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Mayor Levar M. Stoney is brushing himself off after Richmond voters for the second time rejected the $562 million casino-resort plan he fully backed and gearing up to run for governor in 2025. Separately, Paul Goldman, who led both successful no casino campaigns, is now focusing on securing public support for a change to the City Charter or constitution that would require the mayor and the City Council to put the city’s children first when it comes to spending tax dollars.

The failure of the casino to win a majority in one of the city's heavily Black wards north of the river signals the city's demographic shift — white residents now outnumber African Americans — and the declining muscle of Richmond's Black electorate.

No way. No how. That was Richmond voters’ resounding response to the question of whether a $562 million casino-resort should be developed in South Side.

Richmond, Virginia is reconsidering a casino ballot measure after a promoter said unkind things about "the Jews" and used the n-word on the radio, go figure.