Administrative dysfunction has long been a standard feature of City Hall. But that was supposed to change with the city’s switch to a strong-mayor form of government in 2004.
“We will not open another business in the city of Richmond,” one restaurant owner said after dealing with snowballing penalties and interest on meals tax payments that have plagued other operators for years.
Stoney has spent much of his tenure chasing brass rings such as the Navy Hill redevelopment project and a casino in South Richmond, apparently forgetting his cornerstone plan to root out inefficiency and dysfunction in city government. That neglect, for these restaurateurs, is hard to swallow.
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Latitude Seafood Co. missed one meals tax payment in 2020. Now, the city of Richmond says the restaurant owes $68,000. It’s a painful example of a broken system, restaurant owners