Tag Archives: Fred Marsh

There goes the “surplus”!

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Robert Sullwold

Wanna see how to make $32 million disappear in just five years? Then you ought to show up Wednesday at Council Chambers for the budget workshop, and City Finance Director Elena Adair will show you how it’s done. Or maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters, Pensions | Tagged CalPERS, Disaster preparedness division, Doug Long, Elena Adair, Fire Prevention Bureau, Fred Marsh, General Fund, Jim Oddie, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Paul Rolleri | 2 Comments

In the event of emergency, break ground

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Robert Sullwold

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 | 5 Comments

Making the sustainable transparent (or is it vice versa)?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Robert Sullwold

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 | 3 Comments

What Council did (and didn’t do) with your money

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

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 →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters, Pensions | Tagged Emergency operations center, Fred Marsh, IAFF Local 689, Jim Oddie, John Russo, Lena Tam, Liz Warmerdam, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Other postemployment benefits, Stewart Chen, Tony Daysog | 5 Comments

Why this election matters

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

So you don’t think the election this Tuesday for Mayor and Council will matter much to the daily lives of Alamedans? Think again. In fact, within less than a year, Council will be making decisions about waterfront development, Alameda Point, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, Budget, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Pensions | Tagged Andrew Thomas, Dom Weaver, Frank Matarrese, Fred Marsh, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, Jennifer Ott, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, John Russo, Liz Warmerdam, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mike D'Orazi, OPEB, Other postemployment benefits, Stewart Chen, Tony Daysog, Town Center, Trish Spencer | 4 Comments

Takeaways from the forums

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

(Updated with additional information about Council candidate Jim Oddie on October 14, 2014). Having now attended all four candidate forums open to the public – two more than Mayor Marie Gilmore – the Merry-Go-Round is prepared to offer our take … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, Budget, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing, Pensions | Tagged Crab Cove, Frank Matarrese, Fred Marsh, Housing Element, IAFF Local 689, Jim Oddie, John Russo, Lena Tam, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mike D'Orazi, Rob Bonta, Ron Cowan, Stewart Chen, Tony Daysog, Town Center, Trish Spencer | 2 Comments

You can’t say that again

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

The Merry-Go-Round was chagrined that the moderators at the two recent candidate forums didn’t choose to use either of our two lists of “Questions the candidates won’t want to answer.” But we’re not surprised. And we think it even less … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, Budget, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing | Tagged Andrew Thomas, CalPERS, Crab Cove, Frank Matarrese, Fred Marsh, Groucho Marx, Housing Element, IAFF Local 689, Jim Oddie, Kate Quick, Marie Gilmore, Master Infrastructure Plan, Planning Board, Ron Cowan, Stewart Chen, Tim Lewis Communities, Trish Spencer | 2 Comments

Candidates on the Firing Line

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

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 →

Posted in City Hall | Tagged Emergency operations center, Frank Matarrese, Fred Marsh, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, Jim Oddie, John Russo, Marie Gilmore, Mike D'Orazi, Rob Bonta, Stewart Chen, Trish Spencer | 6 Comments

The record according to Gilmore

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

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 | 2 Comments

Questions the candidates won’t want to answer (Part I)

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

Traditionally, the election season begins on Labor Day, and already lawn signs – at least for the well-financed candidates on the firefighters’ union slate – are sprouting up around town. Candidate forums won’t be far behind. The Alameda Citizens Task … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters, Pensions | Tagged CalPERS, Frank Matarrese, Fred Marsh, IAFF Local 689, John Russo, Liz Warmerdam, Marie Gilmore, OPEB, Other postemployment benefits, Stewart Chen | Leave a comment

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