by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
After over five years of extensive review, the City Council adopted the new General Plan 2030 last night at 12:45 AM on a 7-2 vote, with Bates and Booze dissenting. A bitter multi-year fight between open space advocates and north shoreline landowners had been...
by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s been a while since I updated the status of expanding railroad quiet zones in Richmond. Here is an update: 4th Street and Cutting On February 29, 2012, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approved the City’s application to establish a quiet zone at South...
by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
I was in Phoenix for a couple of days last week for an ASTM meeting and had an opportunity to have dinner and visit with my cousin, Joe Butt and an old friend I originally met in Vietnam, Bill Dorn. I see both of them once every five to ten years, but never before...
by admin | Apr 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
OIL AND GAS: Refineries challenge property taxes (Monday, March 19, 2012) In Montana, two local refineries are challenging $17 million in property taxes. Cenex, a refinery owned by CHS Inc., is challenging $13 million in property taxes dating back to 2009. That money...
by admin | Apr 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Chris Treadway: Excitement builds toward opening of Rosie the Riveter visitors center By Chris Treadway Contra Costa Times Posted: 04/23/2012 03:41:20 PM PDT Updated: 04/23/2012 05:34:20 PM PDT Richmond is embracing and celebrating its history as never before as...
by admin | Apr 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Dueling proposals compete for federal money to build security center at Richmond port By: Robert Rogers | April 24, 2012 – 10:26 am City Council officials will decide tonight whether to halt federal grant-funded project to convert a building into a port security...
