Chapter 37: Richmond and Oakland, 2019

Trust me on this.

Richmond’s Winehaven

Source: Broke-Ass Stuart

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I started work as Richmond’s Interim City Manager on a Thursday.

On Friday afternoon, barely twenty-four hours later, my administrative assistant Irene stood at my office door and encouraged me to go downstairs and meet with people at a community fair in front of city hall.

“But Irene,” I said, “I just got here. I don’t know a single person out there — and they have no idea who I am.”

“You should go,” she said with a knowing smile. “Trust me on this.”