by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Richmond Love Your Block Grants Now Available How would you use $2,000 to beautify your neighborhood? Richmond Love Your Block is now accepting applications for residents, local organizations, and community members to transform their blocks with up to $2,000! Take a...
by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Human Rights Campaign released the Municipal Equality Index (MEI) for 2016. The City of Richmond is among 506 cities rated nationally on how inclusive cities’ laws, policies, and services are of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people....
by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
East Bay Times is welcome to its endorsement opinions, but I should point out errors its logic. The editorial states, “city officials propped up the latest one with revenues from a 2014 half-cent sales tax increase that they had suggested to voters would go toward...
by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Once again, Borenstein has it wrong. · It would not be the “highest property transfer tax in the state.” It would actually be less than either Oakland or Berkeley. · The incremental tax on a $500,000 sale would be $4,000 (.008 x $500,000), not the $8,050 that...
by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Moving cynically from its underdog grass roots beginning, the new deep pockets Machiavellian Richmond Progressive Alliance is looking more and more like its archrival Chevron, running negative hit pieces on its rivals that are — well not exactly truthful. The...
by admin | Oct 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Richmond is a member of MCE, and I represent Richmond on the MCE Board as well as serving as vice-chair. MCE WINS EPA’s 2016 GREEN POWER LEADERSHIP AWARD SAN RAFAEL, CA— On Monday, October 17, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presented MCE with a Green...
