President's Page

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There is almost a chill in the air as summer retreats, and we look forward

to seasonal change with the coming of the cooler months. Throughout the

summer your Civic League’s board of directors has continued to meet,

monitor and react to events that could have impact on our community. I

hope all residents made the most of the summer months and were able to

enjoy time with family and friends.

Looking ahead, September is the month that our civic league membership meetings resume at Bayside Presbyterian Church on the third Tuesday of each month. This month our guest speaker will be Mr. Colin Stolle, Commonwealth Attorney for Virginia Beach. Our Programs Director, Jack Molovinsky, is working to schedule excellent speakers with topics of widespread interest to our community in the following months.

Mark your calendar on the third Tuesday of each month, (Sept – May).

Come spend an hour or so with your friends and neighbors at our meetings

– you won’t be disappointed.

Your Civic League is continuing our neighborhood’s opposition to the proposed traffic signal light at the Independence / Paul Revere intersection. For those who came late, we have been opposing the added light since it was first proposed five years ago. The need for a new traffic signal with corresponding pedestrian crosswalks is not justified and will lead to additional cut-through traffic on our neighborhood streets. We already experience additional traffic on Ewell and Five Forks, especially

during rush hour. Our residential streets are narrow and have no sidewalks.

When we first learned of the proposed light, nearly 300 of our residents signed a petition to the city manager in opposition to the traffic light. Our previous city representatives, the late Vice Mayor Louis Jones and former councilman John Moss both agreed that an additional traffic light wasn’t necessary, and the project was stopped. Our current first-term councilman Joash Schulman, a resident of the Thoroughgood neighborhood, decided the additional light is needed and advised public works to proceed. We do know the Thoroughgood Civic League did not make the original request for the traffic light as we were told in the beginning. It has been one political football since the beginning. We will continue to keep our

residents informed about this important issue.

The city of Virginia Beach Voter Registration Team is looking for Election Officials to staff the city’s108 voter precincts on Election Day. Apply online at: https://virginiabeachva.easypollworker.com. For the best experience with this website, please use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, or Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer is not a supported browser and will not work. Once you have submitted an online application, information regarding completion of the paperwork at the registrar’s office will be sent to you. It is a good experience that you will find quite rewarding.

September is the peak of hurricane season. It has been a while since our area has incurred serious effects from a hurricane, but we should not be complacent by thinking it won’t happen this year. Please be aware of storms that form in the Atlantic and follow the advice of public officials regarding preparation and possible evacuation. Bad things don’t always just happen to the other guy.

Our Civic League board of directors still has an opening for the position of Secretary. If interested, Please step up and contact me at jeason913@verizon.net. We’re also seeking people to serve on the Fall Festival committee. Again, let me hear from you. And, if you have not joined the Civic League, please do so today. We welcome all

neighborhood residents – owners or renters.

Hope to see you at our September meeting.

- John Eason, President