Style Weekly
paul hammond
Member since May 21, 2009
Recent Comments
Re: “City Aims for Safer Carytown”
Agree with Linda. Cary Street screams to be pedestrian only on weekends. Expressway traffic could be diverted to Thompson and Elwood converted to two way to handle the Eastbound traffic around Carytown. It could all be done with some barricades, signage and education. Sure Elwood would be more congested, but nowhere near as bad as Cary Street is now. The CMA could run a trolley up and down Cary St. The street could then be used for as Linda suggested. It would be unique in Richmond.
Re: “Why the Redskins Skins Deal Is Good (or Not)”
Mr. Allen,
Note the following attendance figures for the WR in the past 4 years of arguably the worst economy since the Great Depression. This is just for the regular season for a team with a lackluster record.
Year Total Avg.
2012 - 637,236 - 79,654
2011 - 615,368 - 76,921
2010 - 665,380 - 83,172
2009 - 678,352 - 84,794
Also note, Richmond is on the rise. Population is increasing, crime is down and schools ARE improving. Richmond City Government is already working with the School Board to bridge their $11 million shortfall. Also note, the problems with Richmond schools are not all a result of funding. Massive poverty and social collapse in inner city neighborhoods contributes mightily to the lack of achievement of it's students. Reread the recent Back Page you referenced earlier for a small sample of the impact of lack of family support on learning. Both poverty and education are complex issues and aren't going to be solved in the comments section of Style.
Jobs, investments, better health care and tourism are only part of the package. A vacant stretch of Leigh Street is being upgraded connecting Broad Street and downtown with the Boulevard/Diamond district that is ripe for retail development. Could this fail? Sure, there are no guarantees, but from where I sit there are positives that cannot be ignored. When all is done Richmond will be left with more jobs, better health care, a first class sports medicine/training facility, a month's worth of national and regional publicity, thousands of NEW visitors and increased tax revenue.
Re: “Why the Redskins Skins Deal Is Good (or Not)”
Because even under Scott's lowball estimates the City still benefits. For some reason Scott and Style want to run this pony into the ground.
And yes the Boss Hogg are remarks are getting tired and not particularly clever, but GA seems to be enjoying all the attention his is getting which is why he posts the same comments over and over.
Re: “Is the Redskins Curse on the Way to Richmond?”
What were you doing Sunday before last Andy? I was watching a movie but more than a few people were watching the Superbowl. Just sayin.
Re: “Go Richmond! Mayor Touts Tier-One Sports”
No doubt it will take both Len.
Scoop, if that evil cabal was so powerful we'd be playing baseball by now.
Re: “Is the Redskins Curse on the Way to Richmond?”
Style’s most absurd reason to ridicule the Redskin’s deal to date. They are racist and cursed. Do you guys brainstorm this or do you just draw straws?
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Re: “Gathering Steam”
Too bad about the bicycle nonsense. According to Walman's link the price of a round trip ticket goes up $30 or more and your bike must be shipped in a box. You'd think if GRTC could handle bicycles for free, AMTRAK could too.