by admin | Jul 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
On July 23, 2019, the Richmond City Council followed the cities of Livermore and San Francisco in adopting a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes under certain conditions. The vote was on the first reading of an ordinance amendment that will have to be voted on a second...
by admin | Jul 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
August 1969, the war was still grinding away in the Central Highlands and I Corps, but the southern part of South Vietnam was eerily quiet. The Engineers were concentrating on land clearing and road building. I directed the installation of a pontoon bridge to replace...
by admin | Jul 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today, in a special City Council meeting, the Richmond City Council unanimously appointed Henry Gardner as acting city manager for a limited time until a more permanent solution evolves. Henry Gardner facilitated a City Council retreat in February where strategic...
by admin | Jul 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Point Molate Mixed Used Project Public Scoping Meeting The City has scheduled a Public Scoping Meeting to receive input on the appropriate scope of the environmental review for the Point Molate Mixed-Use Project. The City will consider all comments, written and oral,...
by admin | Jul 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
From 2011 to 2016, I was project manager for Interactive Resources on a project for BART to repair extensive leaks into the BART Powell Street Station that had plagued BART for decades and had stymied continuous previous repair attempts. The solution ultimately...
by admin | Jul 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
In an unlikely collaboration of the strangest of bedfellows, the “Gang of Four” who fired Carlos Martinez turned out to be actually the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. As East Bay Express journalist John Geluardi wrote in “Richmond City Council Haplessly Fires City...
