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Tam-gate: the political witch hunt continues
Tonight, the City Council will be holding a last minute “special” closed door meeting to consider Interim City Manager, Ann Marie Gallant’s suggestion to file a civil lawsuit against Councilmember Lena Tam. Despite the attempt to spin the decision from the Alameda County District Attorney’s…
City Council – City manager – United States – District attorney – California
Enough is enough
Tonight, the City Council is supposed to meet in closed session to vote whether to move forward with a civil lawsuit against Councilmember Lena Tam, despite the District Attorney saying, definitively, not tentatively that: Upon review, we conclude that an insufficient factual and legal basis exists to justify opening a criminal investigation into your allegations that [...]
Move on
As promised, I uploaded the video I took of Lena Tam’s press conference yesterday. They are unedited and it might be a bit shaky since I didn’t use a tripod. And sorry about the audio, the crackling sound is from the audio system. This video is Councilmember Lena Tam’s opening remarks regarding the allegations made [...]
Exonerated!
Sorry for the delay, but for those who have already seen the news on the Island, Lena Tam’s press conference today was to release good news for her. According to Councilmember Lena Tam, the Alameda County District Attorney has exonerated her of all charges. The City, however, (in the form of Interim City Manager [...]
Councilmember Lena Tam holds press conference
Today at 10:30 a.m. at the front steps of City Hall, Councilmember Lena Tam will be holding a press conference to provide the public an update to the accusations levied against her by the Interim City Manager and City Attorney.
An investigation based on these allegations was sent to the…
City Attorney – City manager – City and town halls – News conference – United States
Hanging by a moment
Lena Tam has announced that she will be holding a press conference today at 10:30 a.m. at the front steps of City Hall to update everyone on the status of the allegations made by the Interim City Manager and City Attorney (aka the Letters) against her. Word is there is a decision from the DA’s [...]
Historical Gim’s
On a post about the Alameda Architectural Preservation Society (you all voted, right?) a commenter wrote in to say:
Is this the group that decided Gim’s restaurant is a historic building?
While I don’t know if “decided” is the appropriate term to use, AAPS was definitely instrumental in…
History – United States – Architecture – Arts – Preservation
Grander Marina homes
Buried on the CIC agenda is an item that would…wait for it…wait for it… Authorize Warmington Homes to build more homes! For all the folks out there that believed that the Interim City Manager’s tanking of the Alameda Point project actually meant that she might be “slow growth,” not so. So the gist of [...]
This Place Matters: vote Alameda!
There has been a whole lot of voting going on this past summer to support one cause or another. This tough economy has made the few charitable dollars out there so much more valuable than ever and so: we vote.
The most recent pot of money up for grabs that Alameda could score is $25,000…
Alameda – California – United States – Counties – United States Navy
Fire Chief on administrative leave
Sources tipped off The Island’s Michele Ellson to the fact that Fire Chief David Kapler had been placed on administrative leave.
The official statement from the City regarding this development is:
Fire Chief David Kapler has been placed on Administrative Leave effective Thursday,…
Administrative Leave – Fire chief – United States – Education – University of Illinois
