Apparently, hedge funds are so toxic in Alameda that just throwing the word around is enough to qualify as in depth criticism of the Alameda Point Revitalization initiative. The question at Alameda Point is whether or not there will be money to build the projects, and it seems that Hedge Fund money is unacceptable, unlike…
Someone has hired a lawyer to threaten the City Council with a lawsuit over Alameda Point. They should hire someone to read things for them first.
Yet another group has popped up around the Point, that makes 2. Honestly, do Action Alameda, SOC!A, Citizens for a Better Alameda, Keep Measure A Committee expect us not to realize that the contacts for these groups are all the same people? Heck, Gretchen Lipow is listed as a key person for three of them!
We're all familiar with crowd overcounts by protest organizers. This makes sense when you're dealing with 100s of 1000s of people. But what's the excuse when you have a photo of all of them, and there are less than 40?
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.
More humor from Action Alameda, complain that redevelopment is going to raise our taxes, then propose raising taxes!
A reader writes in: "are you stupid? or just evil?" you decide.
What was the point of blaming Marie Gilmore for the ills of Alameda?
Alameda Magazine misses it's big chance to provide insight into the Measure A debate.
Action Alameda continues to pump incorrect facts into an important civic debate.
