Tag Archives: Jill Keimach

Jim Oddie: remembrance of things past

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

“If you want to know what I’m gonna do, just look back at what I did.” So former Councilman Jim Oddie assured voters – twice – during the League of Women Voters forum last Tuesday. Well, today the Merry‑Go‑Round will … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Domenick Weaver, Grand jury report, IAFF Local 689, Janet Kern, Jeff DelBono, Jenkins report, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, Liz Warmerdam, Michael Jenkins, Nancy Bronstein, Trish Spencer | 14 Comments

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.

Posted in City Hall | Tagged Gray Harris, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Paul Rolleri, Police | 28 Comments

What’s on the tape

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

Fans of the long-running political farce, “The Bully and His Henchmen,” got the opportunity this week to listen to both the national and the local editions of the show.

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Ben Kim, Grand jury report, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, Jenkins report, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Michael Jenkins | 4 Comments

Vella to City: check, please

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

Councilwoman Malia Vella and her backers would like Alamedans to believe that her unsuccessful defense against the charge that she illegally sought to influence the selection of a new fire chief has forced her to pay thousands of dollars in … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Grand jury report, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, Jenkins report, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Michael Jenkins, Paul Rolleri, Rob Bonta, Tony Daysog | 23 Comments

Playing the Trump card

Posted on July 7, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

A heads up to the Alameda voters who made Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft mayor and put John Knox White and Tony Daysog on Council: Watch carefully how the politicians you voted for handle the fallout from the Alameda County Civil Grand … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Grand jury report, Jenkins report, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Tony Daysog | 12 Comments

The Grand Jury speaks; will Alamedans listen?

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

The report by the Alameda County Civil Grand Jury is out, and its conclusion is unequivocal: Not only did the Alameda firefighters’ union and its president, Jeff DelBono, engage in “unethical” conduct in endeavoring to get their hand-picked candidate made fire … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Domenick Weaver, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, Jenkins report, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, Maria Vella, Michael Jenkins, Paul Rolleri | 10 Comments

The $253.2 million gorilla

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

Whom can Alamedans count on now to do battle with the gorilla in the basement of City Hall? That’s what those of us who fear the predations of the gorilla – more formally known as the City’s accrued liability for … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Pensions | Tagged CalPERS, Elena Adair, Eric Levitt, Jeff DelBono, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Liz Warmerdam, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, OPEB, Pension/OPEB trust, Tony Daysog | 9 Comments

Election Oddi(e)ty

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Robert Sullwold

Ever since the election results began coming in, one question has nagged the Merry-Go-Round: How could so many Alamedans – more than 10,000 at last count – vote to re-elect Councilman Jim Oddie, knowing that he violated the City Charter, … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Gray Harris, Jeff DelBono, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Mia Bonta, Mike Henneberry, Rob Bonta, Robert Matz, Tony Daysog | 24 Comments

The District Attorney’s report

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Robert Sullwold

Even as Alamedans awaited the results of an independent investigation into the efforts by Councilman Jim Oddie and Vice Mayor Malia Vella to get City Manager Jill Keimach to give the fire chief’s job to a former firefighters’ union president, … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Domenick Weaver, Jeff DelBono, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, Malia Vella, Michael Jenkins, Nancy O'Malley, Paul Rolleri, Rob Bonta | 13 Comments

Same old, same old

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Robert Sullwold

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Or, to make our point in English, whatever else may be happening at City Hall, the Alameda fire department never misses a beat. Regardless of the identity of the Fire Chief and … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Budget, Doug Long, Frank Matarrese, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, Jennifer Ott, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Trish Spencer | 9 Comments

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