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  • Say you, say me

    Number of comments: 10
    Here’s what I am enjoying about the whole Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative.   Folks who generally wouldn’t give a rat’s ass about Development Agreements are suddenly so concerned about how the Development Agreement as presented in the Initiative itself is tantamount to a “giveaway” of epic proportions to SunCal. The main points are, [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 7:04am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Fee fi fo fum

    Number of comments: 10
    So my latest project has been reading through the 2001 Citywide Development Fee Nexus Study.   Essentially this document was created so that the City could charge developers for the impact of their project on the City.   According to the state level legislation that controls, this type of Nexus [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:45am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Happy (early) Thanksgiving folks!

    Number of comments: 6
    Things to be thankful about tomorrow… Your family probably won’t want to talk about Alameda politics so you get a one-day mental break from it Four-day weekend Pie [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:08am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Let it B

    Number of comments: 10
    And now we return you to “As Alameda turns”…  The latest ohmigod moment comes from first a letter sent by Mayor Beverly Johnson to the registrar of voters essentially saying that voters are too stupid to be able to sort out the difference between Measure A (the Charter law colloquially known as [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:26am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Southern California comfort

    Number of comments: 3
    Remember the Alameda Point  ”contingency plan” that has been kicked around by both the Interim City Manager and Councilmember Frank Matarrese, well this small news item in the Alameda Journal is a possible hint toward the direction in which some folks in the City and on the Council may want [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:28am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Sierra missed

    Number of comments: 10
    Normally I wouldn’t get involved in the private business of the executive committee of an advocacy organization, but since one of the members invited comment on the decision making process for the Sierra Club around the issue of the Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative, and invited members of the public to attend their [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:21am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Alameda: open-ish for business

    Number of comments: 9
    At the City Council meeting the other night, the Park Street Smoke Shop/Convenience Store/tschotske shop was “called for review” by Councilmember Frank Matarrese.   To quickly recap, this is a shop that wanted to open up on Park Street, but the North of Lincoln side.   They received approval from [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:23am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Substantial Point

    Number of comments: 10
    “Louise” reposts from the Island the ballot argument against the Alameda Point Revtalization Initiative and then asks that folks “substantiate” their opinions and that “blanket assertions” are not adequate. Except for the fact that the arguments against the Initiative aren’t substantiated either, but rather blanket assertions themselves. Before I get into the whole [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:21am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Measure for measure

    Number of comments: 10
    In a highly ironic but yet appropriate twist to the on-going dramedy that is the Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative, the Initiative going on the ballot in early — very early — February of next year will be called… Measure A. Can you see the campaign slogans on the anti-side now?   “Defeat [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:22am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone

    Number of comments: 8
    This may sound a bit fan-girly and slightly geeky, but I am super excited with the idea of having some sort of appointed body in the City to act as a Sunshine Taskforce or an Ethics Commission of some type.   This item is coming up for review under City [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:33am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Baking business

    Number of comments: 10
    Some excellent news for Alameda, Semifreddi has finally moved into its Alameda location in Harbor Bay.   The new $6.8 million building is apparently a lot bigger and a lot more efficient than its old space in Emeryville. Which rounds out the food corridor in Alameda to the essentials: coffee, cookies, cheese, and [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • School Board’s in session

    Number of comments: 10
    So, I have to say that I don’t physically go to a lot of City Council and/or School Board meetings.   Why?   Because the chairs are uncomfortable and I can’t press pause on a live meeting.   However on Tuesday night I actually went to a real live School [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:39am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Fire fighting

    Number of comments: 7
    There were a few tidbits of information revealed at last week’s City Council meeting that has not really been highlighted as it stands in the shadows of the Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative date that was set.    During the meeting as justification for not voting for the February date, Councilmember [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:11am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • I’ve been searchin’

    Number of comments: 10
    John Knox White has an interesting post on his site about the Mayor dropping hints at a previous Chamber of Commerce meeting that she would like to change Interim City Manager Ann Marie Gallant from interim to permanent. JKW brings up some good points about why we should slow down the [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:35am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • All night long

    Number of comments: 9
    The Planning Board will be considering expanding the time that trucks can make deliveries to Alameda Towne Centre.  Trader Joes, Big 5, Petco, Safeway, Walgreens, and Panera all want to be able to have trucks drop off deliveries to their store beginning as early at 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:36am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Hooray for ACLO

    I know I don’t generally post on the weekends, but here’s a good one for folks that do check in on the weekends and have a hankering for some good showtunes…Denise Shelton the box office manager for the Alameda Civic Light Opera sent in this reminder that ACLO is has [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 5:44pm EST
    by Lauren Do

  • A Target in site?

    Number of comments: 5
    So, I had anticipated that the CIC meeting would have been up on the old video streaming on the City website yesterday to talk about what is going on at Alameda Landing, but for some strange reason the video is not up.   Instead the City re-posted an old Planning [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:43am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • You’re so very special

    Number of comments: 10
    Okay, after watching Tuesday night’s meeting, I am convinced that the City and Council majority (Beverly Johnson, Frank Mataresse, and Doug deHaan) have screwed the pooch on this one.   The City Clerk and City Attorney were fixated on the two particular (or three actually) pieces of election code and [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:34am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Rowena or Rebecca

    Number of comments: 10
    Clearly I have not yet watched the City Council meeting yet.  I generally save that for the day after when I turn it on in the background while doing some work that allows for multitasking of that sort.   So instead, first a few feel good type notices. First up!  CASA [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:26am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • If you change your mind, I’m the first in line

    Number of comments: 9
    In the continuing farce that is Alameda Point, after Councilmember Frank Matarrese’s announcement that he is now not in support of the Alameda Point Initiative even though he used to be in support of it, but now realizes that even though there really has been no new information released since the other [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:45am EST
    by Lauren Do

  • Election dysfunction

    Number of comments: 10
    I hope everyone had a nice Halloween.   We had lots of trick o’ treaters, a lot of little witches and transformers.   Given the renewed popularity I was surprised some of the bigger kids who generally come out at the tail end of the trick or treating time weren’t [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:55am EST
    by Lauren Do
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