by admin | Nov 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dear Richmond City Council: I hereby provide my resignation as the City Manager of City of Richmond, effective December 1, 2021. When I was hired as the City’s first female City Manager in January 2020, none of us could have known the challenges of a world...
by admin | Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
The City of Richmond was ordered into federal court on Friday, November 19, by United States District Court Judge Gonzales Rogers, who issued an Order Re Anticipated Request for TRO. The parties are due back in Judge Gonzales Roger’s courtroom today at 10:00 AM for...
by admin | Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
In federal court just now, Judge Gonzales Rogers ordered all seven Richmond City Council members to appear in Federal Court in an evidentiary hearing at 2:00 PM on December 1 to testify in person under oath about failure to carry out provisions of the Point Molate...
by admin | Nov 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
When Peter Fagrell of Hilco Redevelopment Partners ordered a truckload of 1,000 turkeys to be distributed to Richmond families, the Mayor’s Office stepped up to help with the logistics. Chief of Staff Vern Whitmore teamed with the Richmond Community Foundation,...
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...