Barnidge: Taking off the gloves in the Richmond mayoral race By Tom Barnidge Contra Costa Times Columnist Posted: 08/22/2014 07:04:53 PM PDT0 Comments If you like to see political fights devolve into bare-knuckle brawls, we kindly suggest you turn your attention to...

Chevron pouring money into Richmond election Chip Johnson Updated 7:58 pm, Thursday, August 21, 2014 The biggest political campaign war chest in Richmond doesn't belong to a candidate, it belongs to a corporation that hopes to steer the city's November municipal...

Imagine you are a lowly candidate for the Richmond City Council. You are cobbling together those $50 and $100 donations, trying to get enough to send out a few mailers and buy some yard signs. On a good day, you might even get a check for $2,500, which is Richmond’s...

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Chevron money already influencing Richmond mayoral race By Robert Rogers Contra Costa Times Posted: 08/20/2014 12:48:19 PM PDT0 Comments | Updated: 54 min. ago Councilmember Tom Butt (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) RICHMOND -- A councilman for nearly two decades and...

I have to thank my lawyer son Daniel for taking the first potshot debunking this erstwhile negative portrayal of Richmond. Daniel writes: The top trending article about Richmond on Google News right now is an article by Robert Rogers: "Nationwide rankings for...

Mayor and Members of the City Council: This is the weekly report for the week ending August 15th, 2014. 1. Meeting Notes The City Council is on its annual August hiatus. The next City Council meeting is currently scheduled for Tuesday, September 16th. Enjoy your free...

Point Richmond intersection less noisy following train track installation August 18, 2014 by Mike Aldax A Point Richmond intersection is quieter now that BNSF Railway installed a “curve lubricator” to muffle the screeching noise made by train wheels, according to City...

Chevron rolled out their campaign this week for their candidate Nat Bates with “Nat Bates for Mayor” signs replacing the Refinery Modernization billboards all over Richmond. The Nat Bates billboards are paid for by “Moving Forward, A coalition of labor unions, small...

Eye on the East Bay: Richmond Politics Kickoff Contra Costa Times Posted: 08/17/2014 12:00:00 AM PDT0 Comments RICHMOND POLITICS KICKOFF: Ah, the campaign season, that time of packed halls, canned answers and fulsome bromides. It kicked off in earnest in Richmond on...

From Charles Ramsey and Madeline Kronenberg: The West County Times published an article by Theresa Harrington on Sunday 8/17/14 regarding the West Contra Costa Unified School District bond and school construction program. The article contained many misleading...

Richmond Line-Up Reshuffled for Fall Contest With Chevron Printer-friendly version A new left-liberal coalition has formed in Richmond, California, Former mayoral candidate Mike Parker called on voters and supporters to join forces. The task is need to challenge...

My comments on this are based solely on that fact that Booze is the haranguer-in-chief of the city’s top management and that Booze and Bates have been like peas in a pod over the last four years, supporting each other on almost everything and often being the only...

The Tom Butt for Mayor 2014 Committee hired Alex Knox today as campaign coordinator. Alex Knox is a lifelong Richmond resident who earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Guilford College in North Carolina, where he was an active member of a student...

Food businesses boost employment in Richmond By Sukey Lewis For the Contra Costa Times Posted: 08/11/2014 12:00:00 AM PDT0 Comments | Updated: about 21 hours ago Rosa Robinson arranges some of her cupcakes as she prepares an order in her home kitchen in Richmond on...

Richmond residents and businesses can now recycle these items Richmond residents and businesses can now recycle these items August 11, 2014 by Mike Aldax For the first time, Richmond residents and businesses can now recycle bundled plastic bags and all rigid plastic...

Richmond police report dramatic drop in shootings August 9, 2014 by Mike Aldax The number of times police have responded to a shooting in Richmond is reportedly half what it was last year. From January until July of this year, the Richmond Police Department responded...

From: Sue Kadlec [mailto:Sue_Kadlec@ci.richmond.ca.us] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 9:07 AM To: Butt, Tom Subject: RE: City Manager's Weekly Report for the Week Ending August 8th, 2014 Please resend the corrected version out. In the first paragraph, second sentence,...

Richmond Line-Up Reshuffled For Fall Contest With Chevron by Steve Early on August 11, 2014 Tom Butts is running for mayor of Richmond Municipal politics in Richmond, California is not for the faint-hearted, the thin-skinned, or those easily unsettled by last minute...

The Tom Butt for Mayor 2014 is recruiting a Campaign Coordinator. This is a full-time paid position that will start immediately and extend through the November election. The Campaign Coordinator tasks will include but will not be limited to: · Coordinating volunteers...