Sharon Judkins out as city’s deputy chief administrative officer
Judkins came under fire in December of 2013 for rejecting all of the recommendations made by the city auditor regarding the Richmond Department of Information Technology’s $18 million information...
View Article13 laptops for Richmond foster youths idle after a year
But the 108 recipients on the city’s list were not pre-qualified to receive the technology as required under state policy…. Link
View ArticleCity Hall turns to the Richmond Police Department for disciplinary guidelines.
Marshall said it was up to each department to determine employee discipline on a case-by-case basis because there are no set guidelines. Link
View ArticleWhat is the truth about the Shockoe floodplain?
January 25, 2014 VIA EMAIL TO: Ms. Lou Brown Ali, Chief of Staff, lou.ali@richmondgov.com The Honorable Mr. Baliles and Honorable City Council City of Richmond 900 E. Broad St., Suite 200 Richmond, VA...
View ArticleCity hires outside lawyer to oversee his exit
The Jones administration hired outside legal help at a rate of $330 per hour to oversee Marshall’s exit from City Hall. Link
View ArticleNeighbors frustrated with rodents, trash left in city alleyway
For years neighbors told CBS 6 tall trees and high grass covered an unfinished alleyway near Spings Rd. They said the city recently finally cut everything down but left the trash that had been piling...
View ArticleRichmond City Council slated to take up Libby Hill condos Monday
Opponents say the staff has flip-flopped under pressure from the administration of Mayor Dwight C. Jones, a close ally of White in the proposed development of a mixed-use project that would include a...
View ArticleNo criminal charges, but Judkins departure still a mystery
There won’t be any criminal charges, but the messy circumstances surrounding the recent departure of Richmond’s top finance official have still not been fully explained despite two investigative...
View ArticleDid Byron Marshall Misrepresent the Facts?
There seem to be several problems with Mr. Marshall’s statements to City Council and the Finance committee: Link
View ArticleAuditor: Deal for Mayor’s top exec worth $400,000 in special benefits
A former top executive in Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones’ administration received special treatment which would allow her $400,000 in benefits at the City’s expense, according to a letter from the City...
View ArticleSharon Judkins out as city’s deputy chief administrative officer
Judkins came under fire in December of 2013 for rejecting all of the recommendations made by the city auditor regarding the Richmond Department of Information Technology’s $18 million information...
View Article13 laptops for Richmond foster youths idle after a year
But the 108 recipients on the city’s list were not pre-qualified to receive the technology as required under state policy…. Link
View ArticleCity Hall turns to the Richmond Police Department for disciplinary guidelines.
Marshall said it was up to each department to determine employee discipline on a case-by-case basis because there are no set guidelines. Link
View ArticleWhat is the truth about the Shockoe floodplain?
January 25, 2014 VIA EMAIL TO: Ms. Lou Brown Ali, Chief of Staff, lou.ali@richmondgov.com The Honorable Mr. Baliles and Honorable City Council City of Richmond 900 E. Broad St., Suite 200 Richmond, VA...
View ArticleUrban Design Committee weak on public notice
Dear Members of the Richmond Urban Design Committee, As you know there has been a great deal of public concern regarding Venture Richmond’s proposed amphitheater below Oregon Hill and the Va. War...
View ArticleCity Withholds Ballpark Estimates
Subject: RE: Beschler – Ballpark – Flooding Mitigation From: Beschler, Christopher L. – DPU (Christopher.Beschler@richmondgov.com) To: [C. Wayne Taylor] Cc: Christopher.Beschler@richmondgov.com;...
View ArticleBallpark – No response from city administration
From: C. Wayne Taylor To: Christopher Beschler <christopher.beschler@richmondgov.com> Sent: Sunday, December 8, 2013 4:35 AM Subject: Fw: Beschler – Ballpark – Flood plane Dear Mr. Beschler, It...
View ArticleRichmond’s hiring process questioned after departure of finance director
City Chief Administrative Officer Byron Marshall is the man who signed Finance Director Dominic Ochei’s hiring letter. Sources inside Richmond City Hall say after Ochei was already on the job, the...
View ArticleCBS 6 investigation prompts exit of Richmond finance director
June 28 2013. On Tuesday, after our encounter with Ochei, we handed our findings over to the man who ultimately hired him, Byron Marshall. Two days later, on Thursday, he sat down for an interview and...
View ArticleDeveloper comments on tax abatement program
“It’s going to be a very first-class project,” Salomonsky says. “If we didn’t own the land free and clear, plus the abatement, we couldn’t have done the project. We would have left it an empty lot.”...
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