I was happy to learn last night that Portsmouth City Council did not buckle to Senator Louis Lucas’ high pressure tactics and voted against funding her hotel and conference center project. Vice Mayor Bill Moody Jr., council members Elizabeth Psimas, Doug Smith and Steve Heretick voted against $38 million in bonds to help finance the project, whi [...]

All of the 7-11 Stores locally have been franchised out.  I guess it started about 6 or 9 months ago.  And it shows. There are places in Portsmouth where you can stand in the parking lot of one 7-11 and just about see the sign for another. As police officers learning the streets, we use 7-11s as landmarks for block numbers and such.  If we are w [...]

I don’t know about Virginia.  I guess it’s just a blessing that my wife and I didn’t get “taken in” by something like this with our recent home purchase. Gary Kafka, former body builder with a long rap sheet and violent past, wrote millions of dollars in mortgages in South Florida without ever applying for a state lic [...]