by admin | May 19, 2002 | Uncategorized
Ordinarily the E-FORUM stays away from non-local issues, but I can”t resist weighing in on 9/11 and airline security. For a time it was healthy for our national psyche to pull together on this. Now it is time to get real. This disaster took place on the George...
by admin | May 18, 2002 | Uncategorized
One of the enlightening lessons one learns soon after becoming a city councilman is who actually runs the city. Many people believe it is the City Council. Wrong! It is the city manager and the city staff. The city council is there just to make the operation look like...
by admin | May 18, 2002 | Uncategorized
For you peddlers, here”s the new MTC Regional Bicycle Plan. It is available on the MTC Web site at: http://www.mtc.ca.gov/projects/rtp/bicycle.htm If you would prefer to have a hard copy, please contact Trent Lethco at tlethco@mtc.ca.gov or phone him at (510)...
by admin | May 17, 2002 | Uncategorized
The E-FORUM gets a lot of comments and corrections. Here are some that came in the last few days: Regarding “SIX YEAR EFFORT TO FIX SEWAGE DISTRICT CULMINATES IN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO U.S. FILTER:” ” The vote was 7 yes (Butt, Bates, Penn, Griffin,...
by admin | May 16, 2002 | Uncategorized
One of the bitterest political battles in recent Richmond memory culminated on May 14, 2002, when the City Council voted to execute a 20-year contract with U.S. Filter to operate the Sewage District No. 1 wastewater treatment plant that serves approximately 60 percent...
by admin | May 15, 2002 | Uncategorized
Faced with multi-million dollar deficits in the coming fiscal year, some members of the Richmond City Council expressed renewed interest in reexamining a special provision of the Utility User”s Tax created for Chevron in the 1980″s. All Richmond taxpayers,...
