In the interest of advancing the marijuana policy reform discussion, here are five of the most common arguments against legalizing marijuana and why they’re wrong.

HRT is planning on making real time bus data public. Now it’s up to 757 developers to come up with an app that makes this information useful to the public. Are you in?

Plus a solution: “Park Up Norfolk” parking.

A Norfolk employee sent an email from work asking for Fraim volunteers. Not good.

We sat like a family around the dining room table. We held hands as Shelley said grace. I don’t remember all that we talked about, but the talking never stopped.

More than any other single document, the General Plan will shape the future of our city. For the past several years the City of Norfolk has been quietly updating its vision of the future, the General Plan, which they have named plaNorfolk 2030. It’s a sweeping document encompassing everything from addressing transportation issues to enhancing [...]

Yesterday we set up a camera and filmed the council in action. It’s not the best video in the world, and sometimes the audio isn’t perfect, but it’s a start.

Norfolk is more bike-oriented than ever. Downtown Granby Street is reverting to its centuries-old, humanistic roots: A fifteen mile per hour speed limit encourages drivers to take parallel streets to their on-ramps, leaving plenty of space for pedestrians and cyclists. T

What does Rick Perry’s living room look like? Doug O. knows.

If we are going to spend the money, time, and resources developing Fort Monroe, why not labor for a worthwhile idea rather than an arbitrary one? How about an economy boosting nudist colony?

How easy is it to get from Virginia Beach to ODU’s campus using mass transit? Depends on what leg of the journey you’re talking about.

Just like in the movies an outsider came into town and shook everything up.

As the people who love this region and call it our home, it is our civic duty to ride and support The Tide.

Plain and simple, downtown’s residential population is the linchpin to Norfolk reaching the next level of urban greatness.

An update on the program, plus a survey asking for community input.

Encouraging thoughts on Norfolk’s cycling future from the city council, along with city manager Frank Duke’s presentation on ‘Bikeability in Norfolk.’

Being an African-American Tea Partier, Coby Dillard recounts why it is so important to him to be a local activist.

It is difficult to explain to people outside of my small sphere how close we are, especially after a few gunfights together… I wish everyone could feel that level of brotherhood. We would be in a better society if there was that type of collective focus.

We spoke to the interim director of Innovate!HamptonRoads™, Rick Lally, about the strengths of Hampton Roads’ economy, where we’re headed, and what needs to happen for us to thrive in the next decade.

A presentation at the Norfolk City Council’s informal session by Frank Duke, Norfolk City Planner.

The present and future of Virginia Beach, according to Mayor Sessoms.

What the redistricting means for Hampton Roads.

Silly me, I actually assumed our legislators wouldn’t act like children and draw lines reminiscent of a kid with a box of crayons.

Sharp-minded, highly analytical and very articulate, Dahlia could see through all the lies and hypocrisy surrounding the war. She slowly began to speak out against it.

Plus, the effect of redistricting on Hampton Road’s political power.

If this process sounds unfair or even corrupt to you, you are not alone.

I didn’t want my neighbors to know I was doing this because a lot of people are scared of the homeless, and I didn’t want my neighbors to be scared. That’s not fair to them. Sometimes we have to do what is right in secret because of how the world works.

(or The Day My Attorney General Shook Me). A trip to the the 2010 Virginia Tea Party PATRIOTS CONVENTION.

A talk with–and thoughts on–Virginia Congressman Glenn Nye.

“We’d be fine going in now even if it’s just for the short term to bring some life back into Waterside to see if we can have some influence to change the City’s decision. We want to show them, ‘Hey, we actually can do something with this space.’”

Full text of the GNC, DNC, and VisitNorfolk’s position paper on the future of Waterside.

The Greater Norfolk Corporation, Downtown Norfolk Council, and VisitNorfolk have presented the City with a position paper arguing that tearing down Waterside could be the answer.

“First of all, out of all the candidates he’s probably the most well-informed and articulate candidate running for the seat,” says council member Paul Riddick.

Public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the HSR plan for the Southeast Corridor, ends in just a few days. Here’s how to tell them what’s up.

Getting to know Angelia Williams, candidate for Norfolk’s Superward 7 City Council seat.

What happens when Michael Vick, James Holley, and Pat Robertson get together for the local meeting between Celebretools?

Could it be that James Holley’s savoir-faire was his ultimate downfall?

The logic of all arguments flowed in reverse, with each premise deriving its truth from the conclusion in a dizzying cycle of self-affirming reason.

An animated political cartoon about Light Rail.

In Hampton Roads there is long standing tradition keeping Pride secluded deep in a park far away from the eyes of others. Hence the name “Out in the Park.”

“I am sounding an alarm to the people of Hampton Roads that all is not well with our finances and it is not something that can long be ignored.”

“If there are Republicans that are not acting like Republicans, I will make them act like Republicans. If no one has the stomach to lead this effort than I will lead it. The stakes are too high, we must take back our country!”

JESiO investigates Norfolk’s busking law (or lack thereof).

“I don’t want to be a politician; I want to be a leader. I am the only one who has actually done the things needed to successfully represent the district.”

We spoke to Stanley Stein, assistant city manager in charge of Waterside, about where the City’s mind’s at when it comes to Waterside.

First off let me say, I think you have been doing a bang up job. Not a week goes by without me turning on a television or picking up a paper and blamo! there you are doing something hilarious.

How to develop a “Sense of Place” in Hampton Roads. We have some stellar ideas. (And some really dumb ones… you decide which is which.)

An exclusive interview with Jessica Sandlin, former English teacher, mother of five and candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2nd Congressional District.

An exclusive interview with Scott Taylor, who is running for the Republican candidacy to represent Virginia’s Second Congressional District.

Full text of Mayor Alan P. Krasnoff’s speech.

The full text of Mayor Sessoms’ speech last week at his State of the City address.

In Hampton Roads, a marriage license costs $30 and a Justice of the Peace union another $50. An unassuming, idealistic and naïve man and woman can bind their lives together legally for the same price as dinner and a movie.

A relatively comprehensive and an extremely well-researched look back at the year that was, with allusions to what the future has in store for Norfolk.

We talked to Keep Norfolk Beautiful’s education manager about Norfolk’s (lack of) recycling laws, how the City helps you recycle, and what you *should do* with your old oysters and hazardous waste.

“What do you (Americans) think about us?” they would repeatedly ask me, which would invariably be followed by a sincere and deeply moving plea, “Please tell them that we are not terrorists.”

“It feels like I’m fighting a bear. I have no idea how bears fight, but one of us has to win. And it’s going to be me,” says 20-year-old mayoral hopeful Ryan Cooper.

Sure, shouting loudly that you want justice is not the most rational approach, nor the most elegant, but sometimes it is what people need. It is the democratic equivalent of running into the woods and screaming until your bones shake and you feel something intangible leave you.

For Hampton Roads, major High Speed Rail questions will confront us very, very soon. Are you ready to advance your druthers? If not, who will? As is always the case, we need to brush up and get ready.

WAVY-10 reported that a package at ORF tested positive for containing explosives. The package was safe.

MacArthur Center Station is an opportunity to invigorate Norfolk’s urban core and should serve as an upbeat force to our urban streetscape.

Who I’m voting for, why, and links to a number of newspaper endorsements, if you want to learn more about the candidates.

Will his message of odds-defying hope be enough to bolster the Democratic candidate, who many criticize as being too negative in his campaign and too uncertain about his own platform?

Hampton Roads has for decades been left out of the planning of high-speed rail–trains connecting us to New York, DC and Atlanta. This Friday the HRTPO will push an agenda that will affect your region and your tax dollars–with or without your endorsement.

On Saturday veterans of the Leyte landing will gather at Norfolk’s MacArthur Memorial to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of what was the opening phase in the campaign to liberate the Philippines.

We’ll give you one guess.

Draining public education funds to build roads is not a solution, but the means to a more crippling problem, writes Young Democrat Kyle Blankenship.

Deeds’ refusal to put out specifics on an issue that is arguably among the most pressing for all Virginians borders on cowardice, writes DJ Spiker, Chairman of the Norfolk/Portsmouth Young Republicans.

My main thought really is, why is there so much of this lovey-dovey ass-slappin’ going on? I mean, I know they’re feelin good and riding high after pulling together on this deal, but these guys really look like they actually want to go grab some beers right after this.

President Obama held a prime-time news conference last night addressing the economic recession, his administration’s recovery strategy, and other current events during the first 60 days of his presidency.

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I could not help but think what the native people of Nawfuk, those born and raised early last century onward, would think of our good ol’ Tide.

Guns, Ron Paul, Ayn Rand, Hell for gays and Jews, and Cuccinelli.

Phase three, when Cooch gets his shake on.

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