LETTER: Proposed Park Would Be Faux Public
Mayor Dwight Jones has released a proposal for Monroe Park that will pass the ownership of that park into private hands. He wants this city to have a privately owned plot of land, masquerading as a...
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“This would be a sea change for this park,” Woodson says. “This park symbolizes our freedom of speech and our freedom to congregate. If you ask yourself what the citizens of Richmond have to gain from...
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Impact of Redskins camp tough to measure against expectations
Richmond officials on Monday touted an economic study of the Washington Redskins’ summer training camp that said it generated more tax revenue and had a significantly greater economic impact than...
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Crowd skeptical of ballpark plan at public meeting
Big Brother Jones. 1984, George Orwell. The article reports the public dissatisfaction but apparently does not reveal the true extent. See the second link to a Facebook post. When the crowd at Tuesday...
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Urban Design Committee weak on public notice
Dear Members of the Richmond Urban Design Committee, As you know there has been a great deal of public concern regarding Venture Richmond’s proposed amphitheater below Oregon Hill and the Va. War...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: Baseball stadium financing changed to bypass public?
But the Mayor’s letter changes the financing, at least the way everyone had been led to believe. It is a clever bait and switch. Link
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…the 14-year-old map that Jones and McQuinn are citing was “a rough preliminary sketch and was not by any means verified information,” that it was “not correct, complete or accurate,” Link
View Article[Mayor Jones fails to provide information]
We’ve … requested that the Administration provide an agenda for tonight’s meeting. Not having received this information …. Link
View ArticleMayor’s development plan finds little support at 5th District meeting
Richmond residents repeatedly bucked the moderators at Thursday evening’s town hall meeting on the mayor’s development plan for Shockoe Bottom and the Boulevard, asking pointed questions about slave...
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GOLDMAN: Mayor’s divisive racial comments poison Stadium debate
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...
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Mayor’s comment on racial makeup of council raises concerns
It’s time for City Council to vote “no.” Several Richmond City Council members expressed concern today over a comment attributed to Mayor Dwight C. Jones by the Richmond Free Press, which reported...
View ArticleMarsh commission bypasses law in drive for freedom monument
Richmond state Sen. Henry L. Marsh III appears to be flouting city law. The city’s former mayor appears to be doing so in spearheading an effort to create and place a large monument to the Emancipation...
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Today’s top opinion: Stadium debate
Richmond has a long and ugly racial history that people of good will on all sides have worked very hard to overcome. Injecting the issue in a debate where it has no place with unfounded accusations...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: Mayor Jones is the Miley Cyrus of Richmond
The Mayor’s pro-stadium backers in and out of government know the Shockoe Stadium lacked financial justification BEFORE the Mayor admitted it now costs $30 MILLION MORE. But the money making...
View ArticleSchapiro: Richmond’s mayor loses another loyalist at an inopportune time
This mayor is not known for a hands-on style. He is dependent, perhaps overly dependent, on the attentiveness of others. Jones is pushing an expansive venture with a shrinking network of loyalists. Link
View ArticleRichmond asks state to review child welfare cases
…there was no statement from the mayor himself. Link
View ArticleStatement from City of Richmond following Investigation
…Caseloads were high, morale was low, and training and supervision were limited…. –Office of the Press Secretary
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Williams: In economic talks, mayor misplays race card
But the Bottom-Boulevard-ballpark imbroglio can be boiled down to misplaced priorities and misplayed politics. And as if this stadium plan weren’t being propped up by enough flimsy cards, Jones...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: Dr. King offers Mayor Jones a face-saving Shockoe Stadium plan
The Mayor should ask City Council to put an advisory referendum on the ballot this November letting the people decide whether they want baseball on the Boulevard or in the Bottom. If Richmond residents...
View ArticleWilliams: Who will protect our city’s children?
A damning investigative report is not the best time for a subordinate to heap praise on his boss. Harms is hardly the appropriate person to give an objective assessment of Jones’ performance. Link
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