City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending October 24th, 2008
Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending October 24th, 2008. 1. Meeting Notes The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 28th, beginning with a Closed Session at 5:00 PM, followed by Redevelopment items at...
Scammed!
When I received a copy of a letter froma long-time member of the Chamber of Commerce appearing to support Measure, imagine my excitement! I wanted to share it with E-FORUM readers. Well, it turns out that the letter was a fake. Apparently the original letter was...
Richmond Greenway and Lincoln School Garden
School gardens have something for everybody Joe Eaton,Ron Sullivan Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Call it zeitgeist, or a social leveler: Long before the unpleasantness on Wall Street, we heard talk about "food security" from school-garden mavens in places as disparate as...
Chamber of Commerce in Dramatic Reversal on Measure T
Click here for a letter from the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, which in a dramatic reversal has apparently reconsiderd its position and now supports Measure T.
New Richmond Code Enforcement Manager
RPD"s new Code Enforcement Manager, Tim Higares, will start work on Oct. 14th. Tim has 22 years of experience working in city government. He has worked for several jurisdictions throughout the Bay Area. As a Code Enforcement Officer, Mr. Higares worked as Senior...
Contra Costa Times Endorses Butt, Beckles and Ritterman
Time for new faces in Richmond MediaNews editorial Article Launched: 10/22/2008 12:01:00 AM PDT IT'S TIME to clean house in Richmond. The City Council's approval of Chevron's controversial plant modification and the accompanying $61.6 million community benefits deal...
Tallerico Drops Out of City Council Race
I received the following from Chris Tallerico this morning. Looks like he got home about the same time I did. Chris seems to be a decent guy who cares about Richmond. It is regretful that he got caught up in RPOA"s political style, and it took the wind out of him. If...
Where We Belong – Or Not
At last night"s City Council meeting, Nat Bates tried to add an amendment to the RPOA condemnation that would censure me for an alleged racial comment, to which he alluded but did not express. Bates" move went nowhere, if for no other reason, because it wasn"t on the...
Richmond Pre-Election News from West County Times
Richmond council candidate leaves race, citing city's harsh politics By Katherine Tam West County Times Article Launched: 10/22/2008 11:43:58 AM PDT A Richmond City Council candidate dropped out of the race early Wednesday, less than two weeks before Election Day,...
Final Push for Tom Butt Campaign. Can you Help?
It is two weeks until election day, the final push, and we still need help with the following: " We have about 30 signs left, and they are not doing any good sitting in my office. You can pick one or two up at 117 Park Place, Point Richmond (during weekdays), or...
Chronicle Columnist Questions Bates as Candidate for Change
From the San Francisco Chronicle: "And in the East Bay city of Richmond, a longtime incumbent city councilman is using Obama's name even though he represents the status quo that Obama is seeking to overturn in Washington, D.C. Politics makes strange bedfellows,...
Clarification Regarding CCDCC Meeting
I have gotten different versions of what happened at the CCDCC meeting last Thursday. " Andres Soto told me, "Last Thursday evening, MT Viramontes came to the Contra Costa Democratic Central Committee, along with hubbie Bob Campbell (Sandhu's patr"n), to try and...
Measure T Rising
Click here for the UFO seen yesterday over Richmond!
Tension Grows Over Police Mailer
First of all, this is not about checkpoints, drivers licenses or insurance. At least my position has been clear on these issues (see Political Mud Slinging Begins - Link Fixed, October 3, 2008). What this is about is dirty campaigning that involves the Richmond Police...
City Manager’s Weekly Report for the Week Ending October 17th, 2008
. Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the weekly report for the week ending October 17th, 2008. 1. Meeting Notes The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 21st. As a reminder, the City Council will have a regular business meeting on...
Debunking Richmond Campaign 2008
Election mailers and related campaign communications drive me crazy because they are so often erroneous and illegal. Somebody has to debunk these and expose the sources, and unless someone else wants to take it on, I"ll do it again this time. In this email, and others...
Grant to Connect Nystrom School With Richmond Greenway With Class I Trail
Richmond Receives Safe Routes to School Funding The City of Richmond learned last week that it was the recipient of a $477,000 award from Caltrans through the Federal Safe Routes to School grant program. The grant award will provide for construction of a new section...
Bay Trail Loop to be Previewed Saturday
Bay Trail loop to be previewed Saturday By Chris Treadway Staff writer Article Launched: 10/16/2008 05:07:08 PM PDT It has been 2" years since a 1.4-mile section of the Bay Trail opened south of the West County Landfill. A companion section that will complete a loop...
Richmond Art Center – Fall Artists’ Reception, featuring Neighborhood Public Art Projects
Click here for your invitation to Richmond Art Center's Artists' Reception, featuring the Neighborhood Public Arts project funded by the City of Richmond. Richmond Art Center 2450 Barret Ave, Richmond, CA 94804 510-620-6772 www.therac.org Gallery hours: Tuesday-...
Former Mayor Rosemary Corbin Endorses Butt, Beckles and Ritterman
The following letter was sent to the West County Times today by former Mayor Rosemary Corbin. Corbin served as mayor from 1993 to 2001 and was, among other achievements, a champion of community policing. During her term, Richmond homicides reached an all-time low in...