On Monday, I wrote about the issue of Hospital Board member Elliott Gorelick making false statements about his own actions as his supporting evidence in calling someone a liar. In that post, I wrote: I asked Gorelick about this in the comment section of his blog, however it appears that the comment has been...
Last week, California School Academic Performance Indicator (API) results were released for the year. And every year the immediate results are the same. School cheerleaders champion that the numbers show growth (aka better performance) and school detractors (mostly the anti-parcel tax folks) point out that specific schools did not fare well. In the middle...
I think I managed to catch at least one photo of every entry (not promising that they are all good one). If you missed the parade, you can catch a summary here:
Tonight, the city council will be discussing moving forward with re-configuring the boards and commissions the serve as points of public input to the city. The way this is moving forward is troubling on a number of fronts. It’s been well known that councilmembers and staff have wanted to do something about the number...
Today at 9:30, there will be a Fire Apparatus Procession in honor of fallen Alameda Fire Captain Scott Carnevale who died of occupational cancer on January 3 at the age of 42. The procession will begin at 9:30 (route is listed below) followed by an 11 am memorial service at the USS Hornet
Upon visiting the homepage, a least tern flies across the top of the screen, signaling that this $74,800, no-bid website, which is based on a marketing companies proprietary system, is more flash than substance. From the generic photos the highlight the useless categories, to the lack of people of color featured in almost...
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...
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...
To me, Measure B is a choice between moving forward to develop a very good, sustainable (environmentally and economically) vision for Alameda Point. The question before us is, will we (the city) be able to see this vision come to fruition, and after much research and thought, I’ve decided that yes, it does.
I really think that when the dust settles and the lawsuits begin (those filed by SunCal for breach of contract and not negotiating in good faith), last Tuesday’s meeting will be included in the list of places where City Staff stepped away from their legally required neutrality and fell head first into advocacy by...
