Tag Archives: Paul Rolleri

Our PINO mayor

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

Thus far, Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft has managed to avoid becoming the target of our local online insult comedians. The “progressive” bloggers and commenters have spent their time discovering new (or dredging up old) sins committed by Trish Spencer and … Continue reading →

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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.

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“Reform” by referral

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

If you sat through the nearly five hours of the June 29 Council meeting (or, as we did, watched the entire video), you would be entitled to expect that the next step in Council’s pursuit of “police reform” would be … Continue reading →

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Hail to the chiefs

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

Ever since we learned that Fire Chief Edmond Rodriguez had taken non-COVID-19 medical leave beginning on March 23, we’ve been waiting for the press release announcing that he has retired and the City is beginning the search for a new … Continue reading →

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The John and Jim show

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

Cynics that we are, when we first read that Vice Mayor John Knox White and Councilman Jim Oddie were going to put on a “town hall” about gun violence (which Mr. Oddie voguishly described as a “serious public health crisis”) … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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No cause left behind

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Robert Sullwold

For the last two years, Council members Jim Oddie and Malia Vella have been leading their own “#Me Too” movement in Alameda. But the goal of this movement isn’t to eliminate sexual assault and harassment in the workplace.  Rather, it’s … Continue reading →

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Will they rid themselves of this meddlesome manager?

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Robert Sullwold

Thus far, the Merry-Go-Round has assiduously refrained from speculating about the ongoing developments in the investigation into the alleged threats by Council members Jim Oddie and Malia Vella to get City Manager Jill Keimach fired unless she selected the former … Continue reading →

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