by admin | Dec 12, 2003 | Uncategorized
According to a reliable source, the paperwork to qualify for the lost $44,000 Library Grant was prepared on time by the Library but held up in the City of Richmond Finance Department, even after the Office of the State Librarian called the City of Richmond on December...
by admin | Dec 9, 2003 | Uncategorized
As the specter of City of Richmond employee layoffs and resulting service cuts continues to fester, I want to thank the members of IAFF (International Association of Fire Fighters) Local 188 for bringing to my attention the “TALE OF TWO CITIES.” According...
by admin | Dec 7, 2003 | Uncategorized
One of the enduring debates on the Richmond City Council involves the respective roles of the city council and the “staff,” most of who work for the city manager. I have always been an advocate for a strong and proactive city council that takes a...
by admin | Dec 7, 2003 | Uncategorized
On December 5, 2003, our younger son, Daniel Ryland Butt, was sworn in as a brand new lawyer in a ceremony at the University of California, Davis, School of Law. Amidst remarks both solemn and humorous, the State of California oath was administered in the King Hall...
by admin | Dec 2, 2003 | Uncategorized
The Local Government Commission has obtained funding from the California Energy Commission and the US Department of Energy to assist a limited number of cities in studying the feasibility of community choice aggregation. Richmond is one of four Bay Area communities...
by admin | Nov 26, 2003 | Uncategorized
It was Charles Dickens, in Oliver Twist, who wrote “If the law supposes that,” said Mr. Bumble, “the law is a ass, a idiot.” That phrase has been widely used for 150 years to describe bad law, and I borrow it once again to describe a puzzling...
