While continuing to study all of the information related to the Coliseum project, I was struck by a statement made…
by Justin Griffin
If you live in Richmond you know that about every two years the city will be consumed debating the merits…
When it comes to their tax dollars, Richmonders are used to paying more for less. With his new budget, Mayor…
Outrage, frustration, disappointment and sadness are just a few of the emotions that rushed over me upon learning that the…
As more details of Mayor Levar Stoney’s $1.5 billion Coliseum redevelopment plan are revealed, they seem to just create more…
In January 2013, Style Weekly ran an article recapping then Mayor Dwight Jones’s trip to New York to accept the IBM Smarter…
In the City of Richmond, the Human Resources Department is responsible for, among other things, advertising and filling vacant jobs…
City hall can’t issue building permits, keep track of elevator inspections, it takes 6 months to replace a broken trashcan, it’s a struggle to get a basic business license, and the list goes on and on.
Right now are roads are full of potholes, the sidewalks either don’t exist or are in disrepair, and the bus system lacks coverage and reliability. In Richmond we deserve to finally have our neighborhoods made a top priority.
We must do 3 things.
1. Addressing the falling graduation rates.
2. Our school buildings are falling apart around our kids.
3. We must rework our curriculum to meet the needs of Richmond’s children.
We must put schools first and our kids first because that is what they deserve.