Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney is rallying the troops to defend the city’s right to host development of a casino resort and hold a second referendum on a project city voters rejected in 2021.
In a letter to Richmond’s representatives in the General Assembly on Friday, Stoney said “misinformation surrounding my stance on this project” prompted him to make his position “explicitly clear.”
“I adamantly oppose any legislation that constricts the rights of Richmond to have a resort casino,” he said in the one-page letter.
The Richmond City Council also has made the casino its top legislative priority for the assembly session that begins Wednesday.
