City Council: your councilpeople in the news

Part of tonight's City Council recap is what didn't go into the last one. Really, there's enough that happens between the sessions for a whole new story.

by Paul Hammond

February 14, 2012

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City Council: The return of Silver Persinger

This week's City Council meeting featured a vote over a popular new development in Jackson Ward and some tax relief for nonprofits. Also, the return of Silver Persinger!

by Paul Hammond

January 24, 2012

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City Council: bullets over Broad Street, with special guest star Ken Cuccinelli

Did you know that there were death threats recently made in person against the City Council? Yep. It happened. What steps have been taken since then, and how did the City Council start off 2012?

by Paul Hammond

January 10, 2012

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City Council: Nobody here but us chickens

There were only a handful of items on the agenda and by all rights they should have been done in an hour, but this is City Council so it took 2 1/2 hours. Tune in for the latest on the Mayor, Occupy Richmond, and urban chickens.

by Paul Hammond

December 14, 2011

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City Council–the players

Who exactly are our representatives in City Council? Our Council reporter gives you a brief rundown of the who's who and the what's what.

by Paul Hammond

December 6, 2011

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City Council: the fat lady has sung

I'm often asked, "Paul, you just make this stuff up, don't you?" Sometimes I get the same question from my editors here at RVANews and my answer is, "No, I don't have to, this stuff just writes itself." While the opinions are my own, everything I say that happens here really did happen. I'll swear by it.

by Paul Hammond

November 29, 2011

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City Council: Shut up and vote

At last night's City Council more debate on the jail, plus guest appearances by Occupy Richmond and the Tea Party. No one was happy about anything.

by Paul Hammond

November 15, 2011

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Occupy City Council

With the recent Occupy Richmond movement still alive in Kanawha Plaza, it seemed likely that the movement supporters would try to raise their concerns at yesterday’s City Council meeting. With one City Council member on the side of the Occupy movement, how did the others council members weigh in with their thoughts on the movement?

by Paul Hammond

October 25, 2011

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Baseball night at City Hall

It was baseball night at City Hall. With nothing to legislate, the highlight of the night was the presence of two youth baseball teams rooted in the housing projects of Richmond. Other than an interesting withdrawn agenda item, the night was pretty tame.

by Paul Hammond

October 11, 2011

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City Council recap: The meeting after the meeting

Late last night, like really late, City Council heated up over the new city jail. Charles Samuels' vote for the jail left him with an option that more vocal jail opponents didn't have: the option to introduce a motion to reconsider the contract. Things got exciting from there.

by Paul Hammond

September 13, 2011

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