Those were the words of VA Pilot’s Cherise Newsome today on twitter. “Turns out, I walked into the tail end of the authority’s 4 p.m. budget meeting that ran over …
Category: Virginia Politics
Tax, Water Rate Increases Pass Council
Wednesday night, the council passed the budget as written with the 6 cent property tax increase & the water rate increases. The vote was 5-3. Councilman Fawcett voted against the …
Lessons Learned from the Assistant Superintendent
**Cross posted from Suffolk HRTP ** Last Tuesday (4/16) we had Assistant Superintendent Kevin Alston at our regular meeting. We grilled him about the school’s budget and the school system’s …
Tea Party Meets with City Budget Director
** Cross posted from Suffolk HRTP** On Monday, April 15, after spending the weekend before pouring through the budget documents that were released online, Co-Chairman Janet Gurwell & Vice-Chair Lorraine …
More than just property taxes are going up!
The budget presented to City Council at their last Work Session not only raises our real estate property taxes, it will also increase our HRUBS bills by 10%! The city …
Celebrate the Small Stuff
Just about everyone in Suffolk agrees on one thing: City Council does NOT listen to the people. However, City Council is listening to us! True, the budget still includes a …
Suffolk Tea Party issues “Better City Challenge” to Council, School Board
On Monday, March 19, 2013, Councilman Parr said, “I’d love to see a line item budget from the schools.” We agree, and would like to challenge the Councilman to take …
Governor McDonnell wants to raise your taxes.
Anyone who has been paying attention knows the HB 2313 started out as the Governor’s Transportation Bill, but has been warped into a massive tax increase by the General Assembly, …
Video from the March 18th Public Hearing
At the beginning of the meeting, during Budget Director Ann Seward’s presentation, the citizenry was informed that unless the city found ways to cut spending, we would be facing a …
The Mayor’s chat with the VA Pilot: Translated & Truthified
Last Thursday, Mayor Johnson participated in an online chat about Suffolk’s economic development with Jeff Sheler of the Virginia Pilot. Most of answers were predictable, but some danced around the …