tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post8699632302086434262..comments2023-10-18T10:05:09.280-04:00Comments on Avenging Archangel: Kudos To Will SessomsAvenging Archangelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10545437449084289016noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-91842090847329157162009-01-22T02:08:00.000-05:002009-01-22T02:08:00.000-05:00How will Mayor Sessoms/Town Bank benefit from Ligh...How will Mayor Sessoms/Town Bank benefit from Light Rail? (there is a Town Bank at Town Center) Who is financing Light Rail, and which banks do Norfolk and Virginia Beach use to house the "taxpayers"<BR/>billions? If light rail didn't meet<BR/>the theshold for a referendum, then<BR/>why did VB already have one? <BR/><BR/>Am I the only one who finds it rather odd, that with bailout funds going to help banks, that Town Bank has merged with Decker<BR/>Realty?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-70942045649401934452009-01-18T00:30:00.000-05:002009-01-18T00:30:00.000-05:00Yeah, their fingerprints are all over it. Since th...Yeah, their fingerprints are all over it. Since the poll doesn't close until Thursday evening, there's still time to counterflood.Avenging Archangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545437449084289016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-5945032985844075362009-01-18T00:00:00.000-05:002009-01-18T00:00:00.000-05:00This poll looks rigged (and it looks like it's not...This poll looks rigged (and it looks like it's <B>not</B> the fault of the blog author)<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the problem with your poll is VBTA payback for your funny songAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-83055707603063236762009-01-17T22:42:00.000-05:002009-01-17T22:42:00.000-05:00So it's official? We have the right-of-way? Too ...So it's official? We have the right-of-way? Too bad Reid won't go by his own policy (the TLP/VBTA transit plan).<BR/><BR/>Henry: I think your poll was rigged looking at all the "poor" votesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-1622549356100323732009-01-17T09:58:00.000-05:002009-01-17T09:58:00.000-05:00The VBTA's desperation for a referendum is telling...The VBTA's desperation for a referendum is telling.<BR/><BR/>Michael is correct: under the VBTA's own Transportation Plan, light rail doesn't reach the treshold for a referendum.<BR/><BR/>Reid, read your own plans before releasing them.Avenging Archangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10545437449084289016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-18652704114850246692009-01-17T09:42:00.000-05:002009-01-17T09:42:00.000-05:00Light Rail doesn't qualify for a referendum under ...Light Rail doesn't qualify for a referendum under the TLP plan since it's well under $2 billionMichael Ragsdalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08829086873702653065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-84530532634167291752009-01-17T08:46:00.000-05:002009-01-17T08:46:00.000-05:00Extending light rail and buying the right-of-way a...Extending light rail and buying the right-of-way are two different things.<BR/><BR/>I bet there are plenty of votes to buy the line.<BR/><BR/>(By the way, count again, there are 7)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585082172073893790.post-41198551154809233692009-01-17T06:46:00.000-05:002009-01-17T06:46:00.000-05:00From the Virginian-Pilot discussing a referendum f...From the Virginian-Pilot discussing a referendum for extending Light rail into Virginia Beach:<BR/><BR/>"Mayor Will Sessoms, Vice Mayor Louis Jones and council members Harry Diezel, Bob Dyer, Bill DeSteph and Ron Villanueva said they favored letting voters decide."<BR/><BR/>That would be 6 votes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com