by admin | Jun 2, 2007 | Uncategorized
The long-awaited City Survey has been received, and preliminary results have been distributed to council members via email. If I were not working remotely, I could post them on my website for public access, but that will have to wait until Monday. A public...
by admin | Jun 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
Apparently, the Richmond City Council did not approve the settlement after all. No wonder, I couldn’t recall it. The matter apparently is in the final throes of settlement by the City’s excess coverage insurance carrier. How the press found out before the...
by admin | Jun 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
I write this lament from Memphis, TN, where I have accompanied my wife to her high school reunion.With “Mayor” Viramontes leading Richmond City Council’s powerful new voting block, a 7-2 majority adopted as policy last Tuesday allocation of nearly $4...
by admin | May 31, 2007 | Uncategorized
The lawsuit involving a dog improperly shot by Richmond Police officers in 2005 was settled for $210,000, according to the West County Times. The article says the City Council “formally agreed last week to pay,” but I don”t recall it being on any...
by admin | May 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Flare-up Crude Awakening By Matthew Green Published: May 30, 2007 In the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the worst part wasn’t the shaking, but the fires that followed. At Chevron’s Richmond Refinery some hundred years later, the worst part probably...
by admin | May 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Silent film shows city at its fictional worst RICHMOND: Berkeley native’s work, which features corruption, conspiracy and pollution, will be screened today By John Geluardi CONTRA COSTA TIMES Contra Costa Times Filmmaker Thalia Drori tonight will show her...
