by admin | Aug 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
In an August 1, 2006, article in the Berkeley Daily Planet, the City of Richmond and Orton Development were actually held up as an example to be emulated for the adaptive reuse of the former Ford Assembly Plant. This bodes well for the City”s recent recognition...
by admin | Aug 6, 2006 | Uncategorized
Not an organization to start a trend, the Richmond City Council soundly rejected a resolution offered by Gayle McLaughlin last week to simply study the feasibility of using biodiesel at the Port of Richmond to reduce pollution. Was this an anti-business move? Not...
by admin | Aug 4, 2006 | Uncategorized
There is an exciting opportunity for a public-minded resident of West County to run for the open Ward I seat on the five-member Contra Costa Community College District Board of Trustees. The filing period for the November 2006 election is August 11, and as far as we...
by admin | Aug 4, 2006 | Uncategorized
The following additional information was just provided by the current trustee, David MacDiarmid. Note that the filing deadline is August 18, not August 11 as I previously wrote. An open seat, no incumbent is running. Trustee Ward 1 Contra Costa Community College...
by admin | Aug 4, 2006 | Uncategorized
Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending August 4th, 2006. 1. Meeting Notes There are no City Council meetings scheduled until Tuesday, September 12, 2006. As a reminder, there will be a public meeting on Tuesday, August 15th in the...
by admin | Aug 3, 2006 | Uncategorized
In the July 30, 2006, TROUBLE FOR TOLL BROTHERS, I included a PDF file describing “How the City of Richmond Subverted CEQA in the EIR for Terminal 1 (Point Richmond Shores). ” This was based on information I had been able to assemble from sources other...
