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Monthly Archives: March 2014
City Stuffs Stockings for AFD Firefighters
(An edited version of this column was originally published in the Alameda Sun March 27, 2014). Every child probably would like to have a rich uncle who can be counted on regularly to put the latest gadget under the Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters, Pensions
Tagged CalPERS, Dom Weaver, Emergency operations center, Fire station, IAFF Local 689, John Russo, Marie Gilmore, Mike D'Orazi, OPEB, Rob Bonta
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$12 million for a new EOC and fire station
At last, we finally know how much it’s going to cost to realize the long-held goal of the firefighters’ union and their friends at City Hall to build a new Emergency Operations Center and fire station no. 3 on a … Continue reading
Blueprint or chessboard?
Poor Tim Lewis. If he – and we’re assuming that there is an actual person named Tim Lewis – read the draft 2014-22 Housing Element just released by City staff, he would have learned that: The “realistic capacity” of the … Continue reading
The art of the deal
The Merry-Go-Round thought of asking The Donald – Trump, not Perata – for his opinion about the three-way deal among the City, the School District, and the Housing Authority now sailing through an expedited approval process, but he was getting … Continue reading
Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing
Tagged Alameda Housing Authority, Alameda Unified School District, AUSD, Crab Cove, Doug deHaan, East Bay Regional Park District, Fred Marsh, General Services Administration, Housing Element, Jennifer Ott, John Russo, Kirtsen Vital, Liz Warmerdam, Margie Sherratt, Marie Gilmore, Michael Pucci, Neptune Point, Tim Lewis Communities, Trish Spencer, Zoning
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Is everybody happy?
Two weeks ago, Mayor Marie Gilmore kicked off her re-election campaign with a rousing speech touting the many ways in which the Russo/Gilmore administration had improved the City in the last three years. Oh, wait a minute. The Mayor actually … Continue reading
