Last minute turnout drive: Richmond election likely to be decided by few voters Volunteers work on election eve at the Richmond Progressive Alliance headquarters on Macdonald Avenue in Richmond. (Photo by Knowles Adkisson) By Knowles AdkissonPosted November 3, 2014...

KQED - Richmond Mayoral Race May Decide City’s Ideological Future The Point Richmond section of the East Bay city of Richmond, near Chevron's refinery. (Josh Cassidy/KQED News) By Isabel Angell Nov 4, 2014 There’s a mayoral race in Richmond this election season, and...

Grist In Richmond, Calif., it’s Chevron’s $3 million vs. a green slate By Heather Smith 4 Nov 2014 2:06 AM In old films about Richmond, Calif., MacDonald Avenue is a bustling pedestrian corridor. During the peak of the World War II shipbuilding boom at the docks,...

We will be at the Baltic Restaurant, 135 Park Place, Richmond, beginning 9:00 PM tomorrow night to watch the returns come in. Please urge your friends who haven’t already voted to get out and vote for TOM BUTT for Mayor 2014!

Now BAPAC is accusing me of ghost writing an article by Steve Early that appeared in Beyond Chron on October 23, 2014. In fact, Steve Early is a longtime labor journalist and author of Save Our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress (Monthly Review Press,...

Chevron spends $3 million in attempt to sway Richmond voters By Carolyn Jones Published 1:39 pm, Saturday, November 1, 2014 Chevron has spent $72 per registered voter in Richmond to push its slate of candidates for City Council and mayor in Tuesday’s election — more...

Chevron funds brazen campaign to buy a city government By David Horsey contact the reporter Unfettered donations from corporations and billionaires are breaking campaign spending records In Richmond, Calif., corporate cash is smothering any opposition voice Fans of...

This came from my friends at BAPAC, always trying to find something racist in what I do or say. This is what I wrote about Andrew Young’s visit to Richmond -- Contrasting Bernie Sanders and Andrew Young, October 21, 2014. Maybe I missed the racism in what I wrote; you...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending October 31st, 2014. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18th, 2014. Please note that there will not be a City Council meeting on Election...

I get more complaints and inquiries about street conditions than any other subject. Here is a typical email (names have been changed to protect privacy); Dear Mr. Butt. I hope you are well. My neighbor speaks highly of your leadership abilities and I plan on voting on...

Campaign rhetoric, slick mailers and media blitzes are all for show. For the real substance, you need to look at voting records. This is the history of a candidate’s politics and the best predictor of where they will be on future public policy issues. Most City...

Lytton Casino paves its way towards DMC The future site of Lytton's new parking lot on acquired DMC property (Photo by Gabriel J. Sanchez) By Gabriel J. SanchezPosted 1 hour ago A lease agreement in May between Doctors Medical Center and the Lytton San Pablo Casino...

Nat Bates and I were both elected to the City Council in 1995 (although Bates had served previously for 15 years from 1967 to 1983). In 1999, I compiled a voting record of all contested Richmond City Council decisions since November of 1995. The vast majority of votes...

For those of you who are into political history, I offer a short course (click here) from the E-FORUM Archives about the City Council from 2004 to 2008, a remarkable time when the City of Richmond climbed out of its 2004 financial crisis, elected its first RPA...

Richmond residents, leaders warn of danger from Bakken crude by rail shipments Kinder Morgan's Richmond depot takes in dozens of DOT-111 train cars laden with Bakken crude oil from North Dakota every week. (Phil James/Richmond Confidential) By Phil JamesPosted 2 hours...

Back on Oct 16th, Marin TV covered Senator Bernie Sander's visit to Richmond and excerpts of the video are part of the lead in this week's Bill Moyer's PBS program, an extended interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders. The program began airing nationally last night. Our...

Uche Uwahemu seems to be nice guy who is motivated to start a political career. I admire anyone who is willing to make that plunge. However, I do get a little defensive when someone, in this case Uwahemu, uses one-minute sound bites to criticize as ineffective the 19...

Chevron money rains down on Richmond election By Jennifer Baires Contra Costa Times Posted: 10/31/2014 09:14:56 AM PDT0 Comments Updated: 10/31/2014 09:23:00 AM PDT RICHMOND -- With its mighty East Bay refinery under attack from environmentally minded politicians...

I support Madeline Kronenberg for the WCCUSD School Board. Here is what she was able to accomplish during the last eight years, most of which was during an unprecedented recession, when the District funding from the State of California was cut by $29 Million....

Suspicious timing in Richmond councilmen’s about-face on gays By Chip Johnson Published 3:21 pm, Thursday, October 30, 2014 Who says you can’t teach old dogs new tricks? Richmond City Councilmen Nathaniel Bates, who is running for mayor, and Corky Boozé, who is...