The following stories appeared in today"s San Francisco Chronicle and West County Times. Also see TOM BUTT E-FORUM, December 3, 2005, "Richmond Also Dangerous for Dogs." Richmond seems not to learn - Chip Johnson Friday, December 9, 2005 Cynthia Peters watched in...

I received a lot of email and a few phone calls from this piece. Rather than respond to each individually, I"ll respond to them as a group: Apparently some people believe I either wrote this article or endorse it. Neither is true. I simply copied it from the East Bay...

From East Bay Express, December 7, 2005 From eastbayexpress.com Originally published by East Bay Express 2005-12-07 "2005 New Times, Inc. All rights reserved. Burning Richmond's Race Card Facing a financial crisis and rising crime rates, Richmond sets aside race as a...

2005 Employee and Manager of the Nominees.doc For several years, I have prepared detailed year-end evaluations of City of Richmond services, problems challenges and wishes. Originally, these were conveyed only to my City Council colleagues and the city manager as a...

Can a Richmond police officer come into your yard and shoot your dog dead? Can a Richmond police officer open the gate to your yard, let your dog out and shoot it dead on the sidewalk? Yes. Under current policy based on Richmond Police Department Operation Manual...

Item E-1 on the Housing Authority Agenda and Item C-1 on the Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency Agenda for December 6 are to authorize a loan from the Richmond Community Redevelopment Agency to the Richmond Housing Authority to cover an operating deficit at the...

Richmond City Manager Bill Lindsay has selected Fargo North Dakota Police Chief Chris Magnus as Richmond"s next chief of police. See the story below carried on KPIX. To get a flavor of Chief Magnus, check out his weekly Q and A on line in Fargo at...

You can now place a "service notification" with the City of Richmond via the Internet. This may be for a pothole, a pile of trash in the street, a stopped up sewer line, a non-functioning street light or a neighbor building a room addition without a permit. This type...

Richmond retains its title for the most dangerous city in California of its size (100,000 to 499,999) and 8th in the United States, based on 2004 statistics. Richmond"s homicide rate, which climbed by three over the last couple days is nearly seven times the national...

Richmond logged its 33rd homicide of 2005 today, putting the City on track for an annual rate of 37, just one less than 2004. Although this year is marginally better than last and better than some others within the last decade, the fact remains that the City of...

City_Budget_Comparisons_11-19-05.pdf Right or wrong, Richmond has carved out a reputation for its itself as a cash starved city constantly struggling to meet even the most basic needs of its citizens. Initial results from an ongoing study I am pursing of general fund...

The relationship between Richmond and Chevron may have recently moved onto ground never before plowed. What was for nearly 100 years a very cozy relationship began to slip in the late 1990s and the first years of the second Millennium as Chevron distanced themselves...

I should leave town more often. A lot more seems to get done in my absence. Two projects to preserve Richmond"s rich history moved (literally) forward last week. Despite last minute attempts to derail (no pun intended) it by a handful of Point Richmond malcontents,...

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I arrived in New Orleans Sunday afternoon. The main thing I noticed from the air was the blue roofs everywhere " tarps provided by FEMA for storm damaged roofs. We spent all day Monday in orientation at the Preservation Resource Center learning about New Orleans"...

Berkeley Daily Planet Tuesday November 8, 2005 Historic Crane Docks At Richmond Park By J. DOUGLAS ALLEN-TAYLOR From the far end of the pier, the newest addition to Richmond"s Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park seemed, as it hung suspended from the crane of a...

This Saturday, November 5, beginning at 10 AM, Bay Nature magazine is sponsoring a naturalist-led, four-mile walk at scenic Point Pinole Regional Shoreline where you may learn about "angel buggies" and other tales concerning 80 years of explosives manufacturing...

The Richmond Police Department has begun its annual Christmas food drive, with a goal of feeding 700 very low income families again this year. The all-volunteer effort is being joined by the Richmond Fire Department, which will provide toys again this year. We need to...

With the timing entirely coincidental, two big moves are scheduled this week for some of Richmond"s historical icons. On Friday, November 4, the 210-ton Whirley Crane, the only one remaining from the WW II Shipyard days, will be barged from Levin Richmond Terminal to...

Tomorrow, we"ll be heading first for the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville where on Friday I will receive the Arkansas Alumni Association 2005 Community Service Award. My friends in the San Francisco Chapter of the Arkansas Alumni Association were kind enough to...