by admin | Jan 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
It is now almost one year since I termed out as mayor of Richmond, concluding a 28-year run of public service that included serving as a City Council member, mayor, and representing Richmond on numerous regional and statewide organizations, many of which I chaired....
by admin | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
2024 looks like a mixed bag for Point Molate and Winehaven. Nearly 30 years after the Richmond City Council first considered acquisition of Point Molate, the only remarkable physical change has been the steady deterioration of buildings in the Winehaven Historic...
by admin | Dec 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
The article copied below is from the Grandview Independent. I just took the survey, which like the Community Warning System (CWS) , is also fatally flawed. It sems to be based on the premise that a few tweaks will make everything okay. You can’t fix a trainwreck, and...
by admin | Dec 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Housing developers would have us believe that they are visionary risk takers, foreseeing future demand for housing and planning innovative and creative projects to meet that demand. Maybe some of them are, but they rarely find their way to Richmond. We seem to mostly...
by admin | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
With no coverage from any news media, the California Court of Appeal on November 27, 2023, disposed of the long standing challenge to the Point Molate SEIR (Subsequent Environmental Impact Report) by the Point Molate Alliance and the North Coast River Alliance by...
by admin | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
As the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day approaches on December 7, it is interesting to reflect on what failures in readiness led to the devastating attack. As I was compiling Cecilia King’s Extraordinary Senior Trip, I dove for context into pre-WWII history,...
