The Mayor has intentionally turned the discussion on his Shockoe plan into a racial one.Link
At the New Year’s event, Mayor Jones told the mostly black audience that the council members who are pushing back against his plan might not have the community’s best interests at heart. In his brief remarks, he told the audience that the city is “still 50 percent African-American,” but there’s now a council majority “that doesn’t look like us.” “It’s not about baseball,” Mayor Jones said, in describing his Shockoe Bottom proposal. –Richmond Free Press