by admin | Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
In her Order for Evidentiary Hearing, Judge Gonzales-Rogers ordered outgoing City Manager Laura Snideman to join the City Council in federal court on December 1, 2021, which turns out to be her last day at work. What an ignominious way to go out!
by admin | Nov 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Controlling information, secrecy and censorship is a tool long used by authoritarian governments to keep the people both in line and ignorant of what their government is actually doing, and this is the direction the RPA-controlled Richmond City Council is increasingly...
by admin | Nov 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending November 19th, 2021. 1. Meeting Notes The next Regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021. Closed Session begins at 5:00 PM, followed by the Special...
by admin | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Richmond was one of the early adopters of a civilian review process for police, setting up what is now the Community Police Review Commission (CPRC) in 1984. Although the Commission has been robustly managed and staffed for years, there are scant records of its...
by admin | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
The City Council recently extended the life of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force for another four years. Does this really make any sense? Has the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force actually accomplished anything? Unfortunately the answer is “no” to both...
by admin | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
It appears that the Richmond Progressive Alliance has pretty much milked all they can from a failed two-year investigation of me for alleged discrimination, retaliation, “corrupt conduct,” “abusing power,” “circulation of information externally,” and more ,that they...