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This weekend is going to be a RVA5x5 whopper. We are foregoing the usual five stories for three stories over the next three days that are rather impactful and important. And I swear, only one has to do with the casino!
But all three stories are very significant in regards to how the city is run and how, if we are not careful, we might be at a tipping point in danger of selling our collective future as an awesome city to surrender to a corrupt political machine. It’s a hard hitting weekend of (painful) truth and (sometimes unpleasant) reality. So buckle up.
The second casino referendum will be decided on Tuesday and it will be a vote (again) on whether or not this city wants to do the get-rich-quick schemes to help people or do the hard work of methodically mapping out a strategy and building a future. The get-rich-quicks like the casino and Navy Hill only benefit the select few, but the promoters promi…
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