Capital improvement program equity

Told the council the Equity for the East Side Coalition objects to the CIP, citing $72 million for MacArthur Center versus nothing for Military Circle, and demanded a Military Circle update within six months.

Argued the CIP is inequitable and tied Norfolk's loss of 7,000 residents since 2020 to underinvestment in neighborhoods and schools; asked the council to vote it down and start over.

Said she is 'about ready to give up on Norfolk,' citing neglected schools, closed libraries on Saturdays, unrepaired sidewalks, and asked the council to prove her wrong by voting the CIP down.

President of the Norfolk Federation of Civic Leagues asked the council to suspend adoption for a week and work with neighborhoods over the summer on a more equitable FY 2028 budget.