Help Reduce Fireworks in Richmond

More than two months before July 4, nightly, and sometimes daily, fireworks began to rock Richmond neighborhoods, once again scaring pets, waking sleeping people and upsetting awake people, causing some to believe the noise was gunfire and igniting a firestorm of...

“Please, do not defund our police”

I thought this was a particularly well written plea to not reduce the level of police funding in Richmond. Dear Mayor Butt & Councilmembers: I am writing to object to the plan to defund the police in Richmond which will effectively scrap the community policing...

Sad Tale of an Urban Rooster

Can someone help us rehome a rooster? It’s either that or coq au vin. Here is the sad story. On September 12, 2020, someone cruised through my Point Richmond neighborhood and dropped off an unwanted rooster on the street. Richmond Municipal Code Section 15.04.610.070...

Reimagining Public Safety or Reviving a Crime Wave?

The zeal with which the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force (RPSTF) is pursuing defunding the Richmond Police Department is a classic solution looking for a problem. The motivation was a result of police killing unarmed black persons in cities around the United...