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In March, city staff believed state legislators were prepared to give Virginia Beach $10 million for the project in a roundabout way, but then the coronavirus started to wreak havoc on the economy and it didn't happen. Mayor Bobby Dyer is now asking legislators to reconsider.
“The month of July has resulted in more positive cases among our workforce than we had in the months of March, April May and June combined,” City Manager Patrick Duhaney said in a letter to the City Council.
A federal lawsuit argues Virginia Beach's current voting system unlawfully dilutes or minimizes minority voting strength and denies those voters equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice in violation the 1965 Voting Rights Act.