Mayor Sam Parham drew a line in the sand with a hospitality union over its threat to sue the city, calling its claims “baseless” and adding that if the suit is filed, the city would see the union in court with the tables turned.
In an exclusive statement to The Progress-Index Tuesday afternoon, the mayor said Petersburg “did everything by the book” in agreeing April 24 to accept The Cordish Companies and Bruce Smith Enterprise’s $1.4 billion to build a casino-anchored mixed-use community on 92 acres of land off Wagner Road. The 7-0 vote that followed a 90-minute closed session last week sparked intense criticism over the legitimacy of the vote, especially from the sponsor of the legislation that is bringing a November casino referendum to Petersburg.
