Tag Archives: Mike D’Orazi

Fire keeps on burning

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

On today’s episode of “The Millionaire,” City Finance Director Elena Adair shows up on your doorstep. She’s carrying a check and an envelope. The check is for $1.2 million (inflation, you know). The envelope contains a letter enclosing a resolution … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged 6y75, Edmond Rodriguez, Fire station, Firefighters, Jim Oddie, Maria Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mike D'Orazi, Tony Daysog | 8 Comments

Stand up or bow down

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

Tuesday will be a day of reckoning – perhaps the first of many – for newly elected Vice Mayor John Knox White.

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged BLS, Doug Long, Edmond Rodriguez, Fire Prevention Bureau, Frank Matarrese, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, Jim Oddie, John Knox White, Malia Vella, Mike D'Orazi, NBS, Tony Daysog, Trish Spencer | 5 Comments

Our next fire chief

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Robert Sullwold

So here’s the Merry-Go-Round’s question to the self-proclaimed “progressives” on Council like Vice Mayor Malia Vella and Councilman Jim Oddie: If you’re truly as committed to the goal of diversity as you tell your supporters you are, what are you … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Daryl Osby, David Kapler, Debra Pryor, Domenick Weaver, Doug Long, Erik Newman, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, Jim Oddie, Joanne Hayes-White, John Russo, Kerri Donis, Malia Vella, Michael D. Moore, Mike D'Orazi, Ralph M. Terrazas, Rebecca Ramirez, Samuel Golden, Teresa Deloach Reed | 5 Comments

Meet the new boss . . .

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Robert Sullwold

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.

Posted in Firefighters | Tagged Bob Haun, Emergency operations center, Fire station, IAFF Local 689, Jeff DelBono, John Knox White, John Russo, Liz Warmerdam, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mike D'Orazi, Planning Board, Trish Spencer | 8 Comments

It’s all over now — isn’t it?

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

Shortly after the Alameda County Registrar of Voters announced the latest vote count in the Alameda Mayoral race last night, five bells rang on the Merry-Go-Round’s wire service machine, and the following story appeared:

Posted in City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Jeff DelBono, John Knox White, John Russo, Lena Tam, Marie Gilmore, Mike D'Orazi, Trish Spencer | 6 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

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

If you can’t beat ’em, scare ’em

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

The Merry-Go-Round won’t be surprised if a lot of highfalutin rhetoric flows from the dais Tuesday night as the Russo/Gilmore administration makes its pitch for a “companion measure” to the citizen-sponsored initiative re-zoning Neptune Pointe to open space. We need … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Development | Tagged Emergency operations center, Fire station, Fred Marsh, IAFF Local 689, Janet Kern, John Russo, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mike D'Orazi, Neptune Point, Tim Lewis Communities, Tony Daysog, Zoning | 4 Comments

A Fire Department program on life support

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Robert Sullwold

Tuesday night, former IAFF Local 689 president and current fire chief Mike D’Orazi is scheduled to appear before Council to get the “basic life support ambulance transport” program run by the fire department moved from “pilot” to “regular” – i.e., … Continue reading →

Posted in Budget, City Hall, Firefighters | Tagged Basic Life Support, Beverly Johnson, BLS, Doug deHaan, Fred Marsh, IAFF Local 689, John Russo, Lena Tam, Maria Raff, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mike D'Orazi, Rob Bonta, Stewart Chen | 2 Comments

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