By Elizabeth Patterson Benicia Mayor (Editor’s Note: A portion of this article ran in Sunday’s Year in Review section. It is being reprinted here in its entirety.) Mutual understanding and consensus on the most pressing issues facing Benicia will allow the city to focus its limited resources and the city council to make the necessary […]
Elizabeth Patterson: Answering residents’ questions on MCE
I AM PROUD OF VOTING TO JOIN MARIN CLEAN ENERGY, and I signed up for its Deep Green plan (100-percent renewables) mainly because it is the right thing to do, since I have too many trees on my property to have solar panels. I have been asked the same question about a public vote that […]
Christmas adventures on the garden island
WHAT IS NOT TO LIKE ABOUT A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER, career civil servant and now mayor of Kauai? In addition to these attributes, Mayor Bernard Carvalho has initiated the “New Cultural Initiative: Kaua’i Nui Kuapapa,” an innovative program that “will bring renewed life to Kauaʻi’s ancient land divisions of moku and ahupuaa, via signage, a […]
Elizabeth Patterson: Staying the course on public health, safety, welfare
I WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF recent letters commenting about our city attorney that were published in The Benicia Herald. I personally prefer people to focus on issues and not staff. It should not be about staff, since they work for the City Council. What was noted in one letter in defense […]
Elizabeth Patterson: The transit revolution is here
AS MAYOR I REPRESENT BENICIA ON THE BOARD OF SOLTRANS (SOLANO COUNTY TRANSIT), which is the consolidated transit agency for Benicia and Vallejo. On behalf of SolTrans, I attended the RailVolution Conference in Minneapolis, Minn., last week. The other Benicia SolTrans board member, Mark Hughes, and SolTrans staff also attended. The conference was attended by […]