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“It’s really hard to hear your stories and know that there were solutions that we’re voting on now that we could’ve done earlier,” Councilmember Katherine Jordan told restaurant owners before Monday's approval.
Richmond City Council is taking a big step to clean up the meals tax mess as it passes an ordinance to change city code and fix how tax payments are applied.
Council voted unanimously to change how the finance department collects meals taxes following backlash from restaurant owners hit with exorbitant bills and fees.
“I think we were all embarrassed by what we read about the City of Richmond...but localities have the ability to fix this problem,” Sen. Creigh Deeds said during Tuesday's deliberations.
The head of a Christian pro-family group in Virginia says a local restaurant refused service to the organization last week over its views on marriage and abortion.