Monthly Archives: November 2008

Clearing the Air, part 3

November 28, 2008

The response to Monday's clearing the air post just keeps coming...

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Clearing the air, part 2

November 26, 2008

A reader writes in: "are you stupid? or just evil?" you decide.

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Sheesh. Don’t forget about Catellus!

November 25, 2008

While the net is abuzz with posts about SunCal's financial struggles in the "new" economy. Catellus, Alameda's partner in the Alameda Landing project, is finding itself with similar struggles.

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Clearing the Air on redevelopment debt

November 24, 2008

Redevelopment bonds are not directly tied to city finances. Yet many are making the case that they are.

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Alameda Point among the nuttiness

November 19, 2008

After a city council meeting that wended it’s way through weirdness, the ARRA (city council in another guise) gave comments on SunCal’s Alameda Point plan…and guess what...

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Alameda Point decision time

November 18, 2008

With the ARRA set to re-hear discussion on Alameda Point tonight, I figured I’d post this article I stumbled upon about a month ago. There’s a myth being created that the housing market is terrible (it is, that’s not the myth, though Alameda is so far holding up well) and therefore we should be...

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Traffic Stops at Park Street Bridge (with video)

November 17, 2008

Why does the traffic light at Park and Blanding go red in all directions for 7-8 seconds?

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Wannabe Hospital Administrators Rejoice

November 13, 2008

Alameda Hospital has started putting up publicly available meeting packets...even if it is after the fact.

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AP not T

November 12, 2008

Alameda Power and Telecom told it's employees this morning that at tonight's workshop of the PUB, there will be an announcement that telecom side of AP&T has received a high bid from Comcast and that a presentation to the PUB, with a staff recommendation on whether or not to accept it, will be made...

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Denser than thou?

November 11, 2008

As the discussion about the state Density Bonus law heats up, maybe we should be careful what some people wish for.

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