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Article: VIRGINIA BEACH AND NORFOLK NEED A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 22, 1996
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Byline: KERRY DOUGHERTY
A few weeks back I wrote something which got me into a lot of hot water with Virginia Beach city officials.
I accused them of being ``not neighborly'' when it came to pulling out of the regional recycling program.
``Not neighborly?'' one incredulous official kept repeating when we met afterward. ``Not neighborly?''
Well, I still don't think it was neighborly, but as un-neighborliness goes, pulling out of the SPSA curbside recycling program pales in comparison to the recent antics of Norfolk.
In fact, by releasing some cockamamie study about a sudden water surplus in Hampton Roads, Norfolk looks like the kind of awful neighbor who ...