Next Chapter of BAPAC’s Fiction Now Out – Slavery by Another Name
Once again, this just too weird. See Why BAPAC is Supporting Corky Booze?, September 20, 2014. I am not sure why anyone really cares why BAPAC is supporting Corky Booze or why Booze and I don’t get along anymore. One accusation is, however, worth responding to. BAPAC...
Brown Signs Bill for $3 Million to Doctors Medical Center
Brown signs bill for $3 million to Doctors Medical Center By Jennifer Baires Contra Costa Times Posted: 09/27/2014 05:05:04 PM PDT Updated: 09/27/2014 05:05:04 PM PDT SAN PABLO--Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Saturday afternoon, providing $3 million in one-time...
Richmond Mayoral Candidates Square off in Televised Forum
Richmond mayoral candidates square off in televised forum By Jennifer Baires Contra Costa Times Posted: 09/26/2014 03:52:50 PM PDT0 Comments Updated: 09/26/2014 03:52:50 PM PDT RICHMOND -- Campaign season is well under way in this working-class city, with every member...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending September 26th, 2014
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending September 26th, 2014. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 7th. Please enjoy your night off next Tuesday. 2. RPD and Pogo Park Win National...
Contra Costa Times Endorses Butt for Mayor
I am happy to have received the Contra Costa Times endorsement. Even if it is “tepid,” I’ll take it. Dan Borenstein of the Times is an expert on deferred pension and health plan liabilities for public agencies and writes about it relentlessly on the Times editorial...
Great Aerial Drone Video of East Brother
This was provided by Jeff Foster. Click on http://youtu.be/2FtOjiZDUbs. Jeff Foster Author • Producer • Trainer • Adobe Community Professional Author of After Effects & Photoshop: Production Techniques and The Green Screen Handbook
Los Angeles Times on Richmond Standard
A Chevron PR website pretends to be an objective news source Media IndustryDavid Foster Wallace Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Timesmichael.hiltzik@latimes.com @hiltzikmChevron says it started a local news website to get the good news out -- but it's really a PR stunt...
Public Safety Committee Oversteps Its Bounds
Public Safety Committee Members (Bates, Boozé, Myrick) have just been alerted by the city manager and city attorney that Booze is overstepping the authority of the committee by trying to intervene in a code enforcement action. The city manager writes: Please see the...
The Battle for Richmond’s Soul
EAST BAY EXPRESS September 24, 2014 Election 2014 The Battle for Richmond's Soul This year's mayoral election features two major candidates — Nat Bates and Tom Butt — who have polar-opposite visions for the city's future. By John Geluardi Tom Butt. Richmond voters...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending September 19th, 2014
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending September 19th, 2014. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 23rd, beginning with Closed Session at 5:45 PM, followed by the regular Council...
Why BAPAC is Supporting Corky Booze?
This BAPAC E-News blast (copy following this email) entitled “Why BAPC is supporting Corky Booze,” is so ridiculous, it is worth sharing. BAPAC’s endorsement of Booze is quite a turnaround from 2010, when BAPAC wrote...
September 23, 2014, Special Richmond Housing Authority/City Council Agenda/Packet
The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, September 23, 2014, Special Richmond Housing Authority and Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx Want to receive TOM BUTT E-FORUM and other...
Richmond Mayor Campaign Update
A late start has kept us scrambling, but the TOM BUTT FOR MAYOR 2014 Campaign is in full swing. · Thousands of hand cards (see below) have been available for the last two weeks and have been distributed at candidates forums. Some canvassers will be walking with them...
Governing Magazine Features Richmond
Governing, a magazine for states and localities, featured Richmond in its September 2014 issue, excerpt below: http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-cities-new-way-gun-violence.html Shortly after gun legislation stalled in Congress last year, a...
Weekly Report for the Week Ending September 12th, 2014
Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending September 12th, 2014. 1. Meeting Notes The next City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 16th, 2014, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, the Richmond Housing...
MUSIC – Point Richmond Music Today at 5:30 PM – Spirit and Soul Tomorrow at 1:00 PM
Point Richmond Music today starting at 5:30 PM Point Richmond Music September 12 - American Nomad 6:45-7:45 Point Richmond Music September 12 - Times 4 6:45-7:45 Spirit & Soul Tomorrow at 1:00 PM Spirit and Soul – 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM September 13 Want to receive TOM...
September 16, 2014, Regular City Council Agenda/Packet
The agenda/packet for the Tuesday, September 16, 2014, Regular Richmond City Council Meeting is on the web. Follow the link below to view: http://sireweb.ci.richmond.ca.us/sirepub/meet.aspx
East Bay Express – When Liberals Take Control of Police
September 10, 2014 When Liberals Take Control of Police Cops stop shooting people. Political protests end peacefully. And crime drops dramatically. Just ask Richmond. By Robert Gammon @RobertGammon Joseph Schell/File photo Chris Magnus. For the past century, moderates...
Setting the Record Straight
Setting the record straight Contra Costa Times Posted: 09/07/2014 04:33:30 PM PDT| Updated: about 13 hours ago Tom Barnidge's column in Sunday's Local section incorrectly stated that Richmond mayoral candidates Nat Bates and Tom Butt had run unsuccessfully for that...
Update on Hacienda Demolition/Disposition Application
Mayor and Members of the City Council: Richmond Housing Authority Executive Director Tim Jones has provided the following update concerning the Hacienda Demolition/Disposition Application: A draft of the Hacienda Disposition Application has been completed and...