Supervisors Meeting Reflection

I attended a Board of Supervisors meeting on January 22, 2014. It was set to begin at six o’clock in the evening, and I began recording notes at 5:52. Before the start of the meeting a supervisor, Wayne Hazzard, greeted me and my father. At six, when it was slated to begin, Sean Davis banged his gavel to signify it has started. This followed with an invocation and the pledge of allegiance. Before the invocation Aubrey Stanley spoke of two tragedies involving deaths as of late to keep in our prayers. After this, citizen’s time started. Nobody came up to talk about any issues. Wayne Hazzard, however, made an announcement that several Atlee students were present as a requirement for their Government course. He remarked that he hoped they would get what they needed out of the meeting. The agenda was announced to have been amended, indicating that the meeting would be adjourned
So, basically the entire meeting was listing off these bills. This was done by Mr. Rives. The first was a school calendar bill that related to the start times of schools. This discussion was about whether or not schools should be able to open before Labor Day, which is prohibited presently to support Virginia’s tourism industry. This is colloquially known as the Kings Dominion Law. The second bill also related to schools in that it would require a school resource officer for every elementary and secondary school. This would be paid for by the Lottery Proceeds Fund. The third bill amended the composition of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by increasing its membership to twenty two members. This would double the representation for Richmond, Hampton Roads, and Northern Virginia. There was some brief debate over how this would impact other locales that would therefore have smaller proportional