Richmond Bay Trail Mid Year 2012 Report

Attached for your enjoyment and information is the 13th Richmond Bay Trail Mid Year Report. This upbeat, colorful report features kudos to Richmond’s Bay Trail from the State Coastal Conservancy, progress toward closing five major gaps totaling over three miles and...

Campaign Update July 10, 2012

New entries are highlighted (in bold type) . I want to thank those of you who have responded to my campaign updates by sending encouragement, donations and endorsements. To donate and/or volunteer, see https://tombutt.com/contribute.htm. Some of the encouraging...

Final USS Iowa Update: A Tale of Two Cities

Wednesday, July 4, 2012 Final USS Iowa Update: A Tale of Two Cities Uh-oh someone put bees in my bonnet on my day off…come to think of it, the SF Giants have the day off too… I happened to glance at the “dead tree edition” of the Contra Costa...

Debating the Soda Tax

Richmond’s arch libertarian, Felix Hunziker asked me today to copy his Richmond Confidential op-ed opposing the soda tax on the E-FORUM. He also asked me to do it “without commentary” as I have done with pro-soda tax pieces written by Jeff Ritterman. While the footer...