The Richmond City Council officially welcomed Nicole Jones as the ninth district’s newest representative Tuesday afternoon during a special meeting to swear in the former school board representative as well as appoint a new council president and vice president.
The Richmond City Council is considering three different candidates to fill the ninth district representative seat following the departure of current seat holder President Michael Jones at the start of next year.
The ascendant progressivism in the aftermath of George Floyd s murder by a Minneapolis police officer has been overtaken by an aggressive backlash and reset by the political right.