The Richmond School board was faced with a $23.8 million shortfall. Instead of addressing the issue and proposing any sort of solution the board turned to the city with upturned palms. The Mayor will now be taking a look at all of RPS and the school board isn’t giving up much of a fight. RTD has [...]
Filed under stories that won’t go away, Richmond Magazine.com and Chris Dovi have the news that Jennifer Walle has filed a $5,350,000 suit claiming that “Ms. Graziano, Mr. Rogers and others not named as defendants combined to discredit and harm Ms. Walle… and force her from her job and from public service in general.” Walle, the suit alleges, [...]
Wednesday February 8th, 7pm, Westover Baptist Church FREE Spaghetti Dinner before the meeting 6:00-7:00pm Sponsored By: Councilwoman Kathy Graziano, Councilman Doug Conner and Westover Baptist Church Please RSVP for the dinner to: katielemmert@gmail.com or Pastor Justin Joplin justin@westoverbc.net This is a great opportunity to get to know your neighbors, build a strong community and make [...]
Councilwoman Kathy Graziano the local council member for most of our area is planning to her quarterly meeting on Tuesday, January 31 from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church (7757 Chippenham Parkway). On the agenda is Richmond Alternate Leaf Collection Program by James Jackson, Director, Richmond Department of Public Works, a look at Richmond [...]
According to Jennifer Walle’s attorney Council Member Reva Trammell has stated that Council President Kathy Graziano used a derogatory term to describe Jennifer Walle and she in fact enjoyed the offensive touching alleged to have taken place by David Hathcock. Also Walle believes she was terminated for filing a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity [...]
You can read some of the details on RTD of the 40 page response that the City Attorney released in which the city denies allegations made in a complaint filed by Walle. The report is the result of interviews of city employees with the exception of Walle who refused to be interviewed. In arguing for [...]
From RTD; A Richmond judge dismissed Monday two claims in a civil lawsuit stemming from allegations that a Richmond City Council liaison inappropriately touched a female co-worker and that his boss, Council President Kathy C. Graziano, failed to act when the allegation was reported to her. Judge Richard D. Taylor Jr. of Richmond Circuit Court [...]
Council President Kathy Graziano has scheduled the city’s first Sustainability Manager as the primary speaker at the June Fourth District Meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, June 8, at 7 p.m., at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway.
It was not a good night for Marty Jewell last night in the city council chambers. His proposal to allocate $500K to Patrick Henry School did not pass, his $400K cut to parks was denied and Kathy Graziano did not step down as Council President. He was blasted prior to meeting for his accusations of [...]
The war continues between H&H’s two council people as Marty Jewell has asked that Kathy Graziano step down as Council President. While Jewell says, “I’m not accusing anybody of anything,” Jewell said Thursday, “but it looks so bad.” He won’t stop barking about a $100,000 amendment that Graziano proposed to begin a study that the [...]
A reader had a question about the sudden appearance of a bulldozer in his neighborhood. We found out what was going down. Does anyone know about the construction on Sequoyah Road? Yesterday a crew came in and started working on the side of the road, taking down trees and digging. This morning there is a [...]
RTD is reporting that David Hathcock, liaison to Kathy C. Graziano, has been charged with misdemeanor sexual battery and misdemeanor assault and warrants were issued. The charges stem from an alleged touching of co-worker Jennifer Walle last April. Hathcock said today that he learned of the warrants Thursday and turned himself into police at 8:30 [...]
In the ongoing battle in city council over alleged sexual harrasment the accusser, Jennifer Walle, has recently spoken up. Most recently with Style Weekly; Walle’s life became an ongoing water-cooler topic following a City Council meeting held Jan. 2. At the meeting, Councilman E. Martin Jewell made public an e-mail exchange in which Hathcock seems [...]
Council President Kathy Graziano and School Board Member Adria Graham Scott have scheduled a second Meet and Greet for Fourth District parents. The event is scheduled for February 8th, at Fisher Elementary School, from 6:30-8 pm. Fisher is located at 3701 Garden Road, off Cedar Grove Road. Parents of preschool, kindergarten and early elementary grades [...]
From Richmond Magazine.com; Jennifer Walle, liaison to First District Councilman Bruce Tyler, filed the complaint this afternoon with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging “unwelcome sexual touching and comments” by Hathcock and “retaliation” by Graziano who, Walle says, wanted Walle to leave her job. Filing the complaint is a necessary first step toward filing [...]
RTD has this article that doesn’t say much but Chris Dovi at Richmond Magazine.com has more detail into the political infighting. Richmond City Council’s first meeting of the new year typically is one filled with little more than a vote to select its president and vice president for the next two years. Instead, tonight’s meeting was a [...]
From the official press release; Richmond City Council Elects President and Vice President Positions serve for two years WHAT This afternoon, during a public Richmond City Council Special Organizational Meeting for Election of Council Officers that was held in Richmond City Council Chambers, The Honorable Kathy Graziano, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, Southwest 4th District, was [...]
From Richmond Magazine.com; At tomorrow evening’s Richmond City Council meeting, Councilman Marty Jewell says he plans to share an alleged May e-mail exchange in which Bruce Tyler’s council liaison accuses the top aide to Council President Kathy Graziano of inappropriate physical contact and asks that he refrain from such behavior in the future. “I’m going [...]
[singlepic id=995 w=420 h=340 float=none] More than 65 parents, children, teachers and staff attended the December 7 Fourth District Schools Open House at Southampton Elementary School. The event was the idea of Fourth District Council Member Kathy Graziano and Fourth District School Board Member Adria Graham Scott, and was designed to give the three elementary schools [...]
From RTD; Graziano, who represents the 4th District, would not comment, but several members said Tuesday that she is expected to remain as president for 2011 and 2012, with Robertson, of the 6th District, continuing as vice president. Led by Graziano and Robertson, the council has enjoyed mostly harmonious relations with Mayor Dwight C. Jones [...]
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A great chance for families to check out some local schools is coming up. Check this out before you start pricing houses in the county. From the office of Kathy Graziano; Richmond City Council President Kathy Graziano and Fourth District School Board Member Adria Graham Scott have scheduled an unprecedented opportunity for Fourth District parents [...]
From Kathy Graziano’s 4th District Update we learn that Fisher Elementary and Southampton Elementary are looking for volunteers to give a hand or a green thumb to their garden efforts. Contact for Fisher is Margi Roseberry at 327-5612 (coykoi@hotmail.com) and the contact for Southampton is Mary Arginteanu at 320-0138 (Mary.Arginteanu@gmail.com).
The quarterly Fourth District meeting held by City Council President Kathy Graziano will be Wednesday, October 13, at 7 p.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church at 7757 Chippenham Parkway. Because of the recent rash of break-ins and robberies, the meeting will focus on crime prevention. Richmond Police Lt. Tim Morley will talk techniques to make [...]
