by admin | Jul 1, 2005 | Uncategorized
With little of the angst and fanfare of the past two years and sparse public comment, the Richmond city Council adopted a balanced Fiscal Year 2005-2006 budget with General Fund expenditures of $107,813,489, and total expenditures of all funds of $316,678,919. The...
by admin | Jun 29, 2005 | Uncategorized
Members of the media provide a lot of useful services that sometimes are overlooked. I want to cite a couple that just happened today. The first was making inquiries to the Coast Guard that likely played a key role in convincing them to reverse their decision not to...
by admin | Jun 29, 2005 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, City manager Bill Lindsay informed the City Council that Toyota had chosen Benicia instead of Richmond for its automobile port and transshipment operation: “I was advised today by Jim Matzorkis that Toyota has selected the Port of Benicia to handle...
by admin | Jun 28, 2005 | Uncategorized
An E-FORUM reader asked me this morning, “I thought that an agreement was reached to look into Chevron’s finances to determine once and for all if they were “paying their fair share.” If I recall, the sticking point was around the notion of...
by admin | Jun 28, 2005 | Uncategorized
We have just been informed that the U.S. Coast Guard, a branch of the Homeland Security Agency, has refused to issue Richmond a permit for what has become the traditional July 3 fireworks at Marina Bay. Although July 3 fireworks have become a Richmond tradition and...
by admin | Jun 27, 2005 | Uncategorized
In the September 12, 2003, E-Forum, Richmond Hosts America Cup Yachts, I wrote about Americas Cup contenders at Richmond”s KKMI boatyard. Richmond”s reputation as a waterfront city serving the maritime community and creating good paying jobs for workers...
