The decision comes several months after Williams pulled the festival from his hometown of Virginia Beach, Virginia following a public rift with local leaders there.
“This is not about punishing people, it’s not about certainly putting people in jail, and charging them large fines,” Northam said. “We’re trying to promote safety.”
Next time you’re in Virginia Beach and you want a reasonably priced pizza, just bring a gun with you.
The Sacramento Kings are very close to announcing a relocation from Central California to Virginia Beach, according to Inside Business, a newspaper in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia.
The U.S. Navy is offering payment starting at $2,300 to residents of the complex where a Navy jet crashed last week.
An apartment complex in Virginia Beach was engulfed in flame and smoke after a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet jet crashed shortly after noon, The Virginian-Pilot reports.
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