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Richmond Inspector General hands Dwight Jones scathing report
For one reason or another, the City of Richmond seems incapable of living up to its true potential. Whether it’s corruption, incompetence, negligence, abuse, and everything outside or in-between, the...
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City Council Meeting in Disarray
City Council Special Meeting – May 8 2013 Meeting recessed twice because documents not ready. Samuels disappears. District discretionary fund expenditures expedited. Councilors instructed to leave...
View ArticleGovernmental Operations Standing Committee – troubling
20130523GO notes — Highlights: 0:00:00 Newbille does not follow agenda. 0:12:49 Samuels misrepresents the law. 0:20:11 0:25:42 0:26:02 Jackson does not correct Samuels until asked later. 0:20:18...
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Baliles fails to deliver
Councilor Jon Baliles promised “first class constituent service” but it seems that really means “ask somebody else.” Other councilors take responsibility for seeing that constituent requests are met....
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Police Run Over Bike
F. T. Rea posted a video “Marching Against Monsanto.” It shows a city police car running over the back wheel of a bicycle. (begins at 1:39) Style Weekly: Crunch. The cyclist appears to be monitoring...
View ArticleState report sheds more light on city Social Services dysfunction
The 82-page report by the Virginia Department of Social Services — the second of three that are to be released on the city agency — underscored what a damning investigation by the city auditor first...
View ArticleCity Denies Tax Break for Shockoe Apartments
Hester says Salomonsky’s complex incorporated a building that was deemed historic by the state Department of Historic Resources. But the department found that any historic value was lost after...
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CBS 6 investigation prompts exit of Richmond finance director
June 28 2013. On Tuesday, after our encounter with Ochei, we handed our findings over to the man who ultimately hired him, Byron Marshall. Two days later, on Thursday, he sat down for an interview and...
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Councilor Baliles responds to Freedom of Information Act notice
Request for record send to councilor Baliles: To: Jonathan Baliles <jonathan.baliles@richmondgov.com> Sent: Sunday, June 2, 2013 6:56 AM Subject: Baliles – Budget Amendments Dear Mr. Baliles...
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Samuels misunderstands duties of President
Dear Mr. Samuels, You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of your duties as City Council President. You said “[b]ecause I choose to lead by building consensus as much as possible, and to show...
View ArticleCouncil Skips Public Hearing
City Council advertised a public hearing but tried to stop a citizen from speaking. July 9, 2013 VIA EMAIL TO: Ms. Lou Brown Ali, Chief of Staff, lou.ali@richmondgov.com The Honorable Mr. Baliles and...
View ArticleRichmond to compel contractor to rebuild accidentally destroyed wall
More than eight months after the city of Richmond began investigating the destruction of a pre-Civil War brick wall on city property that once ringed the Tredegar Iron Works, it says it will make a...
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