PVCC faces possible new budget cuts
“As we are going to enter this General Assembly session, I would say the mood on the budget is uncertainty and apprehension,”
Smoking ban a boon for business?
The list of potential cost savings from the smoking ban is long: lower rates of fire, general liability, unemployment and workers’ compensation insurance; better worker retention; and less wear and […]
Room with a pee-yew
The smoke goes on in some area restaurants that have separately ventilated smoking areas. That is, if the section meets the three conditions. First, a smoking area can’t represent a […]
Pairings we'll miss
Sure, you can still smoke. But can you smoke as the waiter clears your plate, blowing rings over that little dish of creamers that only exists in restaurants? Nope. An […]
Quoting the law
Turns out that membership fees to a private club earn you more than a secret handshake or a t-shirt with your nickname on it. Under the new smoking ban, private […]
Stink balm
Been spending too much time in a smoky private club (not, I repeat, not a restaurant)? When you get home, do you smell like an ash tray? Here are some […]
Bowled over?
Adam Soroka began smoking cigarettes at age 17 and stayed the course for a decade or so. One day, he bought a pipe from Cavalier Pipe & Tobacco and “found […]
Puff piece
If the smoking ban hasn’t discouraged you from buying a pack, maybe the grim health consequences will. According to the National Cancer Institute, cigarette smoking is the leading cause of […]
Biscuit Run tax credits soften loss
The addition of Biscuit Run to the state’s land conservation arsenal helped the Kaine Administration surpass its goal of preserving 400,000 acres in four years. And at such a […]
How to sue Halsey Minor
When ground broke on the Landmark Hotel nearly two years ago, developer Halsey Minor said it would be “like nothing people have ever seen.” Boy, oh boy, have truer words […]