This Week’s Alamedan: Dave McCarver
Name: Dave McCarver Age: 44 Lived in Alameda: Since first grade Occupation: Owner, with Dennis Jameson, Alameda Advertising and Recognition, Inc. Launched out of a garage in 1991, AA&R sell...
View ArticleNo bikes, scooters, skateboards in Alameda parks?
Thanks are due to John Knox White who attended Tuesday night’s Alameda City Council meeting and reported on a municipal code change to ban ‘muscle-powered’ vehicles in city parks. In his post about the...
View ArticleAlameda’s City Council does about face on park bike ban
John Knox White, an ardent government-watcher/participant, deserves credit for placing the shining light of words and logic on city council’s recent move to ban “muscle-powered” vehicles in our city’s...
View ArticleAlameda City Council to discuss rotating fire station brown outs tonight
Michele Ellson over at The Island has a bit about the brown outs. The meeting is at City Hall and starts at 7:30 p.m. The agenda is here. John Knox White has more on other issues to be discussed at the...
View ArticleAlamedans Get Political Survey Calls From ???
Oakland-based EMC Research called this Alameda resident last night, August 29, to see if I would answer a brief survey on issues and candidates. But since the kids had to go back to school early today,...
View ArticleTam to Rally at Alameda City Hall
As part of her City Council campaign, Alameda City Councilmember Lena Tam is staging a rally this morning at City Hall. Her campaign says the event aims to update the community “on the latest...
View ArticleAlamedans Votes on Election Day – At Last!
It’s been quite an election season — and it’s not over yet. Polls close at 8 p.m. today, Tuesday, November 2. We encourage everyone to get out and vote. Results will be begin being posted this evening...
View ArticleAlameda Elections 2010: Preliminary Results Coming In
The Alameda County Registrar’s count of mail-in ballots and about half of the Island’s precincts shows Marie Gilmore well ahead of Frank Matarrase, Doug DeHaan and other candidates in the mayoral race....
View ArticleAlameda Election Results 2010: Gilmore, Bonta & Johnson
With votes at 48 precincts counted, Marie Gilmore had more than 6,700 votes, putting her in the Alameda mayor’s slot in 2011. Alameda rivals and fellow City Councilmembers Frank Matarrese had 4,400,...
View ArticleAlameda City Council: Back at It ….
Sorry, Chip, things aren’t turning around in Alameda quite as you predicted. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Chip Johnson wrote on Dec. 31, “After a tumultuous year in Alameda fraught with...
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