by admin | Oct 23, 2003 | Uncategorized
For the last five days, I have been at an ASTM meeting in Tampa, Florida. Always on the lookout for municipal government applications that we could use in Richmond, I came across a story (at the end of this piece) about citizen complaint tracking in the St. Petersburg...
by admin | Oct 16, 2003 | Uncategorized
In July of 2003, I described Richmond”s 2003-2004 budget as a “Hail Mary Budget” (See http://www.tombutt.com/forum/030709.htm). Continuing the football analogy, it appears that there are no open receivers and the game will be lost. The West County...
by admin | Oct 14, 2003 | Uncategorized
The public is invited to participate in Richmond”s annual Arbor Day celebration and tree planting, which will take place as follows: Where: Richmond High School Grounds 1250 23rd Street Several spots in and around the Campus Grounds When: Wednesday, October 15,...
by admin | Oct 7, 2003 | Uncategorized
It is after nights like this that I come close to losing it and walking away from this bizarre city government forever. While continuing to spend over $1 million annually in rent for temporary quarters at Marina Bay and while agonizing over a looming $10 million...
by admin | Oct 4, 2003 | Uncategorized
In addition to being a member of the cast of Richmond”s weekly municipal soap opera, I actually do have a “day job.” Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of Interactive Resources, the architecture-engineering firm that I participated in founding in...
