by Jeff Maisey | May 15, 2017 | Hamar, News, News & Views
By Michael Hamar I grew up in a family that was politically involved. For roughly 25 years I have been in the political trenches, first as a Republican where I was a city committee member for the Republican Party of Virginia Beach and a precinct captain, and then as...
by Jeff Maisey | Nov 2, 2016 | Hamar, News & Views
By Michael Hamar At the risk of giving away my age, I have voted in every presidential election since 1972 and during the intervening years have also never missed voting in a state or local election. In addition, for eight of those years I was a voting member of the...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 17, 2016 | Hamar, News, News & Views
By Michael Hamar June is Pride month and once again Hampton Roads Pride Fest will take place in downtown Norfolk’s Town Point Park. This year’s event is on June 18. The event now rivals the largest festivals in Norfolk and some have said that only Harbor Fest is...
by Jeff Maisey | Apr 16, 2016 | Hamar, News, News & Views
By Michael Hamar As a former Republican Party city committee member, I continue to be dumbfounded by the apparent swamp fever that has over taken the Republican Party at both the state and national levels. At the national level we see GOP presidential...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 18, 2016 | Hamar, News & Views
By Michael Hamar The Virginia General Assembly convened on January 13, and once again the rights and lives of LGBT Virginians will be the targets of the gay-haters in the Virginia Republican Party whose efforts at self-prostitution to Christofascists – the...
by Jeff Maisey | Sep 6, 2015 | Film, Hamar, News & Views
By Michael Hamar Growing up, especially during one’s teen years can be difficult for many of us. But growing up gay and often striving to fool both one’s self and everyone else about one’s sexual orientation takes matters to a whole new realm....
