Hooters offers Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day SATURDAY AUGUST 29, 2009 801 Battlefield Blvd, Chesapeake, Va 23320 ‘Patio Party’ 12pm to 8pm “Thank you to all the Women and Men that protect us each day.” ‘Chesapeake, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Hampton, Edenton, Elizabeth City, Sheriff, and State Police’ [...]
Where is Kenneth Chandler?
On June 20th, this article in the PilotOnline referred to Ms. Betty Burrell is the Acting City Manager for the City of Portsmouth. News to me. I didn’t know the Portsmouth City Manager Kenneth Chandler was out of the office. I’ve heard all sorts of rumors, from he had surgery on his leg after a soccer incident with his son, to the extr [...]
July General Membership Meeting – Iron Shields of Virginia L.E.M.C.
Our next meeting is July 6th at the Virginia Beach FOP on S. Birdneck Road. 7PM – Board of Directors meeting is at the same location at 6PM. GET THE WORD OUT!!! We must have your application at this meeting for you to be considered a CHARTER MEMBER. Let folks know who are considering joining that this is the FINAL meeting for Charter Membersh [...]
Test Post Using Drivel
Drivel is a blogging client designed for the GNome desktop (Linux, Ubuntu). I have a couple of Linux boxes laying around and I am looking for a good blogging client to use with them. This is a test entry. [...]
Change you can believe in!
H/T: Jim @ Virginia Virtucon [...]
I’m NO FAN of the ACLU… but…
There is some amount of satisfaction seeing this situation being litigated. The American Civil Liberties Union may have just earned itself a few more Republican admirers. Announcing a lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration for the “illegal” detention of the Campaign for Liberty’s treasurer in April at a St. Louis airport, [...]
Wow! Pilotonline doing something right!
I don’t get a chance to pat Pilotonline on the back too often but every now and then they do something right. Recently, they added some enhancements to the user experience by fortifying the comments sections on various articles. PilotOnline.com and HamptonRoads.com readers have yet another way to control comments they see on stories: You can [...]
Insanity in Portland Maine
Apparently, a student in Portland, Maine’s Bonny Eagle High School blew a kiss to his mother and was denied his diploma. PORTLAND, Maine – A Maine high school senior says he was denied his diploma because he bowed during graduation and blew a kiss to his mother. -=SOURCE=- This is almost as bad as the Virginia Beach school who wouldn [...]
Benefit for wounded Chesapeake Police Officer
I would love to see the Iron Shields of Virginia, L.E.M.C., Blue Knights, Believers’ Bikers, Patriot Guard Riders and any other biker group who values the sacrifice made by this hero show up and break some bread and help someone. This officer, along with Deputy Lokie Flythe of the Portsmouth Sheriff’s Office jumped into a situatio [...]
B.A.C.A. – Bikers Against Child Abuse
I received an interesting email today from an online acquaintance. He had been approached about B.A.C.A. and posting some promotional material on his website. He wanted to make sure they were on the up and up. Good idea. I’m glad he asked. From both a biker perspective and a police officer perspective, I was able to tel [...]
