So long, RVA!
The 2009-2013 RPS School Board members were sworn-in yesterday in ceremony at City Hall. The new board has four returning and five freshman members, including the new 7th District School Board member Don Coleman. [via]
RPS board members from left to right: Adria A. Graham Scott (4th district); Dr. Norma H. Murdoch-Kitt (3rd District); Kimberly B. […]
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”
– Justice Louis Brandeis
Over the last year, what had been an ambient longing for cultural and political change coalesced. The voters willingly took a leap of faith. But what happened on election day, with its dramatic mandate for change, wasn’t the fickle result of a tidal wave. […]
When there is an election for the 7th District council seat being vacated by Delores McQuinn, I will be a candidate. [via]
The timeline for how all of this might work still seems to be up in the air. It is likely that an interim council person will be appointed. As the appointment is likely to […]
At SLANTblog there’s a post on baseball as a local political issue.
Lately, when I hear somebody talking about building a baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom, I laugh. You see, I’m past the point of arguing that it’s a terrible location and that too many of what were R-Braves fans — the Little Leaguers in the […]
During the recent mayoral campaign candidate Paul Goldman floated an idea about making Cary St. in the Carytown neighborhood off limits to cars, maybe even all vehicles on wheels. Since then I’ve read that some boosters for Downtown want to turn some one-way streets into two-way streets.
As for what the traffic engineers think about theses […]
According to email below, Richmond Public Schools Interim Superintendent Dr. Brandon will be hosting four coffee sessions Monday, Dec. 8, (tomorrow!) to discuss the proposed budget and to get as much public feedback as possible. Click on coffee sessions PFD link below to see when and where.
My quick thought:
ADA-compliant, historically-sensitive elevator addition for Open High, […]
Silver Persinger, Pine Street resident, makes it in the newspaper again.
I wonder what the final numbers were on his Presidential bid?
I will wait for his website update.
Old news at this point, but congratulations to the nuptials: The Honorable Jennifer McClellan and David Mills were married on Nov. 15.
Special elections are called when a vacancy occurs, such as the one the election of Dwight Jones as mayor of Richmond has caused. It is said that before the week is over he will have resigned his seat in the General Assembly’s House of Delegates, which he has held since 1994.
That move has prompted Richmond’s […]
The agenda for the November 24th City Council meeting (PDF) includes a few local items:
Ord. No. 2008-235 (Patron: President Pantele, By Request) – To authorize the special use of *** 107 South Colonial Avenue for the purpose of permitting a new multi-family dwelling consisting of no more than four units ***.
Res. No. 2008-R181 (Patron: Mr. […]
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