On Friday, November 13, 2015 the ESO Arts Center will host a rockin’ evening with some of the Shore’s top artists.The Shore Made Sampler with ESO Live! will host the totally groovin’ Groovers (formerly Mr. B’s Band), rockin’ rhythm & blues with Scott & Melinda, the all-time best Americana duo, Heather & Nathan, and one of my favorites, that rockabilly Eddy Dixon. ESO is located in Belle Haven, VA 23306, at 15293 King St. Admission is $10 and includes a light snack. Beer, wine & soda are available for purchase. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Call 757-442-3226 for more information.
Archives for November 2015
REFLECTIONS ON VETERAN’S DAY 2015
Special to the Mirror by Joe Vaccaro, POST 56
“It is the Soldier, not the minister, who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.”
Cape Charles will hold a Veteran’s Day event at the War Memorial across from the Cape Charles Memorial Library at 11:00 Nov 11th.
UPDATE: Town Terminates Contract Without Cause – Cape Charles by the Bay
UPDATE: The Mirror has just received notice that the ‘town’ has terminated without cause the Cape Charles Wave, LCC contract for the Cape Charles by the Bay website.
Email from ‘town’:
From: “Brent Manuel”
To:
Subject: Contract Termination Without Cause – Cape Charles by the Bay
Mr. Southern,
Please find the correspondence I am attaching. I will be mailing the hard copy tomorrow morning. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Brent T. Manuel
Town Manager
Town of Cape Charles, Virginia
Municipal Building
2 Plum Street
Cape Charles, Virginia 23310
757.331.3259, ext. 12 (p)
757.331.4820 (f)
brent.manuel@capecharles.org
ZAHN: Country is run by people with no real work experience
As a “come here” I have met many of the smartest people on the Shore and I listened to the lessons they were teaching. (They didn’t know they were teaching!) It might have been in the car while being shown real estate by Herb Lassiter, Jack Mason, Jona Davis or over a beer by a man who quit school in 7th grade.
There are several brilliant people who would have made great congressman or filled other positions but I guess they were never interested. Many people on the Shore are not ambitious, not hard working and laid back as were many back in Ocean County, NJ. When a person breaks that mold the sky is the limit.
Proposed Zoning causing Civil Rights and Environmental Justice Issues
The Northampton Board of Supervisors held, what is purported to be the last public hearing in regards to the proposed zoning changes on Monday, which drew an audience of over 200 citizens. With elections looming, the current Board has accelerated their plans to get the zoning changes adopted before the first of the year when the makeup of the Board officially changes. Several on hand noted that the most recent public notice that went out was confusing. Adding to the confusion was that some of the changes to the zoning, mainly change from AG to R-1 or 3, seemed to affect minority land owners more negatively, which led some, including Leo Kellam of Wardtown to register a complaint, having it read into the record:
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Wave LLC Must be Paid
In Town Manager Brett Manuel’s weekly report to Council, he noted, somewhat cryptically, that Staff is in discussions regarding the Cape Charles by the Bay website with the Town Attorney. Given The Cape Charles Wave, LLC his filed a letter and invoice with the Town, requesting payment for the last two quarters totaling $2,650.00, discussions with an attorney seems prudent. On the contract the Town signed with Wave LLC, there is a provision allowing it to cancel for any reason with ‘30 days’ notice. Reviewing the contract (see full contract at end of this article), it appears that after 4 months the contract continues in force. Rather than “cancel” the contract, the Town instead issued a “stop work order.” Reviewing the document, a “stop work order” is not even a provision of the contract. More confusingly, stop work orders are more commonly issued by the code enforcement officer, not the town manager for a contract. An example might be that the Town should have issued a stop work order to the Hotel Cape Charles after it discovered that they were building outside the Historic District Review Board’s Certificate of Appropriateness, as well as violating building permits that had been issued.
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Town Council:Taxpayers on the Hoof
With Northampton County putting the PSA’s Panek Pipeline to Nowhere on indefinite hold, the Town used Thursday’s work session to double down on efforts to move Panek’s Trail to Nowhere on down the road. Bids have been received, with the low bid being $1,626,000.00 (yes, over a million and half American tax dollars). As a note, the Town’s match for the ‘grant’ came from what is being termed bond funds, which in reality are funds the Town derived from refinancing bad debt on the harbor breakwaters that were constructed to supposedly protect the floating docks. Also, plans only call for the most minimal amount of lighting along the trail route. Even as Cape Charles enjoys promoting itself as a ‘walkable’ town, safety precautions seem to be falling by the wayside. The recent attack in Central Park, where the assailant used the low visibility design of the park, as well as a structure built by the Town that allows for the victims to be locked in from the inside, shines a light on just where the Town’s priorities really lie. The Trail design will create long stretches of dark, low visibility paths, providing fertile ground for would be assailants to hone their skills. Rather than forcing people onto well lit, more densely populated sidewalks, which have existed for many years, and already make the town ‘very walkable’, it seems the notion is to take people off the beaten path, where they are isolated and more vulnerable to attacks, while wasting $millions to do so. Acceptance of the low bid is expected to be voted on after Council determines how much of the Trail it wants to take on.
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Panek Inserts PSA Language into Comprehensive Plan
The Cape Charles Planning Commission continuing the Comprehensive Plan update, has removed environmentally restrictive language, replacing it with verbiage that opens the door to ratcheting up the expansion of water and wastewater development (even as those uses are not adequately defined). The Comp Plan’s attempt to redefine the town’s cultural and environmental foundation takes place in section III.1.3 Environmentally Restricted Layer.
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Planning Commission: Works to keep basketball courts out of Town
The Cape Charles Planning Commission met on Tuesday, November 3, to continue its work updating the Comprehensive Plan. With the Town still breathless from its latest hiring spree, the Planning Commission made sure to provide ample room in the Comp Plan for them to make further purchases to accommodate the burgeoning staff. On page 54, the Plan notes that obtaining properties at the historic Rosenwald School, as well as the Schlegal property, are listed as options. Expanding 201 Mason for Town offices is also mentioned. In the same section, the Commission made sure to put the final dagger in the heart of a Community Center for underserved members of the Lower Shore, by changing the language from definitively planning for a community center, to “improving the Civic Center for community activities.”
FOOTBALL: Broadwater defeats Fuqua to secure playoff berth
The Broadwater Vikings, on what can only called a day of throwback, old school Virginia High School football, defeated a tough and talented Fuqua Falcon squad 33-27 to land a coveted spot in the Metro Conference state championship. On a dreary, rainy Saturday, each team fought to the final whistle. In a game marked by sharp, clean hitting, talented running, and solid special teams play, in the end it was the superb performances by the Major twins, Tyler and Taylor, that proved to be the difference. William French of Fuqua also left nothing on the field, putting on a clinic in what it means to be a tough running back; it sometimes took five or six Vikings to stop French, who on several occasions switched gears into ‘Beast Mode’.
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