Monthly Archives: January 2009

Poisoning the information

January 30, 2009

In today's Alameda Journal newsletter from "former councilmember" Barbara Thomas which is so rife with bad information that it hints at why she was so spectacularly voted out of office in her run for reelection in 1991. (she received barely 20% of the vote in 1991, just beating Don Roberts for fourth place).

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Rising tides

January 26, 2009
Rising tides

It has become apparent that there is a lot of confusion surrounding SunCal's map in the sea-level rise section of their master plan which is being read by many as depicting solely sea level rise.

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Taking up space

January 23, 2009

So it looks like Alameda Point as an issue in Alameda is beginning to heat up. What is unfortunate, and completely predictable, is the way in which things are beginning.

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Inauguration Day

January 20, 2009

Wow! what a day. Today’s inaugural poem summed it all up! Praise song for the day. Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each others’ eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one…

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TMP going to the city council next Tuesday

January 16, 2009

The City Council is set to approve the city's new Transportation Master Plan. A new RAND study finds that Transportion Demand Management and Transit are as effective in reducing congestion as adding more capacity.

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Two great meetings on Wednesday night

January 12, 2009

Wednesday (1/14) there are two great meetings for interesting discussions of an environmental/sustainability bent.

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Leadership rears its head at the ARRA

January 9, 2009

At Wednesday’s ARRA meeting, something miraculous happened. A councilmember decided to take a real leadership role in the Alameda Point project. After years of moving the Alameda Point project forward while trying to keep a respectful distance from it, someone on the council stepped up to the plate and took a full-fledged position.

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Yay, let’s raise our taxes!

January 8, 2009

More humor from Action Alameda, complain that redevelopment is going to raise our taxes, then propose raising taxes!

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New Year 2009!

January 5, 2009

Happy new year everyone. It’s been a quiet month at SD&R, mainly because I’ve been out of town and decided to take a little time off from things Alameda. 2009 promises to be an interesting year and will probably go down as one that is remembered, if not for the massive global financial crisis, then…

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