Stoney has shown again and again he cares not for his constituents, only to make himself and his career look good. From being caught telling the cops that launched the raid on the group of people at the statue that included children that they did a "good job" to having no follow up on his initiatives after said attack.

He is a Dem in name only. Screw this guy (because he is a horrible human, partisanship non-withstanding).

But it’s all he wants. Anyone that’s paid attention to Stoney since he took office knows that his only concern is his political career after he’s done with Richmond. Fuck that guy.

What do you think he is ? I promise Republicans hate him much much more.

I don’t care if republicans hate someone more. I want competence and commitment.

A narcissistic, inexperienced politician that has failed at nearly every major effort attempted - no party deserves him

Why cant Bobby Scott be our rep in Richmond again like he use to. He is a soldier for people.

I would say he’s a public servant in name only. Party plays little role in his self-serving existence.

Lol the only thing that makes him is “a politician.” I promise you, democrats can be those things as well as republicans.

I’ll take anything to get him out of the city.

I was thinking this too. This is how people 'fail up' the corporate ladder why not politics. Let his next election cycle sort it out.

Stoney should not be on a list for his current job or any other position of leadership. He’s just awful.

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Scott solved my Social security problem that Kaine’s office failed to understand. I would have only 1/2 of my social security that I have today if I hadn’t followed up with Scott. I am a big fan because Scott’s office saved my life. I was a Richmond resident.

Ugh. Please not Stoney.

This! At least give us someone who seems to care about the constituents genuinely. I need to do research on the others, but my reaction to his name was visceral.

Yup he's a stain on Richmond

Jennifer McClellan >>>>>>

Honestly, I don’t think he’d get enough support from the party to run for a US House seat. Anyway, Stoney’s next pursuit is Governor, so I don’t think anyone should fret about him going to Washington. Yet.

Unfortunately, that means he wants to stay in Richmond.

Just a quick reminder that none of the other mayoral options were better. Most were much much worse than him.

Alexsis could have been good. But no one else in either year he ran.

I know everyone hates on him, but being the mayor of Richmond is a really hard job, and it doesn't attract super strong candidates.

Edit: in fact, it attracts some terrible candidates like Joe Morrisey, Kim Gray, Justin Griffin. All folks who would have been 10x worse than Stoney.

I feel like all the Stoney hate is b/c being Mayor of a poor city is a lose lose situation. People hate change and people hate the way things are.

My guess is that no one is ever going to be satisfied with a mayor of Richmond, unfortunately.

TBH I've been surprised at the love fest for McEachin (rest in peace), he had such an easy job. Keep winning in a district gerrymandered for Democrats, and vote in line with national party issues.

Infinitely so.

Love this Machiavellian suggestion.

Yeah I’d vote against him no matter who the other candidate is. He sucks at everything he’s touched

Solved my issues with the irs as well. At least when I called he was there. They called back and helped as they were supposed to

He will never make Governor. He’s done

Exactly.

And that’s before you also think about what a clown show the city council is. Imagine any significant thing needing to include a majority there.

Baliles

Only one solution for Congress... Joe Morrissey. /S

We shouldn’t settle for a bad candidate just because the alternatives are worse. We should be pushing good people to run and calling out the bullshit of the bad ones.

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Stoney is nowhere near the level of care or commitment McEachin had

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I mean if it’s a losing job then no one is going to do well.

And being mayor of Richmond just has too many constraints (plus in order to get elected you have to promised things that are not realistic)

Why did he drop out again?

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To not split the vote and make morrisey mayor

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I went to an anti-gun violence event featuring Rep. McEachin a few weeks before he passed. News broke minutes before that the Chief of Police resigned. I took notes because what he said shocked me as he discussed another sitting elected Democratic official:

>The mayor is so busy trying to ‘build businesses’ while letting crime run amok. The Chief of Police was stuck...able to do nothing without the mayor.

Something tells me our late Congressman would agree with you.

Joe Morrissey may be a nut, but he’s still here after 3 decades of drama because he’s actually pretty good at being a politician— he knocks on doors and makes his constituents feel heard and cared about.

Which proves he deserved it. Right after the election Stoney said he would govern like Baliles would have lol

Stoney can’t run Richmond.

If its Delegate Jeffrey M. Bourne, I'm voting against him (in a primary - I find it hard to believe I'd vote for a Republican over him). Didn't really like his response to an issue I emailed him on, though I do appreciate the response. State Senator Morrissey is pretty meh, but he responded better to my inquiry and voted accordingly so he has my vote.

That doesn’t change the fact that he is a horrible human being. Just because he has fixed the power bills for a few people and he married his teenage concubine doesn’t mean he might actually be decent. Underground secret:::: he’s not.

Care to elaborate? I’m glad Fighting Joe sent you a decent a email but he’s still a nasty nasty man with borderline pedophilic tendencies

Ugh, yeah...Hoping for some other options.

I hope Stoney reads this thread. 🤣

Kim Gray was fine, she just was a moderate so the city hated her thinking was too close to republican

The system & environment makes every candidate an awful mayor that fails to meet the expectations of the public.

Everyone on this sub will hate the next mayor once they are in office for a few years and the honeymoon period goes away.

On the plus side because people hate the past mayor so much the honeymoon period lasts a lot longer than for President or Governor. But just like every other elected mayor the City's ever had everyone will end up hating the new mayor.

Considering Richmond's past mayors, Stoney is above average. Granted, that is not saying a lot. However, this sub (and just every social media site) will hate anyone who does the job. It's just more fun to complain.

Lol wut? Baliles, Berry, Morrisey?

He's actually just kind of an awful human. All my friends in the service industry complain about him being a handsy, super diva karen running the staff into the ground, and doesn't tip after treating people like shit. So yeah....

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If it was not on Stoney's mind at all, then why skip the police officer funeral for the senator? Hmmmm

Go Stoney Go. Let's get some real leadership in this town.

Balilies was better by a lot.

Right but he quit the campaign to avoid getting joe Morrissey in there. Basically he was acknowledging he wasn’t electable.

Finding good electable candidates is really really hard

He wasn’t electable based on the field and the moment. And it certainly doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have been the better choice.

What’s laughable is you could put any single one of the Stoney haters as mayor tomorrow and they would get even less done than Stoney. Idiots who don’t get that the Richmond mayor position is a job that you can’t do well in. It’s due to state laws on expanding and means that literally no one can do better than Stoney.

100% stable, boring, and perfectly competent. A total dream.

Doesn’t tip? He hardly pays his fucking bill

All these people on here Hate Stoney but why did that worthless, waste of space,non tipper keep getting elected?

I will cast all of my votes for Jennifer given the opportunity.

Because the votes were all split.

super smart Richmond voters

I don't like the job Bourne has done, which is startling since he was good on the school board.

But saying Morrissey over him?!

she's not even a moderate. She's a normal black woman democrat. The loonies just were triggered by that.

stable boring and competent for Richmond Mayor? I can only get so excited.

It also tells me that the process could be much better. Ranked choice voting might have yielded a much better outcome.

We disagree with each other on a priority issue for me. So yeah. I'd consider voting Republican against him if I wasn't worried about fascism. So he wins there.

His widow should run to succeed him.

I'll bite. What has Stoney fixed in Richmond?

Just curious, what has he done to make Richmond better?

Can you expand on the state laws thing? So the state laws make Stoney incompetent? I thought it was the lack of leadership. Or putting his friend in charge of day to day business. Or not supporting the police during unrest. Or killing Navy Hill. Screwing up the Casino?

You are right. No one else could do that.

• Budget comes in on time.

• Construction Permits get issued faster.

• 3 new schools to replace aging and decrepit facilities.

• New bike network doesn't rely on sharrows & other Vision Zero changes.

• New zoning to promote density.

• Works well with Karmas at RPS. Education Compact between City Government & RPS has lead to more cooperation vs confrontation between the 2 parties vs the past.

People say they want a "nuts & bolts" mayor but fail to realize how utterly boring "nuts & bolts" is. "Nuts & bolts" isn't going to fix homelessness, transform the sewer underneath our feet away from a CSO, nor crime, nor clean the river, nor a socio-economic education achievement gap. People's issues with local government far outstrip the capacity a Dillon Rule state gives localities power to achieve. Not to mention Richmond has a history and 60 years of hollowing out a city largely by forces outside that city’s control cannot be undone in 15.

End of the day I think Stoney is only an average mayor. I mean better than the other elected mayors Jones & Wilder but that's really not saying much.

Budget on time? You mean the CAFR? That is a report they should be getting in on time anyway.

Really? Andreas Addison had an article not to long ago about how long the process takes. What sped up?

Ah yes, the aging infrastructure that has to be replaced. He didn't make that happen. It is a necessity. Otherwise we should thank him for updating the fire station too. (even more appropriate since SCHOOLS gets funding and is part of the problem)

Venture Richmond led the bike lane charge. It would have happened regardless of the city leadership.

New zoning - you are crediting the mayor with the work of one department.

I think what people want when they say nuts and bolts is someone to come fix the fucking city. There is no mandated time keeping programs, no mandated time off procedures. They are constantly fighting with our partners, like Schools and the Ambo Authority.

I would prefer a mayor that is a leader, and knows how to hire leaders. Right now we are a city of islands doing their own thing. We will never solve the other problems when we can't function as a city.

They weren't done on time under Jones.

Permits-

> Permits that sometimes languished in queues awaiting processing for 50 to 55 days at the start of 2022 have been rolling out after an average wait of one to three days since the summer.

On schools look at the timeframe that RPS has for George Wythe and compare that to Stoney's three. He did 3 schools in 5 years vs RPS deciding to do 1 school in 8.

Venture Richmond doesn't run DPW. Neither them nor Bike/Walk RVA does the road redesigns that dieted car kanes into dedicated bike paths. The City of Richmond did. Local government did that, not an advocacy organization. In my work we have to operate differently as a result of Vision Zero to better accommodate pedestrians at construction sites. Before, no one at City Hall cared if we did anything concerning accomondating pedestrians, now we are held to a higher standard, and that likely saved lives at some of our high profile projects. We don't take orders from Venture Richmond, we take them from the City and their requirements changed.

The Master Plan to which we get zoning that came from it literally involved multiple departments. And the zoning only happens as a result of decisions that City Council & the Mayor decide upon.

We have less fighting now between RPS administration & Stoney vs RPS & Jones or RPS & Wilder. Where we have fights now is the Richmond For All cohort on the School Board vs all else whether internally in School Board or outside the school board.

…and that turned out to be a lie

Nobody likes stoney.

I'd vote for her