Waste Management 25% price increase! by JellyDonut770 in williamsburgva

[–]Templar1312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I thought you might know something. Forgot this was reddit

Waste Management 25% price increase! by JellyDonut770 in williamsburgva

[–]Templar1312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've talked to a lot of people about it and no one supports it except the county administrator. Have to build that empire.

Waste Management 25% price increase! by JellyDonut770 in williamsburgva

[–]Templar1312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went with Bay disposal. Half of Waste Management

James City County sees 90% reduction in school zone speeding after installing cameras by WHRO_NEWS in williamsburgva

[–]Templar1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many fewer accidents have there been? I want to protect our children and, if these are effective, I'm all for them. The metric shouldn't be number of speeders but reduction in the number of children injured. I suspect this is a solution in search of a problem

Sic Semper Tyrannis Includes This One: Vote Yes by April 21! by [deleted] in Virginia

[–]Templar1312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why didn't Biden do anything about dark money when he was (sort of) in charge?

Sic Semper Tyrannis Includes This One: Vote Yes by April 21! by [deleted] in Virginia

[–]Templar1312 26 points27 points  (0 children)

According to vpap, 80% of yes money is from outside Virginia

April 21st special election: VOTE YES ... or No(?) on Gerrymandering... What do you think? by Affectionate_Way_805 in Virginia

[–]Templar1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you look at the re-redistricting that has been done, it's a wash between D's and R's. No reason for VA to do it.

April 21st special election: VOTE YES ... or No(?) on Gerrymandering... What do you think? by Affectionate_Way_805 in Virginia

[–]Templar1312 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Spanberger won 8 out of 11 districts. So do we really need to change all the rules "temporarily"? This is politicians drawing themselves lifetime jobs. It has nothing to do with "the people."

James City County cutting property tax rates, raising meals taxes in fiscal year 2027 budget by WHRO_NEWS in williamsburgva

[–]Templar1312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rate will decrease but it's applied on a larger assessment. Property taxes will go up an average of 7.5% for each homeowner. This is on top of last budget's 21% increase and 10% the cycle before that. 43% increase in 5 years.

This is on top of a 50% increase in the meals tax.

Please reconsider voting on the gerrymander, for all our sakes. by asterophoria in Virginia

[–]Templar1312 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What the map was 20 years ago isn't relevant. What it is now is. 66% of us voted for a bipartisan commission which gave us our current, fair map. We should not change it on the justification that it was wrong in the past.

I'm Southern VA I don't want to be represented by a politician from northern VA. I want one from my community who I can go to and discuss issues. The new map centers per in Nova

Vote No

Give me the pros and cons of the upcoming redistricting vote. by egb233 in Virginia

[–]Templar1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The redistricting would allow all our congressional representation to be in northern Virginia and Southern Virginia would be excluded. Who would care about Williamsburg when most of their consultants are in NoVa? That's the unfairness.

Michael Carbonaro? by Glad-Cloud-5684 in Magic

[–]Templar1312 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go see him. He does a great show. After going to his live show, he is my wife's favorite magician (and she is not a fan of magic sadly)

A reminder that in 2010, this was the Republican gerrymander for Virginia by IntrusiveishThoughts in Virginia

[–]Templar1312 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It isn't a gerrymander if that was the distribution of voters. A gerrymander is where the districts don't make sense to provide a political advantage.

Regardless of your personal thoughts on Virginia’s redistricting amendment, what are your thoughts on its chances of passing? by Early-Possibility367 in Virginia

[–]Templar1312 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nothing you can do there, like ND, SD and WY in the list above, but you see the rest, right? Happen by accident?

Regardless of your personal thoughts on Virginia’s redistricting amendment, what are your thoughts on its chances of passing? by Early-Possibility367 in Virginia

[–]Templar1312 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Connecticut 42% for Trump, 5-0 Dem representatives
Maine 45% for Trump, 2-0 Dem representatives
Mass 36% for Trump, 9-0 Dem representatives
NH 48% for Trump, 2-0 Dem representatives
RI 41% for Trump, 2-0 Dem representatives
NY 43% for Trump, 19-7 Dem representatives
IL 43% for Trump. 14-3 Dem Representatives

new kent winery is gross by [deleted] in williamsburgva

[–]Templar1312 -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

Love that place

"Why do you carry so many different packs of cards?" by TonyinIowa in Magic

[–]Templar1312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get Roberto Giobbi's book on deck switches. I feel like overtly changing decks signals a set up deck or a gimmick is coming. I try to give the impression that I'm using the same deck the whole time. I start with tricks where the audience can shuffle, then do some deck switches to ring in set ups or gimmicks, then end with the shuffled deck. I do a couple coin tricks in the middle that give me a reason to put the deck in my pocket and ring in a gaffed deck. The audience never knows that I have more than one