Richmond Great in 2008?

Now is time for E-FORUM Readers to weigh in on the best and worst of 2007 and predictions for 2008. For several years, I have prepared detailed year-end evaluations of City of Richmond services, problems challenges and wishes. Originally, these were conveyed only to...

Ed and Op Ed on Chevron Tax Appeal

Opinion about Chevron”s greedy effort to recover property taxes paid to the City of Richmond and Contra Costa County and reduce property taxes in the future was featured on both sides of the Contra Costa Times editorial page this past week or so, a rare and...

Christmas Card from Chevron

Many Richmond residents have received sort of a Christmas card from Chevron, entitled “Chevron Richmond Refinery, our place in the community. Community update news and views from the Richmond refinery featuring an important message from Jim Brumfield.” The...

Chevron and Design Review

Let”s say you are an ordinary homeowner or small business owner in Richmond and you want to expand your home or office building. You have a design prepared and submit it to the City of Richmond for Design Review. When the application is complete and accepted by...