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With Richmond's Redskins deal, the needs of the children in Richmond Public Schools once again are being treated as afterthought.

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Ah, the smell of mendacity and logs burning in fireplaces is in the air. The recent controversy concerning Mayor Dwight Jones' effort to close the deal on the Redskins-Bon Secours-Westhampton school building is classic Richmond. Classic in the sense that while…

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