Williams: Richmond needs better checks and balances

“I don’t think it’s unusual to hire people you’re familiar with if you’re trying to get a job done,” Marshall said in his interview with Beck.

But when those hires blow up in your face, that familiarity creates the unfavorable impression that cronyism counts more than competence. It doesn’t help that the Jones administration ousted or chased away perfectly good employees such as Police Chief Bryan T. Norwood and Planning Director Rachel O. Flynn. Link