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Sept. 24 Newsletter: Towing, taxes and transparency
Council overrides the mayor on a budget proposal, but doesn't take up the real estate tax rate. Plus, towing fees on private property could rise, an upcoming writers conference, and RPS discusses a public maintenance tracker.
After spirited discussion, Council delays vote on real estate tax rate
"It just seems like it's a circle that we are going around, that there's really no real relief."
Sept. 22 Newsletter: Incorrect ballots distributed to some early voters
Plus, the city will take a closer look at a complicated five-way intersection just north of The Diamond, a new machine will teach people how to do CPR, and remembering Highland Springs basketball coach George Lancaster.
Some early voters in Richmond received an incorrect ballot
The Richmond Office of Elections issued an apology after discovering that some voters received an incorrect ballot on the first day of early voting Friday.
Sept. 19 Newsletter: Documenting The Diamond
Plus, more drama around the Gilpin Court proposal, the FOIA whistleblower trial is delayed to next summer and Richmond is adding red-light cameras at 10 intersections in an attempt to make roads safer.
Richmond to install 10 red light cameras
After a grace period, violators will receive $50 fines by mail.
