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RPA Activist Info
is for Richmond community members who want to be active in taking on the problems of the environment, racism, joblessness, housing, and crime to create a healthy Richmond. We believe that community involvement means more than voting every two years. It means regular communication with the candidates we elect, letting them know our issues and positions, supporting them as they try to take our issues forward. It means we attend meetings, use the email, phone our neighbors, or go on marches building an organized movement to create real change.
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Showing its usual contempt for Richmond, Chevron has started circulating a petition to get on the ballot an initiative which will protect its special utility tax perks while punishing the residents of Richmond for daring to stand up to them. The measure which would save individula tax payers a few dollars and would save Chevron millions and cause cuts in police, fires, schools, senior centers, and street repair. 