At the end of what was a very lively City Council meeting that included a truly bizarre incident when former Council Candidate Eugenie Thompson walked into the meeting, straight up to the dais, and interrupted the Council’s discussion on new meeting procedures to have her say on an earlier item, Councilmember Doug deHaan gave...
We have had a lot of experience lately, what with three managers in 5 years. (I don’t count the interim appointments of Brandt and Goldman, who were/are literally filling in between official hires.) But tonight the Council needs to expand upon their ideas for who should lead the City.
This was posted on In Alameda earlier this morning: The Alameda Food Bank is short on turkeys this year. So bloggers and media sites in Alameda are teaming up to help out. We understand that it is hard sometimes to hit the store, pick up a turkey, and get on over to the Food...
Today at In Alameda (on SFGate.com) we are starting a new feature. We’ve invited all of the elected officials from the City Council, School Board, Hospital Board and Treasurer/Auditor to participate in a weekly Q&A with the blogs readers. On Monday, the guest of the week will be announced and questions sought. The In...
For easy reading, here are my endorsements for the fall. A wordier (aka long winded) version follows. (as always, you can unsubscribe at the bottom, or forward if you like) Local: Mayor: Marie Gilmore City Council: Lena Tam and Rob Bonta School Board: Mike McMahon and Margie Sherratt AC Transit: Elsa Ortiz Judge: Vicky...
What a long, strange spring. One week on from the final vote count, I wanted to give a huge shout out to the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds (likely over 1000) of volunteers who helped make the effort such a success, even if the measure didn’t pass. Rules are rules, and we knew them...
Tonight at Planning Board, the Boatworks Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will get its day in the sun. The plan, 242 housing units shoe horned on to an old industrial site with very little public open space and contrary to the General Plans goals for roadway design. (quick note to Planning Board, please, please,...
In a little less than four weeks, AC Transit will be going through major service changes in Alameda and throughout the East Bay. One of the problems with reading maps that show all the lines, and much of AC Transit's service area, is that figuring out which line goes where becomes more work than...
There's only one problem. There's no stop on Main Street at Midway (see map for location...hint: it's where the bullseye is). It turns out that after the community and schools came out and asked for the bus to run on Midway, AC Transit made the change and requested that the stops be put in....
Did I miss the memo that the City Council had decided to disband the Transportation Commission last year? There hasn’t been a meeting since the special meeting in Mid-August, which wasn’t really a meeting either. And staff isn’t even bothering to list it on the City Calendar anymore.
