At the January 5th, 2010 Joint City Council and School Board Meeting, Christopher Seiwald, President and CTO of Perforce Software of Alameda made public comments during the speaker period for Item 2A “Joint Executive Presentation: Alameda Point Development” concluding his remarks with “…end this embarrassing parade of ignorance and stupidity.” This correspondent, who was present during the remarks, and other Action Alameda News readers interpreted that statement to refer to Measure B opponents, a charge that Mr. Seiwald denies.
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February 9th, 2010 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | No Comments
ChildSharing.com recently announced the availability of a new online co-parenting program designed to aid families raising children between multiple homes. In other words, this is for divorced parents with custody sharing agreements. Their website says they are “County approved: accepted” for Alameda County, but it’s not clear what that means.
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February 8th, 2010 | Posted in Alameda | 2 Comments
At a press briefing today, Jessica Robinson, of Alameda, announced that she will run, as Miss Alameda, for the title of Miss California USA 2011. Robinson made the announcement to secure local sponsorships for the arduous campaign which culminates in a pageant in Southern California this November.
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February 6th, 2010 | Posted in Alameda | 1 Comment
Updated: 9pm, February 6, 2010 – Added full text of Notice of Default document.
The San Francisco Business Times is reporting that the City of Alameda has taken the initial steps to terminate their Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with SunCal for the development of Alameda, due to SunCal’s failure to meet mandatory milestones.
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February 5th, 2010 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | 2 Comments
We wrote earlier this week about Baykeeper of San Francisco joining an EPA action against the City of Alameda over recent sewer spills. We had invited the City of Alameda to respond before publication, but we had not received comment back before press time. Now we have.
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February 5th, 2010 | Posted in Alameda | 2 Comments
We solicited regular Action Alameda News readers for their nominations for a Measure B campaign “gallery of rogues” – the Measure B proponents that were the most cynical, hypocritical, disingenuous or outright lame during the Measure B campaign. Here they are.
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February 4th, 2010 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | 21 Comments
Never mind Alameda Point. What happens to EBMUD’s Doug Linney who has been trying to develop a career as a political strategist? Linney was a consultant to SunCal on yesterday’s Measure B defeat, to the tune of about $60,000.
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February 4th, 2010 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | 7 Comments
Revised numbers – an unofficial tally of Measure B ballots – released by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters today shows that SunCal took an even bigger drubbing that previously thought.
No: 13,419 votes (85.37%)
Yes: 2,300 votes (14.63%)
The “yes” vote count has dropped below 15%
February 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | 1 Comment
From the Alameda County Registrar of Voters:
Completed Precincts: 27 of 27
NO 11,947 84.93%
YES 2,120 15.07%
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February 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | 2 Comments
At an election night “event” – organizers didn’t want to use the word “party” for fear of appearing too overconfident of victory – Protect The Point volunteers celebrated early election returns showing an 82% “no” vote on Measure B.
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February 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Alameda, Alameda Point | No Comments
