Of Priorities and Parliamentary Procedures

by | Sep 30, 2004 | Uncategorized

What should a city do to provide minimal security to an asset worth $50 million to $80 million, or more? Not much, if the City is named Richmond. Read on. On last Tuesday”s agenda for the Local reuse Authority/City Council Joint Meeting was Item D-1,...

Shoreline Festival

by | Sep 30, 2004 | Uncategorized

The attached flyer announces the 2004 Richmond Shoreline Festival. It is a party in celebration of Richmond”s threatened shoreline, and members of the community and their families who care about preserving our open space and coastal shorelines are all invited....

Point Molate Poker, I Raise You $30 Million!

by | Sep 29, 2004 | Uncategorized

So now we have two corporate giants in a multi-million dollar bidding war over Point Molate ” or do we? The Chevron offer is attached in a PDF file, and stories from today”s West County Times and San Francisco Chronicle are copied below. You decide. You...

Point Molate Campaign at Fever Pitch

by | Sep 27, 2004 | Uncategorized

Tomorrow, September 28, the City Council has on its agenda a vote on the Land Development Agreement (LDA) with Upstream Point Molate LLC, which would provide a five-year option during which time Upstream intends to convey the property to an Indian Tribe for a...

Acting City Attorney Wreaks Vengeance on Butt

by | Sep 27, 2004 | Uncategorized

Less than a week after Tom Butt urged the recruitment and selection of a permanent city attorney as soon as possible, Acting City Attorney Everett Jenkins directed his assistant, Bruce Soublet, to garnish Butt”s meager City Council wages to satisfy a nine-year...