Everyone and everything was ready to cut the ribbon on Richmond’s expansion to its rideshare program on Tuesday afternoon. Everything except the scissors in Richmond Vice Mayor Claudia Jimenez’s hands.

She gave them a squeeze, then a few more for good measure, but they refused to slice through the red ribbon, to the amusement of the small crowd gathered to watch.

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Cole Reynolds is a rising junior at Northwestern University, where he studies journalism and anthropology. He has previously served as managing editor for The Daily Northwestern. In that role, he was part of the team that revealed the extent of hazing on the Northwestern football team — a story that attracted national attention. Outside of reporting, you can find him making fresh pasta, bread or other culinary creations.