Glen Sturtevant’s Ignorance on Display
Virginia State Senator Glen Sturtevant marked Columbus Day by posting a still from the fictional movie Apocalypto—a film set in 1511 that depicts the collapse of the Maya civilization upon encountering Spanish conquistadors.
There are two massive factual failures here. First, the Maya had nothing to do with Columbus’s voyages. Second, the timeline is completely wrong.
When Columbus actually landed in the Caribbean, he encountered the Taíno people—who initially welcomed him with hospitality. In return, Columbus initiated a campaign of forced labor and systemic violence so brutal that the Spanish Crown eventually arrested him and stripped him of his governorship.
It is genuinely baffling how the Senator views this historically illiterate post as a "win."
Apocalypto is entirely unrelated to Columbus. Mayans and Tainos are not the same culture nor do they inhabit the same part of the globe.
The Inspector General Forgot How to Investigate Fraud
The exchange between the Virginia Consumer and the Office of the Inspector General of Virginia
DPOR Director Writes Miyares’ Office to Inform the AG of Construction Fraud
From: Brian Wolford, Chief Deputy Director, DPOR
Subject: Possible Legal Loophole playing out in Prince William County
Summary: This internal state memo escalates a systemic regulatory failure to AG Jason Miyares. It outlines a pattern of misconduct by a Prince William County builder operating an unlicensed owner-developer scheme that has left families with millions of dollars in damages dating back to 2014. The memo explicitly details DPOR’s structural inability to pursue enforcement actions due to statutory limitations under § 54.1-1100, noting that local Commonwealth's Attorneys consistently decline to prosecute these entities for unlicensed activity.