RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Council – Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad Street, Suite 200 - Richmond, VA 23219 - www.council.richmondva.gov
COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO BE FORWARDED AND SHARED
Thursday, 20 October 2011
A statement regarding the Mayor and the Richmond Metropolitan Authority
by
The Honorable Bruce W. Tyler, Councilman
Richmond City Council, West End 1st District
The Honorable Charles R. Samuels, Councilman
Richmond City Council, North Central 2nd District
The Honorable E. Martin Jewell, Councilman
Richmond City Council, Central 5th District
The Honorable Reva M. Trammell, Councilwoman
Richmond City Council, Southside 8th District
The Honorable Douglas G. Conner, Jr., Councilman
Richmond City Council, South Central 9th District
(Richmond, Virginia) - “The Mayor has issued a press release praising the RMA's Board decision to approve a debt refinancing scheme that will give the City of Richmond $62 million now, but will stall the transfer of ownership of the multi-million dollar Richmond Downtown Expressway from the RMA to the City for 30 years.
We are disappointed in Mayor Jones' refusal to work with Richmond City Council or to fully answer questions on behalf of the Richmond citizens and taxpayers we represent. We believe this is an important issue and the people deserved for all options to have been explored.
Mayor Jones appointed many of the current RMA board members from Richmond and had the ability to ask them to hold off on this vote to show his willingness to work with Richmond City Council.
Richmond City Council is the governing body of the City of Richmond and, as we move forward, we will be leading the conversation on when and how any money received from the RMA will be spent. We look forward to the Mayor's full cooperation.”
WHO/CONTACT
The Honorable Bruce W. Tyler, Councilman
Richmond City Council - West End 1st District
804.357.6007 (mobile)
bruce.tyler@richmondgov.com (email)
The Honorable Charles R. Samuels, Councilman
Richmond City Council - North Central 2nd District
804.646.6532 (office tel); 690.0898 (mobile)
charles.samuels@richmondgov.com (email)
The Honorable E. Martin Jewell, Councilman
Richmond City Council - Central 5th District
804.646.5724 (office tel); 332.3654 (mobile)
marty.jewell@richmondgov.com (email)
The Honorable Reva M. Trammell, Councilwoman
Richmond City Council - Southside 8th District
804.646.6592 (office tel); 240.5050 (mobile)
reva.trammell@richmondgov.com (email)
The Honorable Douglas G. Conner, Jr., Councilman
Richmond City Council - South Central 9th District
804.646.6592 (office tel); 512,0500 (mobile)
doug.conner@richmondgov.com (email)
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
Office of the Chief of Staff
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
Richmond City Hall
900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.646.6052 (office)
804.335.4054 (mobile)
804.937.1386 (home/mobile)
804.646.5468 (fax)
skinnesr@ci.richmond.va.us (email)
www.council.richmondva.gov(website)
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is to represent citizens in creating and amending
local laws, providing government policy and
oversight, and approving the city budget.
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creating a vibrant community that is a great place
to live, work, learn, play, visit and raise a family.
