by admin | Feb 28, 2003 | Uncategorized
The proposed Ferry Point Boating Instruction & Safety Center in Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline has moved to the front of the line for a $5 million California Department of Boating & Waterways (DBW) grant. The proposed facility, a collaboration among San...
by admin | Feb 26, 2003 | Uncategorized
At the February 25, 2003, City Council Meeting, the Richmond City Council, after listening to the passionate pleas of some 40 citizens, voted 8 ayes, 0 nays and 1 abstention to become the 48th U.S. city to oppose the Patriot Act. I was the one abstention. Based on...
by admin | Feb 24, 2003 | Uncategorized
After six years of waiting for the Navy to convey the former Point Molate Naval Fuel Depot to the City of Richmond, City staff is now recommending that the U.S. Government, instead, simply sell it to the highest bidder. This recommendation comes after months of secret...
by admin | Feb 20, 2003 | Uncategorized
After Tom Ridge pushed the Orange Alert button and sent us all to Home Depot for duct tape and Visqueen, I huddled, frozen with fear along with other Richmond residents, wondering when local authorities would provide critical detailed instructions on what to do next....
by admin | Feb 17, 2003 | Uncategorized
As a member of the four person “Evaluation Committee” appointed by Mayor Anderson, I joined my three committee colleagues in breaking with tradition and recommending hiring a professional consultant to assist with the annual evaluation of one of the four...
by admin | Feb 16, 2003 | Uncategorized
ASTHMA Richmond was prominently featured in the regional press this week, first on February 11 in the Chronicle in an article “Asthma epidemic sickens thousands of Bay Area kids – An ill wind blows across industrial neighborhoods,” in which local...
