Youngkin’s budget doesn’t fund Richmond’s request for water system money | Mayor Danny Avula had requested $80 million.
  • 48 points Mumblerumble

    Shocking. It’s almost like him and his cronies don’t care about clean, safe drinking water (or anything else that poor people rely on).

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  • 54 points Diet_Coke

    Nope, but it gives away $730 million in tax breaks! Maybe they should try meeting the Commonwealth's needs before giving back tax money.

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    11 points Antiviralposter

    These people don’t care about RVA at all.

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  • 11 points RyloBreedo

    I'm guessing that some funding gets added when the new administration/GA take over.

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  • 11 points cjt09

    Immortan Glenn is right, we must take care not to get addicted to water.

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  • 17 points SmegmaCurds

    Because he is leaving Richmond so why would he care

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  • 6 points M23707

    We are in the era of “let them eat cake”

    Folks - the oligarchy needs to be defeated and dismantled.

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  • 6 points UsualAdeptness1634

    Youngkin is pretty much useless. Like ppl need healthy drinking water, right? This has been going on a loooong time. He just passed the buck after the horrible time Richmond had last year.

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  • 5 points easy_Money

    Guys is clean drinking water woke?

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    1 points Honest-Recording-751

    Yes real water comes from the hose and has a slight brown tint to it and a particularly smell.

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  • 2 points Ordinary_Scene_4653

    Has the state funded a fix for Lynchburg’s CSO?

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  • 4 points Pretend-Culture-4138

    Why doesn't the city just fund it itself?

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    3 points JustDyslexic

    It has been so has the state and federal grants. The current estimate to fix the issue with waste water overflow is about $800 million but that was before all of the current stuff making building more expensive. The state also passed a law the city has to fix the issue by 2030 something.

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  • 2 points pureeviljester

    Why is a Governor in his last days passing a budget?

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    4 points Joe_Shabbadoo

    He's not passing it, he's proposing it. Virginia operates on a 2-year budget cycle in even-numbered years. The General Assembly is going to just amend it to the point that the passed version won't much resemble the proposed version.

    If the Republicans wanted to pass their own budget they should try winning legislative elections.

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    1 points NoScooperPooper

    One more opportunity to wear a sweater vest and be “one of the people”.

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  • 1 points Puzzled_562back

    Interesting

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  • 2 points martyvt12

    This is local infrastructure that should be funded locally. Arlington, where I live, isn't getting money for sewer and water from the state: https://www.arlingtonva.us/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/budget/documents/cip-webpage/water/documents/2.-utilities-ws-maintenance-capital.pdf

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  • 2 points bruhhhhh69

    I know it's easy to boat Gov Sweatervest, but Richmond s budget apparently didn't fund Richmond's water issue either, right?

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  • 0 points EmbarrassedSpring426

    The comments here are unbelievable. Why would it be the state government’s responsibility for incompetent management by Richmond’s local government for years?

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