by Kerry Dougherty

There I was, tiptoeing back into the news on Sunday afternoon when I stumbled on an alarming WVEC 13 News Facebook post: “State Police Probe ‘Sensitive’ Situation in Virginia Beach, Urge Public To Avoid Bay Colony Area.”

There I was, tiptoeing back into the news on Sunday afternoon when I stumbled on an alarming WVEC 13 News Facebook post: “State Police Probe ‘Sensitive’ Situation in Virginia Beach, Urge Public To Avoid Bay Colony Area.”

Wait. What? 

It was an oddly worded headline. A “sensitive situation”? Who writes these things? As it turned out a 40-year old homeless man was shot to death when he attempted to break into the home of a State Police Special Agent who lives on Lee Road in Bay Colony.

Crime isn’t non-existent in this upscale area, but shootings? Rare. Very rare. 

No surprise there were hundreds of comments on Facebook. What WAS surprising was the tone. 

Looks like Virginia Beach suffers from a rip-roaring case of begrudgery. Continue reading.