Request for 2nd Street Connector Information
March 15, 2012 VIA EMAIL TO: Bruce.Tyler@Richmondgov.com The Honorable Bruce Tyler City Council City of Richmond 900 E. Broad St., Suite 200 Richmond, VA 23219 USA Re: 2nd Street Connector Information...
View ArticleRichmond counts homicide originally thought to be in Chesterfield
….Richmond authorities now agree with Chesterfield police that the Oct. 18 slaying occurred just inside the city, near the Chesterfield line…..But Richmond police said they are not raising their 2011...
View ArticleMonument Avenue art display must come down
Works of art by dozens of local children that have lined the median along Monument Avenue since last week will have to come down by Monday after Richmond city officials determined the permit for the...
View ArticleRichmond officials examine juvenile jail spending
Richmond’s city administration is reviewing nearly $1 million spent in the past three years for repairs to the city’s troubled juvenile detention center…Committee also delayed action on a measure that...
View ArticleDeveloper Nixes Echo Harbour Condos
….Preservationists are girding themselves for another fight over the site….residents have reported seeing the project’s developers and Peter Chapman, the city’s deputy chief administrative officer for...
View ArticleTeenage Inmate Alleges Harassment at Detention Center
City officials decline to comment, citing the potentially criminal nature of what they’ve called “new” allegations…. styleweekly.com
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Did City Administration Misrepresent Facts?
The Richmond City Council considered two ordinances that would allow the keeping of chickens on residential lots. Feb 28. City administration represented to city council that there would be a limit on...
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Developer 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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CBS 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 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...
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Ballpark – 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...
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City 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;...
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Urban 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 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...
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City 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 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
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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...
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Auditor: 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 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 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...
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