Mayor Promises to Fight for Jail
“This is not a new issue for our City. We’ve been struggling with the need for a new jail for more than a decade. When I started this process to get a new jail built for the City of Richmond, it wasn’t a popular undertaking. A new jail is not a stylish…
“This is not a new issue for our City. We’ve been struggling with the need for a new jail for more than a decade. When I started this process to get a new jail built for the City of Richmond, it wasn’t a popular undertaking. A new jail is not a stylish issue. It’s a matter that comes with built-in objections. It’s not a feel-good issue at all. And, it’s not the issue of my administration that I want to have to fight for; but it is the issue that I must fight for because change in this area is so important to the overall future of our city.”
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