by admin | Jul 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dear City Council Members and City Manager: I wanted to update you on our crime stats for the first half of the year as we start July–and the information is very positive! Thanks to excellent police-community partnerships, very good prevention efforts, strong...
by admin | Jul 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
On July 1, 2014, the City Council failed to get a supermajority vote (required to extend meetings past 11:30 PM) to end debate and vote on funding allocations for the North Richmond Waste & Recovery Mitigation Fee Expenditure Plan. The item had been held over from...
by admin | Jul 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
For the record, I agree with Beckles that Booze and a handful of hecklers in the audience routinely harass her for personal issues that have nothing to do with legitimate Richmond politics and disrupt meetings constantly. I share her frustration, and Richmond...
by admin | Jun 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Bay Area clean energy advocates celebrate partial defeat of controversial state bill By Matt O’Brien mattobrien@bayareanewsgroup.com Posted: 06/25/2014 05:48:21 AM PDT0 Comments Updated: 06/25/2014 05:48:58 AM PDT SACRAMENTO — Heeding the complaints of...
by admin | Jun 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here is the simple explanation of how we got here. Sales taxes and utility users taxes have remained flat since before the recession, and property taxes have declined. Meanwhile, the expenses of operating a city continue to climb, particularly for compensation, which...
by admin | Jun 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
The meeting software the city clerk uses shows the time of each speaker, including council members and the public on the monitors at the dais. The single most significant cause of lengthy City Council meetings is the interminable rambles and harangues of Corky Booze....
