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Update: Friday Nov. 20th: Met with the city’s Deputy Chief of Finance today, Marcus Jones. Nice guy. He’s been on the job for about 3 months now and walked into a tough budget. The city’s already trimmed 25 million from its budget. Now its facing another 10 million dollars in cuts. [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Dwight Jones’
November 18, 2009
Richmond’s Budget Problems: 10 million in the hole
November 4, 2009
Newbille’s New Seat
Rachel DePompa – bio | email
There’s no denying who the residents in the 7th district wanted to represent them. Cynthia Newbille won with 52% of the vote. Despite six candidate, she had a decisive victory and she takes the reigns of her new job on Monday. The City Council meeting will begin with her swearing-in ceremony.
Newbille was swamped [...]
November 2, 2009
7th District Seat Council Race
Rachel DePompa – bio | email
Was there ever any doubt at what I would be covering election day? You know i’ll be chasing down the 7th district council race. There are six candidates vying for the seat originally vacated by Delores McQuinn earlier this year. Tomorrow is a special election to fill the remainder of the term. [...]
October 14, 2009
Flatheads, Swine Flu and Debates Oh My!
Rachel DePompa – bio | email
SWINE FLU:
Achoo! I know at least 10 people who came down with the swine flu in the last week! I am determined NOT to be the next to go down. Alas, I missed out on my chance for a free H1N1 shot today. I was at a press conference where [...]
September 30, 2009
By the Power of City Hall!!!!!
Rachel DePompa – bio | email
For those of you who just got my slight He-Man reference in the title… Kudos! (Sorry, child of the 80’s here!)
So, who has the power to do what at City Hall? Simple enough question, but the answer varies depending on who you ask. It’s still hard NOT to forget [...]
September 24, 2009
Shake-up at City Hall
Rachel DePompa – bio | email
In Dwight Jones’ first major power play as mayor, big changes were announced at City Hall today. The city is billing this as a reorganization and merger of two departments. But, what it means in a nutshell is Carthan Currin is out, Rachel Flynn’s role has been muted and Jan [...]
July 31, 2009
Richmond Round-Up 07/31
Rachel DePompa – bio | email
It’s been a slow week! You always know that is the case when I start looking for story ideas in a folder on my desk called “evergreens”. I did a few of them this week.
If you’re looking for city hall gossip there really isn’t any this week. All’s quiet with the [...]
July 20, 2009
Wilder’s Legacy: Defining the Balance of Power
Rachel DePompa – bio | email
After 4 years of doing battle, the City Charter may finally get an overhaul. And I believe we have Former Mayor Doug Wilder to thank. (In fact, it may be his legacy from his time at City Hall) For better or worse, Wilder constantly pushed the boundaries of his authority. You could say, [...]
July 17, 2009
Richmond Roundup: Ukrop’s, Ukrop’s, Ukrop’s
Rachel DePompa – bio | email
I’ve decided to try something new. Starting today, every Friday I plan to post a round up of the week. Random thoughts, Random events. Let’s see how this goes and how long it lasts….
UKROP’s:
First, if you’ve come to this blog looking for the latest on the Ukrop’s saga, I don’t [...]
July 10, 2009
Doug Wilder: Out of Office, In the News
Rachel DePompa – bio | email
When you least expect it, Doug Wilder slips back into my blog. And this one has turned into a doozy of a story. I had a headache most of the day trying to track down all the sides to this one. Here’s the basics: In 2007, (Under the Wilder administration) [...]
