This week I was driving past Delaware street in the City of Williamsburg and noticed W&M students celebrating the end of their academic year by gathering on their porch with friends. I also noticed two police officers admonishing them, apparently due to their disobedience to the Governor’s Executive Order against assembly. I didn’t notice more […]
A question was posed at the James City County budget meeting on April 23rd. Can businesses who have been forced to close be given a tax break since they haven’t been able to make money? The answer from the County Administrator was “No”. In fact, he said, “It’s important for the County to continue to […]
According to Amy Poulter at the Virginia Gazette, “Williamsburg Live canceled — The latest music festival to be scrapped is the Virginia Art Festival’s Williamsburg Live, originally scheduled for June 26–27 on the Lawn of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.” So why are they cancelling an event for the end of June if our […]
At the James City County Board of Supervisor’s (BOS) meeting on April 14, 2020, the members discussed the possibility of opening the County prior to June 10th, the date the Governor’s set for residents to remain at home. Why would they advocate something in direct contradiction to the Governor’s directive? Money. The BOS has taken […]
With an unprecedented pandemic, local governments are struggling to meet the needs of their small business community. In reality, the only thing they are capable of is providing links to other organizations who may be able to help. Even though these government organizations exist mostly due to tax revenue generated by small business in the […]
Turns out shutting down all non-essential businesses has done nothing but hurt small business owners. Seems as if people don’t like being told they have to stay home. In fact, here’s what the parking lot of Lowes and Walmart looked like on April 1st, two days after the Executive Order to shelter in place. The […]