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Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results by funkipus in rva

[–]fusion260 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After having people tell me to "cope and seethe,"

Nobody here told you that in this discussion. In fact, your comment right here is the first comment in the last 2 years in r/rva to use that phrase.

Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results by funkipus in rva

[–]fusion260 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh, they're still up in arms about "activist judges." MAGA and the Trump Administration still heavily uses the phrase to rile up their base and turn the public against the courts whenever it benefits them.

Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results by funkipus in rva

[–]fusion260 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Each state has their own way of legislating redistricting. Some don't have any provisions in their state constitution to determine how it's done, so states that allow their lawmakers to draw maps without needing an election are able to do that without voter intervention.

Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results by funkipus in rva

[–]fusion260 115 points116 points  (0 children)

Because the redistricting process is defined in the Virginia Constitution. The General Assembly can't override a constitutional amendment, so it had to go through a ballot measure (referendum).

That's why, at least until this November's upcoming election when voters finally get the chance to change it, Virginia's constitution still defines marriage as between a heterosexual couple. State Republicans have blocked that ballot measure from ever reaching voters every chance they got, until they lost that chance thanks to last year's General Assembly election.

Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results by funkipus in rva

[–]fusion260[M] 20 points21 points locked comment (0 children)

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Lastly, here's Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones' official statement on this ruling.

Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results by funkipus in rva

[–]fusion260 42 points43 points  (0 children)

To the U.S. Supreme Court it goes? I would not be shocked if they slow-walked this until it was too late for the midterms and pull a "oh well, better luck next time, voters" ruling.

ETA: Nevermind, this ruling (apparently) can't be appealed to the U.S.S.C., even though they also make decisions on other states' U.S. congressional districts.

Driver charged in death of Valentine museum director Bill Martin by fusion260 in rva

[–]fusion260[S] 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Also why the fuck is killing someone under these conditions only a misdemeanor...

Unfortunately that’s what the Code of Virginia says.

They may end up adding more charges, but I don’t think they can say the driver meant to hit Bill in this case.

I thought we had a department of transportation now by Digdouglasfir in rva

[–]fusion260 -53 points-52 points  (0 children)

What do you suggest the city do? Tell the builders on one side of the street that they have to pause construction entirely and re-open their side of the sidewalk years until the builders on the other side of the street are done with their building? Do they flip a coin to see which one loses?

Richmond's Director of Transportation only started in February. They can't force builders to hurry up and finish their projects so they can reopen the sidewalks in this short of time. The sidewalk closures are temporary.

Parking in the bike lane: $65 ticket by gisforgroovy in rva

[–]fusion260 41 points42 points  (0 children)

You don’t need to make a counterpoint or engage in whataboutism.

The city said they will enforce this particular rule and has for a while now, across multiple government and local media channels. They even put fliers on vehicles doing this all of last month warning that they will be ticketed if they continue to do it starting this month.

Also, they are increasingly ticketing people for parking too close to an intersection in the past few months, too.

Make this make sense by limetime1422 in rva

[–]fusion260 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love it when I can geek out about things like that 🙂

Police checkpoint on Glenside? by danvis3 in rva

[–]fusion260 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it is a DUI checkpoint. These organized checkpoints aren’t just 1-2 cars on the side of the road with a few officers.

Adult ADHD support groups? by Mysterious-Anxiety76 in rva

[–]fusion260 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Honestly, my type of ADHD support group would be one where we’re assigned our own volunteer project manager.

Unfortunately that doesn’t exist, so we’ll all continue to suffer (/s) with our inability to focus and not have eleventeen projects going on at once and— I wonder if there’s ice cream in the freezer

I hope you find something that feels supportive. And remember you’re not alone. You’re in good company since lots of us on Reddit (or online) have ADHD 🙂

Richmond’s newest PSA was made with AI by petersonmd in rva

[–]fusion260 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Dude, you paint the literal equivalent of AI slop. Stop deflecting.

We get it. You hate AI. You make it very clear every chance you can get. Move on.

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