by admin | Oct 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Gambling for Revenues in Richmond Richmond voters will decide whether to green-light the first large urban casino in the state. By Robert Gammon The fate of California’s first major urban casino is in the hands of Richmond voters next Tuesday. The huge...
by admin | Oct 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
As the most vocal shill of unpopular and self-serving Richmond causes, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce today published a plea for passage of Measure U. As usual, the Chamber’s missive was replete with false statements and misrepresentations. I have annotated the copy...
by admin | Oct 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
October 28, 2010 Contra Costa Times Endorsement Why we need Jovanka, Eduardo, and Corky Dear Friends, I thank the Contra Costa Times editorial board for its endorsement of me for Mayor (10/28/10). I especially appreciate their reasoning: It is not about personalities,...
by admin | Oct 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Prop. 19 could flicker out By Josh Richman Oakland Tribune Posted: 10/22/2010 02:34:49 PM PDT Updated: 10/23/2010 03:56:01 AM PDT Come Nov. 3, California will either have become the first state to allow legal, regulated, taxed marijuana, or — more likely, some...
by admin | Oct 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Longtime teacher seeks council spot Eduardo Martinez, right, makes his pitch to voters outside Lincoln Elementary School. Most decisions in government, he says, benefit those in power. “Almost anything that helps the common person generally doesn’t get...
by admin | Oct 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Jim Rogers vies for a third term Councilman Jim Rogers, 55, married Kristin Rosekrans in August. He said they met on the “the magical Internet.” When he first told his son Eli about her, his son said, “She’s out of your league.” Photo by...
