Legislation to give local governments legal-ad alternatives dies in House subcommittee
Landes, Bell bills would have given localities wide range of options to disseminate public notices
Story by Chris Graham
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Legislation from a pair of local lawmakers that would have allowed city and county governments to bypass having to publish legal notices in newspapers of record has failed in a House of Delegates subcommittee.
The House Counties, Cities and Towns Subcommittee voted 8-3 to kill Weyers Cave Republican State Del. Steve Landes’ bill, HB 586, that would have given localities alternatives to publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality for legal ads and other notices of proposed action.
A similarly-worded bill from Staunton Republican Del. Dickie Bell had been rolled into the Landes bill. Continue reading “Legislation to give local governments legal-ad alternatives dies in House subcommittee” »
The Pulse | A better bailout
Column by Chris Graham
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The talk about a government bailout for the news media – and yes, there’s been plenty of talk on that of late – is bunk.
Yeah, I’m known for being direct.
It’s bunk, balderdash, for those thesaurically challenged, it’s pure crap.
Which isn’t to say that I’d turn down $100,000 in free money if you offered it to me. I’m also in addition to being direct not somebody who was born yesterday.
But there is a much better solution to what ails the news media today.
Two words: antitrust exemption.
Let us collude on delivery mechanisms, is what I’m getting at. Continue reading “The Pulse | A better bailout” »
