by admin | Mar 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Since I published Richmond Residents Overwhelmingly Reject LED Billboards, March 11, 2014, another 28 people have weighed in. Twenty-five are against LED billboards while three favor them, at least at Hilltop. One reader remarks about how you don’t see them across the...
by admin | Mar 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
In an election year with everyone on the City Council but me campaigning for something, I suppose it’s not surprising that the fear of losing an election has overtaken the satisfaction of making rational choices. The entire City Council seems to have adopted the “The...
by admin | Mar 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
The agenda item referred to in Mr. Lindsay’s email below was placed on the agenda by Nat Bates (F-2 Vote of no confidence in the performance of: (1) Tim Jones, RHA Executive Director, and (2) Kathleen Jones, RHA Administrative Staff – Commissioner Bates). Mayor...
by admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
So far, I have received 98 responses to my invitation to weigh in on LED billboards in Richmond (LED Billboards Coming to Richmond Highways and Byways?, March 10, 2014). Eighty-seven persons are opposed, and nine persons support, most with conditions. The biggest...
by admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
I asked E-FORUM Readers to respond to Your Thoughts on Increasing the Minimum Wage in Richmond? March 06, 2014, with their suggestions of what a minimum wage should be, and if we should even go there. The item is supposed to appear on the March 18 agenda. I got 58...
by admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
I have been among the few who has looked at HUD funding as the root cause of the RHA problems instead of pillaring RHA Director Tim Jones and his staff or various City Council members. I have always agreed that the RHA needs to make improvements, and they have come a...
