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The Tom Butt E-Forum - 2006

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Conjure City - Richmond Entertains a Vision-a-Week for Its Shoreline
December 31, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending December 29, 2006
December 29, 2006
Volunteers Sought for Annual Homeless Count
December 29, 2006
(Location) Find Out What Richmond is in Store For
December 28, 2006
Find Out What Richmond is in Store For
December 28, 2006
Railroad Draws a Line in the Sand Over West 2 Quiet Zone
December 28, 2006
Scramble for Vacant City Council Seat Begins
December 26, 2006
First of Freeway Historic Richmond Signs Erected
December 25, 2006
City Council Launches Civic Center Project on a Wing and a Prayer
December 23, 2006
Richmond Will Be Heaven in 2007?
December 23, 2006
Citizen Participation in Design Review at Risk
December 23, 2006
Press Not Impressed with Police Complaints
December 20, 2006
Amended Notice of Establishment of West Two Quiet Zone
December 19, 2006
Looking for Some Good News About Richmond Crime?
December 18, 2006
Saving the Historical Riggers Loft
December 16, 2006
Job Announcement for Richmond Main Street Executive Director
December 15, 2006
Nation's Mayors Visit Rosie Exhibit
December 12, 2006
Limitations on Redevelopment Agency Fund Expenditures
December 11, 2006
Councilmember Rogers Responds to Streetwise and $ Foolish?
December 10, 2006
Redevelopment Agency Projects
December 10, 2006
Streetwise and $ Foolish?
December 10, 2006
Richmond's National Park Featured at National League of Cities
December 9, 2006
New Rosie the Riveter Apparel Features Famous Richmond Landmarks
December 3, 2006
Early Christmas Present for Point Richmond - Peace and Quiet
December 2, 2006
Downtown Richmond Holiday Festival
November 26, 2006
Richmond Has Something to Sing About
November 24, 2006
City Council Gets Tough on Railroads
November 22, 2006
Celebrate Thanksgiving in the Point
November 22, 2006
New Hall of Justice on the Ropes Due to Fund Shortage
November 22, 2006
Mayor Concedes
November 22, 2006
Council Approves Municipal Services Agreement with Tribe
November 22, 2006
Chamber Politics Debate Continues
November 21, 2006
Chronicle Watch Takes on Fatal Freeway Bike Lane
November 20, 2006
Richmond Art Center Holiday Arts Festival and Book Fairs
November 18, 2006
City Council Cuts Ties With Chamber of Commerce and Council of Industries
November 18, 2006
Probe of City Chamber Memberships Expands to Berkeley
November 18, 2006
Post-Election Mayoral Musings
November 17, 2006
Security Pacific Response
November 17, 2006
High Taxes? Thank the Richmond Chamber of Commerce
November 17, 2006
Local Election Results Updated
November 16, 2006
Realtor Urges Richmond Residents to Flee
November 16, 2006
"...Citizens of Hub Cities like Richmond...Bear the Cost of Pollution."
November 16, 2006
City of Richmond Private Sewer Lateral Ordinance
November 16, 2006
Toll Brothers Must Be Smiling
November 15, 2006
Richmond Capitalizes on Its History
November 15, 2006
City Council Cuts Ties With Chamber of Commerce and Council of Industries
November 15, 2006
Berlex Biosciences/Bayer to Leave Richmond
November 14, 2006
Contra Costa Times Gives E-Forum a Boost
November 12, 2006
City Council to Examine City Memberships in Political Organizations
November 12, 2006
Red Oak Victory Featured on Veterans Day NPR All Things Considered
November 12, 2006
Election Leaves Candidates Hanging
November 10, 2006
Two for Veterans Day
November 5, 2006
Tombutt.com Logs Over Half a Million Hits in 2006
November 5, 2006
Going to the Well Too Often?
November 4, 2006
Mailbox Breaks Off
November 3, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending November 3rd, 2006
November 3, 2006
Waning Campaign Thoughts
November 1, 2006
Ramsey, Kronenberg and Medrano for School Board
October 30, 2006
Richmond Cedes "Most Dangerous City in California" Rating
October 30, 2006
Send an Email, Save a Life
October 29, 2006
City Politics and Candidates Divided by Chevron Support
October 29, 2006
Two For The History Book
October 29, 2006
Help Plan Your National Park
October 28, 2006
Chevron Opposes Richmond Measure T While Raking in Highest Profits in History
October 28, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending October 27, 2006
October 27, 2006
Two Richmonds?
October 27, 2006
We're From JP Morgan and We're Here to Help You
October 27, 2006
WCCUSD Joins in Funding Match for Maritime Center for Working Families
October 22, 2006
Caltrans and Chevron Conspire to Perpetuate Death Trap
October 22, 2006
JP Morgan Abandons Container Port Concept (See City Manager's Weekly Report)
October 21, 2006
Connect the Dots
October 20, 2006
Council of Industries Pimps for Chevron Anti-Measure T Fight
October 19, 2006
Chevron Environmental Heroes or Environmental Bums?
October 19, 2006
Richmond Has Second Worst Roads in Bay Area
October 18, 2006
A New Mayor for Richmond
October 15, 2006
Wartime Children's Art Captivates Visitors at Maritime Center Open House
October 15, 2006
No on Proposition 90
October 14, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending October 13th, 2006
October 14, 2006
Vote for Measure T
October 13, 2006
Another Richmond Historical Landmark in Internet Vote Competition
October 11, 2006
Preservation Open House at Maritime Child Care Center
October 11, 2006
Irma Anderson Letter to Coalition of Concerned Citizens of Point Richmond
October 10, 2006
October 11 Richmond Symposium
October 10, 2006
Richmond Beyond Hope?
October 9, 2006
Richmond's Prather Wins Jefferson Award for Homeless Advocacy Project
October 8, 2006
League of Women Voters Drops WCCUSD Debate Sponsorship Over Character Assasination
October 8, 2006
Weekly Report for the Week Ending October 6th, 2006
October 6, 2006
Final "Memories of Macdonald" Tour
October 6, 2006
Mayor Wants More Business Participation in General Plan Process- Part 2
October 5, 2006
Mayor Wants More Business Participation in General Plan Process
October 5, 2006
Parks? Richmond Prefers Industry.
October 5, 2006
Ramsey and Kronenberg for WCCUSD Board
October 5, 2006
Skinner for East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors
October 5, 2006
The National Park Service needs your help in shaping the visitor experience at Rosie the Riveter/World War II NHP
October 2, 2006
By Popular Demand, More General Plan Workshops
October 1, 2006
By Popular Demand, More General Plan Workshops
October 1, 2006
October 4 Public Hearing on Castro Cove Cleanup of Refinery Pollution
October 1, 2006
Chevron and General Chemical Line Up for Expansion Projects
October 1, 2006
October is Arts & Humanities Month in Richmond-- Come and Celebrate!
September 30, 2006
Street WISE Workshop #3 - Successful Approaches to Public Participation in Transportation Planning
September 30, 2006
Weekly Report for the Week Ending September 29th, 2006
September 29, 2006
Richmond May Dodge Bullet on Chevron Property Tax Assessment Reduction
September 28, 2006
Chronicle's Chip Johnson Pummels Chevron, Mayor Anderson
September 26, 2006
Remote Control Locomotives May Put Richmond at Risk
September 24, 2006
Councilmember Rogers Responds to Councilmember Viramontes on Container Port Issue
September 24, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending September 22nd, 2006
September 23, 2006
A Click a Day Can Help Richmond, We Say
September 23, 2006
Response from Copuncilmember Viramontes
September 22, 2006
The Three Stooges Make a Richmond Appearance
September 21, 2006
Tom Butt is Anti-Port?
September 21, 2006
Council Flip-Flops on Need for Motion to Reconsider
September 20, 2006
Richmond Art Center "A Bay Area Legacy" 70th Anniversary Live Auction Celebration
September 20, 2006
Chevron Sics Attorneys on Richmond
September 20, 2006
Spinach Salad Anyone? Restaurant Inspections Online
September 20, 2006
More on Voting $$ for Richmond Historic Preservation Projects
September 20, 2006
Anybody but Anderson
September 19, 2006
Wildcat Marsh Container Port to be Discussed Tonight
September 19, 2006
More on Voting $$ for Richmond Historic Preservation Projects
September 19, 2006
Only You Can Win Big $$ for Richmond Historic Preservation Projects
September 19, 2006
CBS 5 Eye on the Bay TV Show on Point Richmond
September 18, 2006
Richmond Sailors Bring Home Major Racing Trophy
September 18, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report for Week Ending September 15, 2006
September 17, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle Recommends a Night in Richmond at East Brother
September 17, 2006
Richmond Chamber of Commerce Fronts for Chevron, Supports Port Study,
Slams Butt and McLaughlin

September 16, 2006
Robo-Trains Bringing New Dangers to a Richmond Neighborhood Near You
September 16, 2006
Celebrate Summer on the Bay!
September 13, 2006
Help Clean Up Richmond's Shoreline
September 12, 2006
Eye on the Bay to Feature Point Richmond
September 10, 2006
Experts Debunk Economic Prospects of Proposed Container Terminal
September 10, 2006
Explore Macdonald Avenue and Relive Exciting History
September 08, 2006
Richmond's East Brother Named "Best on the Bay."
September 08, 2006
Chevron Sticks it to Richmond Once Again, Then Twists the Knife
September 08, 2006
Contra Costa Times Editorial Lauds Rosie the Riveter WW II Home Front National Historical Park
September 08, 2006
Planning Commission Rejects Point Richmond Shores EIR
September 08, 2006
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture Weighs in on Container Port
September 07, 2006
Grand Finale of Point Richmond Arts and Music Festival This Saturday
September 07, 2006
Richmond Sea Scouts Need Help With Engine Repairs
September 06, 2006
Richmond's National Park is a Finalist In Award for Municipal Excellence
September 06, 2006
Weekly Report for the Week Ending September 1st, 2006
September 03, 2006
Police Activity Report - 8/25/06
August 28, 2006
Container Port Presentation by Chevron
August 28, 2006
BCDC Weighs in on Container Port Fiasco
August 28, 2006
Richmond Policies, CEQA Violations and Housing Recession May Doom Toll project
August 27, 2006
Weekly Report for the Week Ending August 25th, 2006
August 27, 2006
Port Priority Area at Oakland Army Base Envisioned for Auto Malls and Hotels
August 27, 2006
Richmond Spin Machine Has Bay Area Media Pumping Up Container Port
August 21, 2006
Going to the Dogs Not Always Bad
August 20, 2006
Construction Tour of the Richmond Parkway
August 20, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending August 18, 2006
August 18, 2006
Railroad Quiet Zones Come to Marina Bay
August 17, 2006
Readers Respond to Container Port Prospect
August 17, 2006
City Manager Cautiously Optimistic About Major Container Port
August 13, 2006
The Greenwaying of Richmond
August 12, 2006
Stage Set for City Elections
August 12, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report
A
ugust 11, 2006
Civic Center Design Community Meeting
August 11, 2006
Gathering of Victories at Richmond Port
August 10, 2006
Get to Know your Beat Cop - New Richmond PD Organization and Contact Info
August 10, 2006
Bringing back 'Memories of Macdonald'
August 10, 2006
More on Contra Costa Community College District Opportunity
August 07, 2006
Clean Up Richmond Port Pollution? Naw, Not Today
August 6, 2006
Richmond Lauded As An Icon Of Historic Preservation As An Engine Of Economic Development
August 6, 2006
More On Terminal 1 EIR Fraud
August 6, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report For Week Ending August 4, 2006
August 4, 2006
More On Contra Costa Community College District Opportunity
August 4, 2006
Make A Difference - Run For The Contra Costa Community College District Board
August 4, 2006
Of HOS and EIRS
August 3, 2006
Update On Civic Center Design
August 3, 2006
Help Make Macdonald Avenue History Come To Life
August 1, 2006
Chief Magnus Addresses Noise Violations - Police Newsletter Now Available
July 31, 2006
Good News On The Abatement And Code Enforcement Front
July 30, 2006
Trouble For Toll Brothers?
July 30, 2006
A Good Citizen Moves On
July 29, 2006
Chevron Fills Critical Information Gap With Community Website
July 29, 2006
City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending July 28, 2006
July 28, 2006
City Council Drools Over Prospect Of Gigantic Container Port
July 26, 2006
Recycling 101
July 23, 2006
Toll Brothers Tells Richmond To Take Its Trail and Stick It
July 22, 2006
Help Plan Richmond's Future This Summer
July 18, 2006
One Third of City Attorney Staff Fired in Friday Night Massacre
July 17, 2006
City Manager's Report For Week Ending July 14
July 17, 2006
Former Richmond Planning Director Barry Cromartie "No Longer With The City [American Canyon]"
July 16, 2006
Revised Business License Tax
July 16, 2006
West One Quiet Zone Debuts Today
July 15, 2006
Civic Center Design Process Sparks Controversy
July 10, 2006
City of Richmond Staff Dreams of Giant Container Port On North Shoreline
July 8, 2006
Doddering Towards Control Of Exotic Invasive Plants
July 7, 2006
Chevron and Richmond Roll The Dice Over Utility User Tax
July 5, 2006
Point Richmond Summer Music Festival July Concert This Friday
July 3, 2006
Refineries Lose One
June 28, 2006
Planning Commission Losing Its Edge?
June 22, 2006
Council Reinstates Automatic Aid - Sort Of
June 22, 2006
Immediate Resumption of Automatic Aid in El Sobrante
June 14, 2006
Cecilia Jordan Butt
June 13, 2006
Grand Jury Slams City and County For Impasse
June 9, 2006
D-Day Tribute To Rosies Features Richmond National Park
June 9, 2006
NY Times Features Richmond's Ford Assembly Plant Rehab Project
June 7, 2006
Firefighters Now Confused
June 7, 2006
Keeping Up With City Stuff
June 4, 2006
City Moves On Fence Ordinance Enforcement
June 3, 2006
Sewer Rate Increase Unrelated to Treatment Plan
June 3, 2006
Point Richmond Summer Music Opens This Friday
May 29, 2006
Richmond Greenway Breaks New Ground
May 27, 2006
Richmonders Learn History From Each Other
May 27, 2006
Truth n Advertising Takes a Hit
May 27, 2006
More On Greenway Groundbreaking
May 23, 2006
Yes, A Community Organization Worth Supporting
May 22, 2006
Federal Railroad Administration and BNSF Conspire to Thwart Quiet Zones
May 21, 2006
Richmond Police Officers Suffer Identity Crisis
May 18, 2006
Do The Stroll!
May 16, 2006
Rosie the Riveter Webstore Goes Live
May 16, 2006
Richmond Greenway Groundbreaking
May 11, 2006
Historic Railroad Building Nears Completion
May 11, 2006
Run Down in Richmond?
May 11, 2006
Richmond Scores Triple Crown in CCHE Competition
April 28, 2006
New WCCUSD Superintendent
April 26, 2006
California Native Plant Garden Tour
April 20, 2006
Contra Costa Times Editorializes Proposed Refinery Tax Cuts
April 17, 2006
Finance Committee Goes On The Road
April 16, 2006
Sewer Ban Coverage In Berkeley Daily Planet
April 15, 2006
Refinery Property Tax reduction Impact Quantified
April 10, 2006
Sewer Hook Up Moratorium
April 10, 2006
More Planning, Less Politics
April 7, 2006
Bayside Pocket Parks - A Volunteer Success Story
April 7, 2006
An Irresponsible Vote
April 2, 2006
Chevron Finally Pulls The Plug On Richmond
April 1, 2006
Richmond Greenway Kickoff Community Meeting
March 29, 2006
Civic Center Project Moves Ahead - Stealthily
March 29, 2006
Rehabilitated Ford Building Ready To Go
March 26, 2006
Quarry Problems Linger On
March 26, 2006
City Council Reverts To Fiscally Irresponsible Behavior #2
March 25, 2006
City Council Reverts To Fiscally Irresponsible Behavior #1
March 25, 2006
State Board of Equalization Board Member Bill Leonard Wants to Lower Taxes on Oil Refineries
March 19, 2006
The Smell of Sewage in the Morning
March 16, 2006
Learn More About Richmond's Creeks and Wetlands
March 15, 2006
Richmond Environmental Defense Fund Annual Meeting March 26
March 14, 2006
EIR/EIS Hearing On Proposed Parkway Casino
March 14, 2006
Contra Costa Watershed Forum Focuses On West County Creeks
March 13, 2006
Refinery Tax Dispute Heats Up
March 13, 2006
"PEDS" Project Aims To Improve Pedestrian Safety In Richmond
March 12, 2006
The Late Great Audit Of Fiscal Year 2003-2004
March 11, 2006
CCT Editorial Calls On Richmond To Deal With Sewers
March 9, 2006
State Acts On Quarries; Richmond Has Other Priorities??
March 8, 2006
EBRPD Moves In On Breuner Property
March 8, 2006
Betty Reid Soskin Reaps National Honors
March 8, 2006
Tax Break For Chevron May Hit Home
March 7, 2006
East Brother Featured in KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Inflight Magazine
March 5, 2006
Can't Keep Mouth Shut
March 1, 2006
Free Tax Preparation Assistance for Qualified Taxpayers
March 1, 2006
City Attorney in Power Grab
March 1, 2006
Support Ferry Service in Richmond
February 25, 2006
Volunteer as a Mentor at Washington Elementary School
February 25, 2006
More on Skyrocketing Garbage Rates
February 23, 2006
Skyrocketing Garbage Rates?
February 22, 2006
Illegal Quarry Operations Continue Unabated, New Ordinance Introduced
February 22, 2006
Reader Response Mixed on Emulating Richmond
February 21, 2006
The High Cost of Old Sewers
February 19, 2006
Richmond Greenway Approaches Full Funding
February 17, 2006
That Doggone Blu Just Won't Go Away
February 17, 2006
Is Richmond Worth Emulating?
February 14, 2006
Richmond, A City of Neighborhoods
February 12, 2006
Richmond Greenway on Path to Completion
February 12, 2006
Free Natives Garden Tour Registration Opens
February 11, 2006
Richmond a Little Bit Less Dangerous for Dogs
February 8, 2006
Bay Trail Update
February 8, 2006
Chevron Long Wharf EIR and Point Molate Access
February 6, 2006
Get Involved on a Board or Commission
February 5, 2006
Bay Crossings Features Richmond Shoreline
February 5, 2006
New Partners for Smart Growth Sets Attendance Record in Denver
February 5, 2006
2006 Road Repairs
February 4, 2006
Richmond's First Railroad Quiet Zone
February 2, 2006
The High Cost of Dumping
February 2, 2006
Flushing it Down the Richmond Way
January 30, 2006
Unstable Richmond Quarries are Threat to Public Safety
January 25, 2006
Throw it Away; Go to Jail
January 24, 2006
Jean Siri Memorial Event
January 23, 2006
Jean Siri, "Wild Woman of West County"
January 23, 2006
Free Home Pickup of Household Hazardous Waste
January 17, 2006
Solar Richmond
January 16, 2006
Free Home Pickup of Household Hazardous Waste
January 16, 2006
Seeking General Plan Steering Committee Members
January 14, 2006
They Fiddle While El Sobrante Burns
January 14, 2006
Point Molate Surprises
January 8, 2006
The Richmond Way
January 6, 2006
What Can We Fix in 2006?
January 1, 2006
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