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Madam DA charges Alameda cops

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Robert Sullwold

Last Thursday, a couple of days after an initiative petition to recall her qualified for the November ballot, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announced that she was filing involuntary manslaughter charges against three Alameda police officers in connection with … Continue reading →

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United they stand

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

Hell hath no fury like an Alameda “progressive” spurned.

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The Gonzalez autopsy reports

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

The autopsy reports released on Friday undermine, if not override, the narrative that has grown up around the death of Mario Gonzalez in police custody last April.

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Alameda non-profits carry on

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

Until we began our research for last week’s column about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the City of Alameda and its residents, the Merry-Go-Round didn’t appreciate the extent to which Alameda-based non-profit organizations have been delivering benefits to … Continue reading →

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Test case

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

It seemed like a good idea at the time. The City of Alameda would “partner” with a company called CityHealth Urgent Care, which runs urgent-care facilities in Oakland and San Leandro, to offer testing for the coronavirus at the Research … Continue reading →

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They like bikes

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

Last week, as we pedaled behind the new white tricycle along its 14‑mile route across the island, we saw that signs had gone up at the corner of Versailles and Central Avenues announcing that Versailles was “closed to thru traffic.”  … Continue reading →

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Measure A (the other one)

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

“It is a priority of the Board of Education to increase employee salaries. . . .” Thus Alameda Unified School District Board member Mia Bonta declared on December 21, 2018, just 10 days after she was sworn in and immediately … Continue reading →

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Water, water everywhere (and nowhere)

Posted on September 22, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

When we were reviewing the recently approved Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, the Merry-Go-Round discovered something that, at first glance, appeared rather startling: The CARP states that its recommended “adaptation” measures are based on the assumption that Alameda will experience … Continue reading →

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The top 14 list

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

The Climate Action and Resiliency Plan adopted by Council on September 3 comes with a bonus:  It includes a map (with accompanying table) that purports to identify the 14 most “socially vulnerable” neighborhoods in the city.

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CARPe diem

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

Show of hands, please:  How many of you actually have read all 173 pages of the “Climate Action and Resiliency Plan” that Council approved last Tuesday? All right, Vice Mayor John Knox White, you can put your hand down. Anyone … Continue reading →

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