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Two candidates looking to unseat City Council incumbents this fall have made a show of financial force, outraising their opponents over the past three months, campaign finance reports show.
….Jewell filed amended campaign finance reports….failed to properly file documentation….”I had misplaced all of my records….” timesdispatch.com
Organizational Development Standing Committee Meeting
Monday, April 2, 2012
Agenda: Monday, April 2, 2012, at 5:00 p.m.
Minutes: President Kathy Graziano called the meeting to order at 5:25 p.m.
Six city employees paid to wait.
Committee Members Present:
The Honorable Kathy Graziano, President
The Honorable Ellen Robertson, Vice President
The Honorable Doug Conner
The Honorable Marty Jewell
The Honorable Cynthia Newbille
The Honorable Charles Samuels
The Honorable Reva Trammell
The Honorable Chris Hilbert
The Honorable Bruce Tyler
Others Present:
Lou Ali, Council Chief of Staff/ Interim City Clerk
Haskell Brown, Deputy City Attorney
Robert C. Bob, President of the Robert Bobb Group
Suzette Denslow, Mayor’s Chief of Staff
James W. Dyke, Chair, Mayor’s Schools Accountability& Efficiency Review Task Force
Dr. Carolyn Graham, DCAO of Human Services
Kelly King Horne, Executive Director of Howard
Allen Jackson, City Attorney
Faye Smith, Senior Assistant City Clerk
….”We don’t have enough money.”….it will take 37 years to fix the sidewalks listed as needing repair…. styleweekly.com
Councilor Jewell critical of Commonwealth’s Attorney, Police?
…D’Sean’s body was found in 2009. He weighed just 14 pounds. His cause of death was malnourishment and dehydration…Richmond Councilman Marty Jewell sat in support of Williams, as well. “There’s evidence that suggests that this in no way was homicide…I don’t know how well that evidence was handled,” Jewell said… nbc12.com
Political activist Paul Goldman and City Councilmen Douglas G. Conner Jr. and E. Martin Jewell jumped into the Richmond school budget debate on Wednesday, holding a midday news conference at City Hall to offer their five-point plan for making what they said were quick and lasting improvements to city schools…. timesdispatch.com
[city council candidate David M. Gammino]: ….[councilor E. Martin Jewell] attempted last May to secure PHCS funding through City Council. Unfortunately, he felt it strategically prudent to make this effort while simultaneously demanding [councilor Kathy C. Graziano]’s resignation, attempting to cut $400,000.00 from Parks maintenance (including $100,000.00 from the James River System), and attacking the integrity of Commonwealth’s Attorney Mike Herring. Can this effort be described in any respect, as effective “political support”? …. styleweekly.com
Richmond City [councilor E. Martin Jewell] hasn’t accounted for all of the money he spent in his re-election campaign four years ago or reported almost $4,000 he raised at a fundraiser last spring.
Richmond Registrar J. Kirk Showalter said her office had alerted Jewell in 2010 that he had to account for a balance of $6,397 that his campaign showed in its final report of 2008 but was zeroed out in subsequent reports. timesdispatch.com
‘Occupy the Dream’ rally held at Kanawha Plaza
….a nationwide movement urging churches to support the Occupy Wall Street movement…..[councilor E. Martin Jewell]: “I’ve never seen more courageous people in my life.”
[Really, Mr. Jewell? CHR]
Microsoft app meant to detect bad neighborhoods
….route can be developed for a person taking into account factors that specifically affect a pedestrian….stereotypical thought,” says [councilor E. Martin Jewell]….
STEREOTYPE: a standardized mental picture that is held in common by members of a group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment.
[Doesn't this fit councilor Jewell?]
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Mom: Son told to ‘drink own spit’ at Richmond Juvenile Detention Center
….staff member told her son to drink his own spit after the boy asked if he could have a drink of water….her son tried to commit suicide – and that she only found out about the incident via a court document….NAACP first blew the whistle on the problems….Why did it have to be brought to our attention by the NAACP?” said [councilor Kathy C. Graziano]….
[How could councilor Graziano not know?]
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School bus lawsuit filed in Richmond
….4-year-old autistic boy has filed a lawsuit alleging that negligence by Richmond school employees allowed her child to be left on a bus in sweltering heat….employees were and continue to be insufficiently trained….seeks $500,000….
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Richmond Police not enforcing noise ordinance
….residents often are awakened after midnight by the incessant pounding….racket disturbs residents of Richmond all over downtown….dozens of complaints….Richmond Police Department and Richmond City Council have really failed….
City Councilman E. Martin Jewell said Monday that he’s drafting a proposal
a wild meeting of the council’s Public Safety Committee
Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell used her platform as committee chairwoman to rail against Mayor Dwight C. Jones
officials were complicit if any crime was committed
Norwood said the protesters initially complied with all ordinances
more than $8,630 in personal property that was lost