Dispatches from Wharf Hill
Column – Voters want action on mental health
Get enough people supportive of a worthy cause, and the politicians will respond. A new poll of Virginia voters has again fueled our optimism about ...
Steve Stewart, Author at Smithfield Times
Dispatches from Wharf Hill
Column – Voters want action on mental health
Get enough people supportive of a worthy cause, and the politicians will respond. A new poll of Virginia voters has again fueled our optimism about ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, March 7, 2023 5:00 pm
Dispatches from Wharf Hill
Column – Good judgment is better than a policy
Legislating morality and decency isn’t easy. I’ve got battle scars from the time I tried to do so 30 years ago. I offer it as ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, February 7, 2023 3:38 pm
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Column – Fight for GOP state Senate nod is colored gray
You’ve likely noticed video games pop up at your favorite convenience store in recent years, adult players hovered over them for hours at a time. ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 5:59 pm
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Column – Amid shrill abortion debate, Brewer bill merits support
It doesn’t appear that Republican legislators have an appetite for aggressively pursuing abortion restrictions in the Virginia General Assembly’s 2023 session. Despite backing from Gov. ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 5:46 pm
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Column – Fresh eyes for Grange at 10Main project
The Luter family’s proposed Grange at 10Main development, which took a big hit in the court of public opinion last fall, gets an important reset ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, January 10, 2023 4:40 pm
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Column – Anonymous deeds inspire
This Christmas, I’m grateful for the selfless among us who give to their community and fellow man through small acts of kindness with no desire ...
by Steve Stewart, Tuesday, December 20, 2022 4:49 pm
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Column – School Board turnover was predictable
You could see the shakeup of Isle of Wight County’s School Board coming from a mile away. Or at least a year away. I wrote ...
by Steve Stewart, Monday, December 5, 2022 8:33 pm
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Column – Smithfield voters send strong message
Watching hundreds of dejected, angry citizens file out of the Smithfield Center on a hot July night in 2021, this scribe, then a new observer ...
by Steve Stewart, Monday, November 21, 2022 6:34 pm
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Column – Genteel Barlow was model public servant
“End of an era” is tossed around loosely in public service, but the recent passing of Smithfield’s Bill Barlow is reason to lament a closed ...