by admin | Feb 17, 2004 | Uncategorized
From September 2002 to May 2003, when Richmond City Jailer Shelley Miyuki Tolliver was allegedly sexually harassed by former Police Department executive Armand Mulder and complained to her superiors, she was apparently shocked that her harasser was allowed to continue...
by admin | Feb 17, 2004 | Uncategorized
We went to lunch today at the Baltic Restaurant in Point Richmond. The place didn”t look overcrowded, but we were told the only seating was at the bar. Soon, we knew why. A tour bus operated by Golden West Travel discharged nearly 50 seniors from the Peninsula...
by admin | Feb 17, 2004 | Uncategorized
Not only is the Richmond City Council too large by two to four members and largely dysfunctional, it makes a mockery of parliamentary procedure and common courtesy. Mayor Anderson is the worst. Every meeting, she piously says “I do,” after the Clerk reads...
by admin | Feb 16, 2004 | Uncategorized
Regarding CITY TRIES TO SPEND AND SPIN ITSELF OUT OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, February 15, 2004, Councilmember Jim Rogers joined me on February 10, in voting against hiring Davis & Associates, Public Relations, LLC, in open session, and in closed session voted against...
by admin | Feb 15, 2004 | Uncategorized
Getting the message out the way they want it and circling the wagons to defend themselves from any adverse consequences of recent statements about the City” financial position led to City officials advising the City Council of an urgent need to retain a quartet...
by admin | Feb 15, 2004 | Uncategorized
I regret to report that City management has severely crippled the recently vaunted Code Enforcement and Abatement program by releasing ten Code Enforcement Aides that actually do the cleanup of vacant lots and unkempt properties when the owners balk. The downsizing...
