I think the best way to convey the outcome of last night"s hearing on the appeal of the Planning Commission"s denial of certification of the Toll Brothers" Point Richmond Shores EIR is to provide the email I received below from Sherrie Fultz: Just finished watching...

I almost missed this brief bit of news from last week's West County Times because I didn't recognize Bayer as a Richmond business. I thought Bayer was in Berkeley. Today, John Troughton pointed out to me that Bayer is what I know as Berlex Biosciences, Richmond's...

National Public Radio reporter Richard Gonzales can be heard at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6468733 with a Veterans Day program about the Red Oak Victory. The transcript is copied below. County Supervisor John Gioia served as master of...

On November 14, the City Council will discuss the issue of the City being a member of organizations that actively participate politically in City of Richmond elections (Item K-1). Of particular concern are the Council of Industries and the Richmond Chamber of...

Thanks to Contra Costa Times columnist Chris Treadway for plugging the E-Forum. In fact, the E-Forum often lifts stories from the Contra Costa Times, sometimes providing additional details or an editorial twist. Thanks, Chris, and thanks, CCT. Posted on Sun, Nov. 12,...

Although Contra Costa County (http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/) last posted election results at 12:57 AM on November 8 (see below), it appears the election is far from over for some candidates. My sources tell me that there are 2,000 or more Richmond absentee and...

Your source for Richmond news the web site, www.tombutt.com, has logged over half a million hits so far in 2006 with an average of nearly 1,600 hits per day from nearly 400 visitors per day. The most viewed page is the E-FORUM compilation, followed by the Home Page....

1. Veteran's Day Dinner and Memorial Service " Red Oak Victory Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 2:00 PM Tea Dance at 2:00 PM to the music of the Hornet Museum Dance Band Dinner at 3:00 PM, Memorial Service and Laying of Flowers on the Bay at 4:00 PM. Special Guest, John...

We were sorely disappointed that the West County Times today chose to editorialize against Measure T, particularly when they invoked the same lame arguments used by Chevron in their blizzard of mailers. Several weeks ago, John Marquez and I responded to the WCT"s...

Mayor and Councilmembers: This is the (rather long, but information-packed [23 items!]) weekly report for the week ending November 3rd, 2006. 1. Meeting Notes The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 14th. Note that the City Council...

In the last two days our mailbox has sagged under the weight of yet more anti-Measure T and anti Gayle McLaughlin mailers by the Council of Industries/Chevron/Chamber of Commerce triad " six to be exact. Add to that, two pro-Irma Anderson mailers by the same groups....

In the mailbox today: A letter from Arnie Kasendorf, identifying himself as the Chairman, Richmond Commission on Aging, trying to scare seniors into believing Measure T would raise the price of groceries, pharmaceuticals and rent, paid for by "Coalition to Save Jobs,...

In the Superbowl of City safety, the latest Morgan Quitno Press ratings shows that Richmond, California, has dropped slightly from No. 11 to No. 12 in a year (See Richmond Retains Title November 22, 2005). Neither did our city retain the "most dangerous city in...

I can"t add much to what I wrote in Ramsey and Kronenberg for WCCUSD Board, October 5, 2006, except that I have gotten to know Antonio Madrano better, and I want to make sure he is recognized as one of the three candidates I believe will provide the best leadership to...

Today"s West County Times went historical about Richmond"s rich history, covering two seemingly diverse stories that have a common thread in the City"s role in the WW II Home Front. Both stories are copied below. First is an update on the Red Oak Victory, part of the...

As the campaign nears its last week, one measure of Richmond candidates is their level of coziness with Chevron, which has mounted a fight to the death against Measure T and Gayle McLaughlin. There are two news stories today and some recent campaign mailers that shed...

I happened to be out towards Point Molate today, and on the way back, I was dismayed to see a lone bicyclist towing a little trailer with a child in it at exactly the location where Dan Weinstein was killed last month and Dan Doellstedt was badly injured while riding...

the City of Richmond from Chevron. Chevron's finances flourishing High global prices, combined with no significant disruptions, boost company income to $5.02 billion By Rick Jurgens CONTRA COSTA TIMES In what proved to Posted on Sat, Oct. 28, 2006be a sunny quarter...

While Chevron continues to flood your mailbox with anti-Measure T mailers, the company is enjoying a flood of its own " record-breaking profits. Recently announced third quarter profits marked the first time the San Ramon-based company's quarterly earnings have...

Political campaign season highlights the two realities that constitute Richmond. On one hand we have the Establishment, represented by the Chamber of Commerce, the Council of Industries and large real estate developers. Chevron looms particularly large in the first...