The other day in Stafford General District Court, I overheard a dog barking case that caught my attention. The defendant in the case was charged with allowing her dog to bark too much in violation of the County’s noise ordinance. She represented herself and pleaded not guilty. Her defense essentially was that the dog barks, […]
A recent report by Zillow shows that home values posted their largest annual rise in the last six years. Additionally, Zillow’s Home Value Index shows that home prices have risen during the last 15 consecutive months and are currently at their highest level since 2004. Zillow, and various sources, including our own research shows that […]
After fueling up on coffee in preparation for a Lenten lecture at church Saturday evening, only to find out the announcement in the bulletin was in error, I came home looking for a beer with which to counteract the evening caffeine. I pulled out a bo…
In Virginia, as of July 1, 2012, if you are found guilty of any level of DWI, your restricted license is contingent upon you having an ignition interlock device installed in any vehicle that you drive. In other words, you can hopefully get a restricted license (at least for a first offense DUI), however you […]
According to Blogger, the previous post was my 1500th post on these Musings. Serendipitously, it was on the topic of the 2nd Amendment. The attacks on our freedom, especially those guaranteed by the 1st and 2nd Amendments, are especially…
There are many, many…. many reasons that a short sale can be unsuccessful. But, and I emphasize this, most times if things had been handled differently then success would have been much more likely. Have you ever watched Olympic runners and seen how they line up on the starting blocks? Those starting blocks are the […]
When you live in a society of wolves, you do not fight back by creating more sheep.
Daniel Bongino is a Maryland Senatorial candidate. If common sense like this was more prevalent in Maryland, I might be inclined to visit the state of my …
The post title refers both to geographic and calendar considerations for some Mid-Atlantic chasing. Of course folks have already had chasing opportunities this year in the southern Plains and the Deep South and I’m monitoring the moisture conditi…
I finally took the plunge to convert my latest book to an electronic version. It is available on Blurb.com for the iPad/iPhone/iTouch devices that have the iBooks app. The good news is that this makes it much less expensive than even the ch…
L.U.S.T. Leaking Underground Storage Tanks that is. Underground storage tanks can present considerable environmental issues, and as a result several laws have been implemented over the years to regulate the types of tanks used and to oversee cleanup and removal. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is the state agency tasked with handling underground storage […]
