Recent events in Portsmouth have caused me some amount of concern. A police officer developed a case that he felt warranted charges against 3 Department of Social Services personnel and a private citizen effectively charging them with “elder abuse”. The officer felt the care that was being provided by a volunteer caretaker was inadequ [...]
UPDATE: It would appear that a Virginian-Pilot editor has taken on the illustrious Senator Louise Lucas. While I used the assinine lawsuit she filed against the city and compared it to the compensation city workers are losing, this writer has taken it to the streets. 1 dollar for ever citizen in Portsmouth. Outrage is justified. Even in a good econ [...]
For a change. According to the Virginian-Pilot, Senator Louise Lucas, well, her companies anyway, have dropped their frivolous lawsuit against her constituents. In what appears to be a brief flash of intelligence, Senator Lucas has decided against costing the people she represents tens of thousands of dollars for the city to defend itself against h [...]
For the last 36 hours at least, my family has been anticipating a snow storm as predicted by the National Weather Service. I posted about it here. I lost site of my normal attitude about the forecast of snow for the Hampton Roads area and fell into the clamor of excitement. I read last night that schools were closed (but NOT for the inauguration [...]
Please consider supporting the Police Unity Tour and the riders from Portsmouth Police Department. From the Police Unity Tour (Chapter IV, Virginia) website: Welcome to the Police Unity Tour of Virginia! Our motto, “We ride for those who died”, has special meaning to our riders and support team staff. We hold in our hearts the memory of every [...]
With all of her shenanigans with the two corporations involved in the Victory Hotel and Conference Center, any thing she does is always of questionable motive to me. Portsmouth’s clerk, Debra White, confirmed in an e-mail Monday that her office received a request for a deferral. -=SOURCE=- Every time I see her name in the Virginian-Pilot I [...]
I am usually pretty bland about the general happenings in Portsmouth, for what should be obvious reasons. Be when I read Jen McCaffery’s article in today’s PilotOnline I couldn’t resist as least some comment. Jen obviously did some leg work, talking to folks in Camden, NJ about Chief Edward G. Hargis and what kind of leader [...]
Chief Edward G. Hargis, Portsmouth’s newly appointed Chief of Police will hold a “Meet and Greet” on Thursday afternoon in City Council Chambers at 801 Crawford Street. [...]
City Manager Kenneth Chandler appointed Edward G. Hargis, 45, of Camden, NJ as the new Police Chief in Portsmouth. Chief Hargis is an 18 year veteran of the Camden, NJ Police Department with 22 years total as a police officer. Chief Hargis was also on the “short list” for the Port St Lucie Police Department in Florida. Find more on Ch [...]
Read the lawsuit here UPDATE: Lawsuit muddles new vote on Sen. Lucas’ hotel project Attorneys are reviewing whether the lawsuit creates a conflict of interest for City Council members faced next month with voting on whether to give those companies access to federal and state bonds for the project. -=SOURCE=- Looks like a curve ball for Sena [...]
