Monday, August 5, 2013

Gloucester, VA Government Employment Policies On Personal Use of Vehicles



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Gloucester County Government Employment Policies.  Latest edition is dated 2007 with no updates.  This is the latest version the county has.  What we are going to ask you to look at is Section 13-27 Use of County Vehicles;  Personal use of vehicles is strictly prohibited.  The policy is second to last on the above list.  This list comes from the counties own website.  We don't make up their rules.  They do.  Do they follow them?  Not that we see.  Anyone else see it?


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Conflict In The South



Liberty's Kids, episode number 33, Conflict in the South.  Things are beginning to change in the war for independence and freedom.


Thomas Jefferson - In Brief from Chuck Thompson


As part of our Liberty Education Series, we have this brief history about Thomas Jefferson.  A man of many talents and one of the best men who ever lived in regards to Liberty Justice, Freedom, Independence and Freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.  Gloucester officials would do well to learn more about this remarkable man.   Click on the icon in the bottom right hand corner of the document to enlarge for reading.  Free downloads are available from our SlideShare site.  You will need to log in with either your Facebook account or LinkedIn account or create a free account.  Then you can get the download.
English: Cropped version of Thomas Jefferson, ...
English: Cropped version of Thomas Jefferson, painted by Charles Willson Peale. Philadelphia, 1791. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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More Issues With New Middle School Location - Gloucester, VA

























































The site for the planned new middle school, across the street from the one the county tore down, is on top of swamp land?  From what anyone can see, all the land all around this location is marsh or swampish.  The county has brought in incredible piles of dirt to cover over all the swampish areas and as it presently stands, it looks okay.  However, according to one engineer we spoke with, no new structure will be sound there if piles are not put in to support the new structures.

  Are county officials looking to waste taxpayer money on an incredibly bad plan?  We have already questioned the legality of how they are going about getting the new bond, we also had to question the present location based on sea level risings.  Now we see that the new two story middle school is to on top of wetlands?  The above pictures were sent to us from the same folks who sent us pictures of the Gloucester Government employees parading at Hardee's to show how they like to waste your hard earned tax dollars.

  If anyone wants to question the wetlands area at this location, by all means drive by there and walk around the area and judge it for yourself.  Or take the word of officials who can't even control their own employees.  If you can't find a Gloucester Government employee to talk to about this, try Hardee's restaurant.  We posted the phone number on the last post.  Or just drive right up the street and you will likely find them there.
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Gloucester Officials Out Of Control? Pictures Continue - Parade?


























































Gloucester County Utilities Vehicle number 285 at Hardee's this morning at 7:55 AM, Monday, August 5th, 2013.  Two employees got out of this vehicle and went into the restaurant.  On the clock?  Unknown.  Personal use?  You bet.  We heard back from one person at the Gloucester Mathews Gazette Journal who informed us of the following, "stopping by hardees is a de minimus errand".  

  Well we did in fact check into that response.  Here is what we found.
http://www.payroll-taxes.com/articles/taxing-and-reporting-personal-use-of-employerr-provided-vehicles  This applies to privarte employers and under very specific circumstances.  It is also clear that the person who responded failed to read the state code we provided.




You can not justify this use.  State code is very clear.  " D. The use of such vehicle shall be limited to official state business."  Stopping at Hardee's does not constitute state use.  It is personal use.  You can not blame the employees either, it's the officials in charge that are not in charge and the employees learn this from somewhere.  It's not the employees that need to be held accountable, it's the officials that are clearly not in charge and that have set the examples.

  And again, we have to seriously question why anyone would allow these people to gain access to 17 million dollars for a middle school that is not needed when there is one down the street we are told is not needed that could be used.  Make all the copies of these pictures you want.  The folks who sent them to us told us they do not care who uses them at all and release all claims to licensing and or royalties.  They just want all this abuse to stop and their taxes lowered.  Not raised because of careless officials and lack of care for taxpayer dollars.  It's a parade of abuse?

  The phone number to the Hardee's Restaurant at the Courthouse area, in case you need to find a Gloucester County Government Employee, is (804)-693-0363.  If they are not where they are supposed to be, now you know where they are.  
Hardee's
Hardee's (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Gloucester, Virginia Officials Need A State Investigation




















































Gloucester County government vehicle number 231, at Hardee's today at 7:41 AM.  Once again, this is a school board vehicle.  This employee may have gotten the memo about using a county government vehicle for personal use is a violation of Virginia State code so you do not want to be caught at the drive through window at Hardee's?  Way around that?  Park the vehicle outside and walk in and have breakfast instead?  More time on the clock at taxpayer expenses?

  

All this the day before Gloucester officials are going to tell you that they have to have 17 million for a new school that the county must have while renovating another school down the street they closed because they said it is not needed.  We can not see any reason to believe them.  How many times to we need to keep showing this over and over with all new employees and all new vehicles.  It's non stop.  In the picture above, you can actually see the Hardee's sign reflection in the vehicle.

  Maybe officials need to investigate if there is something so addictive in Hardee's food that county employees can not keep away from it.  What's even worse, these are school vehicles.  What is it saying about the quality of education?  Junk food is not a good choice day in and day out.  Another reason why American's are so fat?  Will a Hardee's be included in the new school that we simply do not need?  What message are Gloucester officials sending to everyone here in the county?  We do not care about the stinking state laws, we make our own?



We don't make the state laws or codes.  We are not even trying to interpret them.  We are showing them here though.  Beyond ridiculous.  Click on the icon in the bottom right hand corner to read the state codes better.  This will open the document into full screen.  

  Now we are sending this to county officials, as well as delegate Keith Hodges and several people at the local paper.  The question we have for the paper, we have been reporting on these abuses for weeks now and not one single reporter has bothered to check on the facts themselves.  We have a serious case of massive waste and abuse going on but it's not news?  Aunt Margaret planting bulbs is news?  It's tabloid fluff.   
Hardee's
Hardee's (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Gloucester, Virginia Abuses Continue










































Gloucester County officials continue to prove that they have no control over their employees and no regard for state laws or codes.  This is yet another Gloucester County, Virginia official vehicle being used for personal use at the drive up window once again at Hardee's in the Gloucester Courthouse area.  Vehicle number 273, white van with county emblem in the side.  School board.  Time pictures were taken is 7:20 AM.



Another shot from another person of van number 273 at 7:20 AM this morning, August 5th, 2013 at Hardee's.

















To top this off, Animal Control was seen leaving this area at 7:13 AM this morning.  No pictures could be taken in time according to our sources.  

  Again, these are the same people who are going to tell you tomorrow night, why they need 17 million dollars to build a school that they say is needed after closing another school down the street they say is not needed.  Is the money going for covering the practices of waste and abuse as we keep seeing here?  

  While writing this article, more pictures of more Gloucester County employees at Hardee's this morning are still coming in.  And we do not mean just one more.  We are getting flooded with these.





Hardee's
Hardee's (Photo credit: Wikipedia)



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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Enter The Lone Ranger - Classic TV



The Lone Ranger, Enter The Lone Ranger, the 1st classic TV episode.  Today's posts would not be complete without this episode.  Old time radio, golden age comic and now classic TV show of the western hero of yesteryear.  Continuing our trip in the time machine.  Incredible content to spend plenty of time with and enjoy.  GVLN, now there is something different.


LEGO Lone Ranger vs. Western
LEGO Lone Ranger vs. Western (Photo credit: wiredforlego)
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Little Nemo - 1905 Sunday Comic Strip


Little Nemo - Sunday Funnies from Chuck Thompson


Click the icon at the bottom right hand corner to enlarge to full screen mode.  Free downloads are available on this from our SlideShare site.  Little Nemo from 1905.  Another trip in our very own time machine.  GVLN.  ENjoy.
Little Nemo alone
Little Nemo alone (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Lone Ranger - Curse of the Claws - Sunday Comics


Lone Ranger - Curse of The Claws from Chuck Thompson


Another trip in our very own time machine.  The Lone Ranger.  The Curse of the Claws.  From the golden age of comics.  This is an Ajax comic book story.  A trip down memory land and a view of what entertainment used to look like.  Goes well with our old time radio show of the Lone Ranger below this post.  Free downloads are available from our SlideShare site.  You can enlarge this by clicking on the icon on the bottom right hand side of the container and it will open into a larger window.  Enjoy.
English: A man dressed as the Lone Ranger ride...
English: A man dressed as the Lone Ranger rides his horse along the pier as the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) ties up behind him. The RANGER has returned to North Island following its deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Location: NAVAL AIR STATION, NORTH ISLAND, CALIFORNIA (CA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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