by admin | Feb 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Richmond City Council and a number of department heads spent over 10 hours together January 30 and 31 focusing on the budget situation. The facilitated “retreat” at the Marina Bay Harbormaster Building was a noticed City Council meeting open to the...
by admin | Feb 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
Before the E-FORUM “Firefighters Back to Work” piece on January 28, most of my mail, faxes and email were running almost totally in support of the firefighters. I have received dozens of form letters, for example, over the last few weeks signed by Richmond...
by admin | Feb 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
For any who are not subscribers or regular readers of the West County Times, I include a copy of today’s article on control of the City Council Agenda. This dispute over control of the agenda is, in my opinion, an issue that strikes at the heart of our...
by admin | Jan 28, 2004 | Uncategorized
Absent a move by the “Agenda Junta” to block it from the Agenda (See TOM BUTT E-FORUM January 6, 2004, “Administrative Junta Seizes reigns of Power in Richmond”), I intend to bring a motion before the City Council on February 3 to bring the 18...
by admin | Jan 28, 2004 | Uncategorized
A motion I made last night to allow the voters to decide if they would rather have a smaller city council died for lack of a second. My objective was to make the City Council more efficient, to reduce staff time and save money ” all important goals it would seem...
