Monthly Archives: July 2020

Fed up – and forced out?

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

By training and experience, Paul Rolleri is a policeman, not a politician. And that, in the Merry-Go-Round’s view, is why he will no longer be chief of police in Alameda after August 28.

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“Reform” by referral

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

If you sat through the nearly five hours of the June 29 Council meeting (or, as we did, watched the entire video), you would be entitled to expect that the next step in Council’s pursuit of “police reform” would be … Continue reading →

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Crashing symbols

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

Those who have been striving to put before Alameda voters a ballot measure repealing Measure A in its entirety – not just its prohibition of multi-family housing but also its restriction on residential density – will get their last chance … Continue reading →

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