All In & Doubling Down; Unfortunate Glitches Are The Rule, Locked Up Bikes; System Is Broken & No Fix In Sight; Development Reality Show.

RVA 5x5 - May 27, 2023

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Today we have stories on:

• 13,000 personal property tax bills were sent out to owners owing more money for last year because of a snafu in the city’s Finance Department this year. Beam me up…

• The mayor and other casino advocates are doubling down and going all-in on another casino referendum because it’s less about democracy and all about the greenbacks.

• If Hollywood is looking for new scripts for bad reality shows due to the current writers’ strike, they can come to Richmond and research the failed development at the public safety building that was a mess from the start and is costing VCU Health a bundle.

• The city’s troubled and overloaded social services department has been overloaded and ignored, but is finally getting some concern noted and alarms raised — not by any city “leaders,” but by a retiring state delegate…

• Richmond’s bike share program got locked up due to a Canadian company’s collapse and no one yet know how long it will be before it’s up and rolling again.