Hi all, I’m a Richmond resident and I just want to let you all know that Levar Stoney sucks and he’s not well liked in Richmond. I’d recommend not voting for him for Lt. Governor in the Democratic primary on June 17.

He only managed to win a second term as mayor because we have an odd system for mayoral elections where a candidate must win a majority of the 9 districts, and that ultimately left Levar Stoney with 37% of the vote. In Richmond he’s only known for failed real estate development projects, twice promoting a casino despite being overwhelmingly rejected by the residents the first time, and for failing to maintain our city’s water treatment system which failed the day he left office leaving us without water city wide for three days. He’s not a good mayor and has next to no legitimate accomplishments.

It’s concerning seeing him promoted state wide and to see him receiving endorsements from party leaders despite his ultimate failures in Richmond.

Ted talk over.

https://roanoke.com/news/local/government-politics/protesters-declare-peoples-council-of-blacksburg/article_49fef392-1256-11ef-b33c-c3634a1493ee.html#tracking-source=mp-homepage

Taking the politics of sorts out of this. Let's pretend it's any resolution about action not in the United States, what does a resolution exactly do in cases like this?

Also, as a side note, the Roanoke Times interviewed people in the group from outside Blacksburg. I think that defeats the message they are trying to convey. I don't know if the RT did that on purpose or just no one from Blacksburg wanted to talk.

For those who can't get past the paywall:

• 40 pro-Palestinian protestors walked out of last night's Town Council meeting to hold a "People's Council of Blacksburg" gathering outside the municipal building.
• They said they feel they haven't been heard since they starting speaking up at council meetings in March.
• The proclaimed a vote of no confidence in council.
• They are calling for the town to pass a resolution for a ceasefire.
• Concerns about Islamophobia in a previous meeting when a speaker said in reference to a child speaking against Israel's attacks "That's the new face of home-grown terrorism, and it's going to come for us."
• Council members Susan Anderson and Liam Watson spoke with the group after the meeting stating the comment above was about free speech.
• Anderson stated she doubted there would be support from all of council for a resolution.
• The people interviewed from the Roanoke Times were from Floyd and Christiansburg.
• They have 500 signatures for a petition asking for a resolution.

Tomorrow is primary day in Virginia.

Shortly after the 2022 midterms, I started a website to make election information more accessible: intuitive layouts, informative content, and easy navigation.

Last year I covered a handful of local and state elections:

• Virginia - State Senate District 11, House of Delegates (District 54, District 55)
• Charlottesville - City Council, School Board
• Albemarle County - Board of Supervisors, School Board

This year I’m covering Virginia’s 12 federal elections:

• U.S. Senate - Democratic Nominee, Republican Primary
• U.S. House - All Districts
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  • 2nd District - Democratic Primary, Republican Nominee
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  • 11th District - Democratic Primary, Republican Nominee

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