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...
by admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
It was a simpler time when Richmond residency was a geographical term. You either lived inside the city limits, or you didn’t. It was actual Richmond residents who elected City Council members and communicated with then in various ways about local policies, programs...
by admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Check out these news stories on yesterday’s incident where Oakland’s Violence Prevention Chief (their version of the ONS) was being interviewed when a couple of armed persons pulled up to rob them of the camera and other valuables. It was only one the armed security...
by admin | Jun 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
A media monitoring company called Metro Monitor emailed about their data service. They compile any newspaper, radio, or television exposure someone has and develop reports about viewer reach and other information. Like most solicitations, they offered to send a...
by admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is the story: In 2017, I discovered that the building originally known as the “Richmond Intermodal Transit Center,” built at cost of several million dollars largely from grants, had become obsolete before it was completed. It was originally envisioned as a...
