I’m pleased to hear the station has issued an apology and fired the individual.”
“We must call hate out in all of its forms, and his remarks are completely unacceptable. “I unequivocally condemn the antisemitic remarks made by a guest host on The Box 99.5 FM regarding Paul Goldman,” Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, a backer of the casino, said on social media. The commentary drew other denunciations from both supporters and opponents of the project.
But when they saw their political gamble losing today, they started apologizing.” “I know politics a little: They didn’t publicly apologize immediately because they were hoping there would be no political backlash,” Goldman said in his statement.