New blog covers Mayor’s comments to 6th District

The Richmond City Council Reporter & Telegraph, a relatively new weblog edited by Silver Persinger, provides video footage and commentary about the March 14 6th District meeting hosted by Councilwoman Ellen Robertson. Of interest to Northside residents, Persinger notes: With introductory comments Vice President Ellen Robertson explained her new meeting schedule for the 6th District. In addition […]

April 5, 2009; 7:18 PM • by North Richmond News

The Richmond City Council Reporter & Telegraph, a relatively new weblog edited by Silver Persinger, provides video footage and commentary about the March 14 6th District meeting hosted by Councilwoman Ellen Robertson.

Of interest to Northside residents, Persinger notes:

With introductory comments Vice President Ellen Robertson explained her new meeting schedule for the 6th District. In addition to her regular monthly meeting at the Bank of America Building (Second Saturday of each month), since January she has been holding additional district meetings, that alternate monthly between the North and South Sides. The focus of the Southside meetings is improving education for children. The Northside meetings will emphasize the issues of housing, abandoned property, blight and illegal rooming houses.

Persinger also notes that Mayor Dwight Jones spoke about the Dove Court redevelopment project:

At 9:00 minutes, Mayor Jones spoke about the Dove Court development and cited goals of decentralizing poverty and acknowledging “our need and responsibility to those who need affordable housing.” At 10:00 minutes, Mayor Jones discussed his decision to drop the appeals filed by former Mayor Douglas Wilder which had cost the city $1.2 million dollars over the last couple of years. Mayor Jones expressed his hope that the Charter Review Commission would iron out any ambiguities that currently exist in the charter.

The entire video and Persinger’s coverage can be found here.

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