Tag Archives: Bike Walk Alameda

“Chicanery” on Grand Street

Posted on October 22, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

For a brief while, it appeared that Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft once again possessed the temerity – some would call it “fortitude” – to veer off the course prescribed by Councilman John Knox White and go her own way.

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The candidates and Measure Z

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

Suppose you’re one of those “single-issue” voters who will cast her ballot for only those candidates who take the “right” side on a specific issue.  This being Alameda, suppose that issue is Measure Z, the ballot measure to repeal Article … 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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