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Business owner complains of delayed elevator inspections; residents raise AI and tax concerns

Newport News City Council · September 9, 2025
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Summary

During citizen comments, a local business owner said his hydraulic elevator has gone nearly three years without inspection and described problems navigating the new inspection process; other speakers raised concerns about Governor Youngkin's Executive Order 51 on AI and about food taxes and redevelopment of a former Kmart site.

Several residents addressed council during the citizen comment period on Sept. 9, raising operational and policy concerns.

Edward Malbek (identified as representing Southeastern Virginia Powersports LLC) told council his one-stop hydraulic elevator has not been inspected for almost three years following a change in the inspection program. Malbek described filling an online permit, not receiving an…

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