ChevronTexaco Shows Some of its Cards in Point Molate Bid
chevron_versus_upstream.pdf Flanked by environmentalists and parks advocates, ChevronTexaco spokesman Dean O"Hair announced at an August 13 press conference that ChevronTexaco had offered to purchase Point Molate from the City of Richmond for $34 million and "enter...
Breaking News on Point Molate
Flanked by representatives of the East Bay Regional Park District and several environmental and parks advocate organizations, ChevronTexaco spokesman Dean O"Hair announced at a 10:00 AM press conference this morning that Chevron has offered the City of Richmond $34...
The Focus is on Point Molate
The future of Point Molate has hit center stage with some of the largest corporate interests in American jockeying for critical advantages with the help of unlikely allies. Let"s back up to 1997 when the City Council adopted a Reuse Plan endorsed by a broadly based...
Point Richmond Music Festival this Weekend
POINT RICHMOND MUSIC FESTIVAL 2004 Can"t get enough music? The Point Richmond Music Festival 2004 all-day blowout and street fair will not disappoint you. " Saturday, August 14, noon to 7:30 p.m. (all day arts and music); For more information, call (510) 236-1401 or...
Contra Costa Open Space Initiative Fails
The Contra Costa Open Space Assessment District failed by a weighted vote of 46.20% "yes" votes and 53.80% "no" votes. The unweighted vote was 50.12% "yes" and 49.88% "no." The results of the tabulation of assessment ballots for the Authority's proposed Assessment...
Vote on Point Molate Sale Postponed
Although not official, I have it on credible authority that the Richmond City Council vote on sale of Point Molate to Upstream Investments scheduled for August 17 has been postponed at least until sometime in the following week because the complex negotiations and...
In for a Penny, In for a Pound
This afternoon, I filed my papers for re-election to the Richmond City Council. If you don"t read any further, please go to WWW.TOMBUTT.COM and contribute today in some way to our campaign. Other than for monetary contributions, you are welcome to simply respond via...
Fish in Richmond Hazardous to Your Health
From the Contra Costa County Health Services Department: Contact: Michael Kent 925-313-6587 People who fish in a small area in West Contra Costa County have new signs to warn them that some of the fish they catch are especially dangerous to eat. Contra Costa Health...
Abatement, Code Enforcement and Dumping
I spent the afternoon yesterday with Sgt. Dick Tak of the Richmond Police Department and Code Enforcement Officer Theresa Tingle in an effort to find out what is working and what is not working. I have to say that I was impressed by their enthusiasm and level of...
Pocket Bikes
Several people have asked me recently about pocket bikes used on City streets in their neighborhoods. The short answer is that they are illegal to operate on City streets. The following information is from the California Highway Patrol: In response to concerns...
West Nile Virus Confirmed in Walnut Creek
Yesterday a dead bird found in Walnut Creek was confirmed to have West Nile Virus. Attached is a press release from the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District (Courtesy of Jeanette Mahoney, west County representative on Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector...
Update on Train Horns and Long Trains
Like phases of the moon, the intensity of train horns in Richmond seems to wax and wane in response to some mysterious force of nature. Over the last several days, horns of the BNSF operation, particularly in the pre-dawn hours, are definitely on the upswing. We have...
Richmond Retains Secrecy Lead
Today"s Contra Costa Times includes a comprehensive investigative piece on Contra Costa and Alameda County public agencies" compliance with the California Public Records Act. Not surprisingly, Richmond tied with San Ramon for "Best in Class," in Contra Costa County by...
Cleanup Concerns and Possible Misinformation Stalk Campus Bay Project
A proposal to use part of the Campus Bay site for medium and high density housing has sparked a debate over the quality of the hazardous materials cleanup and its monitoring as it relates to the fitness of the site for residential use. A group of adjacent businesses...
Vista Hills Continuation School Plan Appears Dead
Dozens of residents of Fairmeade-Hilltop who have lobbied the Richmond City Council and the WCCUSD Board for weeks to rethink a plan to combine two existing continuation schools at the Vista Hills (former) elementary school campus will likely break out the champagne...
Richmond Bay Trail Mid-Year 2004 Report
TRAC_map_01-06-04.pdf This report marks the fifth anniversary of TRAC, the Trails for Richmond Action Committee Eight miles of new Bay Trail have been built in Richmond during this period with an additional 2-1/2 miles in the pipeline to be built by year end. With...
Comcast Reviews Mixed But Service Restored
I got a call yesterday from Terry Jacobson, the City of Richmond contact for Comcast Broadband network services, who had been referred to me by Sue Hartman, City of Richmond IT Director, after reading my E-FORUM piece on COMCAST. Terry promised restoration of my...
City Council Selects Interim City Manager
As announced by Interim City attorney Everett Jenkins in last night"s meeting, The Richmond City Council yesterday selected former Contra Costa County Administrator Phil Batchelor to act as interim city manager at least through January of 2004. Batchelor administered...
Richmond Fiscal Responsibility in Action
One of the programs that was de-funded in the recently adopted FY2004-2004 Richmond budget is the Disabled People"s Recreation Center (DPRC). It is a fact that this is a unique and well-run facility that provides an invaluable service to children with special needs...
PBS Spotlight on School Funding Highlights WCCUSD
A PBS national news program on inequitable school funding can be seen tonight at 6:00 PM on Channel 9 KQED. The piece discusses inequity of funding by the State of California and has interviews with Superintendent Johnston and Congressman Miller with extensive...