Tag Archives: Kate Quick

All aboard!

Predictably, the proposal presented to Council Tuesday night for the City to “collaborate” with the Water Emergency Transportation Authority to get new ferry service up and running at the Seaplane Lagoon by 2020 elicited hosannas and huzzahs from the usual … Continue reading

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You can’t say that again

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

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Crystal Ball Peers into City’s Future

(An edited version of this article was published in the Alameda Sun December 26, 2013). In keeping with the time-honored tradition of political columnists, the Merry-Go-Round presents its predictions for the coming year in Alameda politics.

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