INSIDE SUFFOLK VIRGINIA

• 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