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Y'all!

Once upon a time I ran a news site, now I just have opinions on the news. 

Good Morning, RVA!
My goal is to get you everything you need to know to have intelligent conversations with the folks you encounter throughout the day. Plus, jokes!

Jul 29
Jul 29 Good morning, RVA: 922↘️ • 13↘️; a George Floyd hologram, and a stunning map

Ross Catrow

I'm pretty excited for some sort of participatory budgeting program in Richmond.

Jul 28
Jul 28 Good morning, RVA: 1,505↗️ • 4↘️; Civilian Review Board ordinance passes; and an opportunity to help

Ross Catrow

Staying hydrated is my love language, so this opportunity to donate water to the Daily Planet means a lot to me.

Jul 27
Jul 27 Good morning, RVA: 958↘️ • 3↗️; protests return to Richmond; and a packed City Council agenda .

Ross Catrow

I'm back from vacation and am gifted with a wonderfully interesting City Council meeting!.

Jul 17
Jul 17 Good morning, RVA: 904↗️ • 15↘️; two police reform papers pass committee; and a logistical note

Ross Catrow

I think we should pay some actual historians and researchers to do an in-depth inventory of all of Richmond's Confederate-branded stuff.

Jul 16
Jul 16 Good morning, RVA: 1,084↗️ • 15↘️; police reform legislation in committee; and the police overtime budget

Ross Catrow

If you're running for local office, what do you plan on doing with the RPD's $100 million budget?

Jul 15
Jul 15 Good morning, RVA: 801↗️ • 9↘️; virtual instruction at RPS for 2020; and new bike lanes

Ross Catrow

With schools going virtual for 2020, now we gotta figure out childcare for folks that need it, right?

Jul 14
Jul 14 Good morning, RVA: 972↗️ • 2↗️; police reform legislation; school board decision?

Ross Catrow

Legislation explainers! Your Patreon money at work!

Jul 13
Jul 13 BONUS: City Council's five police reform papers explained

Ross Catrow

The path towards police reform in Richmond begins with these five pieces of legislation.

Jul 13
Jul 13 Good morning, RVA: 888↗️ • 4↘️; new school reopening plans; and taking down the plinth

Ross Catrow

Maybe we should call a timeout on boxing up the Lee pedestal to at least talk to folks about it first.

Jul 10
Jul 10 Good morning, RVA: 613↗️ • 32↗️; how to reopen schools; and green stormwater infrastructure

Ross Catrow

The conversation around reopening schools is going to be really, really complex.

Jul 9
Jul 9 Good morning, RVA: 635↗️ • 52↗️; evictions; and tune in to School Board

Ross Catrow

Impressed at how thorough the warehousing of our city's Confederate monuments has been!

Jul 8
Jul 8 Good morning, RVA: 638↗️ • 28↗️; Stuart down, Soldiers and Sailors next; two plans to reopen schools

Ross Catrow

I think today's email is just the minutes from public meetings 😬.

Jul 7
Jul 7 Good morning, RVA: 354↘️ • 0↘️; getting rid of silos; and goodbye Need

Ross Catrow

Where do high school kids wander around and not buy anything these days? Is it still Carytown?

Jul 6
Jul 6 Good morning, RVA: 639↗️ • 4↘️; some personal news; and decking over the highway

Ross Catrow

I cheated and wrote a large portion of today's email before this morning.

Jul 3
Jul 3 Good morning, RVA: 532↗️ • 30↗️; more monuments coming down; and a peaceful protest

Ross Catrow

Who's next?

Jul 2
Jul 2 Good morning, RVA: 416↘️ • 23↗️; Stonewall comes down; and moving forward on policy change

Ross Catrow

OK, which one’s next?

Jul 1
Jul 1 Good morning, RVA: 598↗️ • 23↘️; Phase Three; and a bunch of new laws

Ross Catrow

Council meets at 11:00 AM to introduce police reform and Confederate monument legislation. Tune in!

Jun 30
Jun 30 Good morning, RVA: 453↘️ • 8↘️; how should schools reopen; and a 21-day racial equity challenge

Ross Catrow

Signing up for an email is the least you could do!

Jun 29
Jun 29 Good morning, RVA: 489↘️ • 8↗️; scenes from the Circle, and a new police chief

Ross Catrow

Can you honestly say how many days ago the old police chief got fired? 5? 15? 500?

Jun 26
Jun 26 Good morning, RVA: 432↘️ • 14↗️; evictions to resume, maybe?; and student journalists

Ross Catrow

Thank you to the student journalists at @theCT!

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