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December 14, 2009
Richmond Coliseum Needs Repairs
From Wikipedia
The Sunday RTD reported on serious maintenance problems that need to be addressed to extend the life of the Richmond Coliseum till it can be replaced or renovated.
The immediate repairs, recommended this fall by a team of consultants hired by the city, include:
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March 12, 2009
Councilman Samuels to hold his first meeting
On Thursday, March 26th, 2nd district councilman Charles R. Samuels will be holding his first meeting since being elected at Richmond Police’s 4th Precinct building (2219 Chamberlayne Avenue). Items on the agenda: his goals and accomplishments and light refreshments. Hmmm. I wonder where this issue falls on that agenda.
The meeting is scheduled to go from 6:00 to 7:30pm. All 2nd district constituents are invited to attend.
February 15, 2009
Rep. Bobby Scott to Host Town Hall Meeting on Green Jobs and Clean Energy
Congressman Robert C. “Bobby†Scott will host a Town Hall meeting on Green Jobs and Clean Energy on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 6:30PM at the Adult Career Development Center (119 West Leigh Street). The town hall will be an opportunity to educate and inform citizens on new opportunities in a 21st century “green†economy.
November 19, 2008
city council agenda for Nov.24 in includes solicitation, Jackson Street, North Jackson Ward
The agenda for the November 24th City Council meeting (PDF) includes both 133 West Jackson Street (again) and 2 ordinances on the North Jackson Ward Redevelopment Program…
November 15, 2008
Dovi delves into Gray’s win
Chris Dovi takes a look at Kim Gray’s victory in the 2nd District school board election last week and, with Gray winning all 10 district precincts, calls it “one of the most stunning upsets of the local election”:
“I think if you look at it,†[Goldman] says, “Braxton didn’t run and [Dawson] didn’t win and Pantele is out on City Council and Mayor Wilder realized he didn’t have a chance to win.†He postulates that voters were fed up with politics as usual: “Voters got it. We wanted change.â€
November 8, 2008
Gilpin voted 587-3 for Obama (99.5%)
The city website has a map of all of the voter precincts and a breakdown of the recent vote by precinct. Interesting numbers if you’re into that kind of thing… For instance: by a ratio of 196 to 1, Precinct 212 in Gilpin went the most overwhelming across the whole city for for Barack Obama.
November 5, 2008
congratulations to Samuels, Gray
Charles Samuels is the new 2nd District Council Representative, winning 45% of the vote in a 3-way race. Kim Gray is the new school board rep, with a decisive margin over Lisa Dawson. Pantele is out.
November 4, 2008
Carver Elementary survives the crush
Style Weekly stopped by Carver Elementary this morning to see how things were going:
Only about a thousand voters were registered in that precinct before this election cycle began. Now 3,500 people are. The crowd outside the building at 6 a.m. had somewhat dwindled to fill only about half the school’s auditorium by 12:15. [...] As of 12:15, more than 700 people had voted in the precinct.
October 23, 2008
Bey has $4, Samuels has $14,990 as of 9/30
This seems like an interesting time to revisit the Virginia Public Access Project, a non-profit group the makes it easy to access the public records of who has donated how much to a candidate for office.
October 17, 2008
Bey, Samuels on Richmond’s greatest asset, liability
This week’s RVA News question for the candidates:
“What do you consider to be Richmond’s greatest asset? What do you consider to be its greatest liability?”
October 5, 2008
2nd District Endorsements rolling in…
Two of the three candidates for the 2nd District City Council seat have been racking up the endorsements. Charles Samuels has been endorsed by outgoing 2nd District representative and mayoral candidate Bill Pantele, the Richmond Crusade For Voters, the Henrico-based Richmond Association of Realtors, and the Coalition for Greater Richmond; Tyron Bey has been endorsed by the Richmond Education Association.
September 29, 2008
RRHA Announces North Jackson Ward Master Planning Public Meeting
The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA) has announced that the planning process for the revitalization of the North Jackson Ward community is scheduled to begin with the hosting of a public information meeting and listening session on Tuesday, September 30, 6-8PM at the Calhoun Family Investment Center, 436 Calhoun Street.