SAFStor Real Estate Co. has tried since 2021 to gain the green light to place a three-story, 103,350-square-foot storage facility with nearly 800 storage units at 0 Effingham St. Due to past lead contamination, it’s an Environmental Protection Agency superfund site, which restricts how the land can be used.
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Portsmouth's former city manager, Angel Jones, is dropping her $5.35 million wrongful termination lawsuit against the City of Portsmouth, a source confirmed.
In the last legislative session, state Sen. Louise Lucas unsuccessfully sought legislation asking for the charter change. During a work session last month, councilman Mark Whitaker requested that the city try again.
Portsmouth City Council members met with state legislators last week to discuss the city’s legislative agenda for the 2023 session. State lawmakers will return to Richmond in January for a short legislative session.
In a letter addressed to the mayor and council members on Oct. 7, Chapman detailed a slew of incidents of “insolent behavior, disparate treatment, apparent bias and disparaging comments” from Mayor Shannon Glover and Councilman Bill Moody since her appointment in June.
In the lawsuit, former City Manager Angel Jones alleges Vice Mayor De’Andre Barnes tried to solicit a bribe from the family of Dallas Mavericks forward Dorian Finney-Smith, who is from Portsmouth.