Norfolk had a meltdown

It was a hot July day in Tidewater, yesterday. So hot, the city had a meltdown.

If you tried to access the city’s web site, you were confronted with this message.

403 - Forbidden: Access is denied.

You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

Confirmed: Norfolk had a meltdown

At first, I thought I had been denied access because of my blogs praising city officials and city council for their vision, their wisdom and their judicious investments in Waterside, the cruise terminal and Nauticus.

But then I realized: they don’t pay attention to you, you deranged anarchist and romantic nihilist.

So something else must have happened because others I contacted were confronted with the same authoritative message.

It’s the kind of message from your employer that you get when you accidently hit the wrong keys on your board and just accidently are about to open a porn site.

Accidently, of course.

So I thought of some possible causes for the meltdown.

Cordish decided to pull out of the Waterside deal.

It was discovered by engineers that the cruise terminal is about to collapse into the Elizabeth River because of weak

No more trucks on Hampton Boulevard

pylons.

The port has agreed to subsidize a truck-barge service between Norfolk International Terminals and APM Terminals.  No more trucks on Hampton Boulevard. You can hear City Council Member Terry Whibley hooting and hollering way down on Powhatan Avenue.

Vice Mayor Anthony Burfoot decides to run for president of the US in 2016 instead of City Treasurer. “I have integrity, compassion and honesty,” he said, supposedly. “Everything a president of this country really needs.”

Drakkar  mouthpiece, Tollaksen, says he wants to add a maglev system to his proposal to transform downtown Norfolk.

 The chairman of Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority board of commissioners (who asked not to be identified) renounced his world goods and his home in the West end of Norfolk and decided to live in public housing. Unfortunately, he’s been put on the waiting list.

Rod Woolard, bon vivant and flamboyant former director of Development for the city of Norfolk, was asked to head one of the Batten family charitable foundations. At first, he refused, according to people familiar with the situation. But then he agreed after he learned he didn’t have to tell anyone what he was doing.

Chuck Rigney is named director of Development for the city of Norfolk. Finally. After more than a year.

Deborah Stearns hints that she might run for mayor of Norfolk next year. But the source can’t be verified.

City Manager decides to layoff development and planning staff and hire Team Better Block for Planning and Zack Miller for economic development.

AltDaily, now AD, makes a profit. (Or is it ADD?)

A new alt-magazine called Reev makes its debut in Norfolk. 

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