George Washington’s Canal at Tredegar Green
January 27, 2014 VIA EMAIL TO: Ms. Lou Brown Ali, Chief of Staff, lou.ali@richmondgov.com The Honorable Mr. Baliles and Honorable City Council City of Richmond 900 E. Broad St., Suite 200 Richmond, VA...
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Before You Dig
“They’ve been told it’s erroneous and they haven’t corrected it. … It’s just appalling to me the crap that gets published and commemorated, especially around here.” … Berry provides a copy of one of...
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Mayor Jones Having It Both Ways
Style Weekly reports that the Jones Administration stopped using a disputed map known as the “Kambourian map.” Venture Richmond still has the map on their LovingRVA page. Mayor Jones is the President...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: Inside the mayor’s pro-gay, anti-white politics
The mayor’s anti-white comments, along with deafening silence from his supporters proves one thing above all else, it is about green, not black or white. Link
View ArticleNothing From Venture Richmond
Venture Richmond and the City of Richmond are joint applicants on a request to the city Planning Commission seeking approval to make dramatic alterations to George Washington’s canal at Tredegar Green....
View ArticleRichmond mayor ties revenue, stadium plan
Mayor resorts to name calling: …one-note Johnny …anti-growth …anti-economic development… Link “Politicians often resort to ‘name calling’ during political campaigns or public events with the intentions...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: Seven ‘yes’ votes needed, or just five? Potential Shockoe Stadium...
MY SOURCES TELL ME behind the scenes, the Mayor and his pro-Shockoe Stadium posse are making the rounds outlining a new financial plan based on leases not yet revealed to the general public. Link
View ArticleGOLDMAN: Jones praises himself, says he made Richmond greatest ever
I ask you, why does the Mayor constantly need to beat-up and belittle everyone who does not automatically follow him in lock-step? This mantra claiming a Shockoe Stadium is the only way to “mitigate...
View ArticleJones Asked to Provide Evidence of Floodplain Problem
2013 February 03 Mayor Dwight C. Jones City of Richmond 900 E. Broad St., Suite 201 Richmond, VA 23219 USA Via electronic mail to Michael.Wallace@Richmondgov.com Re: Jones – RevitalizeRVA plan –...
View ArticleRichmond officials won’t explain absence of public works director
The city of Richmond’s director of public works is on leave until mid-February, but city officials will give no explanation for his absence. A spokesman for Mayor Dwight C. Jones deferred questions...
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Pro-stadium ad appears in publication funded by Richmond taxpayers
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...
View ArticleCity Council Members Question Legality of Pro-Stadium Ad
Richmond City Council members are questioning the appropriateness of a pro-stadium advertisement Mayor Dwight Jones’ staff placed in the city’s latest parks and recreation program guide. Link
View ArticleMinor League City
Of all the ways to present this plan to the people of Richmond, Mayor Jones chose what I call the “blitzkrieg method.” Mayor Jones and his allies seem to have a short-sighted concern for the present....
View ArticleWhat Hicks as DSS chief means for Richmond’s children social
A recent investigation showed despite a leadership change, problems at social services have not changed. According to an audit, children are paying the price with cases being closed and complaints...
View ArticleMayor names Hicks as interim head of Social Services
In a news conference Monday at City Hall, the mayor announced that he was sending “reinforcements” to an agency battered by a series of troubling reports by appointing Hicks, currently his senior...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: McAuliffe secretly pressuring Richmond City Council to back Shockoe...
THE MAYOR, THE GOVERNOR, THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH EDITORIAL PAGE, THE BIGGEST POWER BROKERS IN THE CITY AND STATE ARE ALL IN ON FORCING A SHOCKOE STADIUM ON THE PEOPLE. Why? Because everyone but the...
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GOLDMAN: Mayor’s Shockoe Stadium proposal could give City Hall allies $200...
The Mayor submitted his revised Shockoe Stadium proposal to City Council on Monday night. It has been revised to by-pass the public AND those city charter procedures intended to allow the people to...
View ArticleCity employees commended for [too] rapid closures of child-abuse complaints
As Richmond’s Department of Social Services rushed to clear a backlog of reports of child abuse and neglect, certificates of recognition were presented to those who closed the most cases, workers were...
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