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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Richmond</title>
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		<title>Richmond Mayor McLaughlin vows to crack down on Corky Booze</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/07/20/richmond-mayor-mclaughlin-vows-to-crack-down-on-corky-booze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corky booze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jeff ritterman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jovanka Beckles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[richmond councilman nat bates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin has run out of patience with colleague and Councilman Corky Booze, the man she says is responsible for inciting routine dysfunction and chaos at Richmond City Council meetings. The mayor sent out an email letter this week (see below) castigating Booze &#8212; she doesn&#8217;t mention him by name but everybody knows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chevron appeal decision set for Monday in Contra Costa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assessor Gus Kramer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Contra Costa County Assessment Appeals board will release its decision Monday on Chevron’s challenge of its Richmond refinery values. The oil giant seeks refunds worth up to $73 million in property taxes it paid from 2007 through 2009, or slightly more than half of what the company was assessed. The county and cities, along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controversial Richmond department fuels PR duel</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/29/controversial-richmond-department-fuels-pr-duel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/29/controversial-richmond-department-fuels-pr-duel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corky booze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[devone boggan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office of neighborhood safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Office of Neighborhood Safety Director DeVone Boggan uncharacteristically fired off a swift and strongly worded press release in response to the broad release of a critical report prepared in the office of vocal critic and Richmond Councilman Corky Boozé. (See links below.) Boggan called the report an unsubstantiated, error-ridden and poorly written document prepared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butt: Put that horn where the sun don&#8217;t shine</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/29/butt-put-that-horn-where-the-sun-dont-shine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/29/butt-put-that-horn-where-the-sun-dont-shine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[horn noise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noise pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Butt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trains]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond City Councilman Tom Butt is unimpressed with Federal Railway Administration staffer LeeAnn Dickson&#8217;s offer to host a community meeting about why trains use horns. Richmond and train operators have been at war for years over horns and blocked crossings. Dickson sent Butt an email asking which of two dates &#8212; mid-day on Jan. 11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Clinton coming to Richmond</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/31/bill-clinton-coming-to-richmond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Richmond on Oct. 21, where he will deliver the keynote speech at the first Blueprint for Healthy Communities Summit sponsored by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. It may be the first official visit to Richmond by a former or sitting president. Longtime Richmond resident and county [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond real estate ad? Not!</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/19/richmond-real-estate-ad-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/19/richmond-real-estate-ad-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 23:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason myers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The couple with the cheapest house in the Bay Area have produced a catchy real estate ad for Richmond. But the city probably won&#8217;t be using it in its promotional material! Jason Myers produced this cheeky little ditty (see below) in response to his longstanding fight with City Hall over its inability to fix the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feinstein opposes Indian casino in Richmond</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/20/feinstein-opposes-indian-casino-in-richmond/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/20/feinstein-opposes-indian-casino-in-richmond/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dianne Feinstein]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[measure u]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., opposes Measure U in Richmond, an advisory measure seeking voters&#8217; preference on a proposed Indian casino at Point Molate. Here is her statement put out a few minutes ago by the opposition camp: The coalition opposed to Measure U and a future Mega Casino on Richmond’s Point Molate continues to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond: Unions launch anti-McLaughlin campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/05/richmond-unions-launch-anti-mclaughlin-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/10/05/richmond-unions-launch-anti-mclaughlin-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Richmond police and firefighters unions unveiled The Real Gayle McLaughlin campaign today, releasing a mailer, Web site and television ad that reveals the one-term mayor&#8217;s struggle with mental illness and financial woes. See both below. We&#8217;re working on a full story, which includes McLaughlin&#8217;s response to her critics. (We met with her this morning.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond councilman weds</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/08/20/richmond-councilman-weds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/08/20/richmond-councilman-weds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond Councilman Jim Rogers, 54, wed Kristin Rosekrans, 40, on Saturday in Pt. Richmond, confirmed the honeymooning elected official from a cruise ship off the coast of Alaska. Rogers included the photo when he responded to my email inquiry about acquiring copies of some of his campaign finance reports. (And yes, he had the reports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond mailer barrage continues</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/04/01/richmond-mailer-barrage-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/04/01/richmond-mailer-barrage-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contra costa building and construction trades council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greg feere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian casino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[point molate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salute's restaurant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new group calling itself the Richmond Jobs Coalition sent out a four-page mailer to households in Richmond over the weekend, which comes on the heels of two anti-Indian casino pieces funded by card clubs under the name of Stop The Mega Casino. Labor leader Greg Feere with the Contra Costa Building Trades Council, a [...]]]></description>
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