City Council choices
11/4/2016, 9:21 p.m.
The record of the past four years shows Richmond City Council has beefed up spending on schools, created an affordable housing trust fund to ease the housing burden so many families face and focused more funding and attention on the issue of poverty that afflicts one of four residents in our city, including 40 percent of our children.
These are among the reasons that we are endorsing the five City Council members who are seeking re-election for another four-year term.
They are: Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District; Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District; Ellen F. Robertson, 6th District; Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District; and Reva M. Trammell, 8th District.
We believe that the five incumbents have done a reasonable job and that their experience will be beneficial in dealing with the challenges ahead, including the No. 1 challenge: Finding money to renovate or replace the aging public schools the majority of our city’s children still attend.
Voters in four districts — 1st, 2nd, 4th and 9th — will be electing new representatives to City Council. After reviewing the candidates’ records, we are recommending candidates in three of those districts: Harry H. Warner Jr., 1st District; Kimberly B. Gray, 2nd District; and Larry A. Olanrewaju, 4th District.
We believe all three have the knowledge, ability and energy to be effective.
We make no endorsement in the 9th District.
