Tom Butt

Thomas K. "Tom" Butt is a former vice-mayor (2002) and a present city council member from Richmond, California. He is a Democrat. He has been on the Richmond City Council since 1995.

He is an architect by profession and is the president of Interactive Resources, a local architectural firm. He is also a contractor and former broker.

Butt founded and is currently the president of the East Brother Light Station, Inc., a non-profit organization whose aim is to save and maintain the historic East Brother Island Lighthouse on East Brother Island, a Bay Area landmark on the Register of National Historic sites which he helped accomplish.

He was also pivotal in lobbying Congress to recognize the Rosie the Rivetor/Homefront World War II National Historic Monument and sits on the board of the agency dedicated to its creation and expansion. [http://www.rosietheriveter.org/trustbd.htm Rosie the Riveter web site] , retrieved August 1, 2007]

In 2006 he made headlines for accusing the city of ignoring the aging infrastructure of the city's sewer system and that this had led to several raw sewage overflows due to intense rain events that the city was sued for by an environmental group. [http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2006-03-01/news/sewage-leaks/ Sewage Leaks] , Richmond Councilman Tom Butt can't keep his mouth shut, bless him. Wikipedians poke at Dick Pombo's bio; and mystery fliers sully mayor's race, by Will Harper, "East Bay Express", March 1, 2006, August 1, 2007]

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External links

* [http://www.tombutt.com/ Tom Butt] official site
* [http://www.intres.com/ Interactive Resources]
* [http://www.intres.com/sketches/ Tom Butt]
* [http://ca-richmond.civicplus.com/index.asp?NID=401 Tom Butt] city of Richmond profile
* [http://www.ebls.org/ East Brother Island Lighthouse]
* [http://www.smartvoter.org/2001/11/06/ca/cc/vote/butt_t/ SmartVoter] Tom Butt profile
* [http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?archiveDate=10-28-05&storyID=22624 Berkeley Daily Planet article]
* [http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/article.cfm?archiveDate=10-18-05&storyID=22546 article]
* [http://www.richmondprogressivealliance.net/2_chevron01.htmlRPA article]
* [http://www.rosietheriveter.org/news.htm Rosie the Rivoter]
* [http://www.sfbayjv.org/news.html SFBJV]
* [http://www.pointrichmond.com/baytrail/whatnow.htm Bay Trail]
* [http://www.baycrossings.com/Archives/2003/09_October/point_molate_waterfront_dream_or_terrorist_nightmare.htm Point Molate/terrorism article]
* [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=0&f=/c/a/2005/04/30/BAGKNCHSLN1.DTL SF Gate article]