Noise Ordinance / Scooter Laws / Prohibiting Ex-Felons from Fire Dept. @ Public Safety - January 19, 2010

Part 1/4 - Citizens Comment in Support of Noise Law @ Public Safety Jan. 19, 2010 from Silver Persinger.

Finally catching up on a backlog of meetings. Above, during the Citizen Comment Period three of five speakers addressed the Noise ordinance, Ordinance 2009-236, asked questions of the committee to see if it could address their particular issues. One woman spoke of her next door neighbors, obnoxious college students who drink, party and cuss constantly and are ruining her quality of life. Another woman spoke about her neighbor's HVAC machine that made a lot of sound and impacted the quality of her life.

Part 2/4 - Scooter Traffic Laws @ Public Safety Jan. 19, 2010 from Silver Persinger.

Part 3/4 - Noise Law - Ord.2009-236 @ Public Safety Jan. 19, 2010 from Silver Persinger.

Part 4/4 - Prohibiting Ex-Felons from Serving as Fire Fighters @ Public Safety Jan. 19, 2010 from Silver Persinger.

An Interesting Discussion of Sexual Orientation - Homosexuals and Pedophiles

This is clip is from Richmond City Council's June 17, 2009 Health, Human Services, and Education Committee Meeting.

The paper under consideration was Resolution 2009-R73 , which expresses to the Virginia General Assembly Richmond City Council's support for adding language that references "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to Virginia's public employee anti-discrimination law.

Patrons Chris Hilbert and Reva Trammell; and during the meeting Councilmen Marty Jewell and Doug Conner asked to be added as co-patrons.

I briefly spoke in support of the paper. [4:50]

The thing that makes this clip notable are the bizarre comments by Dr. Donald Stern, Director of the Richmond Health District, a state agency that manages the City's Health Department. [5:20] Dr. Stern expressed his concern that the phrases "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" would protect pedophiles. I thought it was a strange comment for a health professional to make.

Richmond Motorcycle Clubs Object to Discrimination at Public Safety Committee Meeting

At Monday's Public Safety Committee meeting many motorcycle club members came out to protest the treatment they are receiving as a result of a recent modification to the state code that prohibits individuals from wearing gang colors or gang symbols into establishments that serve alcohol.

The motorcycle club members are being told their outfits prohibit them from being served, even if they aren't drinking alcohol.



This video begins with comments' from Michael Weise, an attorney representing the Virginia Federation of Motorcycle Clubs and a founding member of The Untamed. His comments are followed by comments from Councilpersons Reva Trammell, Chris Hilbert,Betty Squire, and Major David McCoy from the Richmond Police Department.

Comments from the audience begin around 31:00 minutes and included comments from members of The Pagan's, The Devil's Grip Motorcycle Club, The Untamed, The Outlaws, and the Harley Owners Group.

The Rest of the Meeting



Received presentation on Gang Reduction Intervention Program (GRIP) from the Richmond Police Department.