by admin | Feb 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
In 2003, the City of Richmond rolled out what was supposed to be a new effort to effectively enforce codes and abate nuisances in the City. A new page on the City”s website was introduced, and City Council members were invited to participate in a high profile...
by admin | Feb 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
Nat Bates, Charles Belcher and I attended the City of Richmond SAP Study Session at City Hall on February 24. There was both good news and bad news. Based on the many written comments I received from city employees and others, SAP is a system that can serve the...
by admin | Feb 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
One of the reasons that Richmond continues to be strapped for money is a perennial reluctance by the administration to collect revenue. This is not a recent phenomenon; it is a pattern that goes back decades. Case in point is the ordinance that requires a business...
by admin | Feb 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
Our older son, Andrew Martin Butt, was notified on February 27 that he had passed his final test, an oral examination before the California Architects Board, to complete his eligibility to become a licensed architect in California. In order to legally use the title...
by admin | Feb 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
Big Floyd died today. He was a giant of a goat ” almost the size of a small horse. The biggest goat I ever saw. We acquired Floyd about 1996 when feral dogs had decimated our herd down to a single goat. Our last remaining goat, Truffle, was exceedingly lonely...
by admin | Feb 24, 2004 | Uncategorized
The search for The World”s Best Lighthouse Keepers enters the home stretch, boosted by two Bay Area media personalities, Chip Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle and Mike Sugarman of KCBS. The airwaves have been reverberating to the sounds of Richmond”s...
