Letter: Fast-Tracking Beauregard Plan
At the March 17, City Council meeting, the Mayor and several Council members took exception to a statement the Beauregard Small Area Plan is being “fast tracked.”
Column: Balancing the Budget
Adjourning a 60-day legislative session without approving a biennial budget may seem like Washington-style failure to some, but to those who work closely with the process taking more time to balance the budget reflects the realities and limitations of the tremendous task involved. Contrasted to federal budget-making, there are no continuing resolutions or the ability to print or borrow money.
Column: Spring has Sprung
It is officially spring — "a time of growth and renewal." Indeed, it seems this year that growth and renewal are upon us almost before we are ready.
Delegate Lists Assembly’s Legislative Successes
The General Assembly completed the 2012 regular session on Saturday evening, March 10, shortly after 10 p.m.
Letter: State Senate Democrats Default on their Duty
Letter to the Editor
With a lot of our attention focused on the Presidential and Congressional races this year, we need to keep in mind what has been happening in the Virginia General Assembly session in Richmond.
Editorial: ‘Practices That Undermine Trust’
Virginia gets a failing grade on ethics rules.
The State Integrity Investigation is "designed to expose practices that undermine trust in state capitols — and spotlight the states that are doing things right."
Column: “Here, There And Everywhere”
The Beatles sang it on their “Revolver” album back in the mid 60s. My wife and I danced to it in the late 70s when we selected it as “first song as husband and wife” – in 1978. And recently we felt it, three years after my stage IV lung cancer diagnosis, as our reaction/assessment to the many similarly diagnosed individuals who’ve shared their lung cancer stories with us. Who knew?
Letter: Republicans Lose Their Way
I miss the Republican Party. I miss the party whose first Presidential candidate ran on a slogan of “Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Men, and Fremont.”
Letter: Elections for Family And Community
We need effective, sustainable solutions. When more than 100 million Americans are living in poverty, struggling to keep their homes, when millions of Americans are unemployed and others have given up, we need jobs.
Column: Session Ends with Last Minute State Pension Deal
Although we still did not pass a budget, the last week of session was an eventful week.
Letter: A Tribute
To the Editor: I have had the honor of being involved in recreational basketball in the Mount Vernon area for more than a decade.
Letter: From Taxation To Voter ID
To the Editor: In the March 1 Mount Vernon Gazette, Frank Medico, Jay McConville and I had our letters to the editor published discussing the legislative agenda of Del. Scott Surovell.
Letter: Tracking Connolly’s Votes
To the Editor: After reading the self proclaimed fiscal moderate Congressman Gerald E. Connolly’s commentary published in the March 8-14 Mount Vernon Gazette about selected votes regarding the unemployed, seniors and federal employees costs,
Letter: Planners vs. Searchers
The critical knowledge that defines a place like Old Town is so special that it cannot be found anywhere but in the minds and hearts of those who live there. Searching out diverse, non-city appointed, residents to be a part of the startup design team that imagines the first design framework is crucial to producing a viable and unique expression of place.
Letter: Housing in Beauregard
To the Editor: Good planning is one of the main themes of my campaign for city council, and one of the most important things a city council member can influence.