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Friday,
23 May 2014
Councilman Charles
R. Samuels and Councilman Jonathan T. Baliles announce planned vote against Mayor’s proposed Shockoe Bottom baseball ordinance
WHAT (Richmond,
Virginia U.S.A.) – The Honorable Charles R. Samuels, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Richmond
North Central 2nd Voter District, and The Honorable
Jonathan T. Baliles, Councilman, Richmond City
Council, Richmond West End 1st Voter District, today announce
that that they will cast votes against the Mayor’s proposed Shockoe Bottom
Baseball Ordinance when it comes to the Richmond City Council Formal Meeting
for a vote on Tuesday, May 27, 2017.
The administration
requested a public hearing date of May 27th when they introduced the latest version
of the plan on May 12 and, to date, no one has asked for a
continuance. The request for another briefing did not come
until after 5:00 p.m. on a holiday weekend only three days before the
scheduled vote.
"If the
Administration wants to revisit this issue in the fall when they may have a
complete plan, we would be happy to consider it along with other potential proposals," says Samuels. "But at this
time, there is a growing consensus that this slow drip approach of information
is not helpful to the City of Richmond. Instead, it is increasingly interfering
with more urgent matters that Richmond City Council needs to resolve."
"This proposal is still, after seven months,
fundamentally incomplete and continues to unravel with almost every
presentation. We have kept open minds on this plan since before Thanksgiving,
but the time has come for us to move on to more pressing matters," says
Baliles. "We can always revisit this or any other plan at a later date.”
CONTACT For more information, please contact:
The
Honorable Charles
R. Samuels, Councilman, Richmond City Council North Central 2nd Voter District,
at 804.646.6532 or by email, at charles.samuels@richmondgov.com
and/or
The
Honorable Jonathan T. Baliles, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Richmond West
End 1st Voter District,
at 804.646.5349 (tel), or jonathan.baliles@richmondgov.com (email)
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Steve Skinner
Council Public Information Manager
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL CHIEF OF STAFF
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