I belong to Generation X, which I think can be more accurately described as the Community Service Generation. We don’t sit on the sidelines. We have volunteered in record numbers and pioneered nonprofit organizations, using entrepreneurial savvy to solve our communities’ seemingly intractable problems. We took our talents directly into the schools and prisons.
But for [...]
With two weeks left in the 2010 General Assembly here in Richmond, members of the Senate and the House of Delegates worked to complete the work in the respective committees and the budget conferees prepared to meet to attempt to reconcile the Senate and House budgets by the March 13, 2010 conclusion of the General [...]
It is hard to believe we have just one week left of the 2010 General Assembly Session. The Senate and the House of Delegates are moving closer to hearing all the legislation that made it out of committees.
I had arranged for a local pastor to lead the prayer at the beginning of session last Thursday. [...]
I’ve been a radio and TV guy for 30 years. I started in the media business in 1979 as a radio announcer for WVRU in Radford, Virginia, but the truth is… I was a newspaper guy first!
Don’t tell anyone, but in 1968 I became an independent newspaper delivery boy for the Martinsville Bulletin. I was [...]
President Obama likes to bow to everyone he meets. He has bent his hip to Saudi royalty, to the Ukrainian President, to the mayor of Tampa, and to Santa Claus — the last one being a lampoon by The New Yorker magazine. But what does his behavior say about what he believes?
Does he assumes the [...]
Starting next week, households across America will start receiving forms for the 2010 Census. Every 10 years, as defined in the Constitution, the Census takes a snapshot of our population, determining how many people reside within the nation’s borders, who they are, and where they live. The results help determine your representation in government, as [...]
This newsletter explains my position with regard to Appalachian Power Company’s rate increases. Prior to deregulation, Appalachian had the right to two rate increase hearings a year. One of these was for a fuel adjustment. The other was a general rate increase.
When deregulation was proposed, I opposed it because I did not see how deregulation [...]
With just over a week left in the Session, things are beginning to wind down here in Richmond. After the Session adjourns late next week I will write my final report from Richmond for the 2010 General Assembly Session.
Several of the bills I introduced this session have now passed both the House and Senate and [...]
How do you decide how much money you can spend? Hopefully, you look at how much money you have or expect to have and make your choices to fit within that amount, as best you can. Virginia’s budget works the same way.
Virginia must produce a balanced budget, so we have to anticipate the income for [...]
During this past week in Richmond, the General Assembly continued its march toward the end of the 2010 General Assembly. The Senate continued to deal with House Bills that have been sent over for action, and the House of Delegates continued its work on Senate Bills. I have already had several bills that have been [...]
