by admin | Jul 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Nat Bates has been on the City Council off and on since 1967, making him the senior member, and he has seen a lot. I think he has finally seen too much. From: Nathaniel Bates <natbates@comcast.net> Sent: Sunday, July 4, 2021 1:55 PM To: XXXXXX Subject: Re:...
by admin | Jul 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Visit the ship tomorrow and get a discount on wine! Dear Tom, Northern California is famous for shipyards and vineyards… Kaiser-Richmond Shipyards produced 747 ships during World War II and built them faster and at lower cost than any other shipyard....
by admin | Jul 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
For months, persons opposing the development of the former Zeneca site (now called Campus Bay) have been complaining that sea-level rise has been underpredicted in environmental analysis of the project and that greater sea level rise will infiltrate the buried...
by admin | Jul 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the bitter debate over defunding Richmond Police, critics of the police like to point out the relatively few instances of police misconduct and characterize them as routine and typical and one of the justifications for reduction in force. To show that such isolated...
by admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
The interim assistant city attorney, Heather McLaughlin (no relation to Gayle McLaughlin) correctly reported at the June 29, 2021, City Council meeting that two votes taken in a protracted and contentious (my description) closed session to terminate City Manager Laura...
by admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Back in 2020, the California State Auditor deemed the City of Richmond the 5th most financially at risk city in California and the #1 risk for unfunded pension liability. Yesterday, June 30, 2021, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee of the California Legislature...
