Friday Food for Thought
Will Travis, Exec. Dir. of BCDC dropped a bombshell at the Alameda Rotary. Will his email box recover?
City extends the SunCal Agreement
The ARRA discussed development along the Estuary and Alameda Point.
Red Carpet Treatment
It was Oscar weekend and all the stars were out….at the Measure A forum. Here’s a rambling overview of the entire event. Rated S-13. Includes some snarky remarks and may not be appropriate for people who’s mental age is under 13.
Measure A Forum - Now Playing
After years of talking and planning, the city Measure A forum gets underway this Saturday. Here are the quick cheats to use your time wisely.
Planning for a public forum.
Monday night, the City of Alameda Planning Board sat down to once again address issues surrounding holding a forum to discuss Measure A.
Our House
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 [...]
Why Can’t We Be Friends
Change is in the air. Anyone who grew up watching Christmas TV shows in the ‘70’s knows that anything can happen during the holidays. Evil Magicians suddenly befriend Snowmen, Abominable Snowmen stop eating elves and become Santa’s helpers, Heck two weeks ago, House said something nice to Foreman.
One night Only
Last night’s Alameda Point meeting was a breath of fresh air. Close to 200 people attended (this is my guesstimate) and got involved in solid discussions about building at the Point.
The concepts presented were high level (no specifics, just concepts) and after a solid presentation by Peter Calthorpe, the group broke up into the dreaded [...]
What’s the Matter Here
There’s a saying in Journalism. One is an exception, Two is a coincidence, Three is a trend.
After the shooting death on Halloween of Iko, the Encinal High School student, spontaneous showings of compassion and community support broke out. Newspapers seem to love to talk about communities being “in shock,” and Alameda certain fit that to [...]
I Like Em Big and Stupid
Before the holidays, I risked carpal tunnel with an overly long post about the Action Alameda “Greening Alameda Point” proposal. Despite the length, I didn’t even get into two of the most incredible issues in the proposal: the acceptance of the issues surrounding transportation, something that many of us in Alameda have been talking about [...]
