by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Following is my recommendation on ballot measures. I don’t want to be presumptuous, but am only doing this because so many people asked me to, and I promised I would. I particularly urge support of the school funding measures. Our investment in education is the best...
by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s mega yacht docks at Richmond terminal By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 10/17/2012 05:47:04 PM PDT Updated: 10/17/2012 06:25:52 PM PDT RICHMOND — It’s more than 400-feet long, with a sleek superstructure...
by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
The City Council has seven members, but Corky wants to turn it into an all Corky event. Corky Booze and his side kick Nat Bates want to dominate City Council meetings with Corky’s personal problems and his tirades that try to pit neighborhood against neighborhood and...
by admin | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
In light of the recent tirades from Corky Booze alleging favoritism towards Point Richmond, I want to share an email I just received from a North and East resident: Hello to the whole City Council, I was watching the events last night on TV of the City Meeting and...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Big Oil Targets Little Richmond, Again The political battle between Chevron and grassroots progressives is continuing this fall. By John Geluardi Richmond has come a long way from the grim 1990s — when a corrupt fire captain held the city council in his pocket,...
by admin | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Caught in a coup d’état in Cambodia that overthrew Norodom Sihanouk over 40 years ago, I was reminded of those dicey circumstances once again when he died yesterday at age 89. Here is the story. It was March, 1970, when my taste for adventure probably exceeded my...