by admin | May 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
. Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending May 15th, 2015. Meeting Notes The next meeting of the Richmond City Council is Tuesday, May 19th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:30 PM, the Housing Authority Board at 6:25 PM,...
by admin | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This past Wednesday, May 12th, City staff hosted a community stakeholder meeting to provide an update on research to date on the Just Cause for Eviction policy options that was requested by the City Council. The presentation on...
by admin | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
Mayor and Members of the City Council: I regret to inform you that Moody’s Investors Service, which has rated past debt issues of the City of Richmond, has downgraded the City’s issuer rating to Baa1 from A1, pension bonds to Baa2 from A2, and placed the city and...
by admin | May 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
A healthy business climate in Richmond is essential to increase jobs, increase municipal revenue and increase economic diversity and opportunity. The Business Roundtable is an lunch gathering I started as a casual forum for businesses to come together to help identify...
by admin | May 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
You are Invited to The Point Richmond History Association General Membership Meeting and Election of Officers After the Meeting Program: Making Rosie Stop: Winding Down the War-Jobs Campaign by National Park Service Ranger Raphael Allen May 17, 2015 at 2:00 pm at...
by admin | May 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
This is another emotional but factually inaccurate effort to label me as insensible to renter, starting with the headline, “Richmond Mayor Tom Butt Backs Unlimited Rent Increases.” I have never said that I back rent increases; but what is clear is that I do not...