Weekly Report for the Week Ending September 17, 2021

Hon. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the report for the week ending September 16TH, 2021. Meeting Notes The following City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21st, 2021. Closed Session begins at 5:00 P.M., followed by the Special...

Not Quite Gone Yet

Despite the air of finality in the Richmond Confidential story below, it’s not exactly time to say “good-by” and ride into the sunset yet. I have about one year and four months left in my final term as mayor. That’s about 60 City Council meetings, over 100...

Traffic Code Enforcement

Richmond is now down to one parking enforcement person for the entire city of 110,000, Amanda Le Gaux (alegaux@richmondpd.net), who offers the following contact phone numbers for residents requesting service. She laments, “it is difficult to be proactive with...

Covid the Corvid “Graduated” One Year Ago

It has been one year since Covid the Corvid told us “goodbye” and flew off to become a wild crow. For the story, see Covid the Corvid – Free as a Bird. For the video, see https://youtu.be/fsOb6Mhpxlo. If you see him/her, say hi.

How to “Homestead” Land in Richmond

Back in the Wild West, there was the Homestead Act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862, which gave people up to 160 acres of public land, provided they live on it, improve it, and pay a small registration fee. The Government granted more than 270...