Train Horn Update

As many of you now, I have made the elimination of train horns a priority in Richmond for the last eight years. We have many successes, having established more Quiet Zones than any other city in California. It is a proven fact that sleep disturbance due to train horns...

Contra Costa Lawyer – Tax a Cola, Save Our Kids!

Tax a Cola, Save our Kids! Dr. Jeff Ritterman, Richmond City Councilmember | Sep 01, 2012 | Comments 0 Jeff Ritterman Dr. Wendel Brunner, Director of Public Health for Contra Costa County Health Services, has made the problem painfully clear: one-third of Richmond’s...

Another Ozark Odyssey

We were planning to take few days in the eastern Sierra before the campaign season really gets hot and heavy, but events took us back to Arkansas for a few days. I wanted to be present for the memorial service for my friend George Coppage (Remembering George Coppage...