Talk of the Point

Ernest T. Grump will vote no on Measure Q next Tuesday. It’s a Richmond measure to raise sales tax by a half percent. But today he’s counting the bits of candy he’ll hand out tonight.

There’s no need to be generous to these little moochers, he says. Why, the same kids come to his doorstep year […]

Ever since the last “Subway’s moving in!” scare, I’ve meant to get an opinion from the man who represents big landlords around here. You can’t miss all the Cushman & Wakefield signs around town, and on just about every one is John Troughten’s name.

No one I know wants another fast-food joint here. Starbucks is just […]

Andrew Butt, who campaigned tirelessly for the first NICE, has a darker view than mine on the prospects for a business improvement district. Don’t miss the comment he posted in response to “A New NICE Rises From The Mud.”

You may notice that all comments but the most recent ones are missing. That’s only temporary.
An unfortunate accident occurred the other day as I cleaned out the 15,000 or so spam comments that had accumulated since fall of 2003. A command that should have only deleted those posted before June 1 2005 somehow got rid […]

Let’s not miss the point about last night’s Son of NICE meeting in the parish hall of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church.

Forget attendance. It could have been better–26 signed in–but so what. What matters is who showed up: nearly everyone necessary for a new drive.

Forget that they often disagreed, sometimes vehemently. After all, what […]

If it hadn’t been so scary, it would have been heartwarming. There they were, gathered around the fire at the Plunge on Wednesday night: the former mayor, a firefighter-union leader, and firefighters who remembered the Plunge from childhood.

It all went like this, according to the Contra Costa Times: At about 10 p.m, former mayor Rosemary […]

Lucretia Edward died last Wednesday night after months of failing health. I knew her name better than I knew her face, having heard her name often and seen her in person rarely. In particular, I remember the last time I saw her as she sat toward the front at one Neighborhood Council meeting. There she […]

Everything was going along so smoothly for Point Richmond Gateway, LLC, and now this. Correspondent Walter Connolly was up late one night, thinking…

I drew up an alternative location for the Trainmaster Building that keeps Cutting Blvd open and has parking for the Plunge…I was thinking about 3 a.m. one morning and thought why not draw […]

Twenty years ago: the Point hosted swarms of choppers. Today: tall bikes and the Tall Bike Posse–possibly California’s first organized group.

You may have seen Rosamaria’s Cafe owner Mike Nova riding around town. He’s been joined recently by Andrew Butt and Jack (whose last name we don’t yet know; he’s the tall guy with a leather […]