dine and might make complete sense. Or would you prefer some other group [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:50pm EDT

  • NOBODY TALKING DOWN AT CITY HALL

    Remember back in August when the fire at the Red Thread and beyond was happening? What you did not know was that it was a Keystone Cop event with flummoxed firemen, amateur electricians, and God intervening by not allowing strong winds. Believe it or not the nearest fire hydrant had [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 7:15pm EDT

  • IN TEXAS IT CAN BACKFIRE

    Victoria, Texas is a town about 80 miles west of Houston. Local Hispanic leaders there, in opposition to pending Immigration Legislation, boycotted all Caucasian owned businesses last month as a demonstration of their economic impact on the community. The Hispanic community, noting revenue in Caucasian owned businesses was down 19%, [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 4:44pm EDT

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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 3:47pm EDT

  • TWO TRILLIAN LIES

    That is part of the title of the opinion piece in the Suffolk News Herald this morning, Oct 28. It is a pretty strong admonishment of our President. Worth a read. [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 9:59am EDT

  • THE MAJORITY OF CITIZENS COULDN'T CARE LESS

    At the heart of the American idea is the deep distrust and suspicion the founders of our nation had for government, distrust and suspicion not shared as much by today's Americans. Some of the founders' distrust is seen in our Constitution's language such as Congress shall not: abridge, infringe, deny,' [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 1:20pm EDT

  • Why won't Sheriff Issacs speak to the press?

    Here’s the story as I understand it. Wavy’s reporter, Kay Young, has contacted both Raleigh Issacs and Jay Clason to get the scoop about why each wants to be sheriff. Jay Clayson shared his thoughts with Ms. Young, but Ms. Young has yet to get responses from Sheriff Issacs. [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 8:22pm EDT

  • IT IS TIME YOU HEARD THIS

    Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In three and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 6:07pm EDT

  • AND WHERE DID THOSE DOLLARS COME FROM

    SUFFOLK The Economic Development Authority will give $824,400 in public funds to help the city land a defense supplier. EDA board members approved the economic development incentive grant last week but did not identify the amount during the public vote. The city released the resolution Thursday in accordance with the [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 9:24am EDT

  • OBAMA SENDS HIS LOVE

    City Council members voted to accept a $741,100 energy efficiency conservation block grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. $100,000 of that money will be used to provide new energy-efficient heating and cooling equipment and lighting at the old Nansemond County courthouse, soon to be renovated into the new [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 7:29am EDT

  • PRETTY CONCISE

    A conservative that doesn't like guns doesn't buy one. If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed. If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat. If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone. If a conservative sees a foreign [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:55pm EDT

  • IS THERE NO LIMIT TO STIMULUS

    We thought cash for clunkers was the ultimate waste of taxpayer money, but as usual we were too optimistic. Thanks to the federal tax credit to buy high-mileage cars that was part of President Obama's stimulus plan, Uncle Sam is now paying Americans to buy that great necessity of modern [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:12am EDT

  • ONE-TIME BONUS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES

    We’re not supposed to call it a bonus. Councilman Brown wants us to call this an “employee performance one-time supplement.” Vice-mayor Milteer mentioned that providing this will help morale and activity in the family go up. Mayor Johnson applauded staff for turning off lights, not idling cars, turning the air [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 5:20pm EDT

  • Bulk Refuse Coming Back - But Just for a Short While

    Suffolk’s Council took time to address the bulk refuse issue at its work session today. Several members indicated that they are glad it is back in place. Councilman Parr let us know that if Council knew there would have been a surplus, then the bulk refuse service would never have [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 4:52pm EDT

  • ARE WE BEING SPUN

    To All: A commenter gave us the correct address.

    [www.mcclatchydc.com]

    Take a look at this article and then ask yourself just what the well guarded City Credit Rating really means...? This article verifies the fact that the three main bond-rating agencies have a conflict of interest that [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 1:33pm EDT

  • AND WE ONLY WANT A LITTLE BITTY BRIDGE BY COMPARISON

    A homeowner I know at the far end of Corolla on the OuterBanks says they don't want the 569 million bridge. Or paying the $12.toll each way. More evidence, he said, is that there are endless homes up for sale. Some can't finish paying for one, or sell one, and [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 12:14pm EDT

  • MORE OF OUR DOLLARS BEING GIVEN AWAY

    Found this in the news but what is it all about?

    "A business development that appeared stalled for months might be moving forward.
    The Economic Development Authority voted this week to give an incentive grant to Sparta Inc.
    Despite the public vote, the resolution did not identify the size" [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 6:30am EDT

  • FURTHER PROOF OF BRILLIANCE

    So who dreamed this up, and will Council go along? The city is “carefully considering blowing two million of our “surplus” tax dollars on city employee bonuses and to reinstate bulk trash pickup with another half million. Funny how public pressure can reverse a call for charging fees for trash [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 10:39pm EDT

  • EXCERPTS FROM TWO OBAMA BOOKS

    Everyone of voting age should get and read these two books written by Obama.
    From Dreams of My Father: 'I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.'
    From Dreams [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 3:55pm EDT

  • PEANUT FEST TO BE RENAMED ???

    Suffolk officials want a new motto, perhaps because Obama is changing everything. Even the crop production in Suffolk is changing. Rex Cotton, a fit name for his job, reports that peanuts are down to 1400 acres. That's peanuts for a city with 50,000 acres of good farmland that once supplied [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 10:58pm EDT

  • KEEN INTEREST IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    After a public hearing at city hall on the issuance of up to $27 million in bonds drew no speakers at Wednesday’s city council meeting, the council voted unanimously to approve the move and incur the debt. Nowadays $27,000,000 is too small a number to cause concern. Obviously we now [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 6:59am EDT

  • BARCLAY PRODS AIRPORT PROGRESS

    City Council members appear to be waking up to the fact that creating an airport authority to govern the Suffolk Executive Airport could get its growth off dead stop. Suffolk Executive Airport currently is merely an ancillary utility of the city. If an authority were established the airport would be [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 7:10am EDT

  • TIME FOR YOUR ACTION NO COMMENTS NEEDED

    Jean Cunningham, the Democrat Chairwomen of the Virginia State Board of Elections, appointed by the Democratic Governor, is claiming that she has the legal basis to raise massive barriers to prevent military personnel currently in combat from voting in the November election, she has testified in Federal Court that she [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 7:58pm EDT

  • POTENTIAL GOOD NEWS ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    Our Public School system wants citizen volunteers to assist in the Key Communicator Network, that provides the superintendent feedback about the schools and their administration. Suffolk Public Schools Public Information Officer Bethanne Bradshaw suggested that volunteers agree to receive monthly email messages from Dr. Liverman and to contact him with [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 11:10am EDT

  • SOME SAID GEORGE BUSH WAS LESS THAN INTELLIGENT

    George W. Bush did not use a TelePrompTer. In eight years he did not spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC. He did not reduce your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and give the unions a majority stake in [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 10:31pm EDT

  • EXCERPT FROM BEN STEIN

    Why is President Obama in such a hurry to get his socialized medicine bill passed? Because he and his cunning circle realize some basic truths: The American people voted for a pig in a poke in 2008. They believed he was somehow better and different from other ultra-leftists and took [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 3:09pm EDT

  • "IS" ENDORSES GB

    A touch back in time we were admonished for not endorsing Raleigh Issacs perpetual run for the gold...we thought we had. No mistake this time, IS endorses Glenn Beck in his attempt to keep Obama out of an additional presidential race. If you are not watching this 5 pm upstart [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 6:16pm EDT

  • FINALLY A SENSIBLE STIMULUS PACKAGE

    Dear Mr. President: Please find below my suggestion for fixing America 's economy. Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan: There are about 40 million people [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 11:08pm EDT

  • SPSA DOOMED

    Good old SPSA, under new management, is on its way out. They look a bit like a drowning man pleading for someone to throw a life preserver. And it could happen soon if they are bought out. Apparently a buyer does not necessarily honor the old contract that gives Suffolk [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 10:41am EDT

  • OBAMA STRIKES AGAIN

    We can be sure our Police Department will find good ways to sop up up the $386,450 Federal Grant and already state a portion will buy a spanking new police boat. Lord knows we have plenty of water surface to watch over, scattered though it may be. But there may [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 9:27am EDT

  • TOO MANY FALLING STARS

    A great opinion article in the Suffolk News Herald Monday, September 23, by Grady Bryant provides a new perspective on local Public Schools and just how far behind our students could be because of our system. Plug in Suffolknewsherald.com and go to Opinion. Read it and be surprised. [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 11:07pm EDT

  • DEB, YOU FORGOT SOMETHING

    Debbie George had a great opinion piece in the SNH this morning pointing out the "not to be sniffed at" growth in our city, downtown and other locations. She cited projects requiring millions to upgrade facilities necessary to improving life in Suffolk and credited our City Council for its great [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 7:05am EDT

  • WELL THAT FIGURES

    City officials on Wednesday announced a preliminary surplus of an estimated $3 million to $5 million on the books as of June 30. The preliminary figure in the last fiscal year came as a result of saving on various expenses where feasible. “It didn’t come without a lot of hard [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 6:50am EDT

  • SOUNDS VERY GOOD BUT HOW TOUGH IS IT

    All of Suffolk’s public elementary, middle and high schools have been fully accredited under the state’s Standard of Learning guidelines, according to the Virginia Department of Education. Accreditation is awarded to schools that meet or exceed state objectives on Standards of Learning tests and other statewide assessments in the four [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2009, 6:40am EDT

  • JOIN THE BATTLE

    I knew it would happen and finally a sizzling comment criticizing Inside Suffolk for deviating from the original stated position that our forum would be Suffolk city government. In so many words “get back to Suffolk problems and leave state and national subjects for others.” Sorry; but for now we [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 10:31pm EDT

  • The Mayor Remembers Frank Batten

    If you’re like me, you’ve never heard our mayor mention Frank Batten before this evening. At an opportune time during the Council Meeting, our mayor brought out the newspaper from last Friday and read to us. She wanted to expound on a quote by Mr. Batton where he provided some [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 8:43pm EDT

  • BY NOW YOU KNOW

    Mr. Obama is a very intellectual, charming individual. He is not to be underestimated. He is a cool customer who doesn't show his emotions. It's very hard to know what's behind the mask. The taking down of the Clinton dynasty by a political neophyte was an amazing accomplishment. The Clintons' [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 9:54am EDT

  • JUST SO YOU KNOW

    Special collection refers to the removal of large bulky items and other items that are too large to fit in the container to include: appliances, furniture, mattresses, yard waste, debris, and boxes.
    All residences within the City having public roadway access receive free collection for household refuse weekly. Instituting a [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 2:48pm EDT

  • Letter to Pelosi

    Read this letter to Nancy Pelosi from a businessman and veteran. Thanks to Bob for sharing this with us all.

    And another from a local man who was in D.C. on September 12th. [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 4:09pm EDT

  • MAYBE REPLACE THE JAZZ CLUB WITH ONE

    More than 60 Cradock residents and other concerned citizens (Portsmouth) turned out for the civic league meeting where Whitney Saunders, attorney representing Paper Moon, presented his client’s plans. Paper Moon places a strong emphasis on security and maintaining a controlled and attractive environment meant to draw a “higher quality” of [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2009, 6:12am EDT

  • HERE WE GO

    SPSA, the regional trash agency, has decided to end all of its recycling programs after 21 years of service, citing a desire to cut costs, save money and reform itself into a leaner organization.
    Bucky Taylor, executive director of the Southeastern Public Service Authority, which serves eight cities and counties, [...]
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    Posted: September 05, 2009, 7:45am EDT

  • IT MAY BE NOTHING BUT WHAT IF

    Big news in the Pilot this morning…suspicious goings on in the Family Transfer business. The investigation of a few cases of possible illegal transfers may involve the law firm of Jesse Johnson. One of his partners is Councilman Jeff Gardy. This would be an embarrassment to the Mayor and Suffolk. [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 7:32am EDT

  • SO WHAT WILL SAVE US THIS TIME

    Obama patterns himself after Franklin D. Roosevelt and tries to do as his hero did to get us out of the depression. We who suffered through the thirties thought Roosevelt’s financial maneuvers were on the mark because we knew less than he did about how to solve it. As it [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 2:49pm EDT

  • NEW KING'S KIDS SITE OPENS

    King’s Kids of America just cut the ribbon for its seventh Suffolk location. The program objective is to help teach young people from 4 to 23 years of age how to make decisions that will keep them out of trouble and make them productive members of society. They meet weekly [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 4:33pm EDT

  • Is the worst yet to come?

    The following is from a formal nationsl association newsletter for City Managers, that is widely read:

    " Cities Face Declining Revenues."

    The Wall Street Journal (9/1, A5, Eaton) reports, "The recession is finally hitting city budgets, with overall city revenues inching down in fiscal 2009 for" [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 5:55pm EDT

  • COULD THIS HAPPEN IN SUFOLK

    Outside England's Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant. The fees were £1 for cars ($1.40), £5 for busses (about $7). Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing' [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 8:01pm EDT

  • RALEIGH VERSUS CLASON

    Well we now have a fight brewing between a Constitutional Officer and a Military Reservist. We don’t want to get in the middle of this one but we will accept your comments. Both have experience; both are dedicated to service to their community. “Good Old boy” may affect the outcome [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2009, 1:20pm EDT

  • RIGHT ON THE BUTTON

    Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits? Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation andhigh taxes, WHY do [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2009, 11:54am EDT

  • HOW DO WE GET OUT OF THIS MESS

    Record Debt: * As of July 31st the national debt stood at: $11,669,251,349,504 ($11.7 trillion). * With a population of just under 307 million, that works out to $38,000 for every man, woman, and child in America. During the month of July, the national debt increased by $124 billion. *That [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 8:24pm EDT

  • The SPSA Deal?

    The deal with SPSA and our neighbors to the east was set several years ago by contract. Now it seems that the big urban cities and others want to renegotiate the terms of the deal, and not in our favor! The following was brought to the last meeting of the [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 12:47pm EDT

  • NO REASON FOR US TO SLOW DOWN

    We noted this morning that the counter down in the left hand corner of this page indicates that just over forty thousand different computers have logged on to this combination blog and website. We would like to know how we are doing...have we been of some help in keeping up [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 7:28am EDT

  • THINIK ABOUT THIS

    Did city staff fail to forecast the decrease in city building permits. They may have planned on 1000+ permits a year into infinity. We now know that growth is not going to happen to pay for the necessary build out in water and sewer infrastructure. Without new money flowing in [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 4:43pm EDT

  • LOOKING THE OTHER WAY

    Out here in the sticks we get to pay about $5,000 a year in property taxes but we don't get sewer, or water, and never had city supplied trash containers, but now we no longer get limb or cuttings removal either. And just to make sure we don't burn our [...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 10:08am EDT

  • THROW THAT BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER

    There will be no major changes in health care this year, next year, or for several years if Obama’s plan calls for more than ten dollars of new debt. There is an awakening taking place in Washington this morning as the specter of debt rises higher than the sun. There [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2009, 8:04am EDT

  • PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE THIS OUT

    Let me get this straight: Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn't read it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a treasury Secretary who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a' [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 1:12pm EDT

  • It is all about TRUST!

    It is amazing to me that the argument about revising and changing our national policy on health-care has become more a discussion about "Trust in Government", than anything else. Who trusts what the President and Congress has to say, when they are more concerned about vilifying the people who question [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 11:16am EDT

  • How it should work...

    Overall, the last year has been a time of real change and challenge for many. The City council and City Administration has responded well to the challenges and in my humble opinion has done much more right than wrong. However, like most things in politics and public administration, the prickly [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 9:15am EDT

  • VERY SCARY READ THIS AGAIN

    'A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always vote for the' [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 1:34pm EDT

  • ADEQUATE YEARLY PROGRESS ISN'T QUITE

    Twelve of 21 Suffolk Public Schools failed to meet benchmarks established by the No Child Left Behind Act said the Virginia Department of Education. Our Deputy Superintendent said, “We are disappointed with the results and we want to see what we can do differently.” ‘There needs to be some changes,” [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 10:54pm EDT

  • CHUCKATUCK HISTORICAL FOUNDATION

    Tuesday, August 18, the Greater Chuckatuck Historical Foundation will meet at 7PM in the fellowship hall of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. The board will have many advancements to report. The board believes the Foundation is ready to move from the "idea" stage to the "action" stage. With that said, [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 10:04am EDT

  • THE INDIANS ARE GATHERING

    HEAP BIG INDIAN POW WOW AUGUST 15/16 SAT/SUN

    Lone Star Lakes will once again tremble under the moccasins of the Nansemond Indians dancing to the rhythmic beat of drums and incantations of those whirling and twirling colored beads, feathers and deer hide garments. The dances may not be as [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 9:41am EDT
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