Posts Tagged ‘Demnlus Johnson III’
Q&A with Demnlus Johnson III, candidate for mayor
On June 2, Richmond voters will cast ballots in a primary election. We are publishing their verbatim responses, with light editing for clarity or brevity. This interview was conducted by email on the candidate’s request. Demnlus Johnson, mayoral candidate Why do you want to be mayor? I want to be mayor of Richmond because we deserve…
Read MoreCouncil votes on Zeneca site clean-up and development
Electrician and two-time cancer survivor Sherry Padgett could throw a baseball from her 49th Street cabling business and hit what Richmond residents call “the Zeneca site:” an eighty-seven-acre property that contains more than a century’s inheritance of hazardous waste from manufacturers including the now-defunct herbicide maker Stauffer Chemical and the European pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Padgett…
Read MoreCouncil greenlights tenant purchase proposal, Veolia deals
Richmond landlords may be forced to give tenants the first shot at buying their homes before putting them on the market under a proposed rule whose drafting the City Council kicked off on Tuesday.
Read MoreThese are the candidates for the Richmond City Council for the November election
Richmond’s municipal election may be almost nine months away, but candidates for city council are already forming committees, developing platforms and lining up to challenge the incumbents–councilmembers Jovanka Beckles, Eduardo Martinez and Ada Recinos–on November 6, 2018.
Read MoreThe Citizen’s Police Review Commission discusses ongoing investigation of a 2014 fatal officer shooting
The February Citizen’s Police Review Commission (CPRC) meeting began with the announcement of a $20,000 allocation to streamline CPRC’s administrative tasks and ended with a discussion on the death of Pedie Perez, who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2014.
Read More‘Excellence without excuses’: Demnlus Johnson is a story of Richmond’s resilience
It’s Wednesday morning, and Demnlus Johnson III works diligently in his office. The sounds of footsteps echo in the hall as students, teachers and staff make their way to where they need to be before the morning bell rings. After finishing up emails, securing a new gym floor covering, and methodically searching for students’ schedules,…
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