A city with a European flavor like San Francisco
A 24-7 city
Rezone downtown for loud music, clubs, and casinos.
You can't build a new building in the city of Richmond without fixing up an old one
A green, sustainable, cool city
New urbanism
A Richmond renaissance
A public atmosphere of trust and honesty as in Japan (you can leave property in public spaces and people return it)
A center for writing, painting, the arts, multimedia, fashion, music, and movie and television production
Annex Henrico County - one day the county of Henrico will no longer exist
Ban private cars from Richmond
Ban combution-powered leaf blowers and cutters
Vehicle idling in the city of Richmond gets you a ticket
Privatize Richmond's gas business. Rents are not allowed to include utilities.
Car-sharing
Legalize golf carts
Free bus, monorail, subway, trolley, jitney, and light rail rides. Higher pay for transit drivers. Establish a transit police. Quiet engines for buses.
Education: schools for professional basketball, rap, pop-American Idol style, and any other areas requested by students. Courses in how to get on reality television shows and win. No truancy. The only people in schools are people who want to learn. Ask customers (students) what they want to learn.
Remove Confederate statues, memorials, museums, and symbols.
Rename Monument Avenue "Soul Street" and put up statues to blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, and rap artists.
A revitalized retail core. You can buy anything you want in downtown Richmond
Recycling centers in every community where people can bring items they no longer want and pick up items they do
Legalized gambling, prostitution, and pornography
Universal health care
Access to free and nutritional food for all (one person at a local soup kitchen who was robbed of $300 at bus stop observed construction workers who could afford to eat in restaurants. A 22-year-old homeless man returning to Winchester, VA for housing and employment opportunities he couldn't find in Richmond observed that at least you don't have to worry about starving to death in Richmond.)
Educate the African-American community on making healthy food choices
Classes on creating taught in public schools
Classes taught on how to be homeless and a hobo
Tax restaurants based on their fat and sugar content
Public bathrooms readily available
Napstations where people can sleep any time
Stop penalizing people for exercising natural human functions
Free basic Wi-Fi Internet access
Free minimum housing
Guaranteed annual income (one person at a local soup kitchen says the only reason he works is for the love of money. If he had a GAI, he would sit around and do nothing. Another person with a GAI says that's what he does. On the other hand, you wouldn't have to take a job you didn't want to if you had a guaranteed income. Tou could put together a band and practice with a guarenteed income. The band UB-40 is named after the title of the British unemployment form.)
A living wage for all employees
All city employees must live in the city
Abolish the Richmond Police, Sheriff's Department, and Ambulance Authority and consolidate their functions into the Richmond Public Safety Department. Institute Civilian Police Review Board. Officers are paid the highest salaries in the country.
As a nude model of mine, Sasha Zentra, once told me, "You get what you pay for." No moonlighting.
Every resident is randomly chosen to go to jail for a week once in their lifetime - like jury duty, only more entertaining. Betch the jail gets fixed up super quick.
Election days are holidays. Paper trail for electronic voting.
Remove the Harry Byrd statue from the state Capitol (belongs in my platform for governor, I guess)
My thanks to Janeane Garofalo for her guidance
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San Francisco, contrary to popular belief, is not a city in Europe.
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