Apr 12, 2016 ... This is a sad and shameful tale about a steal of a deal made in 2012 by Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones, the Washington Redskins, Bon Secours Health System and the city's so-called Economic Development Authority, and how they helped create the colossal cluster muck that is the city's finances today.
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Sep 18, 2012 ... With the Washington Redskins' new star quarterback taking the NFL by storm, it's easy to get excited about the team's decision to move its training camp to Richmond next year. But as Mayor Dwight Jones and City Council begin discussions about how to pay for the camp's facilities — about $9 million to ...
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Feb 19, 2013 ... At last week's groundbreaking ceremony for the Washington Redskins' $10 million training camp facility, Mayor Dwight Jones offers up some questions for the naysayers. Or, at least, people who pester him while he's dining out. "Now, many people are asking me, 'Do you think this is a good deal for the city ...
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The Abstract Athlete is hosting a symposium featuring guest speakers Vernon Davis, EJ Manuel, and Percy King from the NFL, Larry Sanders from the NBA, and Alicia Dietz, US Army Veteran. These athletes ... The event takes place on February 23rd, 1-3pm at the Bon Secours Washington Redskins Training Center in RVA.
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Nov 13, 2012 ... Why the Washington Redskins aren't worth $10 million to Richmond. ... Imagine: his beloved Washington Redskins preparing for the 2013 football season in a spanking new training camp facility on 17 acres behind the museum, pumping untold .... "The 40 percent is an NFL standard," Finkbeiner says.
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Aug 4, 2015 ... Well those five additional feet, a relatively meaningless NFL rule tweak, have cost Richmond taxpayers $4,353, the T-D reported — money that the Redskins didn't reimburse. Personally, I'd rather see that money used to send an extraordinary Richmond teacher on an all-expenses-paid trip to Cancun.
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Jul 10, 2012 ... On the field, the Redskins are consistent dullards, having qualified for the playoffs just four times in the last 20 years. They generally stink. But the Skins are the second-most-valuable franchise in the NFL, behind the Cowboys, and for years were the southernmost team in the country. From 1937, when the ...
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Oct 10, 2013 ... If the Redskins training camp boosted Richmond's financial fortunes, it isn't showing up in early economic indicators released by the state. Retail sales in Richmond during August, the month in which the bulk of the camp was held, declined 6.8 percent compared with the same month last year. Despite the ...
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Dec 30, 2014 ... The city's economic development authority still hasn't figured out how or if it will come up with the $550,000 payment it's promised the Redskins to compensate them for practicing in Richmond over the summer. The Times-Dispatch reports the authority's director said he had “nothing to report” on the financial ...
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