Can we not petition them? We can create a forum by requesting a hearing

Tell em

I’m not aware of it? My guess is when he left the Stoney Admin he knew what was coming with regards to their competence and agenda. I’m sure he’ll do something’s I won’t agree with, but him and Agelasto are sorely missed on CC.

It most certainly hasn't been accepted into the culture of downtown Richmond. Sure low class people outside of the city like it but that's different.

I really hope Jon Baliles runs - he would be an amazing, unifying mayor. Really understands the city on a logistical level. Do you read his 5x5 newsletter?

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prop 13 to RVA? I heard its been a resounding success in california.

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> Allowing local governments to develop and implement means-tested, long-term owner-occupied real state tax relief programs will help prevent the displacement of long-term owner occupants due to dramatically rising property tax assessments, thereby leading to neighborhood gentrification,” the city states as its third legislative priority.

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we'll fucking do anything but legalize more housing. we'll even ensure people are stuck in pockets of multi-generational poverty before they legalize more housing.

Our capitalism is regulated and it still sucks shit. Profit motive and hoarding of private property don’t go away with regulation

>The people have spoken.

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They could of just not gone to the casino.

Petersburg the city, which is what that person was talking about, is a 30 min drive. Not 15, which is what you are imagining that we all believe is fine.

> any logical reading of the anti-casino folks’ arguments in context makes it clear the vast majority believe that.

This is instructive about how your broken logic works. Because you saw a handful of comments by noisy redditors you can somehow deduce what the “vast majority” believe.

I guess that’s similar to how you deduced what 85% of people want based on the votes of 15%.

I voted yes initially, but now I’m going to vote no because they’re not respecting the will of the voters.

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I fear he’s setting up his HOD run to raise funds/gain attention for his mayoral run. Grade A affinity scammer, Dwight Jones with CTE and makes Stoney sound like a Rhodes scholar. He wouldn’t win if someone competent runs against him (Please John Balisles) but if it turns into a 3-5 person race that’s where I worry. Not enough people pay enough attention to him or know how shitty his record is, or that he couldn’t even properly file paperwork to run for office. Addison is too milquetoast to win against him and has other un redeeming qualities that would make it hard to beat him.

Ah ok, one comment which wasn’t referring to any part of Petersburg that’s “15 minutes” south of Richmond. But I guess you adeptly conclude that we all agree it’s fine.

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Do your own research. All the studies were linked here the first time around. Casinos and sports stadiums are almost always long term net negatives for municipalities. I don't think it's changed in the last two years.

As for "political boundaries" last time I checked Petersburg was a decent drive down an interstate. I think we will be mostly insulated. Again I don't think Petersburg should go for it either. But I don't live there or vote there.

> But moving it a few minutes further down the road outside of an invisible border will prevent it from affecting the city at all.”

Literally no one here has said that- this is just you inventing something that doesn’t exist so you can wag your finger at it.

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Affordable housing, fixing the damn potholes, cleaning the James, so many things before a fucking casino

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Oh so you’re saying the casino’s radius of negative effects would include the entire city if it was located in precinct 806.

Wow, that headline is so inaccurate and annoying. I listen to City Council meetings, attend school board meetings, go to PTA meetings, attend my district's town halls, attend my civic association's meetings, subscribe to the newspaper (digital), follow the local broadcast news, talk to my neighbors and coworkers, and I can tell you that a casino has not been listed as a priority by anyone in the last year. We are asking the General Assembly for a lot but a casino isn't on the list.

I’m looking into an LLC for when I buy a house because I don’t want my name to be that easily searchable in public records. My partner has gotten death threats at work due to the nature of her job. It wouldn’t be hard to see who holds the LLC but just that small obstacle would probably stop some unhinged people from finding our address.

Lol. How is it an argument that it will be bad in Petersburg so it might as well be bad here and opinion?