The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP) that applied to approximately 500 streams and wetlands to be crossed by the Mountain Valley Pipeline in southern West Virginia. The court wrote, “If any part of a project requires an individual permit, then the NWP does not apply and all portions of the project must be evaluated as part of the individual permit process.” The sites must now be stabilized.
As Virginia’s $25 billion tourism industry is now the fifth largest employer, big production companies like Netflix and looking to make the Commonwealth their next home for their expansive production plans.
Following Governor Ralph Northam’s call to veto the GOP plan for legislative redistricting, Speaker of the House of Delegates Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights) said, “After weeks of feigning interest, the governor has admitted at last that he wants federal judges appointed by President Obama to draw a redistricting map to deliver a Democratic majority in the House of Delegates.”
Riggleman is wasting no time taking the fight to the Democrats in Virginia’s 5th District.
In terms of population size, the hypothetical Richmond-Hampton Roads metropolitan area would rank right around the Seattle-Tacoma region. Based on 2015 statistics, the mega-region could rank in the top 20 for GDP.
The war between Democrats and Republicans have made a position in the federal government which should be solely non-political, a very political, possibly even ideological seat, with the qualifications being based not on interpretation of Supreme Court precedence, but an adherence to the victim versus oppressor ideology.
“I am reconvening the House of Delegates on October 21st to fulfill our constitutional duty to pass a redistricting map. I am firmly against judicial overreach and allowing federal judges to draw the map,” said Speaker of the House Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights).
Referencing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the 63-year-old landmark Brown II case, State Senator Bill Stanley (R-Franklin) is looking to form legislation next session to direct Virginia to provide schools that are “fully modernized or maintained as seemingly required,” by the U.S. Constitution.
As law enforcement agencies seek to catch criminals with license plate readers, which cast an astoundingly large net over the community, they must still understand that it leaves the community with a net cast over them.
Social movements are now being used for political profiteering. Pepsi using Black Lives Matter to sell drinks. Nike using Colin Kaepernick to sell shoes. Rolling Stone using UVA to sell magazines and perpetuate a preconceived narrative. Now, Democrats are politically profiteering off of the #MeToo movement to further satisfy their lust for power, which will not end with the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh because the origin of chaos is not the Supreme Court nominee.
