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Tag Archives: Emergency operations center
Our next new fire station
Here we go again.
A monument to . . . what?
The Merry-Go-Round hopes that, when the new Emergency Operations Center and Fire Station No. 3 finally open in May, about a year behind schedule, the City will offer free guided tours to Alameda residents. The last we heard, only one … Continue reading
The firefighters’ choice
For some time, the Merry-Go-Round has been wondering whom the Alameda firefighters’ union and its allies in organized labor will anoint to take down Councilman Tony Daysog in this November’s Council election. During an Alameda political career going back to … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Firefighters
Tagged Alameda Renters Coalition, Complete streets, Duffy & Capitolo, Emergency operations center, EOC, Fire station, Frank Matarrese, IAFF Local 689, Jim Oddie, Lena Tam, Malia Vella, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mike Henneberry, Rent control, Rob Bonta, Stewart Chen, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer
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In the event of emergency, break ground
What do the new Emergency Operations Center/Fire Station No. 3 complex and the Alameda Theater have in common? If you said, “You’re not allowed to yell, ‘Fire!” in either one of them,” guess again. Give up? The correct answer is that … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters
Tagged Bob Haun, Doug Long, Emergency operations center, EOC, Excess bond proceeds, Fire station, Frank Matarrese, Fred Marsh, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, John Knox White, Lena Tam, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Paul Rolleri, Rob Bonta, Tax allocation bonds, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer
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Meet the new boss . . .
If you were expecting the new Council to take a skeptical look at the plans approved by its predecessor for gratifying the fire department’s edifice complex, well, sorry to disappoint you.
Making the sustainable transparent (or is it vice versa)?
Vice Mayor Frank Matarrese didn’t get much praise from his colleagues for his referral Wednesday night about “giving direction” to the City Manager before staff begins preparing the next two-year General Fund budget. Indeed, Mayor Trish Spencer described the proposal … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters
Tagged Emergency operations center, Frank Matarrese, Fred Marsh, Jeff DelBono, Liz Warmerdam, Marie Gilmore, Rec/Park, Trish Spencer
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What Council did (and didn’t do) with your money
Suppose you were running a business and, when you closed the books for the fiscal year on June 30, 2014, you found out that you’d turned a profit of $7.4 million even though you had projected you’d sustain a loss. … Continue reading
Candidates on the Firing Line
Having attended last week’s candidate forum sponsored by the Sun and The Alamedan, we were struck by how polite and respectful everyone – moderator and candidates alike – was to each other. Why, there was even a moment when Democratic … Continue reading
The record according to Gilmore
Protector of the Golf Complex. Fund-raiser for Alameda public parks. Advocate for open space. Who fits all of these descriptions? If you said, Bill Delaney, chair of the recreation and parks commission and president of the Alameda Friends of the … Continue reading
Posted in Alameda Point, Budget, City Hall, Firefighters, Golf, Housing, Pensions
Tagged CalPERS, Crab Cove, Doug deHaan, East Bay Regional Park District, Emergency operations center, Fred Marsh, Housing Element, IAFF Local 689, Joe VanWinkle, John Russo, Lena Tam, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Neptune Point, RHNA, Ron Cowan, Stewart Chen, Tony Daysog
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Can the Vice Mayor still be trusted?
Wassup with Vice Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft? The Russo/Gilmore administration and the Alameda firefighters’ union usually can count on Ms. Ashcraft as one of their most reliable supporters. Indeed, a quick check of the minutes shows that, in her first … Continue reading
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