Shoreline Alliance Checkup

If you are interested in preserving the few pristine portions remaining of Richmond”s 32 miles of shoreline, you will want to join the Shoreline Alliance next Saturday, April 3, to check-in on the status of those efforts, and to imagine new ways to move...

Layoff Plan Under Consideration by City Council

On March 23, 2004, the City Council directed the City Manager to take certain actions to achieve $25 million in budget reductions and/or increased revenues for FY 2004-2005. An implementation plan for reductions of $12.5 million was to be reported on April 6, 2004....

Municipal Trainwreck

Interim City Manager Jay Corey did not find out the true magnitude of Richmond”s budget deficit until after Isiah Turner had announced his retirement and left office. I suppose Corey could have bailed out in shock, but he didn”t. He agreed to stay on and...

All is Not Doom and Gloom

Despite municipal travails, the sun still rises, and spring has come to Richmond. The goat pasture (without Big Floyd) has long since greened up, and even wildflowers are more rampant than usual. The bees are making honey from the wild Ceonothas as well as the...