Juneteenth Survives Budget Cuts
National Brotherhood Alliance Brings the Community Together to Save Juneteenth in Richmond The National Brotherhood Alliance and other community partners present Juneteenth Family Day, Saturday, June 19, 2004, 11:00 am-4:00 pm, Nichol Park on 30th and McDonald Avenue...
More on Council Downsizing
The following is from today"s San Francisco Chronicle: SACRAMENTO Senate turns down Richmond bailout request - Kelly St. John, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, June 18, 2004 The Richmond City Council's recent flip-flops over whether to cut its membership from nine to...
Does Size Matter?
Council size reduction might be called the "third rail of Richmond politics." It was on the ballot in 1993 and was rejected along with ward representation, by the voters. The idea, however, didn"t die. Rumors were rife in late 2003 about an initiative campaign,...
City’s SAP System Remains Under Siege
Following is an article from today"s East Bay Express that sheds additional light on the acquisition of the City"s SAP system and the ongoing challenges of making it perform. The article can also be found at...
Fire on Nicholl Knob and a Tribute to Goats
When we first moved to Point Richmond some 30 years ago, the annual fireworks were hosted by the Richmond Fire Department from the top of Nicholl Knob. A natural result of the display was that the falling cinders set the hill aflame, sort of an encore to the main...
Update on Industrial Safety Plans
Richmond residents can find out what kind of safety programs exist at local chemical facilities and refineries and make suggestions about how to prevent accidental releases at two public meetings this month. Contra Costa Health Services' Hazardous Materials Programs...
Point Richmond Summer Music Festival Starts This Friday Evening
The third annual Point Richmond Summer Music Festival debuts on Friday, June 11, 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM, at Baltic Square in Point Richmond. This is the first in a series of monthly concerts that goes through September. For details, see...
REDF Newsletter
The Richmond Environmental Defense Fund is growing increasingly active in matters related to the environmental impact of land use decisions in Richmond and to the administration and enforcement of mitigation monitoring required for projects under construction. To view...
Budget Presentations Offer Window Into History of Richmond”s Fiscal Problems
The first City Council hearing specifically on the 2004-2005 budget began yesterday with a standing ovation by City Council members after Interim City Manager Leveron Bryant and Finance Director Pat Samsell announced a balanced budget and the end of layoffs as we know...
Rosies Converge on Richmond
On a beautiful day washed by warm breezes in front of Richmond"s interim City Hall at Marina Bay, perhaps a hundred or more Rosies proudly joined several hundred others in the ribbon cutting for the opening of the temporary Visitor Center for the Rosie the Riveter...
Battle of the Budget Begins
With a little over three weeks until the start of fiscal year 2004-2005, the preliminary General fund budget for FY 2004-2005, as well as forecast for the following two fiscal years, has been distributed to City Council members. A copy is attached to this email as a...
Dwelling on the Past or Embracing the Future?
Today is June 1, and 29 days from now on June 30, the City Council is supposed to adopt the budget for fiscal year 2004-2005. Usually, sometime in May, we start seeing the general outlines of a budget, and by early June, we are fighting over details. This year, we are...
More on WW II and Rosie
Please Join Us.Flyer5.26stars.doc A flyer announcing the ribbon cutting at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front interim Visitor Center is attached. "World War II in the San Francisco Bay Area" National Park Service and National Trust Announce New National...
Reduction Late in 2008?
After voting one week ago to place a measure on the November 2004 ballot to reduce the City Council to seven members effective after the November 2004 election, City Council members apparently came face to face with the prospect of their own political mortality and...
Richmond Greenway on the Home Stretch
On Thursday, May 27, 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., City Council Chambers, 1401 Marina Way South, Richmond, the City of Richmond"s Department of Public Services and Rails to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) invite you to review the Central Richmond Greenway"s design before it goes...
Rosies All Over the News
With the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Memorial Day and the dedication of the World War II Memorial all coming up, the Home Front, represented by the ever popular "Rosies" is getting its due. RICHMOND VISITOR CENTER RIBBON CUTTING The interim Visitor Center for the Rosie...
Startling Reprise for Council Reduction Plan
When I first proposed in January of 2004 to submit a charter amendment to the voters to reduce the size of the Richmond City Council from nine to seven members, the motion died without a second. See TOM BUTT E-FORUM, January 28, 2004, City Council Reduction Proposal...
Come Do the Stroll!
I will look for you at the The Point Richmond Stroll on Thursday (tomorrow) May 20, 2004, 5:00 to 7:00 PM. This is your chance to meet and mingle with businesses and non-profits in historic Point Richmond. There will be live music, children"s entertainment, lots of...
Brown V. Board of Education
Yesterday, May 17, 2004, we observed the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, wherein the Supreme Court ruled that separate public schools are "inherently unequal." Yesterday, I also happened to be in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the town in which I grew up and...
New Schedule of Hours For Main Library, Community and Senior Centers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2004 Contact: Leveron Bryant City Manager (Interim) (510) 620-6512 leveron_bryant@ci.richmond.ca.us CITY OF RICHMOND RELEASES NEW SCHEDULE OF HOURS FOR MAIN LIBRARY, COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTERS New Schedule is the Result of Workforce...