by admin | Oct 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Although Gary Bell announced his withdrawal as a candidate in the Richmond City Council race in August, recent mailers indicate that Gary Bell is still the recommended BMW (Richmond Black Men and Women Committee – headed by Nat Bates) candidate. There are some...
by admin | Oct 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
From Vacant City Lots to Food On the Table How to grow food where we need it. by Madeline Ostrander posted Sep 17, 2010 PEEK INSIDE THE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES ISSUE OF YES! MAGAZINE The first time I went to Richmond, Calif., nine years ago, my friend, who ran a punk...
by admin | Oct 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
From San Francisco Chronicle Matier & Ross October 18: And finally:Without calling it out by name, the National Alliance on Mental Illness took a swipe at the Richmond firefighters union for its recent news conference attacking the city’s mayor, Gayle...
by admin | Oct 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Everybody has a right to engage in political campaigning and exercise their first amendment rights. In Richmond, however, we have laws that require individuals or organizations other than candidates to disclose who they are, where their funding comes from and where...
by admin | Oct 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s particularly nice to get out of Richmond for a few days during the final nasty weeks of our local campaign season. We flew down to LA yesterday to participate in an awards ceremony. It was the first time we had been to Santa Monica and Venice in 37 years where we...
