Chronicle’s Chip Johnson Slams Pont Molate Casino

Richmond’s Measure U doesn’t measure up Chip Johnson Friday, October 29, 2010 Not even the Exotic Erotic Ball, one of the most famous Halloween parties in the world, was enough to draw enough Bay Area participants to Richmond. After 31 years in San...

Chronicle Urges No Vote on Casino

Vote no on Measure U, Richmond’s bad bet Thursday, October 28, 2010 For seven years, the hard-luck city of Richmond has toyed with a bayside casino to ease its 18 percent jobless rate and persistent poverty. On Tuesday, voters will have their say on whether a $1...

East Bay Express on Point Molate Casino

Gambling for Revenues in Richmond Richmond voters will decide whether to green-light the first large urban casino in the state. By Robert Gammon The fate of California’s first major urban casino is in the hands of Richmond voters next Tuesday. The huge...

Debunking Chamber of Commerce Propaganda

As the most vocal shill of unpopular and self-serving Richmond causes, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce today published a plea for passage of Measure U. As usual, the Chamber’s missive was replete with false statements and misrepresentations. I have annotated the copy...