tagged with: Tyron Bey
October 23, 2008
Bey has $4, Samuels has $14,990 as of 9/30
This seems like an interesting time to revisit the Virginia Public Access Project, a non-profit group the makes it easy to access the public records of who has donated how much to a candidate for office.
October 17, 2008
Bey, Samuels on Richmond’s greatest asset, liability
This week’s RVA News question for the candidates:
“What do you consider to be Richmond’s greatest asset? What do you consider to be its greatest liability?”
October 5, 2008
2nd District Endorsements rolling in…
Two of the three candidates for the 2nd District City Council seat have been racking up the endorsements. Charles Samuels has been endorsed by outgoing 2nd District representative and mayoral candidate Bill Pantele, the Richmond Crusade For Voters, the Henrico-based Richmond Association of Realtors, and the Coalition for Greater Richmond; Tyron Bey has been endorsed by the Richmond Education Association.
September 27, 2008
Green Jobs Now day of action
More than 100,000 people rallied at Green Jobs Now events across the country “to urge leaders to jump start the clean energy economy [and] create real energy solutions that build a new green economy strong enough to create millions of green jobs and lift people out of poverty”. Twenty or so of the 100,000 were at Smith-Peters Park (900 Catherine Street) today, marking Richmond’s commitment to the creation of clean jobs as a boon to both the environment and the local economy.
September 18, 2008
Gilpin plans shadowed by history of Blackwell
Michael Paul Williams looks at the planned redevelopment of Gilpin through the lens of Blackwell:
Before any transformation takes place in Gilpin Court, the ghosts of Blackwell must be purged. Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority is planning to remake Gilpin Court and several other neighborhoods into a mixed-use, mixed-income community. But since only a third of those units will be public housing, residents are wary.
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City Council candidate Tyron Bey recalled his family moving from public housing in Bainbridge to a home in Carver, only to see their new neighborhood gentrified by VCU growth.
“I’m a realist,” he said. “In order for a student to live in this house, a family has to be uprooted.”
September 16, 2008
Bey, Samuels weigh in
Two of the three City Council candidates for the 2nd district have submitted their responses to the first in a series of weekly questions put to them by RVANews. The question: List five initiatives that you believe are more important than finding a new baseball team for the City of Richmond.
August 19, 2008
What do you mean, “you people”?
The Richmond Crusade for Voters held a public forum for the candidates for city council this evening at the Military Retirees Club on Chamberlayne Avenue. Recurring issues among the 18 candidates running for the 9 seats were economic development and affordable housing, with public safety and education coming up as well. The three candidates for the 2nd Distric seat being vacated by mayoral candidate Bill Pantele began to really differentiate themselves when asked how to handle the impending redevelopment of Gilpin Court.
August 9, 2008
meet & greet Tyron Bey
Meet Tyron Bey, candidate for the 2nd District City Council seat, at a casual reception @ Baja Bean Company in the Fan on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 4PM to 7PM. RSVP to (804)591.5390 or tyronbey@yahoo.com.
May 31, 2008
Bey seeking 2nd District Council seat
The RTD has a list of people who have already submitted papers with the city’s office of the general registrar indicating that they will run for office this November. Candidates have until June 10th to file. So far, Tyrone Bey is the only candidate for the 2nd District City Council seat being vacated by Pantele in his bid for mayor, and no challengers have stepped forth for 2nd District School Board Representative Lisa Dawson.