by admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
I asked E-FORUM Readers to respond to Your Thoughts on Increasing the Minimum Wage in Richmond? March 06, 2014, with their suggestions of what a minimum wage should be, and if we should even go there. The item is supposed to appear on the March 18 agenda. I got 58...
by admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have been among the few who has looked at HUD funding as the root cause of the RHA problems instead of pillaring RHA Director Tim Jones and his staff or various City Council members. I have always agreed that the RHA needs to make improvements, and they have come a...
by admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Richmond is now an open city for marijuana cultivation on an industrial scale. The precedent was set by an industrial grower in a M-1 zoned district across the street from an elementary school. Richmond has a generous marijuana ordinance that allows six dispensaries...
by admin | Mar 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
According to Jean Buckley, the City’s financial advisor, S&P upgraded the City’s Issuer Credit Rating by one notch from A+ to AA- , classified as “high grade,” and further defined as “An obligor has VERY STRONG capacity to meet its financial commitments. It...
by admin | Mar 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
The soulful sounds of folk duo Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman return to Point Richmond Acoustic on Friday, March 14, 2014 at 8 pm. Winners of seven SAMMY Awards, the duo’s notable appearances include The Today Show, A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, Big Top...
