Ever since 9/11 both governments and businesses have grossly overreacted to security concerns. Next time you're driving on I-95 in south Richmond take a look at the beautiful tall iron fence surrounding the Philip Morris USA plant just north of the Bells Road exit! I'm just glad I never did find out what that fence cost per foot but I guarantee it was not the least bit cheap.
Anyway, more to your point, you do not want to lose or have your driver's license suspended either. My brother lost his on a reckless driving conviction and I had to apply for a certified copy of his birth certificate in order for him to apply for a new driver's license once he was eligible to get his back after the suspension. The fact that it was a legitimate license when it was suspended did not matter a bit when he tried to get it back!
Jerry Lusk
Richmond, VA
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From: Fern<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:30 PM
Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Virginia Citations
That is really too bad Carolyn - Are our Officials becoming "Bullies"? Ranks right up there with me being pulled out of line at the airport to be body scanned. Two people in front of me was a dark bearded man with two Burqa clad women(I assumed they were women) that sailed through without even being checked with a wand. I had my long hair piled on top of my head and they even went through that. I had a sneaky feeling they wanted me to resist or complain - I kept my big mouth shut and sucked it up. Some of the TSA agents are nothing short of BULLIES.
fern
From: Carolyn Bruce
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 2:03 PM
To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Virginia Citations
Last year I wanted to go to an event in Canada, which now requires a
passport, so I hauled out my Bureau of Vital Statistics white-on-black
photostat of my birth certificate. Though it got me into school and
other things that required identification (including DAR and UDC), I was
told that this form of proof would not be accepted, that I had to have a
"standard" birth certificate issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia. So,
I drove to Richmond (a hundred miles each way), paid the $12 fee,
received my "official" paper, and filed for my passport. Still, I was
refused without more "proof" of my birth. Seems that the birth
certificate from the state didn't count because... having been born at
home and delivered by a family friend who was a doctor... I was not
registered with the folks in Richmond until five years after my birth...
in other words, when I was about to start school. Wasn't needed until
then, was it? Thus, as the census record on which I will appear hasn't
been released yet, and there was no family member living from the
generation previous to mine, I had to get my older brothers (aged 12 and
9 at the time of my birth) to sign affidavits before notary publics, and
get my school records from my hometown to prove my existence.
Shucks, I thought I was real all along!
Carolyn
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Virginia Beach, VA
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