Archive for June, 2008
In Alameda: Life on the Bay
I was off-grid a bit more than I expected last week. Colorado! Home of high mountains and lots of greenery. But I’m back, and ready to live, once again, the Island life. The weekly column I write for our home-town press the Alameda Journal is up online line. This week it’s “Soaking up life [...]
Lessee
Alameda’s Golf Commission is holding a special meeting tonight to talk about ways to make more money out at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex, but they may be too late to stave off plans that the golf complex be leased out to a private entity to run. The c…
The Masters (Plan)
The Golf Master Plan has finally been released and the Council will be discussing the item on Tuesday. Some interesting tidbits from the Master Plan include:
…After creating various cash flow models for Chuck Corica, we also concluded that “cessation of some, or even all, of the transfers, while a necessary component of any potential economic [...]
Your weekend: Art. Fine art.
Sandwiched between the antique co-op and a car parts shop on Park Street and up a narrow flight of stairs, Autobody Fine Art is an easy place to miss. Nevertheless, it’s attracting increasing notice as a hip little place that could put Alameda on the…
First hat
So after having written that I hadn’t heard any rumblings about possible candidates for City Council, one actually lands in my email in-box.
He’s young, but apparently he’s ready to do the job, his name is Justin Harrison and here is his website. I visited it the other day and already some slight tweaking has been [...]
Schools financial chief quits
Alameda Unified today announced the departure of Chief Financial Officer Luz T. Cazares. Cazares leaves Alameda at the end of August for a job as Assistant Superintendent of Business Services for the Pleasanton Unified School District, which has decide…
Staycation!
With gas approaching five bucks a gallon and all kinds of other economic fun happening this year, a lot of folks are foregoing the Hawaiian vacation in favor of what the pundits are calling a “staycation.” Meaning you skip both the airport lines an…
Altogether now
Michele Ellson has posted two updates about the School District’s new plan to provide:
…lessons addressing sexual orientation and gender identity that could be taught in all of the district’s elementary school classrooms this coming school year. The district’s plan would also provide teachers and staff with a uniform set of policies addressing name-calling, harassment and [...]
In Alameda: Friendly on the wallet, friendly on the planet
The weekly column I write for the Alameda Journal is up online. This one is about the growing understanding of the importance of making environmentally-sustainable choices and, too, the rising cost of basic goods and services. It cost me over $75 dollars to fill up my gas tank last week!
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Past “Life on [...]
Orientation redux
A school district team unveiled plans Tuesday night for new lessons addressing sexual orientation and gender identity that could be taught in all of the district’s elementary school classrooms this coming school year. The district’s plan would also…
