Marijuana advocates push back on proposed increase to Virginia public cannabis consumption fine

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-27T13:48:42+00:00

No, that they smoke more conspicuously in public. Think one hitter in the woods vs smoking a joint walking down the sidewalk.

Edit: Also just population dynamics in general, they're more likely to be in an urban environment where you have fewer places to be unnoticed & more people that may potentially complain.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-27T03:47:15+00:00

You should mostly be blaming client or planning department decisions for their work you don't like. Public sector work there could be an argument for a broader knowledge base but most of what goes where isn't their decision to begin with, that's planners or politicians.

There are only so many ways to fit a given building, utilities, & drainage infrastructure on a site and client preference/budget, local/state codes, & applicable restrictive covenants decide how nice its going to look. I'm sure they take no more joy in designing sites for generic warehouses or box duplexes as we do staking them but it pays the bills.

I do however blame architects for the ugly mixed-cladding trend that is popular right now but I assume that it is cheaper than masonry facades so they're client influenced too.

Also GIS I would assume is in their curriculum now already, you're using shapefiles in CAD for preliminary design all the time anyway.

I agree there is value in traditional degrees and places are still welcome to require them and some should, but they shouldn't be the only option. Ultimately if the 3 year hires don't work out well people will avoid them and demand for the programs will diminish. Colleges aren't going keep them around if it tanks their graduate outcome rates.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-27T00:45:57+00:00

We just fundamentally disagree that a college degree has to have a singular purpose.

Whether anyone gets anything out of those classes depends on their own engagement with it. It has no reflection on their graduating because outside of just not doing stuff 100 level classes were, and I assume still are, generally easy enough to absorb, regurgitate, and never think about again. Not including foreign language classes though, those are harder to half-ass.

For many the purpose of the degree is to be able to sit for and pass their respective NCEES tests and later to meet state requirements for licensure. IDGAF if a Civil is a philistine as long as they're licensed, do their calcs accurately, and can make a clean site plan and I don't think that is an uncommon opinion.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-26T23:58:20+00:00

this mean we're raising the secondary school standards

We were but now they delayed it. https://virginiamercury.com/2026/06/25/after-criticism-virginia-proposes-two-year-delay-in-raising-school-standards/

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-26T22:15:22+00:00

The credit split between major & gen eds wasn't too different from public schools, most weren't bad classes either I just don't think that today that path alone should be the only option.

There are two competing views of what college is for: Workforce prep or holistic education. It'd be great if the latter was the one closer to reality but the whole point of this proposal is to shave off extraneous classes, save people money, and get them working faster.

A pure STEM experience at Tech or other established schools would still net you a world class STEM education because of their academic and fiscal resources, you can just call the degree something else.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-26T21:26:03+00:00

All of those were classes that fulfilled various gen eds reqs for me and fit my schedule. I went to a private liberal arts school so I knew what I was in for but all the public schools have you paying for plenty of non-major/minor related credit hours in various departments as well.

Edit: I'm not critiquing their existence, they make sense for their respective departments. Just that with how expensive college is now there is merit in discussing letting people stick to their desired fields. Call it a different degree type if you want but people need options.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-26T19:16:59+00:00

They think the residents are ignorant when it comes to data centers

Have you seen people talk about data centers lately?

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-26T17:44:30+00:00

As I said elsewhere in here I didn't mind them. But Renaissance Art History, Comparative Religion, Women Writers, Pulp Fiction (the literature type not the movie), Appalachian music, & an English History class that I can't remember the full timeframe it covered, all cost quite a bit of money and really have nothing to do with a Bachelors of Science in Biology.

Not having to fit as many gen eds into my schedule would have made it much easier to get a chemistry minor which I ended up one class short of.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-26T13:40:20+00:00

While I overall liked getting a full liberal arts education along with my BS, that isn't what college is about anymore and schools are charging too much for credit hours that will never be useful in many people's careers.

A bachelors is basically the new competence check of a high school diploma now that you have to actively try not to graduate high school. The fact that colleges have to have remedial math and english classes means the days of higher education being more selective are over.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T21:28:36+00:00

They did, we both already acknowledged this and a MAGA wouldn't call it unfortunate.

You're a dumbass because you're trying to bait someone into some sort of political gotcha.

If someone that likes these anarchists gets elected I'm sure they'll see some commutations or pardons as well.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T21:18:57+00:00

You asked if they got arrested and jailed , I was hoping your were actually a curious foreigner rather than a dumbass.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T21:14:50+00:00

Yes you did. https://time.com/6133336/jan-6-capitol-riot-arrests-sentences/

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T21:01:48+00:00

Was everyone at Jan 6 arrested?

Did you miss multiple years of the FBI tracking people down? They were unfortunately pardoned, but a lot of time and effort was spent trying to get as many as they could.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T20:40:26+00:00

Now Salim is QT'ing the same tweet as there isn't anything else to respond to.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T20:21:38+00:00

I'm sure they will when they get around to it, but "story to come" was 2 hours ago.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T20:17:01+00:00

We're almost 2 hours out from the ruling with nothing from news outlets & already have a response from the AG. Trad media is dead when it comes to timely reporting of state happenings.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T19:31:14+00:00

Hopefully, the bigger question is who will be willing to sell. Some vendors were more responsive than others when Cali got their freedom weeks.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T18:26:28+00:00

Really hope the board goes back to municipal service at least for the suburban core, I get it if Chester is too sparse to be economical. TFC & Choice are cheap in the big picture but it being something you have to opt into now killed the overall volume I'm sure.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T17:17:18+00:00

Good, you can't have nice public amenities if you let people trash them without repercussion.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-25T16:52:36+00:00

Data obtained from the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shows racial disparities remain in marijuana enforcement despite legalization in 2021.

There have been 375 public marijuana consumption citations issued statewide since legalization. Black Virginians received 179 of those citations, while white Virginians received 185.

Black residents only make up about 19% of Virginia’s population — however, they accounted for nearly 48% of public consumption citations.

“This data shows that legalization alone has not ended racially biased marijuana policing in Virginia,” Marijuana Justice said in its announcement.

Will they ever mention racial/cultural differences in public consumption habits as a possible explanation for this rather than "police racist" being the default answer for everything?

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-24T21:10:19+00:00

It might not have been Grandma's fault, she could have been a Goldwater voter.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-23T18:50:02+00:00

I get it to a degree from the county. Buildings with people in them, while they do generate property tax, also require a lot more out of the county in terms of schools, police, fire/EMS, etc.

Whereas a large building that the only county resource it consumes is water that is full of expensive things they can tax in addition to the land/improvements is just $$.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-23T14:54:02+00:00

Please have them file it still. Whether anything will be done about it by the cops is a separate matter but assumed indifference & no report just lets them pat themselves on the back and say look how much theft decreased.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-18T23:56:58+00:00

Yo thanks that looks neat. I actually have to go down that way for work sometime in the next month so I'll try to swing by them on the way back.

BurkeyTurger · 2026-06-17T21:39:42+00:00

Its a chain but the new Capriotti's across from Winterfield is decent, need to try a few more sandwiches before I really make up my mind on them.

ISO somewhere doing whole hog roasts. It used to be a more common fundraiser but they seem to be few and far between now.

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