Goldman Says Time to Turn the Page on the Old Politics of Richmond

For immediate release, 7 March 2008 - Goldman for Mayor: Contact, 804-833-6313

Statement of Paul Goldman:

" "As the candidate of change and unity in this election, recognized by Style Weekly as the "Man Who Got Things Done" by taking the lead to work with others, the new budget proposals from City Hall amount to an "Old Politics" budget that fails the city's middle class, it's kids especially those in city schools, the private sector and business community we need to produce the jobs, and most importantly, it fails the city's future.

We need to turn the page on not just the type of rhetoric the Richmond Times Dispatch and columnist Michael Paul Williams rightly say today has no place coming from a Mayor of Richmond, but also on a budget that unfairly punishes hard-working taxpayers in order to pay for a wasteful government, indeed the continued refusal of the Executive and Legislative branches of city government to practice what they so self-righteously preach down to the rest of us.

This "Old Politics" budget has record high taxes, record high spending, record high perks and salaries for the few at the expensive of struggling families that work hard, and record high waste if you believe the City Auditor and other reports.

This is not what those of us who worked so hard to get the Elected Mayor referendum on the ballot wanted in 2003.

This is one reason my campaign has proposed the "Richmond Unity Council" so that we can turn the page, and get a bold new "It's a We thing, not a Me thing" mayoral leadership to make Richmond all it can be working together."

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