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“If the casino opens, I will close,” the owner of Brick Anchor Brew-House told council members at a public hearing. Why? Competition for diners and staffers, he says.
Gun rights supporters have been asking local governments to pass resolutions stating that public funds will not be used to limit gun rights allowed by the Second Amendment. Chesapeake is the first city in South Hampton Roads to take action on such a resolution.
Charter provisions about letting poor people into towns date to 1500s England. Norfolk's hasn't been enforced in living memory, and the city wants to get rid of it.
A new "Equity for the Eastside Coalition" wants a commission to give neighborhoods a more direct say in where tax dollars go. It's not clear whether the City Council will approve.
A few weeks ago, Commonwealth Catholic Charities started telling people it had run out of money to help pay their rent. The charity now says that wasn't true.
Touting the fact his contributions helped turn Virginia's legislature Democratic, Bloomberg says Hampton Roads could be a model for the nation when it comes to political change.