UNITED NATIONS (AP) - President Barack Obama glossed over some inconvenient truths Tuesday in his climate-change speech to the United Nations. For one, as the U.S. cleans up emissions at home, it's sending dirty fuel abroad to pollute the same sky. As well, the U.S. is not cleaning up quite as...

The Virginia Coalition for Open Government completed a survey of the counties and towns in the state and provided a report card result regarding their citizen ease of access for budget info. Essex county received an "F." The full report can be viewed throught the following link:...

I have recently attended two county meetings. One the board of supervisor meeting and another held by the Department of Revenue. After leaving each of the meetings I had one question on my mind; "Where has common sense and decency gone?"   1. The BOS is considering a $12,000 grant to...

What a pile of el toro caca this became. Both parties seemed to push it through with little disagreement. Then, the 'protection' and penalizing as a fellon [sp} can be transferred to anyone the president deems and selectively prosecuted by the secret service.  This was...

May 17, 2012 Essex County has 165,120 acres according to the Essex Department of Revenue; as of December, 2011, there are 114,167 conservation acres  in land use programs or conservation easements.  In only 5 years our BOS has allowed 72% of this counties property into Land Use and...

  The next time you hear a politician use the Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, But one advertising agency did a good job of Putting that figure into some perspective in one...