Stop, Drop and Roll

17 June 2008 | Alameda City Council, Alameda Community, Tranpsortation | John Knox White

In a surprise move, the Alameda City Council votes to ban bikes, skateboards and possibly even scooters from all city parks.

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16 June 2008 | Alameda City Council, Tranpsortation | John Knox White

We’ve already banned many kids sports played on residential streets and biking in our parks. Now the council is being asked to ok changes to the Municipal Code that could lead to cutting off cyclists from the city’s own bike parking.

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13 June 2008 | Alameda City Council, Alameda Community | John Knox White

The city council is closing in on a proposal to put multiple changes to the city’s charter on the ballot in November. But is the public interested?

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07 March 2008 | Alameda City Council | John Knox White

The City Council is heading into contract negotiations with the Police and Fire Unions….trouble ahead?

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15 February 2008 | Alameda City Council | John Knox White

Sales tax collection is down, as are the city’s other revenue streams. A quick guide to the state of the city’s finances.

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25 January 2008 | Alameda City Council, Alameda Community, Alameda Truthiness | John Knox White

Alameda Sun chooses to run with a letter to the editor that begins with a call to line up the city council and school board against the wall and shoot them.

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15 January 2008 | Alameda City Council, Alameda Community Development Forum | John Knox White

At tonight’s Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority (ARRA) meeting, the council, excuse me, ARRA Board, will decide whether to spend $200,000 to remove The Faithful, a 293 foot vessel and a barge that has recently been moored to it at the FISC property.
What’s crazy about this, is that they know how owns the boat […]

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14 January 2008 | Alameda City Council, Alameda Community, Alameda Community Development Forum, Measure A | John Knox White

It’s a big week for transportation related items at the Council, CIC, and Housing Authority. Things get pretty wonky, pretty quickly, and so I’ll skip the Economic Development Strategic Plan (at the CIC for Approval Tuesday), the awarding of a contract to begin the West End Estuary Crossing Feasibility Study (for bikes and peds) at […]

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11 December 2007 | Alameda City Council, Alameda Community Development Forum, Alameda Truthiness | John Knox White

Last Thursday, I mentioned a report card issued by Action Alameda on redevelopment in Alameda. 
Report cards are great organizing tools, done well, they can crystallize a set of complex information into a short, easy to read format.  Done well.

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05 December 2007 | Alameda City Council, Alameda Community Development Forum | John Knox White

Tonight, the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority (ARRA) will hear a presentation by the Veterans Administration (VA) for their plan to build a 53 acre Columbrium/Masauleum, 250,000 sf Hospital, 240,000 Administration building, and 80,000 sf clinic at Alameda Point.
The proposal is to use some of the land currently proposed as a National Wildlife Refuge and […]

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