Bates Plays the Economic Development Card

In a campaign mailing piece dated August 11, 2008 (Click here), Nat Bates engages in the Richmond version of swiftboating by reprising a familiar theme of trying to pit economic development against preservation of Richmond”s last shoreline open space. Bates...

Judge Finds City Council Action On Casino Illegal

A superior Court Judge has found that the core of the Viramontes Five acted illegally in approving a Municipal Services Agreement for the proposed Scotts Valley Band of the Pomo Indians” casino. This issue came up before the City Council was in 2006 when the...