In 2020, Virginia politicians opened the door to casinos by approving legislation allowing five to be built around the state if the projects first secured voter approval. The proposal was voted down narrowly in 2021 Tuesday’s margin was far more lopsided. “The people of Richmond have made the following clear: you can’t build a new city on old resentments,” Goldman said in a statement. In the waning days of the campaign, the developers had to apologize to a leading project opponent - longtime Democratic Party activist Paul Goldman - after a guest radio host on an Urban One station made widely condemned antisemitic remarks about him.
