A promotional ad for the mayor’s development plan for Shockoe Bottom has appeared in a taxpayer-funded city publication, prompting a review by the city’s internal investigators.
has never included non-departmental content before,The ad also includes the address of the Loving RVA website, which includes a petition that urges the council to support the mayor’s plan.
The plan has come under fire from critics who see it as disrespectful of the Bottom’s slave-trading history and as a taxpayer-financed boon to private enterprise.
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