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Tag Archives: Kevin Kearney
The scorecard on Trish Spencer
Here’s your Alameda mayoral campaign quiz for the day: During the last two years, which candidate has voted in favor of the following “progressive,” pro‑bicycle, and pro‑development proposals brought before City Council: Renaming Jackson Park to Chochenyo Park; Authorizing planning … Continue reading
Posted in Alameda Point, Budget, City Hall, Development, Housing
Tagged Automated license plate readers, Big Whites, Bottle Parcel, Chochenyo Park, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, Council referrals, Emergency response vehicle, Encinal Terminals, Grand Street, Homelessness, Jackson Park, John Knox White, Kevin Kearney, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Tony Daysog, Transit occupancy tax, Transportation Choices Plan, Trish Spencer, Vision Zero Action Plan
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The new new thing in pensions
Ever since we can remember (in our case, that’s 2012), the City has been struggling to find ways to ensure that it will be able to pay its retired employees the pensions it promised them. The problem is simple: As … Continue reading
Spend away!
Three weeks ago, the Merry-Go-Round reported on City Finance Director Elena Adair’s forecast that, if all of the additional spending proposed for the next two fiscal years were to take place, the “available balance” in the General Fund would drop … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters, Pensions
Tagged CalPERS, Carolyn Hogg, Elena Adair, Jill Keimach, Jim Oddie, Kevin Kearney, Kevin Kennedy, Liam Garland, Malia Vella, OPEB, Trish Spencer
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United they stand
Some time very soon – we predict – a flyer will arrive on Alamedans’ doorsteps or in their mailboxes endorsing candidates for Council, Auditor, Treasurer, and School Board. It will be printed on glossy paper. It will be well-designed and … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters, Pensions
Tagged Alamedans United, Ann Marie Gallant, Ann McKereghan, Ben Kim, Benjamin Villegas, Bob Haun, Gray Harris, IAFF Local 689, Jeff Bratzler, Jeff DelBono, Jim Oddie, Kevin Kearney, Kevin Kennedy, Lena Tam, Maria Vella, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Matt Hettich, Mike Henneberry, Mike McMahon, Niel Tam, UCFW Local 5
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Let the campaign begin!
The campaign season is now officially open in Alameda, and the Merry-Go-Round is ready to rumble.
Putting our money where their mouths are
Back in June, gloating over a projected $30.8 million balance in the General Fund as of the end of this fiscal year, Council instructed staff to come up with a list of recommendations about how to “allocate” – i.e., spend … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Pensions
Tagged Amy Wooldridge, Bob Haun, CalPERS, Elena Adair, EOC, Estuary Park, Fire station, Frank Matarrese, John Russo, Kevin Kearney, Kevin Kennedy, Liz Warmerdam, OPEB, Trish Spencer, Unfunded liability
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Whom do you trust?
All right, dear readers, the Merry-Go-Round has a question for you: Suppose you wanted an authoritative evaluation of the impact on the City’s financial condition of a proposed deal between the City and its public safety unions that establishes a … Continue reading
Mr. Kennedy Goes to Council
Every time City Treasurer Kevin Kennedy makes his annual appearance before City Council to discuss the City’s financial condition, one can’t help but think of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Senator Jefferson Smith spends hours trying to get the legislators … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters, Pensions
Tagged CalPERS, Jeff DelBono, John Russo, Kevin Kearney, Liz Warmerdam, Marie Gilmore
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The bully’s pulpit
Mayor Marie Gilmore is wont to bemoan the failure of the public to attend meetings at which issues regarding City finances are discussed. As it happens, the Mayor herself was absent last Thursday from the special City Council meeting called … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters
Tagged Doug deHaan, Joe VanWinkle, John Russo, Kevin Kearney, Liz Warmerdam, Marie Gilmore, Mike D'Orazi, Rec/Park
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