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		<title>Richmond protesters descend on Chevron executive&#8217;s Lafayette home</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2012/04/11/richmond-protesters-descend-on-chevron-executives-lafayette-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where do you go to protest wealth inequality? For about 30 people, many Richmond residents, the answer was simple on Tuesday: Go to the million-dollar-plus Lafayette estate of Chevron Corp. CEO John Watson. About 30 protesters stood in the rain in front of Watson’s home, criticizing the CEO as an example of what they called...]]></description>
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		<title>Protesters descend on Chevron tax hearings</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/12/15/protesters-descend-on-chevron-tax-hearings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 50 protesters, including some top Richmond elected officials, demonstrated outside county government buildings in Martinez Thursday before filing into a hearing aimed at resolving a tax dispute between Chevron and the Contra Costa County Assessor’s office.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Chevron blames Richmond regulations, calls the county inept, as property tax hearing opens</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/10/25/chevron-blames-richmond-regulations-calls-the-county-inept-as-property-tax-hearing-opens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Waldholz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last time Chevron and Contra Costa County clashed over property taxes, the hearing took two years. The question then was how much the refinery owed in taxes from 2004-2006.

And now, here we are again. Same parties. Same issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Council to put sales tax hike to voters in June</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2011/03/09/council-to-put-sales-tax-hike-to-voters-in-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With no dissenting votes, the council on Tuesday decided to ask local voters to approve a half-cent raise in their sales tax. ]]></description>
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		<title>City may owe Chevron $26 million</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2010/10/22/city-may-owe-chevron-26-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The oil company filed a lawsuit to reduce the property tax paid over three years.]]></description>
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		<title>Local civic group discusses Chevron&#8217;s role in community</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2010/01/06/local-civic-group-discusses-chevrons-role-in-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Point Richmond Neighborhood Council is a small but well-informed civic association. On Dec. 30, they took on the biggest topic in town: Chevron Corp. ]]></description>
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		<title>Struggle between Chevron and city intensifies</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2009/12/31/struggle-between-chevron-and-city-intensifies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a political and legal standoff between the city and its biggest taxpayer deepens, Chevron Corp. officials are hinting that their 107-year stay in Richmond may be in jeopardy. ]]></description>
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		<title>Property tax proposed for June ballot</title>
		<link>http://richmondconfidential.org/2009/11/04/property-tax-proposed-for-june-ballot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Wolf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richmond is the only city in Contra Costa County without its own paramedics, and council members said Tuesday that it will remain that way unless residents are willing to pay for greater services.]]></description>
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