A Bad Week For VCU; $73 Million Lemon; The Final Tab Is How Much?; More Sheltered Excuses; Inundated With Water Bills.

May 13, 2023

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A look at our stories this week:

It was a bad news week for VCU in ways that few universities experience…
It was topped off by a $73 million lemon of a deal that VCU somehow strangely got entangled and had to pay a hefty fee to extract itself.
The final tab for the Diamond District is yet unknown, but it will be put on the city’s credit card….
The city continues its baffling (and shameful) avoidance of helping those in need of shelter…
More warnings of watching your water bill lest you get inundated with charges….

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