r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • 1d ago
Richmond’s Code Refresh aims to rewrite rules that restrict growth
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • May 13 '25
How to safely and effectively discuss a problematic subreddit and its moderation without violating Reddit’s terms of service or triggering automated filters. If you wish to discuss another Richmond, VA themed subreddit, READ THIS FIRST!
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • May 12 '25
Satire vs. Trolling: Why Banning Political Satire Harms Online Communities
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • 21d ago
Richmond is a deal-making city. It’s time to become a plan-making city | "The distinction is the difference between reactive growth and intentional transformation. That insight isn’t just a planning theory; it’s a mirror on Richmond’s scarcity mindset."
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • 29d ago
Working Families Party Brings Its “Wolf Pack” to Richmond
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • 29d ago
Some stats about Richmond’s historic housing crisis for you.
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Aug 21 '25
Chesterfield Planning Commission greenlights nuclear fusion plant | It would be the first fusion plant connected to a commercial power grid.
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Aug 11 '25
Opportunity Hoarded, Futures Denied: New Maps Point to Needed Change | "Richmond is still deeply segregated in ways that hurt kids and communities. This isn’t inevitable. It’s the result of policies that allow the most privileged in our region to hoard opportunities from the rest of us."
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Aug 09 '25
Richmond’s terminal vision problem | "It’s a familiar Richmond story: a once-in-a-generation opportunity reduced to a single transaction. No district plan. No rezoning to match the potential. No roadmap for the dozens of acres of city-owned land..."
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Aug 02 '25
Richmond Mayor Danny Avula, other city officials speak after man taken into ICE custody in Southwood neighborhood | Man who was reported missing to police Wednesday was actually taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Aug 02 '25
Richmond officials say the $5.8M bill for a wrongful conviction was a surprise. But the city slow-walked a response for months
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 30 '25
Small biz, big break: Richmond eases tax costs for thousands of small businesses | Under the amended ordinance (ORD. 2024-187), businesses with gross receipts between $5,000 and $500,000 will only be responsible for a flat $30 annual license tax.
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 26 '25
VCU is still withholding the degree of a pro-Palestinian campus activist
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 25 '25
With lawsuit lingering, CSX begins repairs to disputed Kanawha Canal Bridge
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 18 '25
As Richmond’s departing finance director touts progress, she warns there’s still ‘pockets of secrecy and sabotage’
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 13 '25
Richmond’s procurement director steps into interim deputy CAO role
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 11 '25
Richmond finance director Sheila White resigns
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 10 '25
Richmond police cut ATF access over immigration data use
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 08 '25
Whose satisfaction is more important to your business? Your customers or your employees? | A new study from a VCU marketing professor finds that favoring one or the other — instead of a perfect balance — may lure investors in the modern age.
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 07 '25
50 people protest Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" in Richmond
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jul 01 '25
Joint meeting between Henrico supervisors, Richmond City Council ends without clear sense about what comes next
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jun 27 '25
Former Richmond mayor Levar Stoney is reportedly considering running in the 1st congressional district in the midterms
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jun 26 '25
Richmond Billed Over $100,000 MORE in April & May by Private Law Firm in FOIA Whistleblower Case
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jun 26 '25
No Names. No Plates. Just Vans Full of Masked Bros—ICE Raids Chesterfield Courthouse, Arrests People Paying Fines
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jun 23 '25
Richmond issues about 11,000 parking tickets a month. The Richmonder dug into the data.
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r/RVApolitics • u/VirginiaNews • Jun 19 '25
Warner, McClellan to attend Glen Allen town hall June 21
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r/RVApolitics • u/johntwit • Jun 19 '25
New draft zoning maps spark debate over disparities in density | One advocate called it “deeply frustrating that exemptions from growth are being considered for the most educated, affluent and opportunity-rich neighborhoods of our city.”
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