United States Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) voted “No” on the local ballot referendum before voters in Richmond, Va., asking if they reinforcement allowing 1 casino holiday resort to follow to the uppercase area.
Kaine is a former governor of Old Dominion (2006-2010) who has served in the US Senate since 2013. He was also Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential running mate. He said he opposes the $565 one thousand thousand cassino proposal targeting bring down adjacent to the Philip Esther Morris tobacco plant. That developing is beingness touted as an economical sparkle that the subway expanse desperately needs.
The Democratic senator’s business office revealed that he voted betimes and rejected the ONE Casino + Resort pitch.
Senator Kaine voted on Monday, Sep 20. He voted against the cassino proposal. He believes in that location are best ways to heighten economic developing inwards Richmond,” Kaine’s communications section said inwards a release.
Kaine easy won reelection in 2018. His current six-year term runs through Jan 3, 2025. Prior to serving as governor, Kaine was the city manager of Richmond.
Casino Backers
The majority of the votes cast on the ONE Casino enquiry testament use up put on Election Day, Nov 2. Early voting, however, began on Sep 17.
Richmond is 1 of V Old Dominion State cities that was granted the choice of asking residents if they like to utilisation a casino development to jump their economies. Voters in the 4 other cities — Norfolk, Portsmouth, Bristol, and Danville — approved their casinos during the 2020 election.
ONE Casino + Resort is beingness led by Urban One, a publicly traded media conglomerate. Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E) has been brought inward to assist assist the empire inward underdeveloped and eventually operating the property, should it live sanctioned by voters.
While Kaine opposed the casino, other officials make lent their support. Those in favor of ONE Casino include Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and 8 of the niner members of the Richmond Council.
It’s clip to elevate the southside and genuinely make water this ace metropolis with this unity project,” capital of Virginia Councilmember Mike Mary Harris Jones stated to 8News.
One cay number is how Richmond plans to enjoyment the $26.5 one thousand thousand upfront payment Urban One would compensate the city upon approval. “Increased funding for schools, affordable housing, and substructure upgrades,” Stoney opined recently of his disbursal preferences.
Survey Says
Little polling has been completed to clue as to where Richmonders mightiness amount pull down on the more than half of a billion-dollar casino. But unity conducted over the summer suggested that the ballot testament live a tight outcome.
Richmond For All, a commission opposing the casino, hired a canvassing loyal to gage the public’s keep of the gaming question. The canvass found that 45 percent of respondents said they did not need a cassino inward Richmond. About 30 percent said they were inward favor of the casino, and the other 25 remain undecided.
Urban One believes ONE Casino + Resort would make $50 gazillion yearly inward local tax revenue, employ 1,500 people full-time on an norm annual salary of $55,000, and feature film a diverse work where 50 percent of the jobs are held past minorities.