🏳️🌈🚌🚲Born at MCV and graduated from VCU It took me 25 years to go 25 blocks. Health IT. Fmr Candidate City Council. Posts are mine, my own. Precious.
Richmond, VA (RVA)
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Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
This week, FEMA leadership and the Trump administration signaled that states may soon be expected to handle more disasters with less federal assistance.
During our Joint Subcommittee on Recurrent Flooding this week, I asked VDEM whether Virginia is financially and operationally prepared for this possibility.
This is exactly why passing Delegate @AlexAskew757 HB 169 was so important this year.
We must assess our emergency management needs and prepare for a future where states shoulder more responsibility.
lis.virginia.gov/bill-detail…
Exclusive: FEMA chief tells states to prepare to handle disasters on their own politi.co/4yBLbqS
Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
The ongoing disagreement between Richmond’s public housing authority and Richmond’s mayor is getting more pointed — and more public 👀
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Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
New - Senate poll - South Carolina
🔵 Annie Andrews 45%
🔴 Darline Graham (Inc) 44%
Impact Research 🔵 - LV - 10/21
Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
Since Jan. 2025, City Council President @CynthiaNewbille has ignored dozens of questions on tax rates, personnel decisions, free speech issues, code violations & more.
Her silence is "very unusual" and puts Council at a "disadvantage," Bob Holsworth says.
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Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
This is the note you find in an Umbrella lab before you’re attacked by a zombie dog.
JUST IN: Palmer Luckey's genetically modified military dog startup, Warhound, comes out of stealth, aiming to create enhanced canines for the U.S. military.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is NOT Palmer's company at all, his company Anduril is only supplying the tech for the dogs, and this is a wholly owed Collosal entiity
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Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
2nd-to-final update in personal VA congressional ratings after the @StateNavigate poll.
1: Likely D | Taylor +5 (🔵FLIP)
2: Solid D | Luria +11 (🔵FLIP)
3: Solid D | Scott +52
4: Solid D | McClellan +45
5: Tilt D | Perriello +2 (🔵FLIP)
6: Solid R | Cline +12
7: Solid D | Vindman +20
8: Solid D | Beyer +65
9: Solid R | Griffith +30
10: Solid D | Subranyum +27
11: Solid D | Walkinshaw +52
Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
There remains an active lawsuit to force enforcement of ethics laws against Winsome Earle Sears. Jay Jones' office is representing her just as Miyares' office did. Virginia pols in power tend to protect each other, regardless of political party.
Seems like a good opportunity for reform-minded Virginia legislators to introduce legislation /rule changes that plug these gaps. And for GOP members who want to force the Dem majority to kill etics reform legislation.
ALT Screenshot of a tweet by Graham Moomaw (@gmoo...). The tweet reads: "Virginia made some ethics reform moves after the McDonnell scandal, but it's mostly still just an honor system. No one really checks the forms legislators file to disclose their personal business interests. And conflict-of-interest rules are basically non-existent."
Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
So much Richmond on the timeline today omg I know yall are tired!!!!
A cybersecurity incident has disrupted several of Richmond Public Schools’ operational systems, said Superintendent Jason Kamras Wednesday. richmonder.org/cybersecurity…
Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
The crime commission just said since Oct there have been 207,578 marijuana cases across Virbinia sealed not including Fairfax!
Great work to so many who made this possible! And congrats to those w sealed records!
Now that we're talking about equitable distribution of cannabis licenses, who wants to revisit that actual conversation from a couple years ago?
2022 @MinCannBusAssoc report: advantages barriers to entry create significant inequities & perpetuate oligopolies in state adult-use cannabis markets: The advantages include automatic co-location of an adult-use license w medical licenses, early market access, opt-out & land use.
Trunp indicted a black woman who is an attorney and sitting state senator, charismatic and media savvy who famously owns and operates a licensed cannabis dispensary for selling weed. I'm sure this is going to go how they think.
ALT Headline / Article Text: New cannabis store, co-owned by state Sen. Louise Lucas, opens its doors as recreational marijuana is legalized Included Quote: "For those who are just getting to know me on Twitter, I want you to know one..." — L. Louise Lucas (@SenLouiseLucas)
I found the smoking gun
For those who are just getting to know me on Twitter, I want you to know one important thing.
I am not your typical grandma.
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Teevirus Spinks 🏳️🌈🚌🔋🚴🏿♂️ retweeted
There's a pervasive mentality in govt that the proper protocol is to say nothing when public employees are accused of wrongdoing.
You don't often see it applied to allegations of sexual misconduct. But here it is
Amid more allegations of sexual misconduct by another employee of the @VibrantRRHA, CEO Nesmith tells me all of the details are "confidential" and can't be discussed.
He also declined to comment on eviction proceedings against one of the alleged victims.
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