Mayor Stoney's 30-Year Tax Giveaway to Developers Coming to a Project Near You

RVA 5x5 - November 6, 2023

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This is story #2 of the promised set of impactful and important stories happening in Richmond in recent days. Sorry we couldn’t all three done as we had hoped, but the third one is coming this week!

If you missed the first story on Friday about the audio clips of the casino developers spewing disdain, racism, and anti-Semitism towards Richmonders on their own radio station, please read it before you vote tomorrow!

November 6, 2023
Today at 4:00 pm during a special meeting of City Council, there is likely to be a vote on the final of four development projects touted by Mayor Stoney that ostensibly look like they are about “addressing the affordable housing crisis” but are, in fact, just another giveaway by Stoney to housing developers at the expense of the city treasury — and ironically, all the projects are in Southside. 

Both Stoney and Council President Mike Jones have been proclaiming far and wide th…