On May 10, 2026, Graham Moomaw published an article at The Richmonder entitled “Ahead of final budget vote, Council members praise overhauled process” It details how Mayor Danny Avula’s retooled budgeting cycle has pleased representatives of Richmond’s nine district representatives.

Moomaw reported (emphasis mine):

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Council President Cynthia Newbille (7th District) could not be reached for comment for this story.

Newbille did not immediately respond to The Lookout’s request for comment on this matter. This post will be updated if/when she does.

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KC Miller6 months ago

Maybe one day we can actually get a response from our representative lol

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Dave InfanteAuthor6 months ago

In a frankly astonishing development, Newbille's council liaison Sam Patterson did eventually respond to The Lookout's several requests for comment about l'affair pétanque: https://www.chlookout.com/p/newbille-unaccounted-for-in-chimbo-playground-s-l-affair-p-tanque

But, as you will see, it's sort of funny in its own way.

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KC Miller6 months ago

I did see that lol If there is ever a response from her offices, it's from Sam Patterson with a very non-answer. I am glad to see the city is actually reacting with this story. Hope we can have a larger dialog about the lack of transparency and community engagement. Maybe even finally get that district newsletter we've been promised

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Dave InfanteAuthor6 months ago

I have been meaning to follow up on the status of the district newsletter. I have heard tell that Newbille has previously said her office would begin publishing one, but I haven't been able to track down any evidence of such a statement. Do you remember when you heard it "promised"? Not saying that didn't happen, just trying to piece the timeline together!

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KC Miller6 months ago

I understand! To be fair, it was never published, it was promised verbally during the 7th District meeting on January 30, 2025. I followed up via email and got either no response or was told by Sam that it would be available next month. Then in May of 2025 I received the last email from Sam indicating they would be hiring someone to manage and create the email and never bothered following up after that. I wish I kept the email chain to forward you, but I did not think to do that. I do know of other residents who were at that District meeting or a separate one, where they recall the same verbal promise.